me . according to my children !

So there has been a very cute 'interview ' thing going on in FaceBook. A list of questions to interview your children. I've loved reading the very cute (and incredibly insightful) things that little children think about their mummies.

Here are the responses from my own little daughters. (& now it's all archived here on line I'll never lose it, superb !)

1. What is something mum always says to you?
NEAH don't run in the house
RILLA brush your teeth before bed
OLLY dinners nearly ready

2. What makes mum happy?
NEAH when I be good
RILLA being good
OLLY when I talk to you happy (as opposed to whinging ! )

3. What makes mum sad?
NEAH be really really naughty
RILLA not brushing your teeth before bed
OLLY when I'm being naughty

4. How does your mum make you laugh?
NEAH play silly games together
RILLA say something silly
OLLY i don't know

5. What was your mum like as a child?
NEAH pretty
RILLA i don't know
OLLY cute

6. How old is your mum ?
NEAH 33
RILLA ten
OLLY eighteen

7. How tall is your mum ?
NEAH don't know
RILLA big
OLLY umm about (gestures with arms stretching up high ) heaps & heaps high

8 What is her favourite thing to do?
NEAH go shopping in Melbourne
RILLA do shopping , get all the food & do good reading
OLLY drive me to school (WHAT ! ???? )

9. What does mum do when you are not around?
NEAH buy the groceries
RILLA go on her computer and shopping
OLLY go shopping

10. If your mum becomes famous, what will it be for?
NEAH riding your bike (? I don't have a bike, but am getting one this coming weekend .. she obviously has big expectations of me! )
RIILA what's famous mean?
OLLY i don't know what famous means

11. What is your mum really good at?
NEAH cooking
RILLA doing star jumps !
OLLY making ... you know ... like things

12. What is your mum not very good at?
NEAH feeding the cows
RILLA skipping
OLLY i don't know

13. What does your mum do for her job?
NEAH what is your job?
RILLA go to work sometimes , get some things done
OLLY go to work (I don't actually have any paid employment . so not too sure about these answers! )

14. What's your mums favourite food?
NEAH salad
RILLA mushrooms
OLLY pasta

15. What makes you proud of your mum?
NEAH when she be's nice to me
RILLA whan she says good words to me
OLLY don't know

16. If your mum were a cartoon character , who would she be?
I left this one out -

17. What do you and your mum do together?
NEAH go shopping in Melbourne
RILLA go shopping
OLLY we are going to go shopping in Melbourne

18. How are you and your mum the same?
NEAH Grandma says we have the same eyes
RILLA because sometimes we both wear our hair out
OLLY we both have green eyes (actually I have blue)

19. How are you and your mum different?
NEAH we are different sizes
RILLA cause I don't have boobies - you do !
OLLY you have black hair and I have brown hair

20. How do you know your mum loves you?
NEAH she's really really nice to me (awww)
RILLA because I'm doing good things
OLLY just because

21. Where is your mum's favourite place to go?
NEAH to the botanical gardens, it's pretty
RILLA shopping
OLLY shopping

1st day to school

Olympia & Marilla started 'real' school last week. Neah is new at this school also and they are all doing very well, I'm so proud of them ! (Olly & Rilla are in separate clesses - so far it seems this was the right choice).
Marilla

Olympia with friend Bronte

Rilla & Olly



Olly, neah & Rilla

Rilla

Olly

Neah

Random summer school holiday stuff

Australia Day we went and spent the day out with Derek, Anthea, Bailey & Greg , Rachel, & kids. After a morning tea at the Mount Beauty cafe we then mosied on up to Falls Creek. Walked in to Wallace's Hut. (Old historic cattlemans shelter) and had a picnic. This is the only picture I got of before the batteries died ..

We bought a camper trailer (on e-bay ! yay for e-bay ! ) and the kids had fun sleeping in it in our backyard for a few days. Looking forward to giving it a proper outing at Easter time.



And it's just been tooooo hot ! days and days of 40 plus are seeming to become weeks of 40 plus . So the kids take wet face cloths to bed, we stay indoors, the kids are kept in their classrooms all day, we swim in the lake, we swim in the neighbours pool, wear as little clothing as is possibly decent :) and the kids have fun imagining all the other places to live ! Neahs's favourite idea so far is to build an igloo. Stay cool, x

Baby Lewis

Once upon a time, and not so long ago it seems , we had our very own special "Mary Poppins". Helping me, and giving lots of love to my three little girls when they were all so little. Ok, so her real name is Karlynda (& yes she is v. special) & is most commonly known by family & friends as 'Poppy'. Well she (& proud hubby, Wayne) has a her very own baby now. Was much fun to to visit them recently and meet Lewis :)


Neah & Lewis


Miss Olly with a dolly !


Rilla, Olly, Lewis & Karlynda


Trip down memory lane :) ...

Poppy & Olly


Karlynda gives Rilla her 1st manicure !


Karlynda & Neah - good friends

Scooting ..

We love to expend some energy on the Lake Hume dam wall, especially with a friend (in this instance Jamieson). And stop and look out and down at the mighty Murray River, all the turtles, pelicans, and big ugly looking european carp !

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Bonjour 09 !

well, where to begin ? what to tell ?

The kids were well rewarded at their end of year school presentation. Neah receiving again a Principals Award for exemplary behaviour for the entire year, Marilla for careful craft work and Olympia for excellent tracing ! Next year - oops, this year (!) they are all starting at a new school, we are moving along up the road a wee bit to Trinity Anglican College. lots of reasons, the positive ones being that there is a strong possibility of Trinity sending a school bus out our way ... fingers crossed .. & Olly & Rilla will benefit from being able to go in separate classes. Will be rather different - quiet I guess for me with all the children of at school, is their a word for that - empty nester or something ??

Had a very happy xmas. Christmas day was lots of fun for the kids, & feasting for us adults! The kids were duly paid a visit from Santa & are enjoying their new toys, littlest pet shops, polly pockets, an ant circus, a couple of 100 piece jigsaws (which I hoped would fill in a bit of holiday time, but they can get them done in next to no time lol ) & various bits & pieces. I was spoilt with a new camera, a pretty little pink Nikon. small & light enough to hang out in my handbag, no more missing those impromptu shots :) .
So here's a few pics .



Neah & Brad . Neah's 1st Mini Cooper :)

Olly

Rilla.

Ahh yes - the feasting .. well, was a combined effort & produced spectacular results, Anna, Anthea, Rach & myself each took a part of this menu
http://www.taste.com.au/extras/articles/169/modern+christmas+lunch?id=169
highly recommended :)


The last evening of 08 was a wonderful end to the year, wednesday night fellowship meeting - subject : peace . Then went round to Rach & Gregs spent a wee while there then left the kids to play and Brad & I went to our neighbour, Tracey's 40th B'day for a bit then back to Greg & Rach's to see the New Year in & watch the fireworks from their verandah. Late night - but a goodie. !
Spent a bit of time catching up with an old friend, Carine who's 'home' with her brand new hubby Lyndon for xmas. Yay ! wonderful to get to know Lyndo better, and forge new friendships !

starting to ramble now ... better stop :)

The Joyous Season

wishing all our blog reading friends a wonderful time with those you love xxx