day ONE HUNDRED and SIXTEEN | year THREE… 2012
day ONE HUNDRED and FIFTEEN | year THREE… 2012
So proud of Xanthia and Willow for the roles they played in their school's ANZAC Day liturgy this morning… Lest We Forget.
day ONE HUNDRED and FOURTEEN | year THREE… 2012
My 'new' second camera body and lens arrived today, so it was straight out the front to give it a test run… lets just say – I am happy 🙂
day ONE HUNDRED and THIRTEEN | year THREE… 2012
Zoe and Darci had consecutive games at the Queensland State Hockey Centre today… in the ridiculous heat… check out the temp on the scoreboard!!… way too hot for a WINTER sport!
Darci came out with a 1-3 loss, and Zoe had a 2-0 win 🙂
day ONE HUNDRED and ELEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Just a quick selfie today… to show off my new, non-issue glasses!
day ONE HUNDRED and SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Just playing with some really low-light… lit by my smartphone!
day ONE HUNDRED and SIX | year THREE… 2012
This is after he had spent all afternoon sorting this place out!!… and he has the hide to call ME a hoarder!
day ONE HUNDRED and FIVE | year THREE… 2012
No, there's nothing wrong with my children… why do you ask?
day ONE HUNDRED and FOUR | year THREE… 2012
Darci bought herself a new bike today… and it is a ripper!!
day ONE HUNDRED and THREE | year THREE… 2012
This is how I spent my Thursday night, while Willow did her hockey training… taking photos of the sunset!… (Russ has Darci and Xan at a hockey field in another suburb for their training on Thursdays)
day ONE HUNDRED and TWO | year THREE… 2012
Xanthia went to a 'Greek Goddess' birthday party today… we added a bit of ribbon to her sandles; a bit of silver cord around her dress; and a piece of decorative ribbon to her head… and we end up with 'Best Costume'! WooHoo!
day ONE HUNDRED | year THREE… 2012
Today was spent… raising a barn! lol… ok, so it wasn't quite a barn… and it really only took a couple of hours (out of the heat of the day)… but Russ and the girls did a fantastic job, and we now have somewhere to store our overflow furniture! yay!!
Willow was an awesome supervisor… until she was bitten by an ant… then all bets were off! lol!
day NINETY NINE | year THREE… 2012
Happy Easter!
Our day consisted of chocolate for breakfast (of course), snuggles with the kitten (poor, poor Dexter), laying pavers for our shed, picking up Darci from the airport and the obligatory egg hunt (which we had to have inside, due to the heat)… all in all, a very happy, successful day!… I hope you and your family had a happy and successful day, too!
day NINETY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
I have been a parent for almost 20 years now (I know, right?… crazy talk!!)… and I don't think anyone in my family would be confused about my not-so-favourable stance on skateboards… yet, somehow, this one slipped by me… and Xanthia forgot it was meant to be a secret (as instructed by Darci… we will talk, Darci!) until after she had called me out to see her new skills!… she was so proud of herself, so I will save the 'skateboard lecture' for another day! LOL (I don't even know where the closest emergency room is yet!!)
day NINETY SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Today we discovered (with the help of a wonderful client and her adorable sons) New Farm Park in the city… and let's just say – it was a hit!
day NINETY FIVE | year THREE… 2012
I turned my old graphics computer into a gaming computer for the kids… with #1 Gamer (Darci) away, and school holidays on, Willow has set about getting herself a computer addiction… after hours and hours of Sims today, I think she is well on the way!
At the very least, she has the attire down pat… unbrushed hair, and her underwear… it's gaming couture ♥
day NINETY FOUR | year THREE… 2012
With Darci and Jaimi in Victoria, and Zoe at work, that just left me with these three for my photo-a-day!… boy, did I have my work cut out for me!
day NINETY THREE | year THREE… 2012
Day one of the school holidays… this is the result of a game of 'Blindfolded Makeover'! lol!
day NINETY TWO | year THREE… 2012
Jaimi and Darci, heading to Victoria (Jaimi to stay, and Darci for the week)… hope you packed your woollies! hahahahahaha!
day NINETY ONE | year THREE… 2012
WooHoo… 'How To Train Your Dragon' Arena Spectacular!
Jaimi loves this movie sooo much! She has the DVD, the Nintendo DS game and the Wii game!… so when we found out that the production of arena spectacular coincided with her visit to us in Brisbane we just HAD take her … and with the support of the Defence Special Needs Support Group we were able to afford to take the whole family!
day EIGHTY NINE | year THREE… 2012
It's been a little while since I put up a pic of the puss… so here he is… spunky Dexter!
day EIGHTY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
Seaworld! WooHoo!… we only have a few days left before Jaimi heads back to Victoria, so Zoe and I decided to take her to Seaworld while the others were at work and school… much to thier disgust! lol…
day EIGHTY SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Willow hasn't been well for the last couple of days… headaches and a cough :'( Happy to say that the headaches are now gone and cough is on it's way out… back to school tomorrow! (much to her displeasure – I think she could quite happily spend the rest of hers days lying on the couch, watching tv, while being periodically cuddled!)
day EIGHTY SIX | year THREE… 2012
it's exam week… so Darci is burning the (almost) midnight oil!
day EIGHTY FOUR | year THREE… 2012
The Sydney Swans played the opening match (against Greater Western Sydney) of the 2012 season tonight… Jaimi and (swans mascot) Cyggy were ready to watch!
day EIGHTY THREE | year THREE… 2012
Darci – getting her game face on… and it must have worked because, despite being one player short (and with NO reserves!) the JT2 girls won 1-0!! (Darci, herself, saved about a dozen goals – she was on FIRE!!)
day EIGHTY TWO | year THREE… 2012
day EIGHTY | year THREE… 2012
Willow and Jaimi get along so well… I'm sad for Jaimi in the knowledge that Willow, too, will 'out grown' her soon enough… but for now they can spend ages, just colouring-in and chatting away… it's a beautiful thing ♥♥♥
day SEVENTY NINE | year THREE… 2012
day SEVENTY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
and finally… Zoe's turn… as you can see, hockey season has all but taken over our lives! lol
day SEVENTY SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Xan's first 'real' game of the season… the temperature hit 28degrees before 9am!!… and hockey is a WINTER sport!!
day SEVENTY FIVE | year THREE… 2012
I wish the rest of the house looked as organised and peaceful as Zoe's ♥
day SEVENTY THREE | year THREE… 2012
Less than two months in Brisbane, and my poor baby and I fall victim to the locals 'flexible' adherence to the traffic light system… the light was red; I was stopped (with three stopped cars in front of me!); the light turned green and before I could even move, a car, arriving at the lights behind me, just kept going… the only reason I didn't hit the car in front of me was because he just started rolling forward to accelerate through the light when I was hit… missed him by a whisper! fun times.
day SEVENTY TWO | year THREE… 2012
day SEVENTY ONE | year THREE… 2012
U11 Trials… re-hydrating and getting some pointers from the NOT-coach!! (he forgets sometimes! lol!)
day SIXTY NINE | year THREE… 2012
School swim carnival… Willow in lane one, swam her little heart out! ♥♥♥
day SIXTY EIGHT | year THREE… 2012
Willows first hockey training… all.by.herself! For the first time ever, she has her own hockey team without any of her sisters! She was nervous at first, but I think she is reviling now…
day SIXTY SEVEN | year THREE… 2012
Willow and my ranga… getting the bike ready for it's first QLD outing.