Monday, December 26, 2011

Boxing Day Business

We've been flat chat all day packing to go away camping tomorrow. So much stuff!



 We ate alot of this during the day


New flowers had opened overnight. I grew this from a cutting from my friends garden


And there was a new doona cover to put on the bed belonging to the Mickey Mouse fan of the house!



Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Day 2011

5am - the girls wake and open their stockings
Ellas long awaited ipod
Kate with her water gun
The trampoline were gave Ruby and Jonah was a huge hit
The kids waiting for breakfast. Ruby may look grumpy but she really wasn't!
Fun on the water slide
Play doh time!
Ella checks out Just Dance on the Wii once we get home
Christmas isn't complete without pavlova
The basketball hoop was a huge hit as well
Kates favourite game "Bocce"


We had a lovely Christmas Day, which started off at 5am when the girls came into us. We allow them to get up early at Christmas and on their birthdays, the excitement is too much to be sleeping!

It was a little bit different this year. We are usually at home and Amie & her lot come to us, but this year we went to their house for breakfast (45 mins away) as we bought Ruby & Jonah a trampoline so that needed to be put together. 

It was also my first time ever I did not get to speak to my family on the phone. With Dads passing during the year, My sister opted to get Mum away for a few days which was the best thing. 

As you can see by the above photos the weather was kind to us, while most of the rest of the country had rain, thunderstorms and maybe even a cyclone! It was 32 deg, which was cooler than past years.

There was lots of playing at Amie's house, and we bought Amie and Brendan a dishwasher (they've never had before) so we set that up and put the first lot of dishes through! We left at lunchtime and came home. Phil decided to put the basketball hoop up straight away - 2.5 hrs later it was done. What a nightmare!

The afternoon was spent playing basketball, bocce, on the Wii, drawing, and eating lots of yummy food. The girls crashed shortly after 9pm.

I had you and your families had a lovely day too.

 


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Happy 7th Birthday Ruby!

Kate hung 7 pink balloons
Food time - Ella is missing as she didn't want to be in this photo for some reason
Jonah and I
Jonah chooses another lolly
Ruby with her cake Kate made and decorated
The girls painted their nails after with Rubys new nail polishes
Jonah looks on
Then they cooled off with a broken water slide and the hose


All in all a great day! 


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tomorrow

this is what is happening - a little morning tea to help our Grandaughter Ruby celebrate her 7th birthday. Kate has done all this herself, I'm sure Ruby will love it all!


Saturday, December 17, 2011

More Christmas Lights

We had another great night out looking at all the wonderful lights and really appreciating all the effort gone into making them such a wonderful treat for the young and old at this time of the year. One street we visited tonight was so so busy you could hardly move. They had a free sausage sizzle too which I thought was the most wonderful gesture, the girls enjoyed it so much!

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