The Good Days

It's been a quietish day, falling gently back into the routine of chores with lots of play as well. I have been moving from room to room, FINALLY finding homes for all the Christmas gifts. All the camping gear has been put away until next time and all the washing is upto date. Yay for abundant sunshine.

Three new board games the girls got for Xmas packed away

We had a leisurely breakfast of pancakes around 10am. I am going to miss late breakfasts when school and dancing go back. We played Just Dance on the Wii for a bit. The girls had their hair crimped with Kates new hair crimper, and we visited our new neighbour for an hour where all the kids played Monopoly.

We needed fruit and veges, as Ella wanted some broccoli and cauliflower with tonights dinner. Seriously, that girl would eat broccoli at every single meal if she could. We also bought lettuce, celery, capsicum, sweet potato, bananas, cherries, grapes, kiwifruit and some licorice snuck its way into the basket too. Oh and gherkins. At Ellas request.

There was a platter of nibblies when we got home, they ate while watching Toy Story 3 (again!!!) I had a wee nana nap. It was lovely.

After a roast dinner, and a walk around the neighbourhood, Kate and I sat outside eating cherries while the sprinklers did the watering. Kate then decided she needed watering too.

We found Ella inside talking to Ruby on Facetime.

Modern technology has come such a long way

The girls spent time before bed drawing and colouring -in.

It's been a lovely day here, hope you have had a lovely one too.

The Year that Was:

Ruby started Year One at her new school

January

 

 

Ella turned 8

 

February

 

 

 

We started the cleanup ready for our new patio

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

A happy weekend in Mandurah for my birthday

 

 

 

 April

 

 

 

Jonah waters my new garden I got for Mother's Day

 

 

 

 May

 

 

 

Kate turned 10

 

 

 

June

The garden grows like crazy!

 

 

July

 

 

 

The start of the patio

 

 

August

Spring flowers

 

September

Hot enough for bathers and water play

 

 

October

Jonah in hospital

 

November

Phil with his new toy!

 

December

Making the most of the sales

new pots, new glasses and a new milk jug!

Kalbarri Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

We set off for Kalbarri on the 27th December, everyone happy to be on holiday! The girls travel really well.

We stopped in a small country town called Eneabba on the way. It was a HOT 44 deg!

The girls only wanted ice cream to eat!

We arrived in Kalbarri about 4:30 in the afternoon, 45 deg and very very windy!

The beautiful view coming into Kalbarri

We took nearly 400 photos, here are some of my favourites:

We visited Pirate Theme Park where they enjoyed this spider maze and the trampolines

There was plenty of time for the beach

And tree climbing

Phil and the girls played Yahtzee every night before bed

Sparklers for New Years Eve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Day

Driving to the National Park

Resting on the way up

The famous Natures Window

I love this photo!

The girls favourite part of the holiday - Quad biking through the sand dunes

With the complimentary morning tea

Watching some huge waves

Ella with her best camp buddy - Emma, and Emmas little sister Kate. Our Kate became big Kate and the other was little Kate

Looking for shells

Sunset boat cruise along the Murchison river

There was only 10 on board, so lots of empty seats in front!

Snacks!

Animal spotting

Some horses on the far side

The girls were lucky to get a turn driving the boat

We came back in to a beautiful sunset

late night reading with the torch, while others slept

Many, many swims every day

The camp set up

We visited Rainbow Jungle - the most beautiful bird sanctary

Hand feeding a red king bird

About to climb the very high tower

Getting knocked over by the waves

Sharing fried rice for lunch on the way home in Greenlough

A stretch of the legs on the way home in Cervantes