The Family

The family, minus a few.

Bay to Birdwood

We registered and went in the Bay to Birdwood again this year. It's an event that occurs every 2 years because there are too many 'old' cars to view. This year there was a record 1800 cars and they even turned cars away. Unbelievable. The drive is always nice but it had rained, so Birdwood Motor Museum grounds, weren't too inviting. The kids eventually had had enough (as you can see from the photo) and we travelled home. Both of them fell asleep, the lucky ducks and be the time we got home, I was exhausted. Its a good day out, but very tiring.

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.

Crazy hair day

Crazy hair day actually worked well for Alicia this year. At least her hair was a little longer to experiment with.

Holiday at West Beach caravan Park

We took a couple of days out, and went and stayed at the caravan Park. It is a huge park with 2 jumping pillows, (Ewan was doing forward somersaults) swimming pool, go kart hire and everything. The kids had a ball and got very sandy and very tired. They both love staying in a caravan, even though they shared a bed and Ewan fell out at least twice. They are both noisy sleepers (Deirdre will attest to that) and both very restless, as in move around a lot. The weather was bearable though it did get better and better. I'll give them a couple of days before they are pestering about the caravan again.

Alicia and her wisdom

I made some cupcakes (I know, completely out of character) and Alicia hadn't seen the final results. Well, when she did she said, "Mum, you are a legend." At least I am a legend in someones eyes. Mental note.....to impress Alicia, make cupcakes.

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 Video

You can just tell that she will be an arteeest, one day. Ewan was a very co-operative model for the day

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.

Sophie visits

Sophie and Cooper were back from Qatar for a holiday. They have been living in Qatar for a few months and it was their school holidays there, which last 10 weeks! So Lee (the mum) being an intelligent women decided to come back to Australia for a little bit. Better than trying to occupy them for 10 weeks!

The kids had a good time, playing dolls, playstation and trampoline. They were going 'off' on the trampoline. The photos are hysterical. It was good to see them. Sophie has got so much more confidence now. They obviously like it over there, there is so much to do and see. And because everything is so different, its a lot to take in.