Boxing Day

Boxing Day we headed to Uncle Glen and Aunty Merri's place for lunch with the whole Altus clan. Being a bit hot and sticky, it was a perfect day for a dip in the backyard pool.

Josh, Lexie and Jacqui enjoying the cool of the pool




Alara woke to find a pool outside, a bit tentative at first
but didnt take long for her to put her feet in.

'Come on in La La, the waters fine'

La La free and easy without her nappy

Christmas tea with Ma ma and Pa

With Lunch finished we headed off out the farm to have tea with Ma ma and Pa and all the Heinrich's.

Pa Altus and Jack sitting back and watching the shenanigans

of the presents being opened

Pa helping Alara open some of her presents

Uncle Daryl, Aunty Isobel and Uncle Bing also joined us for the day

Lexie checking out Alara's magnadoodle

and Alara checking out the wrapping paper

Lexie loves to draw and also loves choccie -check out the face

Cant half tell who she is a descendant of.........

Christmas with Pa Pete

We started Christmas Day off with lunch at Pa Pete's house with the Excell's. Kida the one and only grandchild (so far) was the star of the day and she had lots of fun helping everyone open their presents.

Kida, Pa and dad Aaron helping opening Kida's present from Pa

Inside was a beautiful cuddle teddy bear

'Oh, cuddles for teddy'

and now cuddles for Pa and teddy

Grandma Jenny sent down a cool bike for Kida
to hoon around on

vroom vroom

Spot the Difference

Here's a bit of a puzzler for you all.

Below are 2 photos of a pregnant lady at around 2 weeks until her due date

Can you spot the difference??

That's right!

The tree in the background has flowers!!!

Well Done! :)

Nana's 79th Birthday

On Friday it was Nana's 79th Birthday, unfortunately Nana is in hospital with a terrible wog and couldnt make it to the party so we took the party to her. With the room full to bursting point we belted out the birthday song waving our safe flame 'candles' in the breeze.

Nana and Pa singing together

Jack having a ride on Uncle Bing's knee whilst singing

Cutting the cake - beautifully made by our talented Nicole

Nibble and natter with our coffee and cake

Boys talking farms

Jack all tuckered out after a full on morning tea with the family

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA!!

Fun at the Swimming Pool

Swimming has been such a delight, since the pool opened its gates in November, I have been a regular many times a week. But just lately................

The water looks calm and inviting

- But wait whats that???

da dup, da dup, da dup, da dup da dup

ARGH! its the floating bubble guts!!

Run for your lives!!

Afternoon at the Races

On Sunday we enjoyed an afternoon at the Bordertown Races. With our betting guide in hand we set off to try and make millionaires of ourselves - unfortunately we had to make do with the extra $3 we made for the day. Oh well it was very fun all the same!

Steve and the boys discussing which horse will win

Up close and personal with the horses

I reckon Cathy and Crawf have the best job for the day -

hooning around in the ambo behind the horses

(and ready for action if a jockey fell off)

Office complete

The office is now finally complete.

With the last finishing touches done in hanging the curtains, its time to move onto the last room of the house

-the dreaded spare room.

I have impressed myself with my own handiwork!

Fergus bonding with George

Fergus and I were having a lovely time just chillin' in the bean bag watching telly.

George is a great pillow!

Fergus bonding with his mum and brother/sister George.

Stay at home mum

Having resigned from my previous job of looking after other people's children, its time for me to get ready to start my next job of Mum and look after my own child. The children and staff at Carol Murray Children's Centre were lovely to work with and they gave me a lovely send off for my last day.

Bounty of flowers and gifts I received