A bit late...

I'm a bit late with the photos, but it was Aarons party last weekend and he had a few friends join him at the local kids play centre..... Oh my gosh he seems so grown up when I look at pickys of him... What do you think of the cake mum?? I excelled myself this time and I must admit it was a lot easier cause Regan was sleeping over at her friends place..... does that sound bad?? Aaron got two gift cards for his b'day, (I think they must be the in thing at the moment) and Regan is so jealous, she thinks he is way too young to have them and is thinking of trading all her pocket money for lots of small ones.




Yesterday the boys put up our solar hot water system making our carbon footprint just that little bit smaller which was all fantastic until it started to rain as soon as they finished installing it..... no worries we will just hit the boost button, which was all fantastic until we got a huge thunder storm 30 min later and lost power for the rest of the night ..... theres nothing more refreshing - and eco friendly - than a cold shower....
Till later ....
Leah

WANTED

Last week a girl in Aaron's class called him stupid...when he told us that arvo we asked him who it was... it was a new girl whose name he didn't know but .... "I'll draw you a picture"... now all we need to do is find a girl in 1U that has a ponytail and wears a school uniform .??!! I so love the way that he draws, or signs, or gets objects to help us understand him... he is so beautifully Aaron..... This afternoon he was looking for a colouring in page of the 'vegi man' from the adds, I didn't get what he was after but when I returned to the kitchen he had made a face with 2 apples a bananna and a carrot.... got to love his persistance.



Check out the latest edition to the backyard..... it's Jaimies one from Nan and Pops place and the kids are just loving it, it needs a bit of a washdown a splash of paint and some new balustrades and it will be as good as new.... I'm so happy with their new play area....
Till tomorrow when I'll share pics of Aarons B'day party.

Sorry Dad..!!!

I just uploaded the photo of your card and realised I haven't called you today .... so sorry .... hope you had a great birthday.

On the subject of birthdays, my darling boy turned 7 yesterday and had just the best of days, pressy's in the morning ... cupcakes to take to school ... a trip to the shops with Nan after and then dinner with the family ... he's having a party on Sunday with his mates... love you sooo much buddy....







.. and heres that card for Dad, soooory again... and there is also one there for mum to give to her friend this birthday... i used the scraps from the Oi Oi Oi layout of Regan ... I am determined to make cards with all the leftovers I get from my LOs.... by making 8 1/2 X 11 I end up with so many offcuts...

I love the back to school....

I love the new haircuts...the shiny shoes...the excitement of new classmates... buying new stationary ...great big school bags full of yummy lunches ... covering new -non dog eared- books....



and of course those special things that end up covering the fridge.. the noticeboards ...the beds... the tables etc by the end of term...here is Aarons first piece of year 1 work -when I was on holidays I played Star Wars-....
and there is also Regans ribbons from the swimming carnival last friday .. 3rd in breaststroke ...2nd in junior freestyle relay and a dubious 3rd in freestyle... yet again she suprised me all round .. go girl go.....





And again another few shots of the local wildlife ... these two guys are living together in the water container of one of my hanging pots .... I love having them around...





Till later
Leah