Come Dance With Me

Strange. Usually Sophie is shy when the camera comes out...

Car Washing

This has almost been our one and only very hot day of the Summer. The kids helped Bruce wash the car (first time in about 3 months) and ended up in their bathers and very wet.

Enchantment

We had a great day on the Mornington Peninsula today. We went to the Enchanted Maze Garden at Arthurs Seat. Lots of lovely gardens, great mazes and a fabulous children's maze that had several 'rooms', including a fairy garden.

There were some Survivor style brain teaser puzzles/mazes and even a tube slide. We ended the day at Dromana, where the kids braved the cold water of the bay and then had fish and chips for dinner, overlooking the beach.

Australia Day

It wouldn't be Australia Day unless you went for a bike ride, stopped a playground and played some cricket.....

Festival of Parties

January has been party month. At one stage, we had nine (9) birthday invitations on the fridge; 5 of them for Torren, 2 for Sophie and 2 for Bruce and I. Even though Mason didn't receive any invitations, he was able to stay at three of the parties so talk of unfairness was minimised. This is Sophie getting ready to attend Georgie's fairy party. (Of course).

Brickvention

This would have to be the highlight of the school holidays; a trip into the city to line up with the masses at the Town Hall to see the Brickvention Lego exhibition. People who cannot possibly have normal jobs, relationships or lives have built the most amazing creations out of Lego and they all come together to display them for one day a year.

Hogwart Castle.............. Wild West scene


St Kilda Tram and stop............. Street scape


Mini figs in a cinema


'The Love Boat'. Amazing creation of the ship. the amount of detail
was staggering. It took 300 hours to build, including 70 hours of
planning time.


Best in Show: Medieval German Village with white castle on the hill.
This was created without instruction sheets, just amazing creativity.
As with the boat, the amount of detail is phenomenal. The castle even opens
up to reveal furnished rooms inside.

Dancing

Why walk around the house when you can dance....

Ho hum, another party at Fairyfields.

It is hard work being a fairy. You don't say no to parties at Fairyfields and when you are 4, you get ready for the 2pm party at 9am. It is just what you do.

MSAC

One of things on the boys' wishlist for Summer holidays was an outing to MSAC (Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Albert Park). It has a wave pool, water slide, diving pool, toddler area and three other pools. It is massive. It was loads of fun and the boys went straight for the water slide. There was no way I was going down it; went down one at Sea World and it scared the crap out of me. An excellent way to spend a warm day.

If he can do it, I can do it

New Years Eve

We took the train into Yarra Park (the MCG) to see the free concert and family fireworks. A very hot day turned into a very pleasant evening sitting on the grass taking in the atmosphere.

Christmas In Melbourne

Our first Christmas at home in Melbourne. Luckily Santa knew where we were (there was some concern that he could go to Adelaide looking for us) and was extremely generous with his gift giving. Bikes, a scooter, Lego, Polly Pocket, DVD's, a fairy dress, books and more Lego found their way under the tree.

I was lucky enough to get a new table and chairs setting for our courtyard. The kids helped Santa Bruce put it together on Christmas Eve and I had a lot of fun 'dressing' it for Christmas lunch. It fits perfectly.

Look at all that yummy food! We had a BBQ Christmas Feast for lunch. What a great day.

Aren't they adorable......

Big brothers are good to have around.

Today is Sophie's 4th birthday. According to her, she turned 4 on the day of her party which was 4 days ago. There wasn't really any point explaining to her that it was a few days later and there was a little bit of confusion this morning; 'But I am already 4!' She got quite a few presents which she was more than happy to open and the one from Grandma and Grandpa was the biggest of all. The only things was, it came in about 100 separate bits that had to be assembled. Never fear, that's what 8 yr old brothers are for. A bit of a read of the instruction sheet, a few clicks, twists, twirls and a clap of the hands, and hey presto, we have a Furry Frenzies ramp track thingy made.

Sophie's 4th Birthday Party

Held at the famous Fairyfields in Fairfield. A perfect age to be entranced by all things magic and fairy like. Oh and the big boys enjoyed themselves too (they just didn't admit it).