More Ballarat!

We loved our holiday at Ballarat.  I would move there in a flash,  but it is 1100km's from here and i would miss my family and friends... plus its too cold for Wayne to work in his profession (a builder, so holding tools when its 2C doesnt work very well!).

This is us at a park in Pennant Hills.  It was freezing this morning and we were nowhere near Ballarat!  We stopped for brekkie and a stretch of the legs.

Giant wind turbines just past Goulburn.  They weigh 80 tonnes and are 80m tall!  We were very impressed.

We stayed the night at Glenrowen.  This is the place where Ned Kelly was captured and the battle was placed.  This is also the first night Rory slept in a big boy bed.  They loved it!

This is Trentham Falls, we are about an hours drive from Ballarat now.  It was absolutely freezing here and lighty raining.  They have had so much water lately that this gorgeous waterfall started to flow!

The view from our loungeroom window at the place we stayed.  Very old building dating back to the 1800's.

View from the carpark.  It used to be a boys home run by nuns.

 

 

 

 

More photos to come....

1850's

On our holiday to Ballarat we visited the gorgeous Sovereign Hill.  It is an open-air museum, situated in an early gold diggings area of the 1850's.
Here is the link: Sovereign Hill
One of the first things we did was get a photo of the kids dressed up in clothes from that era.

Arent they just adorable!!!!
More photos to come...

Happy Birthday Rory!

My little scrumptious bum turned 3 on the 14th August.  We had a party for him the week earlier as we were on our way to Ballarat on the 14th.  Here are some photos from the big day...

August it is!

Well there goes my "lets blog more then once a month" theory.... My bad!


Here's a small snapshot of July...

Jakayla has really gotten into building cubbyhouses.  Unfortunately they fall apart and dont stay up so they arent too much fun.  So Daddy went to a local appliance retailer who was more then  happy to pass on some empty cardboard boxes and this is the result:

We have had some gorgeous winter days lately (plus lots of rain in between).  So i set the picnic blanket up outside and Jakayla and her friend Sophie (who lives next door) had a play with their Bratz dolls.

Ah all washed and ready for bed, what a great time of day (for Mummy!!!)

Wayne and Tricky still have that special bond lol.  Tricky loves us all but especially Wayne.  Must be all the beer and toast he feeds him...

Jakayla loves all sorts of craft and especially painting.  Yesterday the girls painted their faces and had a great time!

Hello July

Honestly where does time go?  Im a bit annoyed at myself with only one entry for June so i will have to make sure i do better this month.
Winter is upon us, i love winter and the cold.  We have a lovely fireplace which keeps our home very warm and toasty.  It has been getting down to 1C some nights which is really cold!!!!  Our home is very well insulated, its handy having a builder for a husband!
We are getting photovoltaic panels on our roof next month, so we will then become a carbon neutral home which is fabulous!
Now time to see what photos have been taken the last month....


We had some wood and twigs to burn so we had a little bon fire the other night.  Rugged the kids up and they loved it.

We gets lots of Kookaburras visit us, but this one was quite tame and after i fed him some left over sausages it was hard to get rid of him!  He visited for a few days until i stopped the food!

Look at these cheeky smiles.  Also notice nudie kids in the loungeroom.  I put the music on and went to see what they were up to.  Well techincally Rory isnt nude, he has his beanie on!  Luckily the heat transfer takes the heat from the dining room where the fireplace is, into the loungeroom!

We recently had the school sports carnival, and our team colour was green (very hard to find a flattering green top let me tell you!).  A friend had a can of green hairspray on hand so we had a bit of fun with the kids hair...

Here are some nice photos....
Rory and his cousin Nick.  Nick is about 6ft 6 and we think Rory will one day be able to look him in the eye!
Rory and his mate Ben.  Ben is 9yrs old but Rory just ADORES him and Ben is so good with him too, loves playing with him.  Ben's  brother Tim is in Jakayla's kindergarten class.

Me and my sister Deb.
Rory and Stuart fast asleep.... me and the hubby and Stuarts parents went out for an afternoon (it was lovely!!!) and my friend Suzy, who babysat sent me this photo to tell me all was good!

Tricky is going strong and healthy... must be the odd bit of beer he is consuming!

I love this one.  Jakayla drew a picture of Tricky and i was so impressed with it i stuck it on the wall right near his cage.  Problem is he loves it too and has nearly eaten most of it.

Well thats about it from us at the moment.  Rory has viral laryngitis so he is very sooky and cranky and unwell at the moment poor baby. So far so good for the rest of us!  Till next time...

Another first..

Yesterday after school J went over to the next door neighbours for a visit.  An hour later she came home looking like this....

I know one day i will look back at this and possibly laugh but right now im pretty furious at the girl next door who dared to cut my girls beautiful hair.   I know, kids will be kids and far worse has happened and most parents will have stories like this and photos... i guess this is just a first for me and im taking a bit to get over it.  J isnt too worried she thinks it will grow back soon.  Unfortunately she has my hair and when i was younger it took YEARS to grow.  She has only had 2 trims in her life.  Oh dear....

Kids and grandparents

I took these this morning while getting J ready for school.  What a beautiful girl you are my gorgeous one.

My parents come up and visit the kids once a fortnight.  They only live 30mins drive away but we dont get to see them too often.  They are definately great GRANDparents.  I hate the thought that they wont be around forever as they kids adore them, so i will make sure i take lots of photos of them in the future...

Sometimes i turn into Bindy's Home Day care... without being paid that is lol.  I always figure its easier if the kids have someone to play with then being bored and complaining to me. We have quite a few over the other day...

I made a gorgeous cake the other day... wholemeal flour with carrots and pineapple.  I try very hard to cook healthy.  I only buy wholegrains (including brown rice, wholemeal bread, wholemal crumpets etc etc).    This cake was delicious!