Leaving Kindy

Jared had a very special day at kindy on his last day. He spent a lot of time doing his favourite thing - building! He then had a bit of a party. He was given a playdough cake, a plant, a certificate and his profile book. The kids sung him a few songs and he loved it.

Jade turns 5

October 3rd Jade turned 5 and had a fairy party. Fairy Lu came to run it and the kids had so much fun. It took a while for Jared to get into it, but once he got over being the only boy he was fine :)

Dani LOVES her fairy dress and is often found sleeping in it!

Bobbin Head

We spent a day at Bobbin Head which is a National Park. It is so pretty and there are so many walks you can do. The kids were pretty happy just playing at the playround, watching everyone fishing and feeding the ducks.

Mum and Dad visit 25 April - 7 May

It seems like so long ago now, but I have FINALLY managed to get some new pics on the blog!

Mum and Dad arrived and the kids were soooo excited. They spent ALL morning asking if we could go to the airport yet - 2.30 took so long to come around!

it was hugs all round at the airport, and a few 'special treats' Jared bought along.

At the park next to Jared's preschool.

Gigi, Bev and Guy came for lunch

Jared's 2nd tooth fell out while they were here. It was so loose for over a week before Mum and Dad arrived but he was determined it wouldn't fall out til they were here. It took several days after they arrived before it finally fell out!

At Berowra Waters with Mandy and Dom

Warriors v Rabbitohs - Go the Warriors!


Hazel came to visit for a few hours while Shelly worked.
The kids love making tents :)
We went for a little holiday to Nelson Bay for 2 nights. It was so beautiful and relaxing and so much less commercialised than the Queensland beaches. We all wish we had longer there.

In our spa bath at the unit


We went on a dolphin watching cruise

Ben and the kids got down in the boom net to get closer to the action. It was far too cold for me!

On the boat with Grandma

There were AMAZING sunsets there. I think mum took about 100 photos!

Jared had to be one of the blokes and have steak at the Hogs Breath Cafe
On our last day at Nelson Bay we went on a 4wd sand dune tour. It was so much fun. Dani loved the bumpy driving and kept laughing for 'more' and 'faster'

Everyone had a go sand boarding



We had such a fantastic couple of weeks and it was so hard to say goodbye. Won't be long til we see you again though :)

April pics

On 21 April we went up to the Blue Mountains for an afternoon to visit with Bev, Guy and Gigi.

Jared took control of the camera most of the day :)

The kids (especially Jared) LOVE baking. Jared would do it every day if I let him! Dani is a bit of a disaster in the kitchen but she thinks it's all so funny.

Proud of their finished muffins :)

'swimming'

We packed up the swimmming pool over the weekend and the kids were not very impressed. This morning Jared decided to tip out some toys so they could go swimming in the containers.
I added some warm water and they had a blast.

Easter Weekend

Good Friday we woke up to rain and Jared was really upset because we were supposed to be doing an Easter Egg Hunt at a park with some of his friends from preschool. We packed some spare clothes and turned up anyway, not expecting anyone else to be silly enough. As it turned out his friend Elliot was there too so they had a great morning and ate far too much chocolate!!

Jared then woke up at 11pm Friday night gasping for air. Ben rushed him to the hospital where he stayed until late Saturday afternoon. He had a really bad case of croup which is a virus high in your airways and it sounds like you have asthma.

He was feeling much brighter Sunday morning and both kids enjoyed decorating some eggs.

We went to church and then headed to Mona Vale to check out a playground we had heard about. Jared was very excited because Kaeng has been there on Playhouse Disney before!

Monday we went into Darling Harbour to have a look at some free circus shows that were there.

Jared always waited for Dani at the to so they could go down together

You could try stilts, juggling, spinning plates, hoola hoops, twirling....

Of course they had to get wet...Dani eventually stripped!

Preschool Easter Party

Today was last day of term for Jared at preschool. The kids had an Easter party and concert with heaps of food, some gorgeous singing and even the Easter Bunny!

Dani can't wait until she is old enough to go!




Jared wouldn't have anything to do with the Easter Bunny 'because it's just a real person pretending to be the Easter Bunny'.

The kids all sat in a circle and did about 10 songs for their concert. Some with actions, even one with bells and sticks. They all did so well!