Crafting

During the last school holidays C invited some of her friends over for a scrap booking day !! Slowly but surely she is turning them all into scrap booking fans !!!

The girls hard at work !!

One happy girl, friends over and scrap booking !!!

The lovely Miss B who is a great scrap booker !!

Miss K who also loves it !!

The lovely Miss M who is just starting out

These two had a great time with their craft !!

All in all it was a good day but I think 6 kids under the one roof was a little too much for me to handle at one time !!! Although the girls all did have a great time and created some great pages. We will see how we go the next holidays !!!

Animals, eggs and birthdays.

Happy Easter everyone !!

This weekend has been pretty busy in the Moore house. First stop was an Easter egg hunt and fun day in Kiama followed by a lovely dinner for Sandy's birthday then Sunday was of course Easter morning with the kids enjoying a wonderful chocolate breakfast then a visit to Grandma for more eggs !!!!!

First stop was Kiama for an Easter egg hunt and fun day. The kids had a great time, feeding animals, jumping castles, helicopter, surf boats and fire engines !!!

Waiting patiently for her turn to collect eggs.

Now for C's turn.

On your marks, get set .......

GO !!!!!

The egg hunt was so funny to watch. The kids didn't know where to go. The ladies in the middle would throw some eggs and the kids would swarm for the eggs. Except for mine !!! Then they would walk like a flock of sheep to the next lot !! E ended up with 5 eggs on her own and C came back with 3 cause she complained about the other kids being to rough. Funny thing was that C wanted to go in with the next group because there weren't so many kids but I pointed out that they would be a lot rougher so that changed her mind real quick !!!

Dr Fruit Loop. All money from the day went to the "doctors" that help kids have some fun while in hospital.

My Easter bunnies !!

Happy 42nd Birthday Sandy !!!

The Easter stash !!

Mum showing off her shiny new teeth. Love them !!!!

So that has been our Easter weekend. Sorry there aren't any pictures from Sandy's birthday dinner or the kids looking for eggs. They were so quick getting the eggs in Kiama and at home that I didn't get a chance. Plus both girls were lost at the Kiama egg hunt. But a great weekend has been had.

Easter Hat Parade

Well it's that time of the year again when feathers fly and chicks come out to play !! Easter Hat Parade time !!!

With E being in Kinder it was her first official parade. Of course she has been in numerous ones at preschool and has even been in the school parade before with C but this was her first real school parade. To say that she was excited was an understatement. The hat was created at home last weekend and has been in safe keeping since.

C wasn't going to miss out so went to school with these cute ears !!

Two happy kids ready for a big day of parading !!!

Applying the finishing touches at school.

Tada !!! The finished product !!! Happy smiles all round.

So once the hats had been finished off in class it was time for mum to grab her seat and watch them all parade around and see if E would participate in the dancing. I say this because when C was in Kinder she did not move a muscle. No matter what the teacher said or did C was not dancing !!!

No need to worry though. E was more than happy to get in and have a go although the first partner she had was channeling C !!! He just stood there with his arms crossed. Thank goodness the teacher saw this and changed partners.

All the kids ready to get going.

In between dances !!!

Dancing the day away !!

What a fantastic day watching the kids parade around so proudly with their Easter hats and having a great time dancing. They all did a great job !! Unfortunately we didn't come home with any of the Easter baskets from the raffle. Oh well better luck next year !!!

After the parade the kids went back to the classroom. What a huge surprise they all got when they discovered that the Easter Bunny has been by and left them all some Easter Eggs !!!

Now the countdown is on for another visit from the big Bunny on Saturday night.

xxxx HAPPY EASTER xxxx

My girl should be a boy.

Now I don't usually just get on here and write stuff without pictures, but I just had to get this down to remember it always.

I swear E should have been a boy.

She always amazes me with what she loves to get involved in. She always loves to get outside with her daddy and help out where ever she can. Be it with cars or gardening, what ever is going on outside she's into it.

Currently she is outside helping Sandy prune the back tree. She is picking up the branches, putting them on her head and saying that she is a big tree or a little tree depending on the size of the branch !!! Before that she wanted to pick up the dog poo but thought that the shovel was to heavy for her to lift. Sandy asked her to bring out the shovel with two hands and he would pick it up. So off E goes to get the shovel and finds that in fact she can pick it up and it's not so heavy after all. So the next job is to pick up the dog poo herself !!! What a trooper !!! Even I don't deal with dog poo. I can handle kids poo but NOT the dogs !!!

Now cleaning up the dog poo has been added to her chore list !!! She was able to scoop it up and plonk it into the drain, without any hesitation or fuss. So now E will be the pooper scooper !!! She tells Sandy that she will now be doing the job to which Sandy says, "that's good now I can have more sleep" to which E says "ok dad". My goodness I LOVE this child !!! What else can I get her to do !!! She hates cleaning up inside !!!

She is happiest when she is outside playing with the dog, catching bugs, playing in the dirt or help to fix the car. The flip side is that she LOVES to wear dresses and all things pretty. Now she has found my guitar and wants to "play" it. What will be next I wonder !!!

Overflowing

This summer has been far from hot and sunny. In fact you can count the number of sunny days on two hands. In the past couple of weeks the rain has not stopped, so for the first time in 10 years all the major dams are full and over flowing.

On the first partly sunny day for a long time we headed to our local dams to check things out. First stop was Cataract Dam. This is my favourite.

The force of the water was awesome.

The noise was tremendous.

The end of the dam wall.

Such a pretty place.

Next stop on our adventure was the Nepean Dam. Not as pretty as Cataract but just as full !!

This dam flows down a concrete slope and into a channel.

Finally flowing out. Unfortunately you can't get any closer.

Last but not least was Cordeaux Dam. I used to go to this dam every year when I was in primary school. The walk down and back was always a killer. So lucky we had the car to drive down right to it with everyone else who was doing the same thing !!

 

So as the rain continues to fall and parts of the state become flooded we all pray for a little sunshine to ease the crisis that people are facing right now. Some parts of the country have been flooded more than 5 times already this year. Although it is great to see so much water and the dams full it is creating heart break down stream. Fingers crossed for a dryer autumn.

New Teeth

Finally the time had come for my mum to say goodbye to her top row of teeth and hello to her new sparkly ones !!! So off to the hospital we go for a 8.00 am start.

Mum was a little nervous but very brave all at the same time. Of course I took photos of before and after !! So note that there are some gruesome pics to follow.

So before with her large gappy teeth. Goodbye !!!

Not a great close up but you get the picture.

Welcome home mum !!!

You should see the other guy !!!

Sandy took the above pics of the bandages as I was at work. So by the time I was able to see mum the bandages were off and the full force of the day was there for all to see !! The bottom half of her face was numb and the poor woman had no control. Trying to eat was a nightmare for her. Luckily the numbness also took away any pain.

The whole bottom of her face was droopy. Love the blood stained  lips.

The best pic I could get of her new teeth cause she couldn't smile !!!

Day 2 and mum was looking much better. One half of her face is still a little numb so she ended up with a smirk.

The best smile we could get. Look at those pearly whites !!!

So now we welcome the new teeth which I have to say look fantastic. I couldn't imagine what she would look like and am pretty happy with the result as is mum.

So now the real healing begins and so far not to much pain, even when she took them out for the first time to clean them. She was very brave to do it all. I couldn't even be in the same room. My stomach was queasy just thinking about it !! Great job mum, I'm very proud of you. xxxx

Manly Take 2

On the weekend I was able to get away by myself and spend the night at Uncle Jim's place. On Saturday morning I hopped on the train and headed to Sydney for a few hours of shopping at Paddy's Markets before getting ready to see a performance of Love Never Dies with Uncle Jim at the Capitol Theatre. Love Never Dies is the sequel to the Phantom of the Opera (my favorite stage show !!).

So on Sunday morning Sandy and the girls drove to Uncle Jim's to pick me up and have a day out in Manly. The weather I have to say was perfect and 1,000,000 % better than out last trip. Tracee I hope this makes you 'homesick" !!!

 

The multi storey building on the left was were Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were married !

Manly Beach is beautiful !!!

Luckily Sandy made E wear shorts under her dress. The bottom of the dress was soaked !!

Nigel no friends !!! Well we did need someone to look after the shoes !!

Watch out girls !!

After enjoying the waves and the beach we headed back to the Corso and wandered how on earth we were going to get the sand off our feet. There were some beach showers but no taps to wash the sand off until we went across the road and found this ....

What a perfect way to clean up !!

Next stop was again the Aquarium while Uncle Jim browsed the markets. The kids love going to see all the fish, especially the sharks and turtles. On the way to see the fish we stopped off to buy some chocolate. E didn't want any so ended up getting a foam sword !!! I preferred the chocolate !!!

Just have to pose for each photo !!

I opened it with my new sword !!!

I'll fight it off with my new sword before he gets me !!!

What a perfect weekend. Entertainment, me time, family, sand, surf and perfect weather. What more could anyone want. Roll on the next one !!! Hope this has made you really, really miss us here in Australia Jared and Tracee cause we miss you heaps xxxx. And a huge thanks to Uncle Jim for being my "date" for the theatre and putting up with me all weekend. Love you xxxx