Ewan and the Texicles

I don't even know how this conversation came up but it was funny at the time. Ewans version of testicles is texicles. He said it so matter-of-fact and was completely unaware of his mistake. Luckily we were there to correct him. I am sure he didn't hear us, because we were laughing so hard.

Ewans 1st music concert

I can't describe how excited and proud I was this night. Ewan had only been learning the guitar for 16 weeks, which meant 16, half hour lessons and he produced a complete piece. The Spanish music was written by his teacher Ms Olga and he played it beautifully except for a slight stumble at the end. He said he was a little nervous but to perform in front of all those people and by himself, I thought was extraordinary. Yes, I even had tears.

Birthday cake for Ewan

There was no direction given to Dee for Ewans birthday cake. It was just a wait and see attempt. Pretty good attempt, I must say. Ben 10 was a hit. You have to admit, she has flare.

Ewan turns 7

Hey, hey. He's arrived, only just. Ewan turned 7 yesterday and it was a momentous occasion. Well, any kids birthday is, really. He had fun, away from home, inviting some friends and family to the video arcade Intencity. They played hard on the arcade games for 1 1/2 hours. The most time consuming thing was to pick the prizes at the end.

The arcade was followed by dinner with the family. We haven't had a full get together for a while and it was really good to have everyone over. Tea was delicious, (it would have been, I didn't cook) and the company was even better. Everyone complied with my request of a family photo, but they are so used to it now that they just do as I say. I especially love the family photos.

Ewans philosophy

Ewan and I were talking one day and he sounded like he had a croaky voice, so I said, "What's wrong with your voice?" Too which he replied, "I don't know, maybe I'm growing." Well you can image my fit of laughter. I don't think Ewan thought it was very funny.

Painted faces

I think the kids were bored and Alicia found the face crayons. She decided it wasn't that hard to do, so she experimented on Ewan. These are the results.

Funny coincidence

I thought these 2 photos were funny. Ewan and the animation have the same expression on their face and then we see the backs of their heads.

Kicking the sock around

I haven't laughed so hard in ages. In my mind, it doesn't seem to be the right thing, to encourage your children to kick a sock around in the house, late at night. Not one thing in that sentence is very good. But there we were doing exactly what we shouldn't be. In a way, though, it reminds me, that I'm not taking life too seriously, like I was a couple of years ago. You can miss out on a lot of enjoyment with your kids when you restrict everything.

Brad had the foresight to copy it on the camera and Ewan was getting pretty good at it. Actually its Poppa we can blame for the recklessness, he started it. ha ha ha

Graduating from Auskick

Whilst mum and I were in Melbourne, Ewan had his last Auskick session. It was at this, that he was presented with a participation medal and a certificate. The kids also played a round of football which challenged the parents. The kids won 10 to 3, Ewan was more excited about winning the game against the parents than the medal in particular. Its probably another thing we will incorporate into his sporting year. I don't think he's ready to play football seriously with a club. Whether he will be ever, I doubt it. He prefers to ride his bike and do his taekwondo. But doing something for 9 weeks can be fun and at least it comes to an end.

The circus is in town

Having not been to the circus, myself, in quite a number of years, I thought it would be cool to go. I asked Ewan and Alicia and both said yes with puzzling looks on their faces. So I asked Ewan, "What do you think the circus is"? Ewans reply, "Its when monkeys get shot out of canons." So once I had finished my hysterical laughing, I was able to ask Alicia the same question. Her standard response to anything is "I don't know". So why would I expect anything different in this situation. She didn't disappoint.

Brad and I explained what the circus was, and what you normally could see there. They were very interested. We went with Cameron and Leanne and Cameron wasn't really too sure what to think. He was very quiet but as it turns out, he really did like the circus and didn't want to miss anything.

Its good to expose the kids to different things. They all enjoyed it, as did the adults

Let hope the wind don't change..

How he was able to get his eyes to do that is beyond me, but it is absolutely gross. As you can see he is at the hairdressers with dad because only dad would allow him to do that in public.

Hey Ewan who cut your hair?

This is Ewans latest hair cut. Though it looks exactly like it normally does, he had some 'product' put into it. He loved it and promptly wanted it to look that way everyday.

Crows Night

Ewan has been doing Auskick for a few weeks now and the other night along with everyone else, we were invited to the Crows night. Well Ewan has picked his team and he likes the Crows, so off we all went, down to the Crows shed. The aim of the night is for the kids to see the players, get autographs and eat mountains of pies. We did the first 2 things. It was actually a really good night. I really didn't want to go, but Alicia did and there's no way Brad could handle those 2 in that environment by himself. Ewan got a lot of autographs, mostly from players he didn't know but it was all fun. His jersey is nearly full. He is impressed.

Ewan visited by the tooth fairy

Ewan was finally visited by the toothfairy on Sunday. He had a wobbly tooth for a few weeks but nothing seemed to progress. It finally happened whilst eating a packet of chips and at the time he didn't realise what had happened. He actually took the tooth out of his mouth and threw it away onto the floor. He quickly realised it was his tooth and he was really excited. I on the otherhand wasn't sure what to do. It was bleeding but not too much, I didn't know whether to be motherly and get a tissue or be really excited along with everyone else. So I opted for a quick excitement plan and then a motherly concern with the tissue. Anyway it worked a treat.

Ewan was lucky enough to get an unusual 50 cent piece. Brad on the otherhand thought the tooth fairy was stingey. Well Ewan thought it was cool and thats all that matters.

Phoenix, Scotty and Fiona bon voyage

Scotty, Fiona and Phoenix are now residents of the US, for at least a couple of years. Scotty accepted a position over there with his company and they moved there last week. We got to see them on the Sunday, which was good because we hadn't seen them for ages. Phoenix is so big and I think she and Alicia had a good play. We went to see Ewan practice football, but ended up playing on the playground. At least we have facebook and can keep in touch.

Ewan in his usual position

Some things change but not everything. Ewan is getting bigger but his sleeping positions still continue to be an amazement.

Riding at Swan Reach

Not much riding was done this day, the bike wouldn't start, but the kids had fun anyway. Do you think? They love getting out into nature. They can't be my kids.

Ewan's debut

I don't like the fact that Ewan knows the words to crap music. I have my husband to blame for this....Alicia has a half hearted attempt.

Ewan does something!

You don't need to take a really long look at the picture to see what Ewan has been getting up too. We have our first broken arm! Ewan was playing chasey around the playground when in after school care and fell off the slippery dip. Whammo, broken arm. He did a good job, which meant he required surgery to pin his arm and then they applied the cast. He has had the original cast removed today and had another one reapplied with red outer casting. He won't get the pins removed for another 5 weeks. I'm not looking forward to that appointment.

Many images of Ewan swimming