Mid - Year Dancing Concert

Today the girls will dance for us! I'll be back later with hopefully some good photos to share!

Well, I didn't get any photos today! Firstly, we were too far back in the first half to really see (I have a cheap camera) and secondly I forgot I had the camera - I was too busy watching! Nevermind. We all enjoyed watching the show and they all did so well. Very proud!

Here's some photos from the end of year concert last year!

Beautiful ballerina's. They performed "Little Miss Muffet"








Our Jazz girl - performed "Hey Baby!





The Acrobats girl performed "Abracadabra"




Tap girl performed "Baby Face"

Now that the mini-concert is out of the way - it's coming up to exam time! (end of July)

Afternoon Tea

We had a family afternoon tea for the birthday girl this year. Quiet but lovely all the same.
Blue is Kate's favourite colour, but without using food colouring, it is hard to find blue food.
Blueberries are NOT a favourite.
So the food had some pink amongst it too.
She had chosen the movies this year to celebrate - Hannah Montana - but when we checked it out (release date was Thurs) we realised it didn't start in WA until next week.
So she chose Night at the Museum2 which we all liked, although it was quite late and seeing as Kate had been up since 4am, was getting pretty tired.
Next week we will take a couple of her friends to see Hannah Montana!
At bedtime, she declared it to be a wonderful day, her favourite presents were the DSi, skateboard and two pairs of Hannah Montana pj's!

Happy 8th Birthday Kate!!!

This beautiful happy girl ...

grew from this amazing baby!

Kate's Cupcakes

Mmmm ...
Don't they look delicious? And colourful!

Easy Friday Tea

Fun Times

The girls played dancing school after the real
school today.
Don't they look gorgeous?

Beautiful lillies to brighten a rainy dark day!

Our silly cat

For the last few weeks, Gordon has slept under the couch everyday from about 6am to 5pm. He has made two holes under the cushions (naughty boy!!!) and that's how he gets in. Usually he wriggles down and the cushions fall back into place so you would never know he is in there! Today Kate lifted it off fo him as she was sitting right there.

Anyone else has a cat who sleeps in funny places?

An afternoon in the sun

We headed out to the park this afternoon with the bikes, some food and a bit of light reading

A great playground for the kidlets

Plenty of room for riding

These monkey bars were the perfect height
for little legs

The girls spent an hour on this horrible spinny thing!
Honestly I hate these things.

A stroll past the lake ...









... to watch the boats

Ruby gets glasses too!

Yes! It's official ~ this is the glasses family! All the girls now wear them. It's such a strong genetic condition that affects females on Phil's side of the family. He is the only male - well he is a bit of a girl ha ha! He doesn't wear specs, but had numerous operations on his eyes growing up.



So Ruby got hers on Friday - aged 4yrs 5mths. She is in Kindy. Amie was also in Kindy when she got hers at 4yrs 8mths. Kate got hers in Year One at 5yrs 9mths, and Ella got hers in Pre Primary at 5yrs 7mths.

Luckily the girls love their second eyes and have no trouble being reminded to wear them or keep them on. They do get bent out of shape a bit though :)

Anyone else out there with a family full of bad eyesight?

Assembly News

Ella got an Honours Certificate at assembly today (sorry for the crappy photo) She's second from the left. It was awarded to her for writing wonderful stories and always working beautifully. Well done Ella!!!

More Flowers

Amie's latest gorgeous arrangements. The top one she made at the wedding workshop and the second one she made for a friend of mine. Isn't she clever!