We're back

Actually we've been back for a week but never mind. Sydney was great... Aaron did really well at all his appointments and we even managed to get Regan's reading accessed... she didn't do all that well but now we have something formal to go to the school with and see where to go from here.... the weather was.. well .. terrible, the beaches were shut from tue onwards and it rained on and off most days... I managed to get the kids to the beach one morning but that was about it...





We did also manage to fit in quite a bit of winter shopping ( I promised Regan one item from the Roxy shop - who knew kids clothes could be that expensive - but very cute I must admit) and a trip to the Power House Museum to see the Star Wars expo.... we went mid week and there weren't people walking around dressed up but it didn't seem to phase the kids, they just loved it......

Just some random shots of this week....









Regan finally learnt to climb the only tree in our front yard that will hold her weight....



Yeah I know this one is a bit busy.... i did both these LO's while in Sydney and just kept sticking more and more bits on..... still not sure if I like it ... definantly not my style...

Catch up

Ahhh... so very far behind in my scrapbooking.... this one is of Regan and her pen pal (Amy) taken last September at Royal Far West... which is where we are heading tomorrow.... where did that six months go.... Shane has a course to do in Newcastle Mon and Tue but will be joining us in Sydney from Tue night which the kids are thrilled about.... lets hope this weather holds out and the kids can get in a final hurah to summer at the beach...



Chrissy '08 ... yeah, nearly at my 2009 photo stash...



Regan was invited to the movies last weekend and begged and begged to wear the makeup that Santa got her for chrissy(of course Santa exists because you don't think mum would of bought you makeup do you?). How cute are those lips....

Oh, and Aaron played Hockey on the proper courts? pitch? ground? what ever they are called, today and they all do so much better when the ball actually gets a chance to move across the ground. He even saved a goal!!!!!! (they then hit it again and it went in but he didn't notice because he was too busy being proud of himself and no one else thought it necessary to tell him)

Till next time....

Got to love junior sport

Aaron had his first game of under 7's hockey today....... How gorgeous are this lot.... as soon as one kid got to hit the ball all 12 just went for it with sticks.... that is of course if they were paying any attention to the game at all....



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They looked like they were getting the hang of it in these pics but ... looks can be deceiving.... of course Aaron loved playing and when it was all over went to the coach for his trophy ...... I've now explained to him that it will take all season before he gets one.



Regan came off her pushy last sun arvo and did some pretty impressive damage, if you think the chin looks bad you should see how her legs and chest have brused up over the week...... poor thing, she really skided down the gravel .... it's a wonder her father didn't hear her yelling from home.. the boys at school thought it was pretty cool though.

and of course ... last but not least , my latest LO of Aaron at his b'day party...



Till later.....

Where did those weeks go

Sorry I havn't been here for a while.... just busy doing .. things?!!?
so, in the last three weeks

Shane turned 36 and the kids made him this great cake...



Regan had a sleep over and the girls cooked Tacos for dinner then suprised us all with ice cream cakes made with sprinkles, choc drops and sour worms.... well they liked them ... sort of



We had three of our beautiful tall - but dangerous - gums cut down from the front garden....



Shane and I, Karen and Darren, Jaimie and Trish and Ray all went on a 7 hr ride from here to Tea Gardens and then back via Stroud and Glouster, what a great day.... no we didn't all fit on three bikes.... Darren and Karen had continued on by the time I remembered to take a photo...




Regan tied all her toys to her drawers??????



and I did some scrapbooking .... look I've finished september .... only 6 months behind now....

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

I've been scrapbooking..

How hot was it yesterday??... it hit over 40 at my abode, I ended taking the kids and a few friends to the local pool for a while and then came home to the airconditioning to finish this.....
it was taken during the olympics last year....
(it's not really as wonky as it looks... the heat warped the paper a bit ?!?..



this one I did a while ago .... it's the most gorgeous photos or Aaron with all his guns and swords saving the flowers from Shane and his cultivator in the vegi patch...


these are the month by month of the kids for 08 ... done in the first month of 09 ... very impressed with myself.. useing stuff from pip prossers kit again..





and just a couple of cards using the left over "stuff" from the surfing LO of Regan....





how cute is this guy... there seems to be heaps of them around at the moment and I couldn't resist taking a shot.....

Till later....

I just love........

that these two love to play footsies when they're having brecky...

We've had a busy week or two..... I was called back to work on Wed because they were getting so busy .... i wasn't impressed but the kids took it quite well ... I think they enjoyed spending the last few days with dad.... on Tue a log truck came speeding around the corner in front of the shop blasting its horn and within seconds the whole thing had rolled over and there were logs everywhere... we rushed out and thank God it was early and there weren't many cars or people about. .. somehow the driver managed to get out ( a bit worse for wear) and had only damaged one car ..... we all spent the morning in a very hyped up state......

The Moodys came down from Armidale last weekend for a very relaxing and enjoyable stay ... definantly our turn to head up there next time... Aarons had parties, Regans had visits and sleepovers and unfortunantly come monday Shane has to return to work as well... the kids will spend the next week and (something) with Nan.



Couldn't resist this shot ...Aaron is very taken with his new priate ship...

Regan, Danielle and I made Pancakes for brecky on Sat morning which they decided would be much better blue.....that was great to start with.....





but I don't think Regan was really keen...

and finally I am slowly but surely catching up on my scrapping - I think this photo is from June...... and no Mum I havn't forgoten about your cards.... they're still in the pipeline.

Welcome to the New Year

We spent the new year swimming and riding and eating and drinking at Aunty Karens farm... what a beautiful place...check out the scenery ... Regan managed to come off her bike by riding between the shed and cattle yards and falling over just before heading down the bank to the river .... "but I had nowhere to go" she said .???... can you see anything but open spaces..... we'll have to replace the brake lever this week....

Apart from that we've just been hanging at home, the beach, the familys place and enjoying the time off ... I know it will be over way too soon...
I've even managed to do some scrapbooking..



This one is using the gear I got from Pip Prossers site... how perfect was all that surfing paper....I pretty much copied her layout...it just seemed to fit really well..

... and finally the kids school photos for their school albums...





The kids are looking a bit scruffy this year... we were away at Royal Far West when the photos were taken ... -I was most upset that Aaron wasn't in his kindi class shot- ... so the individual photos were a fluke as the photographer was there to take the sports team photos and I grabed him in the office... never the less, scruffy or not it's them as they really are on any given day..