5 more little weeks ,

and then off on our adventure :)

gosh I hope we finish getting ready in time, need to purchase a camping fridge, camping bunks for the kids, get a canopy put on Brad's ute & a dual battery system installed, ahh what else ? hmm, maybe some audio books downloaded to my ipod for the long driving days to keep us entertained ?

where to ? the heart of Australia, one of the seven great wonders of the world (The Rock), Coober Pedy, Kakadu, 'the Alice', Darwin and some other national parks.

my only real worry ? crocodiles ! And I would love to 'arrange' an event that would cuase Brad's mobile to be 'accidently' left at home ... have to get creative about that. ( don't tell him ! and no he NEVER ever checks our blog .. )

hope you are having a great day.

Cowboy's & Indians

Alanna's 21st Birthday Yee Haa ! :)

Alanna the Indian Birthday Girl


Lil' Lewis. Cutest cowboy there ;)


Good thing we had an invite - wouldn't dare 'gate crash' a party with all these signs on the gate !


Marilla


Phil & Michelle


Lincoln


James - looking soo much like Grandad !


Whata lotta fun that was :)

Olly's Easter Hat

Parties R Us

Right now seems to ba e popular time to have a birthday :) The children's little social calender is getting a bit stretched with so many party invitations. I'm gonna be a busy mum taking kids to birthday parties in the upcoming weeks ...

pool parties ,good old fashioned home parties, pony parties, princess parties, play center parties ....

Neah's 8th Happy Birthday

and still wishing for her own little puppy .. :( But was pretty happy with her camera though ! Some time in the school holidays I might get a chance to show her how to upload some of her own photo's here :)

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