The Easter holidays

Maddi 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.



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.



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.


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.




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.



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.

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.


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.

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!

Easter Weekend

On 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.

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.

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.


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.

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.


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.



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.


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.

It seemed as though the rabbits were breeding.


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.

Turning 5

The 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.

Maddi was very lucky to get so many lovely presents.

Auntie Becc made some delicious hot cross buns fresh from the oven, and we ate them for breakfast.

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.



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.


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.




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.





Then it was pinata time.


Linc wanted to be in on the action and picked up a stick and scooted over to the pinata.



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.