Oh What Fun!

I love Christmas and I especially love getting all the decorations out and decorating for Christmas. But, this year I think Felicity was even more excited than I was. She was in charge of putting the ornaments on the tree and asked if someone could lift her up to put the star on top. She was so excited. One of these years I will get used to having a fake tree for Christmas. I guess it's just not practical in Australia to have a real tree considering the weather is HOT and the tree wouldn't really last all that long anyway. I'm learning it's not about the tree anyway, after watching how much fun Felicity had putting ornaments on...and how much fun Rowan had taking ornaments off!

My Rowan, oh my Rowan, I do love my Rowan! This little boy has so much personality. We were waiting at the fire station yesterday for Craig to finish work and Rowan decided it would be fun to see how much of his foot he could fit in his mouth. I'm still not quite sure how me managed to reach his foot to his mouth with his massive thunder thighs but he worked it out and thought it was hilarious!

Here is another sign that I have been in Australia for too long haha! My daughter knows how to play cricket but not baseball. I must admit she did a pretty good job hitting the ball, better than mommy I'm sure :-) We are having fun!

A Date Night?

I don't know about you but I seemed to have forgotten what it is like to go out on a date. Has life become more busy or have I become lazier in planning a nice night out with my hubby? Craig's sister had some IMAX tickets that needed to be used by the end of the week so offered them to Craig and I to go see a movie. For those of you who don't know what the IMAX is, it is a movie screen that sits about 3 stories high (maybe even more). When Craig and I went on our first date we went to the IMAX...can't remember what we saw, I was too distracted haha! So, on a Tuesday night we got the tickets and on Wednesday night we head out to my favourite part of the city, Darling Harbour. We got a quick bite to eat and then went a saw a 3D movie about the Grand Canyon. We loved it! Plus, we got to spend a couple of hours out with just the two of us while the kids had a good time at Grandma's house. I guess I see this as a little reminder that we need to take a little more time for just us. It's good to go out and not have to pack bags with spare clothes, nappies, drinks, snacks, wipes etc. We just hopped in the car and did what we wanted...excellent!

Babysitting Chickens, Orchids and a Box....

I realised the other day that our life is never dull and boring. I clearly remember Craig's mum telling me when I married him that that would be the case. She wasn't wrong! I was looking at these photos on the computer and thought to myself...gee, we have an interesting mix of events in our day to day lives. Here's just a few to share with you.

For the next few weeks we are chicken sitting. My sister-in-law, Jessica, and her family are in Germany for a wedding so we have had the joy of three little chooks running around the back yard. Felicity loves it! I can assure you the chickens have not been lonely or bored. They have had a swing on the swing set, a push in the wheel barrow and a jump on the trampoline...spoiled rotten! Felicity has also been collecting the eggs every day and brings them in with a big smile on her face. I must admit I'm enjoying having these little hens around.

Another thing that we do quite regularly is work for Grandma and Pop at the nursery. They grow the most beautiful flowers...orchids. Felicity even has her very own work shirt and asks if today is a work day or not. She has a blast on the farm and believe it or not has been such a big help this season! Rowan even comes along and wonders what we are up to.

One of the things that frequently ends up at home are some of the boxes we use to deliver orchids in. I happened to leave one with the lid off out the back and my two little munchkins found it and had a ball throwing shredded paper everywhere! Rowan just wanted to copy what his big sister was doing and the two of them spent ages in there entertaining themselves. Who needs toys when you have a box?