tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51750746865795655512024-03-06T16:35:05.334+11:00The WatsonsWatsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-31030264075294815572012-08-22T13:11:00.000+10:002012-08-22T13:11:34.000+10:00Starting Kindergarten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our boy has been so excited to start kindergarten, and kept asking me when he was going to start. The day finally came on the 2nd day of school of term 3. We were lucky that he got a spot in the Kindergarten at Maddi's school. He goes every Tuesday and Thursday and is in the Poteroo group.<br />
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I can never get a photo of all three of them looking so end up taking two or more shots.<br />
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We have half an hour to fill in before he can start in the morning as they start a little later than school. We were very fortunate that a brand new park opened across the road from the school. Every kinder morning, Linc and Alex have a play there, and we almost always have the whole park to ourselves.<br />
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On his first day he was very excited, but also anxious as we were at the park, and he was worried that we were going to be late. He surprised me how confidentally he walked into kinder and settled in. Linc and I stayed for half an hour, just to make sure he was alright, and during mat time he said, "why are you and Linky still here?!" We figured he was right without us, and that was our cue to leave. The hardest thing was getting Linc to leave. He has made some friends. Everyone seems to know him, and he often gets greeted by name by kids when we pick Maddi up from school. He tells me "that's my friend." But he never remembers their names! It has been really good for him, and he goes to the school assembly every Tuesday to prepare them for when they go to school. Maddi often looks out for him in her lunch break, and visits him through the fence. He gets ready quick smart on school days, and is very dissapointed when he doesn't have school. He seems to really enjoy playing outside in the sandpit the most, and cooking, which he loves to do at home as well.<br />
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Here he is as a fireman for the Book Week parade. <br />
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On his first day of school Moppy and Poppy arrived in the afternoon from visiting Gina in Sydney, and stayed with us while Alex was away in China. It was a good thing that they were here, as it would of been hard to manage on my own, as Linc was sick. One day we went to Ikea, and the boys had heaps of fun in the kids section. On the Thursday after school, Moppy and Poppy took Alex out into the city for the night. Moppy and Poppy started a tradition to do something special with their grandchild when they started school. Maddi went to Sydney with them, when they started the tradition, and it was Alex's turn to visit the city with them.<br />
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They went out for dinner, and he almost ate a whole pizza. He sure knows how to eat, and is always hungry. They also had dessert as well.<br />
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He stayed at the Sofitel with Moppy and Poppy. Moppy said he was so excited, and checked the whole room out. I didn't think he would be that excited about staying in a hotel as we lived in one for two and a half weeks, but I think he enjoyed it a lot, perhaps because he had special time on his own with Moppy and Poppy.<br />
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The next morning they went out for breakfast and to the Aquarium. He really enjoyed looking at the penguins. By late afternoon, he was back home, and looked very tired. The kids seemed to miss him while he was away, we certainly noticed how quiet it was without him, as he is definitely the noise maker in the house. Maddi told him how much she had missed him, and he seemed to miss her as well. Thanks so much to Moppy and Poppy for taking him out and keeping the tradition alive.<br />
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Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-90914390629673106702012-08-08T22:21:00.000+10:002012-08-08T22:49:51.890+10:00The School Holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the beginning of July it was school holidays. The first week we had Grandma come and visit for four nights. We went to our local shops and shopped, took Grandma to our local park and one day went to our local Max Brenner. One evening Grandma and I went out to the city to watch the production of Moonshadow. Grandma is a big fan of Cat Stevens, so she knew all the songs, whereas I only recognised the hit songs. I enjoyed just spending time with her, and having a girl's night out. Grandma is always kept busy when she comes to our house. She catches us up on all the ironing, repairs clothes and toys for us, cleans the house and does the washing. Our house looked like a hotel whilst she visited. I was very grateful for her help and company, as Alex was away for a couple of nights whilst she was away. The time went very quick while she was here.<br />
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On the Friday of the first week of school holidays, the ward had a temple day. Coincidentally, it was the morning that Moppy and Poppy arrived off The Spirit of Tasmania. It was our first trip to the temple since we have moved. I asked Maddi if she remembered the temple, and she said she did. It was Linc's first time, and Alex's 2nd time, as he was just a baby when we went to Becc and Brise's wedding. Moppy and Poppy took the kids to Puffing Billy for the morning whilst we were in the temple, and they had such a fantastic time. <br />
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Alex and I had a lovely morning in the temple, and it was nice to know that the kids were happy doing their activities. Alex and I then had a leisurely lunch at a dumpling place, and met up with the kids and Moppy and Poppy to do some shopping. There were lots of bargains around as the stocktake sales were on, and the kids all came home wearing new shoes. That evening Moppy took Maddi to see the production of Annie. Maddi had such a lovely time, and has been telling us all about it at different times. She really is such a socialite, and Moppy told me that she chatted to the people sitting next to them. It was a late night for them, and Maddi went straight to bed when they got home. She was very proud of her Annie Cup and program that she brought home, and showed us which actress played Annie in her show.<br />
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The next Monday, Alex had an annual leave day, and we had grand plans to do something, but we ended up just taking it easy, which is what Alex has needed as it was his first day off work in a long time. We did end up going to Max Brenner, to try the famous chocolate Pizza, but were utterly dissapointed, that they had run out of pizza bases and ended up having an expensive fondue, which we could of made at home for less than half the price! But hopefully the kids will remember it. You can't put a price on that. Another day we caught the train into the city. It was the boys first ride on a train (besides Puffing Billy). They really enjoyed it and I was really surpised that we were the only family on the train as it was school holidays. They got lots of smiles and attention from the other passengers, as they could see how much they were enjoying it.<br />
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We then caught a tram to the Botanical Gardens and met up with Petal and her gorgeous little boy Lachie. It was a showery day, but it made it all the more fun to pull out the brolly and for the kids to jump in puddles It was great to catch up with Petal and reminice and catch up on the pieces of each others lives that we have missed out on. Lachie is such a good baby and is very smiley. The kids were very interested in him and would rub his head and talk to him. Petal showed us a good Cafe nearby and we had hot chocolates there, before we departed to go back into the city.<br />
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Another day a friend invited us around to have lunch with them, which
was lovely, as Maddi and her daughter who is 9 got on so well. The rest of the holidays we tried to sleep in and recover from the busy time we had the rest of the holidays. It was nice not to have to be somewhere by a certain time, and linger in our pjs. We were very lucky to have our family visit us and spend some time with the kids. They were such a great help in more ways than one. What would we do without our Mum's and Dad's?Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-62349361663790494952012-07-03T23:03:00.002+10:002012-07-03T23:19:42.599+10:00MovingThe week of moving was a very busy one. Alex returned from the USA, and I met him in Melbourne for a couple of days, while we looked for a house to live in, and explored some possible areas to live it. We visited lots of houses, with our relocation consultant and visited several schools in the area. While we were busy doing all this, Grandma was busy looking after the kids. After several days of looking for houses we returned home, without finding a house and a school for Maddi to attend. It was kind of dissapointing, as I wanted to return home to the kids and tell them of their new house that we would move into, and for Maddi's sake find her a school that she would be excited about to move to.<br />
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The next couple of days we were busy preparing to move- Doing all the last minute jobs, before the removalists packed for us. Mum and Dad were such a great help in those last couple of days, as they took the boys out to their place for a couple of days, while we packed, cleaned and got Maddi off to school. It took half a day for the removalists to pack us, and then by the end of the day one container was filled and moved. Becky and Auntie Margaret were a great help to us, as they helped us clean the rooms that were empty. The next day was another day of cleaning, and another container was filled. Moppy came up for the day to help us and farewell us. Maddi had a great last day of school, and came home with a giant card signed by each of her class members. I was really sad for her, when she cuddled her two best school friends Zaali and Makenzie goodbye.<br />
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The evening before we left we met up at McDonalds with most of the family. The cousins had a little play together before we got on the boat, and that was the place where we all said goodbye. <br />
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For the next two weeks we lived a hotel. It came apparent that you don't need a lot of things for the kids to be happy, but I discovered in our rush of packing that I had perhaps had underpacked, and Maddi was stuck wearing her school shoes for the next couple of weeks! But then, at least she had her school shoes, ready to start school. For the next two weeks we went to house appointments (well lack of them) as they tend to only have open homes on the weekends, and spent a lot of time at parks. The kids were getting sick of looking at houses and of course fell in love with the houses that had cubby houses and pools. The kids loved coming home to the hotel and finding that room service had cleaned their room, and had given them their own little soaps to use. We kept meals quite simple, as it was hard to cook in a small kitchen.<br />
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The kids instantly fell in love with this park and called it their favourite park ever. Coincindentally it is only a short walk from our new house. Maddi made many friends in her visits at the parks, and although she never complained that she wanted to be at school, I felt that time was dragging out, and she needed to be enrolled into school sooner rather than later, after having two weeks off school. <br />
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One evening we went on a school tour to a local school that was reasonably new. We were quite impressed with the school, and knew it was the right school for the kids. The next day we had a house to move into, and Maddi had a school. She has swimming once a week, at the school pool. She just loves her bubbly, young, enthusiastic teacher. She transitioned into school very easily and school is a short walk from home. We are missing the town clock in Ulverstone to let us know the time, and find ourselves very busy in the mornings getting ready for school. <br />
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One weekend Moppy and Poppy came to visit. It was great to see them, and spend some time with them. We met them in the city one Saturday and the boys had their first ever train ride. It was only to the next stop, but we appreciated the experience as we rested our feet and got out of the rain. We had two lovely meals with Moppy and Poppy. One night to a Greek Restraunt and the next night we went to a Korean bbq with Olan as well. I am regretting that I didn't take any photos! <br />
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On the Queens Birthday holiday, we went and visited, Perry, Loretta and Willow at their new home in Bendigo.We went up the top of this mine shaft and had a good look over the City. It was our first trip to Bendigo and the weather was just beautiful. Bendigo reminds me a lot of Launceston.<br />
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Life has been pretty busy since we have moved, and I can't believe how fast time is going. We have enjoyed catching up with old friends and cousins. Alex is enjoying his new job, which he started in March. It has been busy, and has taken him almost all over Australia thus far, and on two overseas trips. Little Alex has been accepted into the local kindergarten that we were hoping he would get into, and gets to start at the beginning of term 3. He is very excited to start, and I think it will be really good for him socially and developmentally. It will be great that he will be doing something that is independant, of his big sister and little brother. This will find just Linc and I at home, two days a week while he is at Kinder. It really will be good for all of us. More on that later! He has been a good help around the house, and insists on doing the vacuuming for me. He often asks me "What can I do to help?" Every mothers dream, to hear those words! <br />
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Linc now sleeps in a bed and shares a room with Alex. However he gets out of bed over and over- A repeat of the behaviour of his older brother. These two are developing a beautiful friendship with each other. They of course do the usual fighting that siblings do. Maddi has her own room, for the first time since she was a toddler. However the boys seem to want to spend more time in Maddi's room, than in their own! Even though Maddi tells Alex he is "banded from her room!" We are looking forward to having more family visitors, and friends over soon. Can't wait to see you! <br />
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On Wednesday it was Maddi's big birthday day. She is lucky enough to get a public holiday on her birthday as it is on ANZAC day. Maddi loves school, so sometimes I wonder if she would really mind if she did have to go school on her birthday. On Tuesday night we stayed at Mum and Dad's the night, and the kids and Grandpa were up bright and early to wish Maddi a happy birthday. She was officially 6 when she woke up, as she was born at 4.10am on ANZAC day. I always think she was ready to join the world in time for the dawn service. <br />
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First thing she did, was present opening. Then we watched Tangled, one of her birthday presents. Dad had great timing and rang just as the movie finished, from his hotel in Chicago, to wish his girl a happy day. It sure was a sacrifice for Dad to be missing his Little girl's day. Grandma made some nice fluffy pancakes for breakfast and then we went to the ANZAC march in Deloraine, to pay tribute to all those who have fought and died to defend our country. It is really sad to see that there are not many ANZACS left marching anymore, and the few that do go in the parade have aged so much and are too frail to walk. I still picture Pop marching and being there in spirit.<br />
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After the parade we went to the Raspberry Farm for lunch with Mum, Dad, the Kings, and Steph and the kids. The kids had a great play outside with their cousins in the cubby. Maddi chose an icecream sundae for lunch. Not very often do you get to have dessert for lunch, but birthdays are an exception! After lunch we headed back to Mum and Dad's, and the kids went for motorbike rides and played with Harri and Kobe. At teatime we had some of Maddi's favourites- scallops, prawns, fried rice and chicken pieces. It was nice to have the Kings there with us. We then sang happy birthday and had chocolate birthday cake and icecream for dessert. </div>
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Maddi has wanted to have a party for so long, and has been coming up with who to invite, so this was the year to do it, before we move. She was so excited about it, and has been asking during the last month, how many sleeps until it was her birthday, and how many until her party. The day finally came and our social butterfly was so happy, and was in a party mood. She has been inviting people for so long to her party by word of mouth, and I was beginning to wonder if some people would show up unexpected to me! In the end she invited 13 girls to her fairy themed party and 11 beautiful girls came to the party, some dressed in colourful fairy outfits. <br />
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Auntie Ness came up from Hobart and helped out at the party. First of all the girls made some things and got their nails painted by Auntie Ness. <br />
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Maddi is so into art/craft and creating, and asked if they could make some things at her party so we made little teacups and fairy wands, which were made out of marshmallows dipped in chocolate and covered in white chocolate and sprinkles. <br />
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Auntie Becky and Auntie Steph and Tamika (Zaali and Makenzie's Mum) were great helpers while the girls were busy creating. Grandma was a great help in the kitchen preparing food for lunch. <br />
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Then it was time for some games. First game was bobs and statues, which they loved as they got their groove on, dancing away.<br />
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The birthday girl with her school friend Zarli.<br />
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Then it was time for pass the parcel.<br />
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Maddi drew a poster of a fairy and we played pin the star on the fairy wand. Last activity was a pull string pinata. The lollies didn't come out completely by pulling the strings, so I ended up hitting the lollies out with a wooden spoon. We had lots of very excited lolly collecting girls.....and boys.<br />
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Then we finished off with party food for lunch.<br />
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Blowing the candles out. <br />
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Maddi was very lucky to get so many lovely presents. She spent the afternoon creating and playing with her presents. At the end of the day Maddi said, "thanks for the party Mum, cos I really LOVE parties." She really is growing up fast now. She makes us laugh every day. I hope that this party has left her with lovely memories of her beautiful friends in Tasmania.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-76577421942769288382012-03-02T23:06:00.000+11:002012-03-02T23:06:02.977+11:00Summer holidays activities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>During January while Alex was away on business, we went and stayed 6 nights at Grandma and Grandpa's. It was great to get away from home and feel like we were on holiday. Grandma and I had a movie marathon one day and into the night. We watched three movies in the one day. I must say that the movies that Grandma picked have definitely been playing on my mind. Maddi and Alex slept in the tent while we were there, and loved it. After all their excitement,of being in the tent they were out to it. They were asleep a lot quicker than what they would be if we were inside. Grandma stayed out there with them most of the nights, and I joined them another night. One night was enough for me, and I was happy to sleep on a proper bed the following night!<br />
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The kids had lots of paddles in Grandma and Grandpa's new pool which they got all the Grandkids. The kids spent hours in the pool in the afternoon until tea time most days. Grandma and I would read and relax on our lounge chairs. I kept thinking I could easily get used to this. <br />
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One particular day we said to the kids if you get out of the pool, you'll have to have a sleep. I am a mean mother! While they were drying off sunbaking, they managed to fall asleep. I couldn't believe it. I covered them up while they were sleeping as I didn't want them to get sunburnt. Grandpa wondered why it was so peaceful and quiet, and didn't even notice them sleeping underneath the towel and pillow. <br />
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We also did our traditional Deloraine visit op shopping, feeding the ducks and ate lunch in the park. We visited Sarah and Issac one day, which the kids enjoyed and had a look at the pigs that are just near Sarah's place. On the Saturday we headed home to be back for church, and took a spontaneous visit, Sunday evening, back for an overnight visit with Chrish who was on his first night there. We joked that Chrish was the Prodigal Son, as Mum had made a delicious roast lamb with a really yummy mango cheesecake for Chrish's homecoming.<br />
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The kids had girl movie nights and stayed up late. One night the girls watched Ella Enchanted and Maddi invited the neigbour boys over to watch it. I kept trying to convince her that it was a movie that boys probably wouldn't enjoy, but Maddi was persistent and asked their Mum for permission.. Instead they had a playdate on the trampoline as the boys were busy that night. Maddi loves her playdates with those boys. We have been teaching the kids about loving everyone and about loving their neighbours and explained to Maddi what that meant. One day Maddi randomly said, " Mum, I really do love my neighbours." She will be quite sad to leave her first crush, Master L. It will be sad for Maddi to not be able to ask her teachers if she can go and visit grade two, to visit her friend Master L. She tells me that Master L and his brother Master C, are really really nice, and really look after her.<br />
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On the 2nd day while Kelsea was visiting, we went on a bike ride down to the park and beach. It was hard work for them, as it was a hot day. Kelsea went great guns on the bike and it really encouraged Maddi and Alex to try and keep up with her. Maddi and Kelsea insisted on dressing up, down at the park. We had a play at the beach and park before riding back home.<br />
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We had lovely weather while Kelsea visited and the kids had a great time. Maddi loved having her over to do girl stuff. After Christmas I thought the holidays were going to go slow, but they really did go extra fast. If only we knew what was to happen the next day, we would of wished time to stop.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-59361268214377853772012-02-17T21:13:00.001+11:002012-02-17T21:20:09.156+11:00Waterslide Party!On Saturday the 14th of January we celebrated Alex and Linc's birthday at the Ulverstone Waterslide and the park. I always thought it would be great to book the waterslide out for a birthday, and since we knew that we were moving, thought that it might be the last opportunity for the boys to celebrate their birthdays in Tasmania with the family. It was great to have Grandma and Grandpa, Moppy and Poppy, The Kings and The Shields family celebrate with us. Most of us had a go on the waterslide- Old and young, which made it all the more fun. It was very amusing to see the speeds that everyone would go at, and I would wonder what the technique was to go fast. The speed demons were Uncle Aaron, Uncle Brise and Daddy and the SLOW COACH of all was Poppy. In fact at one point towards the end of a ride, Poppy literally stopped and was trying so hard to keep going. It was hilarious! Linc was only interested in going a couple of times as he felt the cold, and was happy to rugged up on Grandma's knee watching everyone. Everytime we would ask if he wanted another ride he would shake his head at us, to give us a definite no. <br />
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Afterwards we had party food and had birthday cake at the park.<br />
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The boys were very lucky and got lots of lovely presents, which they loved and still love, weeks later.<br />
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The boys had their own individual cakes on their actual birthdays, but we thought it was much easier to have a combined cake for their party. I made the cake and Alex (Dad) decorated it as an Aeroplane runway cake. The boys love planes. Linc is especially obsessed with planes and often refers to any plane as "Daddy's plane." <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Afterwards we hung out with Moppy, Poppy, Becc, Brise and William before they went home. The boys were lucky (and Maddi as an early b'day present) and got a trampoline from Moppy and Poppy for their birthdays. They had a great time playing with Will. The trampoline has provided hours of fun and Maddi was practically begging for one at Christmas time. We've had the sprinkler on it on hot days, and it is always used when the neighbours are on their trampoline too. Linc loves just running laps around it, but hates it when Maddi and Alex are jumping and he is being bounced around. We sure will miss spending birthdays with the family in the future. When I asked Alex who he wanted to come to his party all he wanted was his family. He often refers to his cousins as his best friends, I hope that he always calls his family his best friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Linc is very plane and helicopter obsessed. Helicopters are called planes by him. He is very observant when it comes to planes, he spots planes everywhere , even when they are on airport road signs. When he hears an aeroplane, he can hear it from miles away and tells everyone "shhhhh.......plane coming." Then he takes us all to the window like it's the most important thing ever, and becons us to come, and says "come.....see!" One of these days I should capture it on video, as describing it doesn't really show how cute he is when he says it. Linc is a bit of an actor and will show so much expression in his face.<br />
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Linc had Nutrigrain for breakfast, and several bowls of it! He is a big breakfast eater. Some people cannot believe that he can eat up to 6 weetbix for breaky. Linc is still small and weighed 9.6kgs at his 2 year old check, and is officially in a size 0, but we put him in size 1 clothes. Size 1 clothes often swim on him and he has to have pants with a waistband, otherwise they are down to his ankles. <br />
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We spent the afternoon at the pool while the car was being serviced. The kids are such water babies and could spend the whole day there. <br />
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Linc feels the cold though and was often in out of the pool and would give me the biggest smiles and would run up to me with his arms wide open to give me a hug. I didn't care that he got me wet and had made me look like I had wet myself! It was one of those moments that you say, you'll never forget, so I took a photo of Linc so I wouldn't forget it.<br />
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Linc had some snakes for a birthday treat.<br />
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Linc loves roast chicken, so since I didn't have time to put a roast on for tea, we had the closest thing to roast chicken-Charcoal Chicken. He had a sponge cake filled with dairy free custard. <br />
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Linc had such a happy day on his birthday. We can't really call our baby a baby anymore!Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-80732361415246092542012-02-15T20:35:00.000+11:002012-02-15T20:35:50.639+11:004th Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDpELV0n1egHtLpLkTd-WLvilZDomjYiLxfOgseurSU64dOA1EeqwzDZSbDS5jQbotx40YdrFbJ-U8tO6N7VHFhwitU8vXh4_Id1IuTJ3P3RDVUYjD07tHSH6tN-WF1DSyjd0Iev9Eoim/s1600/IMG_1805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDpELV0n1egHtLpLkTd-WLvilZDomjYiLxfOgseurSU64dOA1EeqwzDZSbDS5jQbotx40YdrFbJ-U8tO6N7VHFhwitU8vXh4_Id1IuTJ3P3RDVUYjD07tHSH6tN-WF1DSyjd0Iev9Eoim/s320/IMG_1805.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
On Tuesday the 10th of January, Alex turned 4. He was more into his birthday than ever. It was a big surprise to get a bike for his birthday that Dad and Maddi had picked out. It was quite tricky too keep it a surprise, as he was very frustrated that he couldn't spend time with Dad and whilst he was at the bike shops. We went to McDonalds for breakfast before Alex went to work. Little Alex loves McDonalds. and had a baon and egg McMuffin meal. <br />
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He wanted a chocolate cake for his birthday, so we got him a supermarket mud cake and decorated it. <br />
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We were planning to go for a bike ride after, but it kept showering on and off all day. We ended up sticking to riding up and down our street. We watched Cars 2, which he got for his birthday, while the weather was bad.<br />
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He requested noodles for his birthday tea, so I made something similar to Pad Thai with lots of seafood in it. All was well until Lincoln violently started throwing up all over the table and in his seat! The enjoyable dinner ended there, as none of us wanted to continue eating! After everything was sanitised and cleaned, we put Lincoln to bed and had some cake and icecream and sang happy birthday. Little Alex received phone calls during the day, but he is not a big talker on the phone, and ended up just grinning everytime he would get a call. In the early hours of the morning on the 11th of January (not his burthday) he woke up and had thrown up in his bed. The fortunate thing was it didn't happen on his birthday.<br />
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During the holidays he has been riding his bike to the park and back. With strong legs like his, he powers up hills, but isn't so good down hills. He doesn't know how to use the brakes yet. Rather than using the brakes, he just abandons the bike while it's in motion and he's got himself into a few accidents. We can't believe he is 4 already. We love our 4 year old.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-28947085937067906692012-01-21T23:16:00.000+11:002012-01-21T23:16:49.532+11:00Summer holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Christmas we stayed in Hobart for a whole week. It was nice to spend lots of time with the family, as Gina and Damien stayed on after Christmas too. It was great that the kids could play with Will and Beth all the time. The weather was great while we were down, and we made the most of it by going to the beach. Hinsby Beach just a short drive down the road from Moppy and Poppy's and one day we went to Clifton Beach for the waves to suit the body boarders in the family. The kids are so content at the beach and could really stay there most of the day.....if you keep the food and drinks up to them. </div><br />
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One evening we went to the Taste for tea. It was very busy, but we managed to find a table right in the middle. We had a Seafood platter and this generous dessert, with pana cotta, berries, ice cream and loads of cream. <br />
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We picked the right night for the Taste and was able to see the winning yacht from the Sydney to Hobart race cross the finish line. This was a first! In the past we have seen the yachts sail up the river in the night time past Moppy and Poppy's house, but this time the winner arrived in the evening.<br />
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Later that week we went and had a look at the yachts down at the wharf. Here are the kids with the winning yacht. We also went to the Salamanca market and had a played in the park which had some great activities for the kids. <br />
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The kids were always up early in the mornings, and did some yacht spotting with Poppy.<br />
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One day there was a waterfight at Moppy and Poppy's. It started with waterbombs and it esculated to buckets of water and the high pressure cleaner!<br />
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Uncle Damien was very good at multi-tasking and took all the cousins for a trailer ride. <br />
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One day we made a trip to Zoodoo in Richmond. Linc is very good at roaring like a tiger and he was very interested in the tigers. Maddi and Alex fed the tigers and it definitely worried me when the guide kept warning everyone not to rattle or touch the cage at all. It amazed me that Little Alex didn't do so. Any ideas in his head can be a dangerous thing! <br />
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The final thing which we did at Zoodoo was the safari bus to feed the emus. It was quite an experience! Alex sat on the outside with Linc next to Gina, Damien and Beth, and I sat in the middle with Little Alex and Maddi. The emus were in desperate search for the white food bags, and fearing that Little Alex was going to get hurt by one because he was about the only one left with a food bag, I quickly grabbed his bag and hid it under my lap. Fortunately it didn't sniff for it. When we got up to the camels Maddi was worried she was going to get sneezed on by one. <br />
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On the New Year's Day holiday we headed back home. On the way home we stopped on by at Hawley Beach and met up with some family. <br />
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We returned home to an abundance of oversized zucchinis. <br />
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Auntie Gina, Uncle Damien and Beth stayed with us for one more night before they caught a daysailing. We love "Bethie" (as Maddi calls her). Linc learnt to say her name very quickly but always referred to her as "babeeee". Little Alex is still at the "why?" stage and was always asking so many questions about his cute little cousin. Maddi loves to hold Beth and talk to her and I think she is pleased that she has a girl cousin to play with. <br />
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We went to the terminal to farewell them, and moved across the river to the jetty to wave them goodbye. <br />
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The Spirit turning in the river. <br />
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We spotted them from the deck as they sailed past and yelled out goodbye and hoped that they heard us. It was sad to farwell them and to know that next time we see Beth she will be a little older. When we got home Little Alex said he missed Beth. <br />
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I always like to see what Christmas stuff is left at the supermarkets post christmas. We picked up these gingerbread men decorating kits from the supermarket and the kids enjoyed decorating and eating them. Best of all the gingerbread was dairy free, so Linc was able to eat it. <br />
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That sums up the first couple of weeks of holidays after Christmas. Maddi thought that because Christmas was over, that school was ready to go back and that the Christmas school holidays were complete. She even went around announcing to our neighbour that she was going back to school really soon. So I had to quickly correct her on that perception, before it became too dissapointing. It was dissapointing for her as she loves school and can't wait to get back and be a Prep girl, and be a full-time school girl.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-22085997047582405112012-01-04T22:28:00.000+11:002012-01-04T22:28:01.597+11:00Christmas Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhLAdrLYE4C3VEJ3to8qOvnHRrZMsrEN-QHrnYyXqStaup0ARySnwk9QXvAmtS1hJaU0KnGYCuAH2qUVq2I3LUllLomMbQ4vAlEE8SPfTgqcs8nD7G3nD2NRcjMIE7F1o2WAUnrKCsVKu/s1600/IMG_1719.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ6Xr6d4lfIdUarYj-ou3odItLTwDpdR1u1Ixu6SMz3mLlufoOI1jDAooxucrkkyfrKeSDJdy7up4iYCbzDV76tHEUat7aw39Y-AIr8CdX6OVIYJyQRSIb7e5oi2eYkccw4fBjYgbsSRV/s1600/IMG_1717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ6Xr6d4lfIdUarYj-ou3odItLTwDpdR1u1Ixu6SMz3mLlufoOI1jDAooxucrkkyfrKeSDJdy7up4iYCbzDV76tHEUat7aw39Y-AIr8CdX6OVIYJyQRSIb7e5oi2eYkccw4fBjYgbsSRV/s320/IMG_1717.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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On Christmas Eve we stayed at Mum and Dad's the night. It was the first time that we have stayed at Mum and Dad's on Christmas Eve and Santa knew to pay a visit at Grandma and Grandpa's. Mum had made a nice roast lamb for tea and the kids stayed up a little later to watch Carols by Candlelight on TV. The kids left a cookie out for santa, and a carrot for the reindeers, with a note. It was nice to wake up on Christmas morning, listening to the sounds of the country- Cows mooing, the dairy equipment humming and birds chirping. Linc was the first awake at around 6.45am and the kids weren't too long after. Maddi was so happy that Santa had given her some Fairy Dust, one of the things on her extensive wish list. He also left a note to say thankyou to the kids for the treats. The kids opened some presents from us and then we got ready to attend church in Launceston. When I was a kid I really didn't like Christmas Day being on a Sunday, but this time I really enjoyed it and Christmas meant a whole lot more being able to sing Christmas hymns and hear the different christmas messages in church, and feeling uplifted afterwards. After church we had Christmas lunch at Lisa and Aaron's place and we had a delicious lunch of seafood and salads. It was nice to be able to briefly spend some time with the Kings and Mum and Dad. All the kids love their cousins so much. Linc is especially fond of Jay, and kept pointing and telling us during sacrament meeting that Jay was there.<br />
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Mum got these ripper party poppers from Chickenfeed, which we left a great mess and colour in the Kings loungeroom before we left. <br />
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We had a roast turkey, stuffing, roast vegetables and ham for mains and summer pudding and raspberry mousse for dessert. Alex's Nana was over for the afternoon, and it was lovely to spend some time with her. Linc is becoming quite familiar with her and will call out "Nana" with his arms widespread wanting her to pick him up to get cuddles from her.<br />
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After dinner we exchanged presents. The kids were quite gracious about all the presents they got and I was pleased that they didn't really care what they didn't get, but loved what they did get. Little Alex enjoyed opening presents and would ask when he was going to open more. I don't really think he was into receiving the presents, he just seemed to really enjoy unwrapping them and anticipating what was in them. Linc enjoyed unwrapping the presents and had already had the hang of it well before Christmas, when he unwrapped a lot of the presents we had in our room! <br />
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Little Alex in some new sunnies.<br />
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Gina and cute little Beth picked us up from the airport and our first stop was to the Adriano Zumbo shop. We watched his show on SBS when it was on, and said we'd always like to go there and try some of his treats when we visited Sydney. We were hoping to try his famous V8 cake but had no such luck, but tried every single macaroon and a few different cakes.<br />
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That evening we stayed with Gina and Damien, and Chrish came around for a barbeque with us. He travelled far out of his neighbourhood, so it was nice that we were able to catch up. The rest of the time with Gina, Damien and Beth consisted of shopping at Miranda, visiting Cronulla Beach and eating lots and lots at a Brazillian Barbeque place. I think we must of got our iron intake for a month there. There were lots of different marinated meats to try. It was all very tasty and we were glad that Gina and Damien introduced us to it.<br />
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Beth is just the cutest baby, she was a but unsure of Uncle Alex looking a bit rugged with his beard, but then warmed to him by the end of the weekend. Probably after he shaved the beard for church did she become more comfortable! She is such a GOOD baby too. We got to meet her when she was less than a month old, and now she is such a happy little person.<br />
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A lovely lunch was had before we left Gina and Damien's.<br />
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The last time we were in Sydney was over 5 and a half years ago, so we did lots of reminicing while we were there, as it was where Alex served his mission, and where we were married and spent a bit of our honeymoon. We have lots of fond memories of spending a christmas up there when I was pregnant with Maddi. It was good to just see Gina and Damien's new place, and spend time getting to know Beth.<br />
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In the afternoon we caught the train into the city. Our hotel wasn't far away from Circular Quay, so it made was very convenient to catch the train in. We did lots of sightseeing through the city and then finished our walk through the Botanical Gardens. It was so lovely and peaceful there, so different to the city. There were several weddings going on.<br />
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We walked around the Opera House and then went to Aria Restaraunt for tea. The views were spectacular as it faced the bridge. The service was great and so was the food. I liked that they gave us several free tastings, so we didn't leave hungry at all. My dessert was the brandy snap mille feuille with caramelised bananas, hazelnuts and salted caramel sauce. I love caramel and bananas. <br />
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Our breakfast at the Guylian shop. <br />
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The next day was a gorgeous day- Nice and warm. It was hard to head home, but nice to see the kids again. We kept saying the kids would love to do this and that while we were there, but it was nice that it was just us on the trip, and we were able to take time together over a meal or two or three! <br />
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Just before Easter our boy was finally toilet trained. He was aged 3 and a quarter. It was a long time in the making from start to finish.... He likes to test our patience a little. Anyway he started to show signs of interest back in the summer of 2010, just after he turned 2. This photo was taken when he was aged two. He totally surprised me one day when he did a number two in the toilet, when Lincoln was a newborn. Maddi being the helpful sister wiped for him and was excited to announce to me the exciting news. I got my hopes up a little, and thought that it may just be easier than I had anticipated. I thought I was so lucky to have a newborn and a toddler that was toilet training himself. After all it is a real no no to toilet train a child with big changes in his life. We had moved house and then the following day he had a new sibling, so I never wanted to push him to do it at this stage in his life. But if he wanted to do it himself, I was fine with that. Progress just stopped after a while and he had no interest to do it again.<br />
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Then with the warmer weather of summer, just after he turned 3, we tried again.We are lucky enough to live close to the town centre and live close enough to hear the Memorial Clock Tower. From 8am until 9pm everyday, this clock chimes a song on the hour in a minor scale. I used to think that it was so depressing being in a minor scale, but am now so used to hearing it. On the half hour it dings just the once. This had Maddi stumped a lot, as she would often think it was 1 O'clock! I have found this clock chime so handy over the years. If I'm out in the garden or elsewhere I know exactly what time it is as I don't wear a watch and have not for years because of the accidental scratching on the kids. I thought that we could use this clock to our advantage. So I started to get little Alex tuned into to listening for the chime. So every time he heard the clock he was to go to the toilet. It was very unlikely that he would have an accident in half an hour. It became quite a novelty at first, and Maddi got so involved in listening for the clock, that everytime she would hear it she wanted to be the first to announce that it was "toilet time!." Nothing like a bit of help and reminder from his big sister!<br />
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Then after a while of accidents, number ones were mastered without the aid of the clock. He took great delight in flushing his wees to Sydney. Well he used to say "flush it to Sydney!". Then it was time to master the number twos, because it's not nice at all having to clean underpants everyday with number twos inside. Sorry to be a bit gross with the details! We had a box of presents that he was to choose a present every time he did a number two. That box didn't even get a look in for a couple of months. So after some time, Alex and I did a roster of toilet supervision. Every night after tea, one of us would sit with him at the toilet for about half an hour. We most often would read books to him and went through lots of new books that we had borrowed from the library. Then one day...... a number two finally happened while he was on the loo. He was so excited, and we were too. It was like we had won Tatslotto! He then quickly obtained his gifts of funny glasses, glow in the dark stars, a magic painting book, cars, lollies and other things. After that day we only had a few setbacks, but he finally mastered toilet training with a bit of encouragement from us all and some presents..<br />
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All his number twos are being flushed to Sydney now. No idea why he decided they were going to Sydney and not Melbourne, but we are happy that they go to Sydney everyday. Sometimes twice a day! Sorry about sending our mess to you Auntie Gina, Damien, Beth and Uncle Chrish! He still wears nappies to bed but doesn't very often wet them at night. The only trouble we really have now is his independance of wiping. We have to listen out for when he is on the loo otherwise not all of it makes it to Sydney- Some stays on the seat and in his underpants. Sorry about all the details. He was toliet trained just in time to go to visit Moppy and Poppy while we went to Melbourne for the weekend back in May. We are so proud of our boy. He is now trying to teach Linc that art of toilet training. It is so nice to have one sibling pass their knowledge and encouragement of toilet training to their younger sibling. I think Linc will one day thank Maddi for her modesty in this photo!<br />
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We celebrated on her actual birthday by going to Blueskies Restaurant, with extended family and friends, from the state and some from interstate. Gina and Damien came down for the weekend and surpised Nana with their visit. It was nice that the occasion brought lots of the family together, as it becomes rarer for family get togethers. Maddi and Alex spent time and became acquainted with their second cousins Joshua and Megan. It turns out that Maddi and Megan are the same age, so that had lots to talk about. I must upload some photos of the occassion from Alex's phone.<br />
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We also got to meet Beth our niece and cousin for the first time. Beth is such a beautiful baby. She was four weeks old when we met her over the weekend. She looks a lot like Damien and reminds me a lot of Maddi as a baby. Maybe all baby girls do! She was sleeping well already and Gina is so relaxed and calm as a mother that she seems like she is an old hand. Perhaps all the babies that she has photopgraphed that have pooed and spewed on her over the years, has helped her with the experience!<br />
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Linc doesn't seem so babyish anymore. Although the whole weekend he was such high maintenance. He wasn't feeling great the whole weekend and was very clingy and insecure. I was exhausted the whole weekend as I had a sinus infection and Linc wasn't sleeping so well, and the only way he would sleep was to lay right on top of my body. Lucky he is light, otherwise I would of had back problems for the next week. It almost felt like we had a newborn! Little Alex did his nightly awakenings and vommitted after tea on Sunday night, so it was so busy dealing with all the sickness and lack of sleep. We didn't really know that he was sick as he just bounces still and doesn't ever tell us that he is feeling unwell. Unfortunately, because I wasn't well and didn't want to spread anything to Beth, I didn't give her any cuddles and holds.<br />
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Before we left we had lunch with Gina, Beth, Becc and Will at Nando's. I love that Nando's conforms with our dietary requirements. We also discovered a great patesserie in North Hobart called <a href="http://www.sweetenvy.com/">Sweet Envy</a>. It felt like a touch of Melbourne had come to Hobart. I had my tastebuds out for some macaroons, but they had sold out, so instead I got a piece of cake. We left Hobart in the late afternoon. It was lovely to meet Beth and be there for Nana's special occasion. I love that Alex has the flexibility in his work to have long weekends. Weekends with the family are the best weekends. Don't grow up too fast Beth. I want to have a cuddle, while you're little.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-86090159950231560052011-07-27T19:11:00.133+10:002011-07-27T22:32:02.733+10:0018 Months young<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time flies when you're having fun! The 12th of July marked Lincoln's 18 month of age mark. Linc was so brave when he got his immunisation for chicken pox- He didn't let out a sound. Little Alex has trained him tough! He's still not walking, (although he took 2 steps a couple of weeks back) or crawling, but bottom shuffling around. He is so quick that it's no wonder that he has no tummy- He must burn everything off. He is so powerful and efficient at it that he gets airborne and you hear a galloping sound on our wooden floorboards. He loves the outdoors although I do not let him outside unless the grass is dry, which is very rare at the moment. He leaves big tracks on the grass with his bottom shuffling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He loves to climb into the cupboards and the dishwasher when he has the chance, he enjoys pulling books off the bookshelf, playing with electronic devices, putting things in the toilet, having baths, dancing and enjoys playing in the saucepans cupboard. His older brother likes to join in with all the banging and crashing of the saucepans. His favourite place in the whole house is the pantry. He goes in there for some "eat! eats!" and is on the hunt for some yummy food. He gets very excited when he finds some marshmallows and his special dairy free and gluten free chocolate covered biscuits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
A few weeks back he officially entered nursery. To us he still feels like a baby, and I really do not know where the last 18 months have gone. So far the transition into nursery has been smooth sailing. We have a great nursery leader who is on the ball and knows all the 15 nursery kids so well. Anna does a great job, she must be exhausted when she goes home to look after her two little ones! <br />
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Little Alex will still be in nursey until next year with Lachie. Eamon will still be in for another year. It's great to go to church with some cousins. Uncle Jared is an assistant in nursery so there are lots of familiar faces in there for Linc to be comfortable with.<br />
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They have also been having lots of camping trips in the lounge room. Before I know it, little Alex has clothing off his shelves and packs it into every single bag they own. Blankets are brought out and summer pjs are on for their campout. The sure are fast at bringing it all out, but are very slow to put it all back for some reason! <br />
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Maddi was very excited today when we went for a walk, as she noticed the trees were in blossom. Come soon spring, we love you and are looking forward to planting more vegies in the garden and getting outside more.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-59537871194320844022011-06-29T13:26:00.000+10:002011-06-29T13:26:16.723+10:00"He needs a sport!"<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">About 12 months ago we were at the child health clinic for Lincoln. Little Alex was restless (as normal) and the child health nurse was distracted for a moment while observing Alex and declared " He needs a sport!" So last term Little Alex went to swimming lessons for the first time ever. He had a wonderful time and looked forward to his Tuesday swims independant of his big sister, while she was at school. He is a powerhouse in the water and would leave all the other kids behind as he has such a strong kick. He still hasn't got the technique quite right (as he kicks deep down into the water rather than close to the surface), but with some time and practice next term we'll work on that. His swimming teacher thought it was a good idea to put him up a class next term to help him along with the technique. It was so good for him physically, but also socially as he got to mix with kids his own age.<br />
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The next morning we got up early to attended the temple. We had such a lovely experience there filled with the spirit. Afterwards we stopped into the Hawks Nest and had a look at the Hawks Museum, shopped at Chadstone, and stopped into the Lindt shop for some cake. It was late afternoon by the time we checked into our Hotel in the city The <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/locations/melbourne">Intercontinental Rialto.</a> We had a lovely dinner at <a href="http://www.melbarestaurant.com.au/">Melba Restaurant</a> at the Langham Hotel, and overindulged. Well I did, and struggled to walk back to the hotel afterwards from being so full. It was so nice to sit down and have a meal without the cares that we would have if we were at home with the kids- Like drink spillage, tired children, cleaning up messes and trying to get them to eat all the dinner.<br />
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On Saturday morning we had a little sleep in and went for a swim in the hotel pool and hopefully worked off some calories from our feed the night before. We had an explore around the city stopping in at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.kokoblack.com/">Koko Black</a> for a hot and iced chocolate and a tastings plate. In our opinion they make the best iced and hot chocolates. In the afternoon we headed to the Dandenongs to be there for Holly and Daniel's big day. This was the reason why we headed up for the weekend. We stopped at a beautiful garden that we attempted to visit with the kids in March, but after arriving close to closing time and the kids falling asleep in the car, we missed the opportunity. Being Autumn it was all the more beautiful than it was a couple of months back. Perry has been telling us about this spot for years and we finally made it. It was definitely worth the visit.<br />
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We then we travelled to the next little township of Monbulk for Daniel and Holly's wedding at a venue called <a href="http://www.nathaniasprings.com.au/">Nathania Springs</a>. It was cold and there were light showers, so the service was held indoors in a gorgeous room. It was so good to finally meet their families who were just as lovely. Daniel had his brothers as his groomsmen, and Holly's older sister and Daniel's sister were Holly's bridesmaids. Holly's eight year old niece, Veronica made a beautiful flower girl. It was great to see how their families are so close and got along so well together. The wedding service was so heartfelt with some beautiful vowels that they had written to each other. Holly was glowing and was such a relaxed bride, that made us all laugh during the ceremony. They are just so perfect for each other and were definitely ready for their special day. We were honored that we could be there for it and that they wanted the kids to be there too.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday morning we attended church in Perry's ward and had a quick lunch at <a href="http://rockpool.com/melbourne/">Rockpool</a>- Neil Perry's famous two hat restaurant, which was very enjoyable. The food was very tasty and I was pleasantly surprised that we left full. We had great quick service too as we had our plane to catch in the afternoon.<br />
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We had a wonderful weekend away. It was really like a second honeymoon, as we have never stayed in hotel without the kids since our honeymoon. Did I mention that we ate and ate all weekend?! We definitely lived it up a bit more than our honeymoon, as we were both poor students back then. Alex missed the kids heaps while we were away as he had been away from home for over two weeks, but I enjoyed the short break, missing them at different times. It was nice not to have nightly visitations from little people, and get some unbroken sleep, and be able to give each other undivided attention without the interruptions. The kids were happy as well and had such an enjoyable time at Moppy and Poppy's house, filled with visits to the park and picnics. We got home close to midnight after travelling back from Hobart on Sunday night<span style="text-decoration: underline;">.</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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We were previously in the Gunns Stand, but have moved to the other side of the ground to a more family friendly area. It was such a beautiful warm day that we had the sun shining on us all afternoon and we were actually quite hot. Maddi was a little bored to begin with and wanted to draw, but then as the Hawks started to get on a good role she got more into it. Little Alex was so into using his Hawks clapper after the Hawks would kick a goal. He loves his clapper at home and gets too carried away with it- He deliberately uses it to wake people up in the morning. It was good that it was finally put to some good use.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-nAnLTErUXaLsP-NIcVkVw3Tk4P5c4jwfvQH3oMf8SkjTAGDX_z58oach87oREtPTEK765UZsghZc-5GV6b8CZl2N8vc190oaq_J-98XVzi7vBgTJAGM6Hct_xNUxpR40e-VfyWdQVOa/s1600/IMG_1302.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604658128188794034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-nAnLTErUXaLsP-NIcVkVw3Tk4P5c4jwfvQH3oMf8SkjTAGDX_z58oach87oREtPTEK765UZsghZc-5GV6b8CZl2N8vc190oaq_J-98XVzi7vBgTJAGM6Hct_xNUxpR40e-VfyWdQVOa/s640/IMG_1302.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-6993485537531999042011-05-03T20:02:00.006+10:002011-05-03T21:00:45.216+10:00The Easter holidaysMaddi is loving school so much that when Easter holidays rolled around I wondered what we were we going to do during the Easter holidays to occupy her. One thing was certain is that she needed company. Maddi isn't the type of kid that is happy to do things on her own and has a great desire to socialise. The first few days she enjoyed doing some craft and created some jewellery boxes for Chloe and Kelsea.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch-LSq-gMeFSNxQxUlkHf2G3tqF86WqFknY3B2dRxFSEobSe3lnRsxyVG8XJ2wtfDUWxLLQqo4V-lfCkbX8haO3ailIn9Xl1X7D9RUVmJzVBEtC8DhqjzkLD-e0asWReVd3rR3Px5JAur/s1600/IMG_1386.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch-LSq-gMeFSNxQxUlkHf2G3tqF86WqFknY3B2dRxFSEobSe3lnRsxyVG8XJ2wtfDUWxLLQqo4V-lfCkbX8haO3ailIn9Xl1X7D9RUVmJzVBEtC8DhqjzkLD-e0asWReVd3rR3Px5JAur/s320/IMG_1386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602429662092682370" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPrra9U9BMdBrW44bJajIfUgqGIgFSPhzg_ggDOzlZK546_iiyoRB6rcxYHmbgLZGeCnoDZ1ZlmyS5IgwNqdj7iMcwIqr0cF7iK3c4lGQ1IeDiTrwNaey2KOLiXIO84czbmUI7-ejWrUn/s1600/IMG_1387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPrra9U9BMdBrW44bJajIfUgqGIgFSPhzg_ggDOzlZK546_iiyoRB6rcxYHmbgLZGeCnoDZ1ZlmyS5IgwNqdj7iMcwIqr0cF7iK3c4lGQ1IeDiTrwNaey2KOLiXIO84czbmUI7-ejWrUn/s320/IMG_1387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602429662093435378" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLvICqJZ_mJ6BSlb84yuAFJ1X0XQY-D0VPGCg5aV9UrI0Le1vbM_nWUrHDb_BDDV1YINSyOdBzm71CU5wX2IjmZcgJgmw-kDZjdPbAkglmlEDcNbckpj9cVDOGeU5ROzb-xX61sktBqGx/s1600/IMG_1388.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLvICqJZ_mJ6BSlb84yuAFJ1X0XQY-D0VPGCg5aV9UrI0Le1vbM_nWUrHDb_BDDV1YINSyOdBzm71CU5wX2IjmZcgJgmw-kDZjdPbAkglmlEDcNbckpj9cVDOGeU5ROzb-xX61sktBqGx/s320/IMG_1388.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602428700574803250" border="0" /></a>Another day we had a visit from Kelsea and the girls made some tiaras to be like the girl that they had been hearing all about, that was going to become princess.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14fB5qU-RXl_s_Jrk4xrjuobuCzmVQU9Ze-t1MRSLNcS5B75hEK2gQrzhODHzkjt2a7TGOcJSi-OhyXdWFbG5NeyzlY1-iVp8JwKNEg-clR6UJioGv39DmC_mugOB0SN1RYb974u1Yl5s/s1600/IMG_1389.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14fB5qU-RXl_s_Jrk4xrjuobuCzmVQU9Ze-t1MRSLNcS5B75hEK2gQrzhODHzkjt2a7TGOcJSi-OhyXdWFbG5NeyzlY1-iVp8JwKNEg-clR6UJioGv39DmC_mugOB0SN1RYb974u1Yl5s/s320/IMG_1389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602428702376993362" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkCkOmPp8KnOZDxxNP2hStVhD-3uIiXDqtq-YXZngxL_Db_ARBYTi4xHLFfD98A9vzjxguHmwiqQzGT_0Z5lzBl2BVNVFFyTWTNQJe79TRZsqZO2WS2vW4cBrw-u7i8LvH2zlxBHKoTyH/s1600/IMG_1406.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkCkOmPp8KnOZDxxNP2hStVhD-3uIiXDqtq-YXZngxL_Db_ARBYTi4xHLFfD98A9vzjxguHmwiqQzGT_0Z5lzBl2BVNVFFyTWTNQJe79TRZsqZO2WS2vW4cBrw-u7i8LvH2zlxBHKoTyH/s320/IMG_1406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602431629299028914" border="0" /></a><br />We went down to our local park and had a barbeque and picnic. Sausages, watermelon, fairy biscuits, marshmallows and pink drinks was on our menu. The seagulls were very hungry and got stuck into our unattended bread.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7ArGvoieeQtVjWsMi1KbWbecNXEO9qIIuzcTFwjRyfGo0Rj1gyFoj8Rc3Rz3Au82LxCrfVtHGNUsQSkDHwCXhEG9Ud0oADuwWE5_4lidhSISwZDPAoJYOuC19dbo3T10mCc-QbhOsEUQ/s1600/IMG_1393.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7ArGvoieeQtVjWsMi1KbWbecNXEO9qIIuzcTFwjRyfGo0Rj1gyFoj8Rc3Rz3Au82LxCrfVtHGNUsQSkDHwCXhEG9Ud0oADuwWE5_4lidhSISwZDPAoJYOuC19dbo3T10mCc-QbhOsEUQ/s320/IMG_1393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602428714131881810" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wOeGdfcVdKrOyXaQqeahkWEkMhYHzQdircvrjIt8FIv7Sh9Zzr5jUx9KV0-U0pfMsKvc8OeBk5oRmugPgtfWB4fqWuoHVa3KiuY86l9NHn1ws_8Uuqd1HYdsPXuibYR-cZdOhwFAFhg_/s1600/IMG_1390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wOeGdfcVdKrOyXaQqeahkWEkMhYHzQdircvrjIt8FIv7Sh9Zzr5jUx9KV0-U0pfMsKvc8OeBk5oRmugPgtfWB4fqWuoHVa3KiuY86l9NHn1ws_8Uuqd1HYdsPXuibYR-cZdOhwFAFhg_/s320/IMG_1390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602428706795159074" border="0" /></a>Our park has a great new playground that is wheelchair friendly. Maddi of course did her usual thing at the park and " made some friends". She is not shy at all and ends up talking to everyone. It's always a bonus when she meets up with her Kinder pals at the park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OkblxjCPUNv8bQLMZMWT1pI3ORcWbxmnWd__UYZJflWEqtV4_9qBB7gvxm5gLSxV-VljwlLkPag56PNhYs7gs1Q1dJjrHCbJSX8g__O8o-R2M9JI9EnsswZVvIcFjadpzxJLbn5saiPM/s1600/IMG_1391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OkblxjCPUNv8bQLMZMWT1pI3ORcWbxmnWd__UYZJflWEqtV4_9qBB7gvxm5gLSxV-VljwlLkPag56PNhYs7gs1Q1dJjrHCbJSX8g__O8o-R2M9JI9EnsswZVvIcFjadpzxJLbn5saiPM/s320/IMG_1391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602428709812615314" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WAyS61MTM9PSGCkggSf2R5hZAvx41jUq4aonNmyOp0RJs8XN902GyliLNSPzJkZeOlBCv1KwuC2zIv-5n8sNSzU1bAmh6PHZwxO5qjrPrpgkEPW0xP8zCpmsDsopDdNWaNHdTfxSmU8i/s1600/IMG_1399.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WAyS61MTM9PSGCkggSf2R5hZAvx41jUq4aonNmyOp0RJs8XN902GyliLNSPzJkZeOlBCv1KwuC2zIv-5n8sNSzU1bAmh6PHZwxO5qjrPrpgkEPW0xP8zCpmsDsopDdNWaNHdTfxSmU8i/s320/IMG_1399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602431645084755218" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihWrFLWBZXgovyuaF5_S2UFP6cA3kP83iC_-lZV0owcAP0UFHnZYRSC-XgT2oLpeAvoJelNAH7MpRxYv9ljjCZgj5hIKqYIoqWKhhyLg20kb_GfqYkxZwH1Y7788JH4YaH1vnJkVX62Bz/s1600/IMG_1397.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihWrFLWBZXgovyuaF5_S2UFP6cA3kP83iC_-lZV0owcAP0UFHnZYRSC-XgT2oLpeAvoJelNAH7MpRxYv9ljjCZgj5hIKqYIoqWKhhyLg20kb_GfqYkxZwH1Y7788JH4YaH1vnJkVX62Bz/s320/IMG_1397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602437302078417234" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPvq5OhhyphenhyphenysTnZVBB0hkjjZKtHDrw0VdaG_5ywt6tJKAOjIxylwrmbkqSCVF8TZB_ia3hSWtXM-niYUIhqrAmCSUSXePsW4015PMWyov84xlMEmO_cKsyGdC304SMyNn0RzKAO3MYcgiy/s1600/IMG_1400.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPvq5OhhyphenhyphenysTnZVBB0hkjjZKtHDrw0VdaG_5ywt6tJKAOjIxylwrmbkqSCVF8TZB_ia3hSWtXM-niYUIhqrAmCSUSXePsW4015PMWyov84xlMEmO_cKsyGdC304SMyNn0RzKAO3MYcgiy/s320/IMG_1400.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602429674616982082" border="0" /></a>We also headed to the nearby beach. It was such a beautiful day that Little Alex stripped off and thought it gave him a licence to get in the water. The girls of course wanted to take a dip too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFDZRY2VbxkYreGyfGBVsdb3Alo5JxcHm_EZ70bCnPB2xEa9ZMrA8Y7R6jjyhhJoV-ese6pl6E2jR2RW7s9Gllf6gClaNfwdxR7P-Med0eanKt4p70S_YzFwBV5OaFMPynUj5BeqpUXyT/s1600/IMG_1403.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFDZRY2VbxkYreGyfGBVsdb3Alo5JxcHm_EZ70bCnPB2xEa9ZMrA8Y7R6jjyhhJoV-ese6pl6E2jR2RW7s9Gllf6gClaNfwdxR7P-Med0eanKt4p70S_YzFwBV5OaFMPynUj5BeqpUXyT/s320/IMG_1403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602431647612910962" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAlBcKcKhUqG1cKlcw9AqSNemNMYlsnwGgmPFkf8wh5XjzSu-FYGgaCwR4e62IvtY_bbclZOkxt9swj3HHNIXIPPmj-ZPpuAxG6mLybT-1jbEE83C12iRewVmATCTtvbo_45hmTW0kggMa/s1600/IMG_1405.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAlBcKcKhUqG1cKlcw9AqSNemNMYlsnwGgmPFkf8wh5XjzSu-FYGgaCwR4e62IvtY_bbclZOkxt9swj3HHNIXIPPmj-ZPpuAxG6mLybT-1jbEE83C12iRewVmATCTtvbo_45hmTW0kggMa/s320/IMG_1405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602429685675145682" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVjhQqN9R0fjYFuzSeHQSuniI1HxDmJDi5QQK_ePzYqL74_G4TB7RCZxgm7YjMpk5jbAjq6R3kCCtmssGKWicG6Sobnhng2fk-M-VKKcahABzrxydRKs2IioFNxwUo0ROQhl_OsLQ-50R/s1600/IMG_1404.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVjhQqN9R0fjYFuzSeHQSuniI1HxDmJDi5QQK_ePzYqL74_G4TB7RCZxgm7YjMpk5jbAjq6R3kCCtmssGKWicG6Sobnhng2fk-M-VKKcahABzrxydRKs2IioFNxwUo0ROQhl_OsLQ-50R/s320/IMG_1404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602429680335744418" border="0" /></a>On Thursday we sadly dropped Daddy off at the airport and said goodbye to him for two weeks. We headed to Grandma and Grandma's for the weekend and Kelsea came for an overnight sleepover with us. The kids had a great time watching Mamma Mia, dancing, eating popcorn, doing crafts, going on lots of motorbike rides, cooking pineapple upside down cake, feeding the chooks, collecting eggs and watching the wedding of the prince and new princess.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nt4fGkZdMSEdzNsD111WlLZrcV3udRx5vo5rekMwJWAwyTCXnoC_Dd6dkfmIVjnlmOYxPy6pxxf8UeZ_-dX0gEoxSzpgIzAeqgJdwdq7cRSF6vCeKlwOIdcYbwak6KrsPAel2BFkVo7s/s1600/IMG_1407.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nt4fGkZdMSEdzNsD111WlLZrcV3udRx5vo5rekMwJWAwyTCXnoC_Dd6dkfmIVjnlmOYxPy6pxxf8UeZ_-dX0gEoxSzpgIzAeqgJdwdq7cRSF6vCeKlwOIdcYbwak6KrsPAel2BFkVo7s/s320/IMG_1407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602431634296748706" border="0" /></a>The King boys also came out for the afternoon on Saturday and the kids had a fun time with their cousins, playing mini golf, kicking the footy and playing cards with Grandma and Harri. Maddi had a great play companion in Kobe who played dolls with her and wanted to play with the Barbies. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObCZjLWNu7DP0FLMeEnRa9oHEJUqyIPrXo6TCa7rnmRSEBfYGRowNTbmSPNTaAQ04mWKOjRQdUGVRCRsJijUCJmB29OFMMXsSB32Spec4jw7fkc0JT96AONsBOiwMQ56l9kRCk03KmCaM/s1600/IMG_1412.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObCZjLWNu7DP0FLMeEnRa9oHEJUqyIPrXo6TCa7rnmRSEBfYGRowNTbmSPNTaAQ04mWKOjRQdUGVRCRsJijUCJmB29OFMMXsSB32Spec4jw7fkc0JT96AONsBOiwMQ56l9kRCk03KmCaM/s320/IMG_1412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602437294301674482" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7zr5rxNcWGj_JGYE_zZGs-BodQ4k4M7XycsqJMwVcEEgkvlhNyPXDVL27N7-qxY5GweCIht6gNvQmdltGc1eSAHx-EmAekZxCu_3Q3UlhZizYIDALuwqZQL4G_viJxBFYXebI4XzdFfM/s1600/IMG_1411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7zr5rxNcWGj_JGYE_zZGs-BodQ4k4M7XycsqJMwVcEEgkvlhNyPXDVL27N7-qxY5GweCIht6gNvQmdltGc1eSAHx-EmAekZxCu_3Q3UlhZizYIDALuwqZQL4G_viJxBFYXebI4XzdFfM/s320/IMG_1411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602437300284736754" border="0" /></a>Linc loved all the spots to discover at Grandma and Grandpa's and managed to find a way to slip through the bannister on the staircase. One day he got his first bite from a jack jumper and it was a bit of a worry to see if he was going to have a bad reaction from it. Fortunately he just was in a bit of pain and kept letting us know throughout the evening that his finger was uncomfortable.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSroGNZcT8zAc9B8gQnK9K9HzxCADpUax9aCVEr286ZUFIeeUKuUEE8yEtyxFBkhQeiwE9C0dVC3Eq2_aFKLhrDKky8ztvKDZGw-QMmDPnAN1RSBaQA5cATaOD-jzADBYlOKpeK4zxx4AA/s1600/IMG_1409.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSroGNZcT8zAc9B8gQnK9K9HzxCADpUax9aCVEr286ZUFIeeUKuUEE8yEtyxFBkhQeiwE9C0dVC3Eq2_aFKLhrDKky8ztvKDZGw-QMmDPnAN1RSBaQA5cATaOD-jzADBYlOKpeK4zxx4AA/s320/IMG_1409.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602431638930901986" border="0" /></a> Maddi was very keen to get back to school today and declare to everyone that she is now a five year old. She was very excited to take her musical jewellery box that she got for her birthday to Show and Tell. Now the next thing to do is plan the winter holidays!Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-47373131053280075702011-05-03T18:56:00.006+10:002011-05-03T20:00:27.582+10:00Easter WeekendOn Good Friday we went and had brunch with my family. There was plenty to eat and with Mum and Dad's more open planned dining area, we all managed to fit on a very long table together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzcPKZv1bDjpzUwxk-epsYGmqFZ06SggWhcdwkQM9WI-yGvBn0BgTf_peTkcIPD67rHDBrqKsPpdbHml3dvY9z2L0hcC5W6N3N6u9hptSURGD8Ur3KbTqQd4ExacfIoGT1saw_JnGWwRh/s1600/DSC_0066.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzcPKZv1bDjpzUwxk-epsYGmqFZ06SggWhcdwkQM9WI-yGvBn0BgTf_peTkcIPD67rHDBrqKsPpdbHml3dvY9z2L0hcC5W6N3N6u9hptSURGD8Ur3KbTqQd4ExacfIoGT1saw_JnGWwRh/s320/DSC_0066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602413298950296098" border="0" /></a>There was heaps of yummy food- Smoked salmon, potato pancakes, hotcross bun French toast, juice, bacon and egg muffins and lots more that I can't recall now. The kids were most keen on the pancakes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpFEwV82JHuvn9n-QytlutWRY4vDVyNPp8HuiJZF8tcDm8Eg03lFNgtZNwgke7ELbwKTGyfxMDjdpeqH5WblRjo-z0DQBJ6McX2HgOS__5oPQEp-hYPedvzNlC8WIVFleVp_hyphenhyphenG9HP60m/s1600/DSC_0064.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpFEwV82JHuvn9n-QytlutWRY4vDVyNPp8HuiJZF8tcDm8Eg03lFNgtZNwgke7ELbwKTGyfxMDjdpeqH5WblRjo-z0DQBJ6McX2HgOS__5oPQEp-hYPedvzNlC8WIVFleVp_hyphenhyphenG9HP60m/s320/DSC_0064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602413297926290226" border="0" /></a>Easter Bunny sent us on a traditional egg hunt. All the kids brought out their own baskets some of them got creative and handmade their baskets. Easter Bunny had hidden the eggs far and wide, and made it a bit more of a challenge, so much that when Grandpa was mowing the lawns a week later he ran over several eggs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASH-S-9nDlVS34pvhfaZDtrjZS2tvHTsOf_yI6rpZdbl06Gc4d3rIatNIvNZV68k_8197HWg9QLXRLNbnVvEz0CnFoC_8YiRPPtH_SZ1gzzwtuIPj36evdfQoyuD8n33-0h6Gy6ujY5g4/s1600/DSC_0129.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASH-S-9nDlVS34pvhfaZDtrjZS2tvHTsOf_yI6rpZdbl06Gc4d3rIatNIvNZV68k_8197HWg9QLXRLNbnVvEz0CnFoC_8YiRPPtH_SZ1gzzwtuIPj36evdfQoyuD8n33-0h6Gy6ujY5g4/s320/DSC_0129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602413313876479618" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqbs34GRqSnE6MIAM5AxEHlFqlN3v14nUgttQOYL11e9YLLQU4YNeTdUQhpSf1VfsxGTl1-5K5td8Hk6ZfL7E3TPNUyDvbY15CZtW7dDaMygBkSgkh3WDAsnnIH7mBx6c-nAuXNaxvYu7/s1600/DSC_0107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqbs34GRqSnE6MIAM5AxEHlFqlN3v14nUgttQOYL11e9YLLQU4YNeTdUQhpSf1VfsxGTl1-5K5td8Hk6ZfL7E3TPNUyDvbY15CZtW7dDaMygBkSgkh3WDAsnnIH7mBx6c-nAuXNaxvYu7/s320/DSC_0107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602413302658373570" border="0" /></a>Auntie Lisa is our family hairdresser, and gave Linc his first haircut. She did a great job, even though Linc was a little wriggly. I sat him on my lap in front of the TV to distract him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmtGXbB_tD8LUbMp-fzTvBpBATWd_pHPbVdbBTIFn6f7lxZ6ZDuKGba6J9Co1ASbdv_7t1GElXpzzKcdxCp3AuXTLXDiKAE2gIypcST5tB25YCm3jfm7sX-60NllsQTkBP5RYxUdXf8bU/s1600/DSC_0189.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmtGXbB_tD8LUbMp-fzTvBpBATWd_pHPbVdbBTIFn6f7lxZ6ZDuKGba6J9Co1ASbdv_7t1GElXpzzKcdxCp3AuXTLXDiKAE2gIypcST5tB25YCm3jfm7sX-60NllsQTkBP5RYxUdXf8bU/s320/DSC_0189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602413312062077202" border="0" /></a>Auntie Lisa is also the family official photographer, hence why I have stolen all of these photos off her blog! The girls have a great time playing together, and we hardly saw them. Grandma gave them some bunny ears for Easter and these dresses were a part of Grandma's dressups.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEb1zw3XAdSLyrRuJqismXGhb2O6RJYVDB8Q1jlXdfvsh31mQtKGR2JPXxSyxWnn1ekZWIz1hOqx_NLxj3-S_yJDCxmWGkFOc-Vidc4V3TKfSZ8Rt3R20Y2wxZKHaMkJXZAkZjSFMCjEy/s1600/PS25.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEb1zw3XAdSLyrRuJqismXGhb2O6RJYVDB8Q1jlXdfvsh31mQtKGR2JPXxSyxWnn1ekZWIz1hOqx_NLxj3-S_yJDCxmWGkFOc-Vidc4V3TKfSZ8Rt3R20Y2wxZKHaMkJXZAkZjSFMCjEy/s320/PS25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602415046664185538" border="0" /></a><br />In the afternoon, we headed to Hobart to Moppy and Poppy's. The kids slept most of the way down. Alex and Maddi were busy in the garden helping Moppy and Poppy mow the lawns on Saturday. They also got to do some paintings with William at Becc and Brise's house. Of course they had to have a bath together in Moppy and Poppy's newly renovated bathroom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgiXAVH5H7mIs8o0iANhdu-sGZc1Mt7bEFgddBOlU-8SPt84Chd1zDjGhVaL-sLe5mPBO5l7xq_Zu7w5xPB9QWOGmsHl00hL935t_HHiwN41I3zjdpDvMduFaiebF0AVj5hmixfJ5BCye/s1600/IMG_1322.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgiXAVH5H7mIs8o0iANhdu-sGZc1Mt7bEFgddBOlU-8SPt84Chd1zDjGhVaL-sLe5mPBO5l7xq_Zu7w5xPB9QWOGmsHl00hL935t_HHiwN41I3zjdpDvMduFaiebF0AVj5hmixfJ5BCye/s320/IMG_1322.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602420502428607074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg491t8o0eoVdiMk82HkcaSNtuRh6ErOOyRaJ4MprTyMsVeU00z3vd_Hew4zryI1uyZAICyDdJF9yz3Bg5ilZ1uSxtGoQ_g0UXnt6QLqLxLk7GgGlwPEr7r31vFdbJvf7dOJ3bEzJeQq-5V/s1600/IMG_1324.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg491t8o0eoVdiMk82HkcaSNtuRh6ErOOyRaJ4MprTyMsVeU00z3vd_Hew4zryI1uyZAICyDdJF9yz3Bg5ilZ1uSxtGoQ_g0UXnt6QLqLxLk7GgGlwPEr7r31vFdbJvf7dOJ3bEzJeQq-5V/s320/IMG_1324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602420498377084162" border="0" /></a>On Sunday afternoon Easter bunny had visited again. It was William's first Easter, he caught on very quickly on what to do during the egg hunt.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxffUOHY4CIhS_T_gscwUU3s_JR32ou6yZXI5m_w_fwr9YyF97q1WXzkCXpPN_ZqshKZBZt6n09zL1NfU5bP7obnsOD9b14snxxjFnYRk651r_QDesA1DgyzxMWhVUwrdSR71557pFMWWR/s1600/IMG_1332.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxffUOHY4CIhS_T_gscwUU3s_JR32ou6yZXI5m_w_fwr9YyF97q1WXzkCXpPN_ZqshKZBZt6n09zL1NfU5bP7obnsOD9b14snxxjFnYRk651r_QDesA1DgyzxMWhVUwrdSR71557pFMWWR/s320/IMG_1332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602415058615629458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4DjWqMY_-aIgBIHhN8W2tGSbAzBEPbF0tcRzc-1ncOoxAbuX-8dSFGyCFVQVq4EDX-Cbbbvn4dmyM-hA9rsuQU_Wm0IfmeHZzL8yHP2KxdwkPFX-4HY3Z9vWECz0_CfNGFHSUENJxtU9/s1600/IMG_1327.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4DjWqMY_-aIgBIHhN8W2tGSbAzBEPbF0tcRzc-1ncOoxAbuX-8dSFGyCFVQVq4EDX-Cbbbvn4dmyM-hA9rsuQU_Wm0IfmeHZzL8yHP2KxdwkPFX-4HY3Z9vWECz0_CfNGFHSUENJxtU9/s320/IMG_1327.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602415057919832402" border="0" /></a>Easter Bunny was very thoughtful of Linc and brought dairy free chocolate and treats at Grandma and Grandpa's and Moppy and Poppy's house. Unfortunately Linc raided someone's easter eggs and ended up being awake with reflux until midnight that night. The poor little fella thinks he is in trouble when we give him dairy free chocolate, as he shakes his head for "no" while eats it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8msKPZdw5d87j-sRd4JGTANP7ijFuQWxqHAz6OuepqWWTun9cfo4yz0RkNDI59aovv6Bno0BW2ZG5omAsbYO5NPLTj_acpmuy8aq_r_P_TSG-VxST3JTI_f15IlQ3jzafCF2hh6FMZg_y/s1600/IMG_1326.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8msKPZdw5d87j-sRd4JGTANP7ijFuQWxqHAz6OuepqWWTun9cfo4yz0RkNDI59aovv6Bno0BW2ZG5omAsbYO5NPLTj_acpmuy8aq_r_P_TSG-VxST3JTI_f15IlQ3jzafCF2hh6FMZg_y/s320/IMG_1326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602415053218468226" border="0" /></a>It seemed as though the rabbits were breeding.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CbCY-asQNG7vmfO6wmgzywjjroKjhgGWtXnHvzQHQO18qvQg7Lgq9E7vtzMzGRI892z3GKhc_q1Ai-VqGcE3IXWt2gTEpfQ3ZvL7VVCTG7wbxNsVWE-s4P-DVHwik28sDDaXf26S8llG/s1600/IMG_1335.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CbCY-asQNG7vmfO6wmgzywjjroKjhgGWtXnHvzQHQO18qvQg7Lgq9E7vtzMzGRI892z3GKhc_q1Ai-VqGcE3IXWt2gTEpfQ3ZvL7VVCTG7wbxNsVWE-s4P-DVHwik28sDDaXf26S8llG/s320/IMG_1335.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602415064557907842" border="0" /></a><br />We had a delicious roast pork with all the trimmings for tea cooked by Moppy on Sunday night. Moppy and Poppy invited some visitors over to share the meal with. We did miss Gina and Damien over the weekend.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-75059507760584520292011-04-26T11:01:00.007+10:002011-04-26T12:00:55.473+10:00Turning 5The day finally came, Maddi turned 5 yesterday (ANZAC Day). She was born at 4.10am so she was officially 5 when she woke up at 6.30am. She has been looking forward to turning 5 for a long time and has been telling everyone she comes in contact with that she will be turning 5 soon. One of her birthday requests was to have a pinata. Moppy found a number 5 one for her.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG6n8yOKhb6vaL_v0RuG7YV-mbMkl_FtUMq5D8ggGvBQS3JJ5_FR3QuV-Fia08HYNj-EvqPbEFqPDh7nUhi03Cbcai91BhDdwwKPRI9uum_DHTuLYt21Ny5SiQrLMzA9tjt0SP3M2rSI0/s1600/IMG_1348.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG6n8yOKhb6vaL_v0RuG7YV-mbMkl_FtUMq5D8ggGvBQS3JJ5_FR3QuV-Fia08HYNj-EvqPbEFqPDh7nUhi03Cbcai91BhDdwwKPRI9uum_DHTuLYt21Ny5SiQrLMzA9tjt0SP3M2rSI0/s320/IMG_1348.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599696003428870994" border="0" /></a>Maddi was very lucky to get so many lovely presents.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNO-LSAp8wA-726fQTv7VlEQkBugJ7w-c7RXqwahS5ibhQhIXVVs_6kNgDo39cmq1P8Aowzz7CArCSku_VWZPfxETokq0qCLJ8S7KPzVsGMiPWM7C1gPpBfuiF8dMz9o-hojl7TdBZWPqD/s1600/IMG_1342.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNO-LSAp8wA-726fQTv7VlEQkBugJ7w-c7RXqwahS5ibhQhIXVVs_6kNgDo39cmq1P8Aowzz7CArCSku_VWZPfxETokq0qCLJ8S7KPzVsGMiPWM7C1gPpBfuiF8dMz9o-hojl7TdBZWPqD/s320/IMG_1342.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599695989034915810" border="0" /></a>Auntie Becc made some delicious hot cross buns fresh from the oven, and we ate them for breakfast.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPxBWGmO2Q5WHHkraO9mQfQvSX2U7xh9LXGhKxrBL1pqKFkp10MxsQXQZ9eRACdQMjDDPUzAxo5KPSBuzBDJtuhE29VKzXezo1F8aEQVbHzuxaxvAop_aoHXoLaJt6IjNSWwg2VM_HKwE/s1600/IMG_1346.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPxBWGmO2Q5WHHkraO9mQfQvSX2U7xh9LXGhKxrBL1pqKFkp10MxsQXQZ9eRACdQMjDDPUzAxo5KPSBuzBDJtuhE29VKzXezo1F8aEQVbHzuxaxvAop_aoHXoLaJt6IjNSWwg2VM_HKwE/s320/IMG_1346.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599695984128059602" border="0" /></a>After breakfast we took a trip to Manny and Bryce's property (Brise's parents). The kids had a great time seeing Shadow the horse, playing with the animals and collecting the eggs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFDyEQos81tcxGAGlD9HogZRMUNn6G9DsPIAK4wpclGjr2giX7sZHd97RNdModn0dnKFi1fUo-5PJiijvPqaWWRlPnCMIf9FPNdXv0Y2qgPkYCsPo2wED8a2BmmAOhV92uP0okJgSzLeF/s1600/IMG_1354.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFDyEQos81tcxGAGlD9HogZRMUNn6G9DsPIAK4wpclGjr2giX7sZHd97RNdModn0dnKFi1fUo-5PJiijvPqaWWRlPnCMIf9FPNdXv0Y2qgPkYCsPo2wED8a2BmmAOhV92uP0okJgSzLeF/s320/IMG_1354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599695994739398210" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixa4uXdKZ9PecDbKHCv2n7QyXUzSkdOGQBdtUv1lkShQ-_j8OBnX4tG_UdZDWOnmqrqIhxy1CJuLzS-Bv52rTEB1izN47QWLDDLm1ff459s6H7OLm7VAlXgk7kEU4mjO1ODJ3h9PaFZdpl/s1600/IMG_1352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixa4uXdKZ9PecDbKHCv2n7QyXUzSkdOGQBdtUv1lkShQ-_j8OBnX4tG_UdZDWOnmqrqIhxy1CJuLzS-Bv52rTEB1izN47QWLDDLm1ff459s6H7OLm7VAlXgk7kEU4mjO1ODJ3h9PaFZdpl/s320/IMG_1352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599695998384841826" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oCkkR3Psr7ShdzAigJTfW5WkxiKHZnuPT7Du0XRnPrXTeMCU03rbH6RJt_5_Yj8_NyWHHpr31EBSZNQn0AywEIgI-da6MVqDFljnh2xjw0HizMGubMSiNlN03BGsNf3uV4et3JNa7XpA/s1600/IMG_1358.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oCkkR3Psr7ShdzAigJTfW5WkxiKHZnuPT7Du0XRnPrXTeMCU03rbH6RJt_5_Yj8_NyWHHpr31EBSZNQn0AywEIgI-da6MVqDFljnh2xjw0HizMGubMSiNlN03BGsNf3uV4et3JNa7XpA/s320/IMG_1358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599698670473128610" border="0" /></a>We met this adorable puppy who needed an owner. Isn't he the cutest little thing?! We would of loved to of taken him home, but decided now wasn't the right time for our family to own him. Maybe down the track we will find a little puppy as good as him to add to our family. He was so good with the kids, and happily played with them. Linc was very interested in him and excited. Manny being a real softie for animals is the lucky owner of him now.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhEk9RiYizB1jneOTeSGbbBn_nIA9QOoYlsgELL1tMNQLlgPltO9RfnPjfORJ-7MgpPf4Q7kZDM8THvk6U3j3cF3nx34k6OWa_M4cOG6H1bah_OvgdFHsZlXjVpJ4ZG5NF_K1nqaBaAZz/s1600/IMG_1360.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhEk9RiYizB1jneOTeSGbbBn_nIA9QOoYlsgELL1tMNQLlgPltO9RfnPjfORJ-7MgpPf4Q7kZDM8THvk6U3j3cF3nx34k6OWa_M4cOG6H1bah_OvgdFHsZlXjVpJ4ZG5NF_K1nqaBaAZz/s320/IMG_1360.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599698682805957474" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRhYTxQ-imXAYtJFMq-fdCwJyxecaTPuO4j4dJWa5hjEGNmfB310lFS6pHvdMNVJCbEvASoo7tDA45BLrY1buQpCsy6PuT_XabDrXuUgunyggYV_ztJGetw1m6LilmO9NcEgdcWep9RCz/s1600/IMG_1362.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRhYTxQ-imXAYtJFMq-fdCwJyxecaTPuO4j4dJWa5hjEGNmfB310lFS6pHvdMNVJCbEvASoo7tDA45BLrY1buQpCsy6PuT_XabDrXuUgunyggYV_ztJGetw1m6LilmO9NcEgdcWep9RCz/s320/IMG_1362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599698680965864546" border="0" /></a>When we got back to Moppy and Poppy's Maddi did some craft, which is her favourtie thing to do, and we had a barbeque lunch on the deck which was Maddi's request with pink drinks and sausages.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfD-26bqXJuo9nm98_UsPpwgu5P3UmmmDm0jwip_yPv3J7gSEjDZp6GAjiUdkGoyVU3E2WEwtcz2IIAH7ybB8tKkzuP6spL0V98AVi0MQz8kVVlf0v8jgmEHk6Ivhf1DbKbRJEYDwZfTP/s1600/IMG_1364.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfD-26bqXJuo9nm98_UsPpwgu5P3UmmmDm0jwip_yPv3J7gSEjDZp6GAjiUdkGoyVU3E2WEwtcz2IIAH7ybB8tKkzuP6spL0V98AVi0MQz8kVVlf0v8jgmEHk6Ivhf1DbKbRJEYDwZfTP/s320/IMG_1364.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599698687096979362" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DWFdBxKdpSY46BkZcgI87km45aRxMzgkC-RBtjp8taveQn4yhgWhx7GN3aSK_tB4CSijwhpx70dyIoD9R1W1GYJBmUMY6FqA5wAM3X4nAxPWK7dCjyP3QYxJik-VN8eOeXrNk53AnvM0/s1600/IMG_1365.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DWFdBxKdpSY46BkZcgI87km45aRxMzgkC-RBtjp8taveQn4yhgWhx7GN3aSK_tB4CSijwhpx70dyIoD9R1W1GYJBmUMY6FqA5wAM3X4nAxPWK7dCjyP3QYxJik-VN8eOeXrNk53AnvM0/s320/IMG_1365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599698693106038482" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ljqLY2uYFveqNWgzHor98jdJY8Gu5c0t6SUCJiPF28uKFMh7PxWAjorU5CsjZT7ws-28By00KR-W6di7at_brqP-ndC0MDjpcq4Mn74x07mIZ1BYvBu_jcdMST-4UCUhCW022l9g8pGQ/s1600/IMG_1370.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ljqLY2uYFveqNWgzHor98jdJY8Gu5c0t6SUCJiPF28uKFMh7PxWAjorU5CsjZT7ws-28By00KR-W6di7at_brqP-ndC0MDjpcq4Mn74x07mIZ1BYvBu_jcdMST-4UCUhCW022l9g8pGQ/s320/IMG_1370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599700443406929154" border="0" /></a><br />This year Maddi chose a cake that was a bit more sophisticated than past years, and decided she wanted a chocolate mousse cake which she saw in the Coles magazine. Dad did a great job with the decorating.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMarR1lTgU18Us4vJyzcE4-WpbSZkGysheipC5JtgpOY08wHtZHxDDNLlgRY86j_CVB6dmD9UGE8jkdllKFwUyZQQWF0pmmrNYBLh9QfdCSBhCXfWEWc9cx8HAvWSrqJ4UUDoJ2WNCnhsN/s1600/IMG_1369.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMarR1lTgU18Us4vJyzcE4-WpbSZkGysheipC5JtgpOY08wHtZHxDDNLlgRY86j_CVB6dmD9UGE8jkdllKFwUyZQQWF0pmmrNYBLh9QfdCSBhCXfWEWc9cx8HAvWSrqJ4UUDoJ2WNCnhsN/s320/IMG_1369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599700429726932434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9L3-eGVnM6lmA3R-AJaZu6sMA3e7uNQvwKtSfMBgdwThKCcUhj6TABGgyOEojhQWJ40vV4Mh6KIEolcPBXkWRXNxCA-IbBJQ3KCywQlaDAQCQHvsUMgosKHJmzsh1B6pS9MoFBeIYmc05/s1600/IMG_1366.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9L3-eGVnM6lmA3R-AJaZu6sMA3e7uNQvwKtSfMBgdwThKCcUhj6TABGgyOEojhQWJ40vV4Mh6KIEolcPBXkWRXNxCA-IbBJQ3KCywQlaDAQCQHvsUMgosKHJmzsh1B6pS9MoFBeIYmc05/s320/IMG_1366.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599700427216606610" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWBKilG7bVHQA1Jo7i_aPXRzmfKQsws22Fn6LZ5ijWMP_aMgrwSdliDyoyodlCHsRXaQUKCD5LRQy7JZCjQkfXn1zCQxtnqKi0ANtbUnPWTJLoFV0S2NbqTnh_bumqPepLbt14oYED8LK/s1600/IMG_1372.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWBKilG7bVHQA1Jo7i_aPXRzmfKQsws22Fn6LZ5ijWMP_aMgrwSdliDyoyodlCHsRXaQUKCD5LRQy7JZCjQkfXn1zCQxtnqKi0ANtbUnPWTJLoFV0S2NbqTnh_bumqPepLbt14oYED8LK/s320/IMG_1372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599700451255861330" border="0" /></a><br />Then it was pinata time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_O61sQ7yfPSFSK_rZfiBS7cUaINQRqPbBYjbURhfMTAi90kghCY2z1mVSm2GvnmuesUm7MWEnpgRdOa3WEEZQRdWqnEIl51PsfrI9uqlhoAwuyW8vFCZJzNZnO-h6vEV1CWs9ascIgmmi/s1600/IMG_1373.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_O61sQ7yfPSFSK_rZfiBS7cUaINQRqPbBYjbURhfMTAi90kghCY2z1mVSm2GvnmuesUm7MWEnpgRdOa3WEEZQRdWqnEIl51PsfrI9uqlhoAwuyW8vFCZJzNZnO-h6vEV1CWs9ascIgmmi/s320/IMG_1373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599703516687733778" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrFSiRhMuSpporoy7mv_jabhYLZT5_HCmxyMOoqKrY6_CSbLt6Gd07NXHqZZI50XASqs7Ae_b42z0CIRdjk_OlvTZoAvr5a49cganX2oVoD0yPBysMJAaHPz7xr0odqWQQ5xRffe9K48c/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrFSiRhMuSpporoy7mv_jabhYLZT5_HCmxyMOoqKrY6_CSbLt6Gd07NXHqZZI50XASqs7Ae_b42z0CIRdjk_OlvTZoAvr5a49cganX2oVoD0yPBysMJAaHPz7xr0odqWQQ5xRffe9K48c/s320/IMG_1375.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599703281982212914" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPajlDws1ypIyqcK7yX1hzAnodVOm3KMKGr5-3ZAhY7UqPAjyUmbGcOtmW6eV6scWCHbCz-5y77LCgS-3lHVFQRa3lexg8BdK3bWWvvcsCzvHE3WX4neOGoGA5RRipGby8ja4lvBCo9OCB/s1600/IMG_1383.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPajlDws1ypIyqcK7yX1hzAnodVOm3KMKGr5-3ZAhY7UqPAjyUmbGcOtmW6eV6scWCHbCz-5y77LCgS-3lHVFQRa3lexg8BdK3bWWvvcsCzvHE3WX4neOGoGA5RRipGby8ja4lvBCo9OCB/s320/IMG_1383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599703274273311218" border="0" /></a>Linc wanted to be in on the action and picked up a stick and scooted over to the pinata.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJpIVw9QJc1iwTpUf5F1KmST8IiE6jNkIbi95TiSxVlqP4LMkj2nTzQo_VMrsBlwA5_gVF-nLmYVOuBRV4ktJJIqridX3lYk9SenbLLM6GjQkA_A9K79pgSmzwKa1cLKLuOguFdVsQR16/s1600/IMG_1378.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJpIVw9QJc1iwTpUf5F1KmST8IiE6jNkIbi95TiSxVlqP4LMkj2nTzQo_VMrsBlwA5_gVF-nLmYVOuBRV4ktJJIqridX3lYk9SenbLLM6GjQkA_A9K79pgSmzwKa1cLKLuOguFdVsQR16/s320/IMG_1378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599703506444164130" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoCfb4tnZRTc1zsD33p7AcWwoA216WsqGGo-4CaybV5H_dann1T9UWrirMUpT8R1mnaYHQusPdHX7d-4dRrxiFml3CnvyjHF1CFAN9FO14Qxoc6S4Ilpf8G_udDHQ6y8HDKFov4V3NyHh/s1600/IMG_1382.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoCfb4tnZRTc1zsD33p7AcWwoA216WsqGGo-4CaybV5H_dann1T9UWrirMUpT8R1mnaYHQusPdHX7d-4dRrxiFml3CnvyjHF1CFAN9FO14Qxoc6S4Ilpf8G_udDHQ6y8HDKFov4V3NyHh/s320/IMG_1382.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599703285756873330" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYD4luLuTY8gm-GwjWbKEQ5o7B1Xbxu1AS3yEigmGq0W0tq16xaY2L1UdqALswN7hEsffBUMmlDspGHM57Lgtdpnt29tna3cuWhLLgY1rZshdXmbmsN5Ez2erURvwGg5AefW4xT-6WFeP/s1600/IMG_1384.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYD4luLuTY8gm-GwjWbKEQ5o7B1Xbxu1AS3yEigmGq0W0tq16xaY2L1UdqALswN7hEsffBUMmlDspGHM57Lgtdpnt29tna3cuWhLLgY1rZshdXmbmsN5Ez2erURvwGg5AefW4xT-6WFeP/s320/IMG_1384.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599703278616729938" border="0" /></a>Maddi said that the pinata was her favourite thing on her birthday. She had a fantastic day and was dissapointed that we had to return home in the late afternoon. The boys slept most of the way home, but Maddi just talked and talked the majority of the way while we played some car games. Maddi is so proud that she is now a five year old.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-45335316139025778252011-03-23T12:48:00.008+11:002011-03-23T13:57:10.663+11:00Maddi's big trip to SydneyBack on Friday the 3rd of December Maddi was very fortunate to go and visit Auntie Gina with Moppy and Poppy. Being the eldest grandchild on Alex's side of the family has some very good benefits. Maddi was so excited about the trip and wouldn't miss it for anything. But according to Murphy's Law there were many hiccups. Like the fact that the car battery was flat, and we were running late to take her to the airport. Alex had to take her in the second car, and Maddi was so good natured about the traffic that slowed them down. Fortunately because she only had her small carry on suitcase she was managed to catch the flight with Moppy and Poppy. We also were the unlucky recipients of gastro and got little sleep the night before, as we were flat out caring for Little Alex and cleaning up all the messes. Maddi up to this point was exempt from the pukes until landing in Sydney- We weren't entirely sure if she was suffering from motion sickness or something else. Upon time it was evident that she had the gastro too. Apparently she was so good natured, and brave even though she didn't feel 100%. When they arrived in Sydney she played in a park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ofbfceHx3GFXKPH9MLxIOaWI84svf-ebWrxOEd92JJlcsUA4bmIoyox7iXluQywCrcPdH3n1BYA4g3P2ByqQO2akKSvsm2EqZ4_eVAw6QOV7Qr8qmyeK5ohniazYSk9IhlVekoGa59t8/s1600/o.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ofbfceHx3GFXKPH9MLxIOaWI84svf-ebWrxOEd92JJlcsUA4bmIoyox7iXluQywCrcPdH3n1BYA4g3P2ByqQO2akKSvsm2EqZ4_eVAw6QOV7Qr8qmyeK5ohniazYSk9IhlVekoGa59t8/s320/o.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587094866174746578" border="0" /></a>Maddi got to meet her Great, Great Auntie Ann.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8XkcR-bjj1G8HsIhGOTUPFX_PfQE4IpRJh0_rV_3tKBG1ibv9dJrnmn4NMQtt_roI4El3ha7cTlDV0GmjTl9YRp20xr_S74YZ3SVsCIFsOhYDLYiHESgQCc3QKYTlGRWxYINlk0hHYk8/s1600/a.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8XkcR-bjj1G8HsIhGOTUPFX_PfQE4IpRJh0_rV_3tKBG1ibv9dJrnmn4NMQtt_roI4El3ha7cTlDV0GmjTl9YRp20xr_S74YZ3SVsCIFsOhYDLYiHESgQCc3QKYTlGRWxYINlk0hHYk8/s320/a.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091463574371762" border="0" /></a>On Saturday they went to the zoo and Maddi traveled on a train for the first time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccR3XNTzlafnesJUVM7CI4SFC_DDevEWY5_Pbeen0p5vKjHabNyDr1zC4iOhVIdS8GrzLblTDmuyNjE09JPc0LyfTyv_EPcHLWJ8Nkox4fKiH1NX4kmqQ3VLE6ghfM3Dwq8qpm00ZSypV/s1600/b.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccR3XNTzlafnesJUVM7CI4SFC_DDevEWY5_Pbeen0p5vKjHabNyDr1zC4iOhVIdS8GrzLblTDmuyNjE09JPc0LyfTyv_EPcHLWJ8Nkox4fKiH1NX4kmqQ3VLE6ghfM3Dwq8qpm00ZSypV/s320/b.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091468286349778" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UjJH_8b4lB4dfvCBV1orCh2BIWThswYdWg2H7HW-yqutMgHZBXB5vfImqBY2zM9Fmz_W2Vj9u513U-jkQJZQp5ya4LglVwivc2lRBCmtGv25iUJS86cL07M6ebCgI6Aj9H5wFnXhqfYA/s1600/c.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UjJH_8b4lB4dfvCBV1orCh2BIWThswYdWg2H7HW-yqutMgHZBXB5vfImqBY2zM9Fmz_W2Vj9u513U-jkQJZQp5ya4LglVwivc2lRBCmtGv25iUJS86cL07M6ebCgI6Aj9H5wFnXhqfYA/s320/c.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091475858980722" border="0" /></a>She also traveled on a 'fairy' (ferry) to get to the Taronga Zoo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qB5ut0Jp0ZnwK2-xDqy4ZU-DbFWipEsPKSvBFGUKZXC4XUuOtt80BF-wG62xYswH5nEN0mvVEuQ-lszkeA6UGRTd_4P-VaC9RBKnSjSld7Y-ujaQR-5IDTkLr1sThOdA1gvjZxDRCtCS/s1600/d.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qB5ut0Jp0ZnwK2-xDqy4ZU-DbFWipEsPKSvBFGUKZXC4XUuOtt80BF-wG62xYswH5nEN0mvVEuQ-lszkeA6UGRTd_4P-VaC9RBKnSjSld7Y-ujaQR-5IDTkLr1sThOdA1gvjZxDRCtCS/s320/d.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091479972377330" border="0" /></a>And at the zoo she traveled on "the thing that travels, along the power lines" (the chairlift). When she described it to me later on, I knew what she was talking about.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_y7n_-628Ny_ThxylinrbrDX60-xJqbaGoPY7GTYkdd49eR9sZhvjs6rvGxP_L0POwnG7zL6C8JsMp66hjZbBFEb_y7HFuOLTyBt9PP4_Rqv74J3gzhroZmAEGkJQSKbWKmtzGAJhQH5/s1600/j.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_y7n_-628Ny_ThxylinrbrDX60-xJqbaGoPY7GTYkdd49eR9sZhvjs6rvGxP_L0POwnG7zL6C8JsMp66hjZbBFEb_y7HFuOLTyBt9PP4_Rqv74J3gzhroZmAEGkJQSKbWKmtzGAJhQH5/s320/j.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587092031434891666" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYqf4D0dUHszdTiEDWgilI1npsxzBKfJRUoNLziZk8jU1Z3bxxo-Ifj5rKh7ByW1C1GSqRynyZYg8v0yVwJMENNYI02ngcF8MJLO-3JUjobHSm9UGF81Q6GpGwmY8lRfFm4JGLSbafAks/s1600/h.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYqf4D0dUHszdTiEDWgilI1npsxzBKfJRUoNLziZk8jU1Z3bxxo-Ifj5rKh7ByW1C1GSqRynyZYg8v0yVwJMENNYI02ngcF8MJLO-3JUjobHSm9UGF81Q6GpGwmY8lRfFm4JGLSbafAks/s320/h.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587092022585628290" border="0" /></a>She said that they watched a seal show.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrcunpN13cX5ResXCDmFmSq2VwsN6oJOF-HUTczmqf1u3T9ndCYNdMVR6JDHI7YM3i2oC9OPxTRYqhPrW4YRuQD-uoJRdgjLedPU_yslNcxv6bLi3jWbFet1ct7eJO8_y4wG59Gs313xb/s1600/i.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrcunpN13cX5ResXCDmFmSq2VwsN6oJOF-HUTczmqf1u3T9ndCYNdMVR6JDHI7YM3i2oC9OPxTRYqhPrW4YRuQD-uoJRdgjLedPU_yslNcxv6bLi3jWbFet1ct7eJO8_y4wG59Gs313xb/s320/i.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587092027458993602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijowq5xjE6B79JUX9zaJNWpxPpqxD7VM7MOf3z_mgUhTOr7-N2KXzU2H7JmF0csjaa5GATGUxTMcoTXCs8IodrpvCmh79I8Tgy__BKrh8352oyqCGa-5mZOGkoTGgMb5m-Z1oMMy12a1me/s1600/e.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijowq5xjE6B79JUX9zaJNWpxPpqxD7VM7MOf3z_mgUhTOr7-N2KXzU2H7JmF0csjaa5GATGUxTMcoTXCs8IodrpvCmh79I8Tgy__BKrh8352oyqCGa-5mZOGkoTGgMb5m-Z1oMMy12a1me/s320/e.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091481947280498" border="0" /></a>I was envious that they had Chinese Dumplings for tea.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUS7wJocDii_Ka_KUSZ2RDpBhfSO3ZC_HYPrrwr77WdM_usB2C3XonyRzDTJ_JyuG5u5zCPmjAhpkBN9_eugC7RKYDXq5qzqCizqlO2bMUlKQjhCJVDhOAtDKCDkRAu6vE7CEJH2z4T3W/s1600/k.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUS7wJocDii_Ka_KUSZ2RDpBhfSO3ZC_HYPrrwr77WdM_usB2C3XonyRzDTJ_JyuG5u5zCPmjAhpkBN9_eugC7RKYDXq5qzqCizqlO2bMUlKQjhCJVDhOAtDKCDkRAu6vE7CEJH2z4T3W/s320/k.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587092031232979570" border="0" /></a>Auntie Gina made Maddi's favourite breakfast-Fruit salad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6QwRc332BlptmMo5p-T82FEnwRoo7IM6ChrpC6MnUd0bMPUPgHphRcd8aNRuexmzP2UEbe1PB260L_ttWXzvqdgipG_uB4SZtA_HzJG0DXMeFsP8Mr8vRIm1lPj8J8YZzKmJdw7O04Cd/s1600/l.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6QwRc332BlptmMo5p-T82FEnwRoo7IM6ChrpC6MnUd0bMPUPgHphRcd8aNRuexmzP2UEbe1PB260L_ttWXzvqdgipG_uB4SZtA_HzJG0DXMeFsP8Mr8vRIm1lPj8J8YZzKmJdw7O04Cd/s320/l.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587092035553288258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YNK3Zdq5pcVRv7hwiLDDCFn-BcYjKBZt6Od6umA8DvHYThA4UTboiNV612oIbN-chTmRVUlg2NsmujnXaQ9egIyPlIbIuWY12ojM94vho5m-ihZlmHxMR4B-I_An5sq27rHKPOI0D4Er/s1600/m.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YNK3Zdq5pcVRv7hwiLDDCFn-BcYjKBZt6Od6umA8DvHYThA4UTboiNV612oIbN-chTmRVUlg2NsmujnXaQ9egIyPlIbIuWY12ojM94vho5m-ihZlmHxMR4B-I_An5sq27rHKPOI0D4Er/s320/m.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587094858672790578" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI-pnoAM7LRz8hWzbYcYeF_qtRjTSRDpTS8EUaW0dFMEI5_YuSGSwpDcAnm6Er-fhkrZ3wyPpRRef_OlVY7hxu6cKxKwsz31bnFREtyGyL2oWLEFLFhPlrQVyKcx6y0JMyolt9xfU5pFR/s1600/n.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI-pnoAM7LRz8hWzbYcYeF_qtRjTSRDpTS8EUaW0dFMEI5_YuSGSwpDcAnm6Er-fhkrZ3wyPpRRef_OlVY7hxu6cKxKwsz31bnFREtyGyL2oWLEFLFhPlrQVyKcx6y0JMyolt9xfU5pFR/s320/n.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587094863625679842" border="0" /></a>Maddi has told us bits and pieces about the trip. She liked Damien's thing in the car that spoke to him when he drove. She told us how she vommited on Auntie Gina's deck, and all the other times she vommited. Thanks Damien for cleaning that mess up! She got to go shopping, went to church and best of all she got to spend lots of time with Auntie Gina, Damien, Moppy and Poppy. Auntie Gina spoiled her heaps. She was away for two nights, and we weren't worried at all about her, as we knew she was in good care. Maddi is very well adjusted. I asked he if she missed us while she was away and she whispered into my ear, " just Lincoln." She came home with lots of gifts from Auntie Gina, Moppy and Poppy.<br /><br />While she was away we were flat out caring for the boys and cleaning their messes. Little Alex's gastro lingered on for so long. Little Alex missed Maddi so much, and has since become very interested in Sydney. He often comments that he flushes his wees to Sydney. Thanks Gina, for making it such a memorable and special time for Maddi. How lucky was Maddi?!Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-49665585195098869992011-03-08T06:09:00.011+11:002011-03-08T11:09:53.189+11:00Our trip to VictoriaWe were up bright eyed and bushy tailed on Thursday morning for a trip to Melbourne. We had a 6am flight so we were up at 3am. The kids slept in their clothes the night before and we were all ready to go. There's always a big risk of starting a holiday wrong with tired kids, but fortunately they were bright eyed and excited when we woke them up. We set off with 2 suitcases, the pram, 3 car seats, Maddi's carry on suitcase and a large backpack. Little Alex was a trooper and helped pull one of the suitcases into the terminal (sound effects and all!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_8ahvB3O2lWtN2puE-VVZbiaCDKagJt1MUzpQ6FBm8JzAFVz5rRfauM30sdZPvcM92Ym5BBpTYnknkJVitXbP4fyt_1iv9WTDJN5XnWGoSgR_dngEB2KUc0hW8Hwzzx2Ow9-TFcgGPYe/s1600/IMG_1203.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_8ahvB3O2lWtN2puE-VVZbiaCDKagJt1MUzpQ6FBm8JzAFVz5rRfauM30sdZPvcM92Ym5BBpTYnknkJVitXbP4fyt_1iv9WTDJN5XnWGoSgR_dngEB2KUc0hW8Hwzzx2Ow9-TFcgGPYe/s320/IMG_1203.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581417919716220866" border="0" /></a>Our first stop was a visit to the Western Suburbs to see Mel and baby Will.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z3ISFYaVqkFS90VvURXQrrTsswPcBZD3INyaP8h4xjswQvRswRdxP03LJQDkuy3jW51tUEV7xZa3LnWbUF3fUYl-qvMU4ZH8jCMlfLocAAQJKDGcNtJNzHZ9uzeOJ-3ynZS71vmtqDkK/s1600/IMG_1208.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z3ISFYaVqkFS90VvURXQrrTsswPcBZD3INyaP8h4xjswQvRswRdxP03LJQDkuy3jW51tUEV7xZa3LnWbUF3fUYl-qvMU4ZH8jCMlfLocAAQJKDGcNtJNzHZ9uzeOJ-3ynZS71vmtqDkK/s320/IMG_1208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581417937431073522" border="0" /></a>It was great to meet William and see Mel. William is a month old and is very alert and interactive already. He gave us some cute smiles, and was really happy. He seems like he is a bit of a social one already. Maddi enjoyed having a hold of William.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jaRDf55v7O1WqZOlCj9Mlx_LoEOKLYMhW7KZBNdEXRet9UPoZGs-EInXTJUYDnZBnZjz9jX5y50R2lj25nXt43ZgpRv7QZpF3X3bcHx4bGgM95nnT1wu5m6G4jjiqQ4h27Pxmtx7d7-v/s1600/IMG_1207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jaRDf55v7O1WqZOlCj9Mlx_LoEOKLYMhW7KZBNdEXRet9UPoZGs-EInXTJUYDnZBnZjz9jX5y50R2lj25nXt43ZgpRv7QZpF3X3bcHx4bGgM95nnT1wu5m6G4jjiqQ4h27Pxmtx7d7-v/s320/IMG_1207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581417926525172386" border="0" /></a>We then traveled on to Torquay where we stayed for two nights. We saw the Avalon Airshow in practice on the way. There was a stunt plane that was plummeting to the ground almost vertically, and just before it would hit the ground it would shoot back up. It really was quite scary to watch. Maddi kept talking about being scared for the ladies with their shopping carts. It took us a good few minutes to understand what she was talking about -She thought the air hostesses were working in the plane, with their food trolley!<br /><br />Staying in the "hometel" as Maddi calls it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUY4PX_q3-4SdulMFSlnu5PhISKun0AAPho44x9jEIXZFQxV4-_veZ8CqyifqwMs9CuGTVcQF_iXDh_x_u0HEOG7Yck-iwI2VG-ynIXWYTR4e7XUam2B-KBdSmPCvhHL9y7Zb-9LF8p0f/s1600/IMG_1212.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUY4PX_q3-4SdulMFSlnu5PhISKun0AAPho44x9jEIXZFQxV4-_veZ8CqyifqwMs9CuGTVcQF_iXDh_x_u0HEOG7Yck-iwI2VG-ynIXWYTR4e7XUam2B-KBdSmPCvhHL9y7Zb-9LF8p0f/s320/IMG_1212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581418411895989266" border="0" /></a>Our ball boy and ball girl.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdV27RpjSzunwAUIODHwVZirbXGzvj73EbU6ve9mSk9RfYZ0_DxUUM2EA2N8jK_9h1dxGFSlpiXTx0HTenmY_OajOvz_jx3Sse5w28G_f9-ERP9PTyaeSBoYO8STOuKW8wexmzmI9BPlK-/s1600/IMG_1252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdV27RpjSzunwAUIODHwVZirbXGzvj73EbU6ve9mSk9RfYZ0_DxUUM2EA2N8jK_9h1dxGFSlpiXTx0HTenmY_OajOvz_jx3Sse5w28G_f9-ERP9PTyaeSBoYO8STOuKW8wexmzmI9BPlK-/s320/IMG_1252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581428916680426514" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIrPwDOcOTDXTM7vA16FfkKKQHtZokttHqXSusZmzaI2fTKVNMseHIlYjO5XlsjMLitwB4D97l39Rxr2AhBE3NkieAi_rCa-_LOJZdBMYnyJjS12rOPUf9YoOsAxbKmEbv-pWAWd77Vyx/s1600/IMG_1224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIrPwDOcOTDXTM7vA16FfkKKQHtZokttHqXSusZmzaI2fTKVNMseHIlYjO5XlsjMLitwB4D97l39Rxr2AhBE3NkieAi_rCa-_LOJZdBMYnyJjS12rOPUf9YoOsAxbKmEbv-pWAWd77Vyx/s320/IMG_1224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581418429752160146" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGHCB8Zce95m5qjv14i7ddZACLlTOJejRgoeKn03xHEAqUFrjPbPK2b7kby0ksJnzx8KRuyKqpddFA4DsgQBP4oHqneebQq4BAo2sAMsONaB9MvRXqWjcWGD2Qj8r6eqvly6hYreEpAIQ/s1600/IMG_1209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGHCB8Zce95m5qjv14i7ddZACLlTOJejRgoeKn03xHEAqUFrjPbPK2b7kby0ksJnzx8KRuyKqpddFA4DsgQBP4oHqneebQq4BAo2sAMsONaB9MvRXqWjcWGD2Qj8r6eqvly6hYreEpAIQ/s320/IMG_1209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581417945276593730" border="0" /></a>We love swimming. I think I got a bit of a workout too, as the pool was so deep that you had to keep swimming.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0bWUblFrqmmMByEjmsNjf0-zHFNOm50koJcl5nphdNGCcEF4FCszEyiXl_tM3rL3H5fBR30ZBzRNaj3NYzdh4BKwJ5l8Vz6ombwxu_gWnb-T8Cr_fhb-QvgHvFIs4hZ6rtVvOHbQoUKP/s1600/IMG_1216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0bWUblFrqmmMByEjmsNjf0-zHFNOm50koJcl5nphdNGCcEF4FCszEyiXl_tM3rL3H5fBR30ZBzRNaj3NYzdh4BKwJ5l8Vz6ombwxu_gWnb-T8Cr_fhb-QvgHvFIs4hZ6rtVvOHbQoUKP/s320/IMG_1216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581418414759856946" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKyqSax9xqtqhMxaXzzSovxxMvrHtog-Zddg5w99gc9aXSV9dFzbljGmO5ebK26vDlaw_FOkqVFGV2mgEKgeTojQ73X2BrezHCdywfu1qVE6dY1AmrLYnbttVbUTrN5UPR0-_YHKO7W_o/s1600/IMG_1221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKyqSax9xqtqhMxaXzzSovxxMvrHtog-Zddg5w99gc9aXSV9dFzbljGmO5ebK26vDlaw_FOkqVFGV2mgEKgeTojQ73X2BrezHCdywfu1qVE6dY1AmrLYnbttVbUTrN5UPR0-_YHKO7W_o/s320/IMG_1221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581418426289007330" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGe7C8Wi5jaHP2KWYCunopuB7JiU9SOBb6Hzj12yro6mCJTWCN3OmSbNC73ACnCiyAsztv_TFm3LEXiIgmsIehq5wtJ9LZI-R3qcwV2SVoSnpoOs51Z-zG0n3o97xnpLMlfibAxDE34yt/s1600/IMG_1218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGe7C8Wi5jaHP2KWYCunopuB7JiU9SOBb6Hzj12yro6mCJTWCN3OmSbNC73ACnCiyAsztv_TFm3LEXiIgmsIehq5wtJ9LZI-R3qcwV2SVoSnpoOs51Z-zG0n3o97xnpLMlfibAxDE34yt/s320/IMG_1218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581418419716885426" border="0" /></a><br />We did lots of sightseeing along the Great Ocean Road. The drive is picturesque, the whole way you are looking out the window enjoying the views and the drive. There are lots of nice seaside towns on the way that we stopped at. We made it as far as Apollo Bay and had fish and chips for lunch. I did get a little queasy on the way back, with all the windiness of the road.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TZViV7_lFw6c9Eqvc6OU9Q2yWbMWC-jsPI3B9lJLZ_qDKi380uDmlKaKy3RLh9HDeY7566vVrvGXBTOo_McEYYGUuV3r0X7_TX1ytUlrBhJ1_JNr8snpnEfUG6acOTjDVAGEbxGRo9Rs/s1600/IMG_1226.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TZViV7_lFw6c9Eqvc6OU9Q2yWbMWC-jsPI3B9lJLZ_qDKi380uDmlKaKy3RLh9HDeY7566vVrvGXBTOo_McEYYGUuV3r0X7_TX1ytUlrBhJ1_JNr8snpnEfUG6acOTjDVAGEbxGRo9Rs/s320/IMG_1226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581424960017943506" border="0" /></a>We didn't make it to the twelve apostles but this rock formation kind of reminded me of it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp2oB8HX1nLjIohXnJOGxVgrpjJfJ8vB1BUJAKGkT-iZ3Pdk6GxyXlIeJNbXoi4indOeoHcnOG5Spp1PRSm7EcCxkbGyG36YfT1MtvUMECsBA3uvc2l1kNWNEEJ0wv_kljJZe7oJfCe5x/s1600/IMG_1239.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp2oB8HX1nLjIohXnJOGxVgrpjJfJ8vB1BUJAKGkT-iZ3Pdk6GxyXlIeJNbXoi4indOeoHcnOG5Spp1PRSm7EcCxkbGyG36YfT1MtvUMECsBA3uvc2l1kNWNEEJ0wv_kljJZe7oJfCe5x/s320/IMG_1239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581426067326927266" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKTbvNwAgz4sCj4eQM_gunlm8PthCfozLSuMqYxjU3Q1DZSRPsTFJ8IGIAe5is0wk0WLgiKV0Lk7fifcSr9PgzNFaAbkPSugNbv6F5_gFXfVr0FMoRRTHf0UmMgR_Pu1yVT61Cexir-Kl/s1600/IMG_1238.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKTbvNwAgz4sCj4eQM_gunlm8PthCfozLSuMqYxjU3Q1DZSRPsTFJ8IGIAe5is0wk0WLgiKV0Lk7fifcSr9PgzNFaAbkPSugNbv6F5_gFXfVr0FMoRRTHf0UmMgR_Pu1yVT61Cexir-Kl/s320/IMG_1238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581426051174228962" border="0" /></a>At the jetty in Lorne.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVqQJnozY_C7DZfd4ay_2xiqknillT43mwerRWQ2qM9D1bTpIi6KtqAOHNC2lXwl2WljvLBVhksrWAUQfrQvI0ly6mFbpI4Ucdh9xv-wNCZIVfjvbnxz7aikcQiQGFuWvMsHthKcB2kEZ/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVqQJnozY_C7DZfd4ay_2xiqknillT43mwerRWQ2qM9D1bTpIi6KtqAOHNC2lXwl2WljvLBVhksrWAUQfrQvI0ly6mFbpI4Ucdh9xv-wNCZIVfjvbnxz7aikcQiQGFuWvMsHthKcB2kEZ/s320/IMG_1228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581424961887637202" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUUQ6BtqsnGmH4LW87heOjxfqGrXJugLtRBFrenlZS_FSZZpFc6DQNnEEFjxuRhNZc5WWAnLtVVIDQBZxlevw3XIfnJmoYKOcdCGzYfArdW4-oDcPjUhagaSFpo2X_tuiF9j2RfOlnwbm/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUUQ6BtqsnGmH4LW87heOjxfqGrXJugLtRBFrenlZS_FSZZpFc6DQNnEEFjxuRhNZc5WWAnLtVVIDQBZxlevw3XIfnJmoYKOcdCGzYfArdW4-oDcPjUhagaSFpo2X_tuiF9j2RfOlnwbm/s320/IMG_1231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581424979115266306" border="0" /></a>A fishermen's catch.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgltOl4P0kvzbGnNGZmR-aD4vulimKke0Fdp2jSn9mo3ChDHftIK0Y9iTSzi2PnzXNuilQorWZuUZyUPRu71PTlHgI3emS7hN3-CX1JW-LKUoGYHPkI2yiW4jngulMq6jAFQkLUDBKlOLO/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgltOl4P0kvzbGnNGZmR-aD4vulimKke0Fdp2jSn9mo3ChDHftIK0Y9iTSzi2PnzXNuilQorWZuUZyUPRu71PTlHgI3emS7hN3-CX1JW-LKUoGYHPkI2yiW4jngulMq6jAFQkLUDBKlOLO/s320/IMG_1232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581426040759932626" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rJrNJzl32K-mkznt7YeonYxCb0vmrorgquVJliXOcHfDc4ik3pWwAUDMrlIOJiTUIEVpZB-vpX1fMMYRD6PKZfjNYvowYQvj1jgg6ONuserhc_rZZT2mQw3s_uu54XCQASyXR5Mrgc4n/s1600/IMG_1230.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rJrNJzl32K-mkznt7YeonYxCb0vmrorgquVJliXOcHfDc4ik3pWwAUDMrlIOJiTUIEVpZB-vpX1fMMYRD6PKZfjNYvowYQvj1jgg6ONuserhc_rZZT2mQw3s_uu54XCQASyXR5Mrgc4n/s320/IMG_1230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581424971042559586" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9x_t8xtZAdsl6I8_aX-pfyMeZEgCiu1LAxSmTQ0Qa9aBHzPtIfOLpx9f_-Mi738fhJ4oadgatTtmFYpSncNA_JPuOKdRS5hz5dhTPPogIXtT_GnWHQ_cuZr0f2U0xEKLcqrSnLtygGtL/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9x_t8xtZAdsl6I8_aX-pfyMeZEgCiu1LAxSmTQ0Qa9aBHzPtIfOLpx9f_-Mi738fhJ4oadgatTtmFYpSncNA_JPuOKdRS5hz5dhTPPogIXtT_GnWHQ_cuZr0f2U0xEKLcqrSnLtygGtL/s320/IMG_1229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581424965785375170" border="0" /></a>Alex tells me this lighthouse was used for the filming of the TV series 'Round the Twist.'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTrlikWALHK5QG9bmv4wlqGxyTXfhi3qqAY7UF1sCGymYebB5TzKp70WBzxoxfVBqH_7g2ss9KGea4x8Vd8Zhg_gTta1GH9vApW_zw_48GSKROcIeoL234OaLo398D2Ppyiqq4Go2I0b2/s1600/IMG_1240.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTrlikWALHK5QG9bmv4wlqGxyTXfhi3qqAY7UF1sCGymYebB5TzKp70WBzxoxfVBqH_7g2ss9KGea4x8Vd8Zhg_gTta1GH9vApW_zw_48GSKROcIeoL234OaLo398D2Ppyiqq4Go2I0b2/s320/IMG_1240.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581426079368740514" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HU4OGbLv8YqoE0vLClO0vv8zHL73DHlmWoZaBKPwTYNGOljvh37J62D17_88dOSTibq5_CsUqxhThiWBwYfFecMs0mpIh5JmUYmPGNo9TK1DNS6kM1ir4MtFFRzkb8zyU53i-Dg-FGiy/s1600/IMG_1241.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HU4OGbLv8YqoE0vLClO0vv8zHL73DHlmWoZaBKPwTYNGOljvh37J62D17_88dOSTibq5_CsUqxhThiWBwYfFecMs0mpIh5JmUYmPGNo9TK1DNS6kM1ir4MtFFRzkb8zyU53i-Dg-FGiy/s320/IMG_1241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581426092153697202" border="0" /></a>Holly and Daniel came and visited us in the evenings while we were in Torquay, so it was great to catch up with them. It's not long until they get married and we will be back again for their wedding.<br /><br />On Saturday morning we had another early morning and headed to the temple. The kids were happy to walk around the temple grounds. We met up with some other members from the stake who were up for the Stake Temple Day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA93-dztIArDFznJIQFG0Dv4yMrGLzskRK2t3bZZLUXljLBeN7dBLy3d1hvEqv6srw4PwnT0m9OE84lIHaBLpnOpk-7hvtkrJRwv6FN148g_e27G_i7Q8iEPvjgty3ouKkMj_ya2pvkAG/s1600/IMG_1253.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA93-dztIArDFznJIQFG0Dv4yMrGLzskRK2t3bZZLUXljLBeN7dBLy3d1hvEqv6srw4PwnT0m9OE84lIHaBLpnOpk-7hvtkrJRwv6FN148g_e27G_i7Q8iEPvjgty3ouKkMj_ya2pvkAG/s320/IMG_1253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581428920747892962" border="0" /></a>Our trio outside the temple.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXaaCViNjEF5Brh8d4LbY72X0JZkitYrMYhANREjgNIdvW2JYIPP9vaY_-Sg4tgSvxMgtRmtE0Tf2Siu59djdeI0YuBE0Qn9A7acRt5rypAhO7u7M4Shoneh63Gn3i4KDdlTXZIY0s-wZ/s1600/IMG_0302.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXaaCViNjEF5Brh8d4LbY72X0JZkitYrMYhANREjgNIdvW2JYIPP9vaY_-Sg4tgSvxMgtRmtE0Tf2Siu59djdeI0YuBE0Qn9A7acRt5rypAhO7u7M4Shoneh63Gn3i4KDdlTXZIY0s-wZ/s320/IMG_0302.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581430265682520386" border="0" /></a>We then spent a bit of time at Chadstone shopping centre, and found some scrumptious foods.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNXXB9tCZe6xBXlCQWObaGjVxs88wA5zoRV6mZqiHGWO8ZXl4ANkcNf6n6VqvmmWagglzYGDYT0l03ErciDaxyQvXS6RK1M9ZyGttyyWY6LehTNTI2TZDuJzdchUinYv75lO05FZKNleB/s1600/IMG_1254.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNXXB9tCZe6xBXlCQWObaGjVxs88wA5zoRV6mZqiHGWO8ZXl4ANkcNf6n6VqvmmWagglzYGDYT0l03ErciDaxyQvXS6RK1M9ZyGttyyWY6LehTNTI2TZDuJzdchUinYv75lO05FZKNleB/s320/IMG_1254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581433114793449458" border="0" /></a>The kids had their face painted. Little Alex had his face painted as Batman.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGxw0vePLgvD-NwCoIHBCxnTWP_kMXwNGLFzst5xnw9m7HBdSiDWfAZpoOO3VaOi-oiPtmvPPDrvP48_GPVDx1UNZyajwW9mk_8CADH9ye-mD8x5tca1u6f4FbJrtZDRo7b3r7MxAA3cV/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGxw0vePLgvD-NwCoIHBCxnTWP_kMXwNGLFzst5xnw9m7HBdSiDWfAZpoOO3VaOi-oiPtmvPPDrvP48_GPVDx1UNZyajwW9mk_8CADH9ye-mD8x5tca1u6f4FbJrtZDRo7b3r7MxAA3cV/s320/IMG_1258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581428928281941970" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BntLUMIH3P9My4B_ESktOgzoiKeShtz09WZucl10uiPV5ZEwAXF-gmGqUJJkRT_b2ZEGrPb6138BsOOGZyJy2ie58wQdEFHMqAm74jnd7XQKOjLmekOxzs15FJY3vEG8JAxt_rIhR0sm/s1600/IMG_1260.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BntLUMIH3P9My4B_ESktOgzoiKeShtz09WZucl10uiPV5ZEwAXF-gmGqUJJkRT_b2ZEGrPb6138BsOOGZyJy2ie58wQdEFHMqAm74jnd7XQKOjLmekOxzs15FJY3vEG8JAxt_rIhR0sm/s320/IMG_1260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581428931090237170" border="0" /></a><br />We spent the afternoon at a park with Perry and Loretta, and got to meet Willow. She is such a beautiful little girl- So placid and content. We went out to a very popular Chinese dumpling restaurant for tea, and Willow slept peacefully the whole time. She looked beautiful in her blessing dress for the blessing day. It was a lovely blessing and great to be able to witness it. After Willow's blessing we had a barbeque with Perry and Loretta's friends and family. The kids enjoyed playing with Loretta's nieces and got to meet some relatives. Maddi was very proud to tell people that Willow was her cousin (she is Willow's 3rd cousin).<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz7N0izLMCrHL6Ihl7rU2vZA_tYCYICeTXBWearfuBtx0EGydqk-qOgH4Ti40i_Ctjv8YFKUrTX1RK_J3OD6br1ocYdSB5o3QRkFZ9NwN8N5ToABRHErlSWEtWsxiRaV85UZjcZOPR9zE/s1600/IMG_1266.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz7N0izLMCrHL6Ihl7rU2vZA_tYCYICeTXBWearfuBtx0EGydqk-qOgH4Ti40i_Ctjv8YFKUrTX1RK_J3OD6br1ocYdSB5o3QRkFZ9NwN8N5ToABRHErlSWEtWsxiRaV85UZjcZOPR9zE/s320/IMG_1266.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581431264374495890" border="0" /></a>We went out for dinner to a Korean barbeque restaurant. It was so delicious, and such a good cultural experience for the kids. Linc ate and ate ate that night, which I was very pleased about. He is turning into such a foodie now and ate more than the kids did that night. It was an all you can eat buffet, so we got stuck into some kim chi which is one of our favourite Korean sides. The meats were so tender and full of flavour.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByYrGqC_82mYPRkm8nFXiGH_V0xCjmQSnySsv8d2qfajlVeG4RYuWMrna3sjt5mflAu9Xrv0X0DolBE2az6zWPXvfdy0wUWTwJKsng-2U5X2DrzFJHsK1vDnZnlMavzuP3LKZC2V8kAY8/s1600/IMG_1270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByYrGqC_82mYPRkm8nFXiGH_V0xCjmQSnySsv8d2qfajlVeG4RYuWMrna3sjt5mflAu9Xrv0X0DolBE2az6zWPXvfdy0wUWTwJKsng-2U5X2DrzFJHsK1vDnZnlMavzuP3LKZC2V8kAY8/s320/IMG_1270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581431277212440098" border="0" /></a><br />Our last day came by and we went to the Lindt shop for some sweets. I couldn't resist a salted caramel macaroon, which I really shouldn't of had because of Linc's dairy allergy. We did pay for it later..... but it was worth it! Maddi declared that it was her new favourite biscuit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoQxSbXFLAGRIi1UsaLC9J1CCvS3MIp0SmQNH-oC7uxKNNPfE6Uoc5Nw9D63Yh3qBAQfB6TxNUs2gldqBgS8HelQnK5v0z-BtzedIQLYmAFdEPSwrGwjqTrXYyE4IV582GDlocuRrP2qY/s1600/IMG_1274.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoQxSbXFLAGRIi1UsaLC9J1CCvS3MIp0SmQNH-oC7uxKNNPfE6Uoc5Nw9D63Yh3qBAQfB6TxNUs2gldqBgS8HelQnK5v0z-BtzedIQLYmAFdEPSwrGwjqTrXYyE4IV582GDlocuRrP2qY/s320/IMG_1274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581484795240278114" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMn6Arymd2wN-wJmS0SX6JfxfuUF6p6sEZ_WkNC0yKIeq7wW5mi0OyYgVXrb1MV0V9mcZ2-Got_t6IoMKrLjudiIlPa8oB4ufE9uQHw3Da9dSpvWKahJgBPqPBjkmJ8Tkh3E5FWpd1ZL97/s1600/IMG_1272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMn6Arymd2wN-wJmS0SX6JfxfuUF6p6sEZ_WkNC0yKIeq7wW5mi0OyYgVXrb1MV0V9mcZ2-Got_t6IoMKrLjudiIlPa8oB4ufE9uQHw3Da9dSpvWKahJgBPqPBjkmJ8Tkh3E5FWpd1ZL97/s320/IMG_1272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581431266060292146" border="0" /></a>We turned our Phil and Ted double into a triple! So much easier than carting Linc in the frontpack.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax1Jq5ClH1syK7L1CZO-4MRYOjXWTUxZzbiCmXjp8Io8bJ0ADpzQuVfWNkIrIN0WxqAO8_baYgiAH9nV4PLHI8fqdgQeYBDRe_9fN6BR69-jqIUJL_mucEWyhFVCkR2ctMOHyMk-g0peC/s1600/IMG_1271.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax1Jq5ClH1syK7L1CZO-4MRYOjXWTUxZzbiCmXjp8Io8bJ0ADpzQuVfWNkIrIN0WxqAO8_baYgiAH9nV4PLHI8fqdgQeYBDRe_9fN6BR69-jqIUJL_mucEWyhFVCkR2ctMOHyMk-g0peC/s320/IMG_1271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581484800484453602" border="0" /></a>We returned home last night, tired but happy to be home. Linc really doesn't cope that well in other beds, so it will be good for him to get back to the norm. Our holiday was great-We got to catch up with friends, see some beautiful sites, eat nice foods, shop and attend the temple. What more could you really want in a holiday. It was a good balance between city and country. Hopefully the kids remember it in years to come. I wish I took more photos of the trip, but you can only do so much with kids. Sometimes it was nice just to enjoy the moment and not worry about anything else other than spending time with the family.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175074686579565551.post-35591013714433047412011-02-16T15:38:00.004+11:002011-02-16T16:28:57.606+11:00First day of KindergartenToday was Maddi's first day of Kindergarten. She was very excited, and had no troubles at all with the transition. She remarked that she was a little higher than yesterday, because she was a school girl.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmf_RkE1MhkKt-cXhV5Jn3wHMvg99iumeZn1t5V9IFjUk6zQ4B_fuQ81U1c96I_PQPYMzybNeOLHRGMkUnO70p2urLh7OGQ4sr5Kr28mTsz9cw3JYuZTAeGYie0ekupqMkJHVlI-76DAqn/s1600/IMG_1157.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmf_RkE1MhkKt-cXhV5Jn3wHMvg99iumeZn1t5V9IFjUk6zQ4B_fuQ81U1c96I_PQPYMzybNeOLHRGMkUnO70p2urLh7OGQ4sr5Kr28mTsz9cw3JYuZTAeGYie0ekupqMkJHVlI-76DAqn/s320/IMG_1157.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143500854369218" border="0" /></a>Maddi is very confident and independant. She was ready for school a long time ago. She loves to socialise, do art and craft, and write letters. She can count to 60, write her name and is starting to figure out what letters are in words. It won't be long until she is reading.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG-ydBe7TdhI3gQnx0bKdeevPhyphenhyphenV2x3yJAagyNDVR08q5hxbX9qUpRyCwcv8hZWlKrPoi23Nroe_UjqXLpKFjCojm4ddvkckRTwARY4OkiJOF1gOFmeiQk2FBhL8bu2fnFdsBtnB_LWv0/s1600/IMG_1159.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG-ydBe7TdhI3gQnx0bKdeevPhyphenhyphenV2x3yJAagyNDVR08q5hxbX9qUpRyCwcv8hZWlKrPoi23Nroe_UjqXLpKFjCojm4ddvkckRTwARY4OkiJOF1gOFmeiQk2FBhL8bu2fnFdsBtnB_LWv0/s320/IMG_1159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143507156247474" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1Cu466IbzgbbMmfBZqHua7F4qcgPNW4kEVoVUFZ1TWs1OF1NIwiiNG3S1CM_MktBuhflfFAROrHxI6gPzQD48Vbooh1p6kHVLjt4_OmKXXSqiOgfamqkbVtiOIPB928xfj8TFemlIz7s/s1600/IMG_1160.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1Cu466IbzgbbMmfBZqHua7F4qcgPNW4kEVoVUFZ1TWs1OF1NIwiiNG3S1CM_MktBuhflfFAROrHxI6gPzQD48Vbooh1p6kHVLjt4_OmKXXSqiOgfamqkbVtiOIPB928xfj8TFemlIz7s/s320/IMG_1160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143516855521570" border="0" /></a>The rest of the family was more affected with the change than Maddi. Little Alex said a few hours before, "you're leaving me Maddi." Maddi said "don't worry Alex, I'll see you at 3 o'clock!" It's definitely a new chapter in our lives.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngw-kRXADu2peIV2SH2KaL3QLCY46sGg4f0W1A3JMsQa_BKnLgsVfxMpAYw0H4ocey3eIQt0Z-6Mp6A2tVZGerKjbIjR6-yFYiPQBrlSUISxZNdF7X0EdcDoJR_WK7la6webFySil4hIa/s1600/IMG_1164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngw-kRXADu2peIV2SH2KaL3QLCY46sGg4f0W1A3JMsQa_BKnLgsVfxMpAYw0H4ocey3eIQt0Z-6Mp6A2tVZGerKjbIjR6-yFYiPQBrlSUISxZNdF7X0EdcDoJR_WK7la6webFySil4hIa/s320/IMG_1164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574144882561029506" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUoPQU4gVqJI1dRo302sBFe7Fb_F3hL6xjPIUALDuzUGDPvW4pPbxZ7wgLcBK7tDrl7bFF6W61bSzigbanNWatK6vSAVJDWoBIRahZFM_H-xlp38Uhcp_X1VeHL7UFv8fHMKwmF5Dkfez/s1600/IMG_1162.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUoPQU4gVqJI1dRo302sBFe7Fb_F3hL6xjPIUALDuzUGDPvW4pPbxZ7wgLcBK7tDrl7bFF6W61bSzigbanNWatK6vSAVJDWoBIRahZFM_H-xlp38Uhcp_X1VeHL7UFv8fHMKwmF5Dkfez/s320/IMG_1162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574143518669176770" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHBFQ5KZNpHBia1Jn6oyEhwsHyCq7dOMPhG6ByxW1qFWROFO1e3MSJ53wQpN3tz6GDdHKimiJgBNn0o_blq8bCzPMjZTDeD2UUONlycIzhyphenhyphenyt72mYCfCB0g0wLs-20z8qYKAsrPFvByWy/s1600/IMG_1169.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHBFQ5KZNpHBia1Jn6oyEhwsHyCq7dOMPhG6ByxW1qFWROFO1e3MSJ53wQpN3tz6GDdHKimiJgBNn0o_blq8bCzPMjZTDeD2UUONlycIzhyphenhyphenyt72mYCfCB0g0wLs-20z8qYKAsrPFvByWy/s320/IMG_1169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574144894982964674" border="0" /></a>I love that we can walk to school and it is a flat 15 minute walk. We were very keen and got there a little early.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9zmmaZqU4Y9VglDLn8w-KYa1t_2FbYo1dYp24fO5DGplRsjLbK5k3B4r1gr8eFNUOD8V36QDo7Df71oreUiyImpHI1NSYG7lQFCLecstNZiuA6KJRg3PpMY8ZbUHVQKuYp3gyh0CQipg/s1600/IMG_1170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9zmmaZqU4Y9VglDLn8w-KYa1t_2FbYo1dYp24fO5DGplRsjLbK5k3B4r1gr8eFNUOD8V36QDo7Df71oreUiyImpHI1NSYG7lQFCLecstNZiuA6KJRg3PpMY8ZbUHVQKuYp3gyh0CQipg/s320/IMG_1170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574144898569604994" border="0" /></a>Maddi met her nice teacher and her teacher was very glad to hear that her surname was not Watso, like it read on all of the class lists! Not sure how that error happened. Maddi took her 'memory bag' along with photos and collections of things that she did over the holidays.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1DvXC7NJxVI_9p-2eE0iJRhzhri1VOLAYsvA_5Aiw76s2Y_v3oZMW2_a4vWs41BDnYRdjM-GgXgoM5DWYCRbyFazht4gh4K4akmqGAfkqZflNXpfFOHYyDU40jVZ1BvBfD5RxsMnByjT/s1600/IMG_1167.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1DvXC7NJxVI_9p-2eE0iJRhzhri1VOLAYsvA_5Aiw76s2Y_v3oZMW2_a4vWs41BDnYRdjM-GgXgoM5DWYCRbyFazht4gh4K4akmqGAfkqZflNXpfFOHYyDU40jVZ1BvBfD5RxsMnByjT/s320/IMG_1167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574144891886583266" border="0" /></a> We stayed for about 15 minutes, and I had to tell Maddi to say goodbye to her brothers before we left, as she was so absorbed in playing. It was hard to drag Little Alex away and he made a fuss when we left. He wanted to stay and continue to play with some of the boys in Maddi's class.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGHKaBFtTUafM3Y0Av5YfNcpgGYUWtq_UPSuXc-Cn4ftvDJRdehH9Kntk6vsJNx_UOJsYHunWwdYmgOq8hgnZflv_Ruh6nVaxanplmp-gwFaZ0HdrjRnCtzu8nUJfAWF3sIhTIr__JCn6/s1600/IMG_1173.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGHKaBFtTUafM3Y0Av5YfNcpgGYUWtq_UPSuXc-Cn4ftvDJRdehH9Kntk6vsJNx_UOJsYHunWwdYmgOq8hgnZflv_Ruh6nVaxanplmp-gwFaZ0HdrjRnCtzu8nUJfAWF3sIhTIr__JCn6/s320/IMG_1173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574144902990566290" border="0" /></a>When we picked Maddi up later, she said she had a great day. She came home very hungry, and said she wanted to have a little rest when she got home. She asked if she could do some craft. I thought school was going to give her art and craft fix! She goes to school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so she was dissapointed that she won't get to go again until next week.Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370779001428839noreply@blogger.com10