Rhys loves puppies

Yesterday Rhys had the opportunity to hold a couple of little week old puppies. Rhys was completely blown away by them and kept saying how cute they were. Here are the pictures of them.

Bendigo Lakeside Fun Run

Today the kids and I participated in a 5km lakeside walk. They gave us anklebands to wear to time us and we got showbags at the end. It was better organised this year than the previous year when they underestimated their numbers. Natasha ran ahead with two of her friends and Em & I set a slower pace and came in about the middle of the walkers. We all had a great time and look forward to doing it again next year.

Look Mum, no wheels!!

Emily has finally joined the ranks of bike riders without trainer wheels. She is really enjoying riding her bike and insists on nightly practice.

Fashion on the Green

Every year they have a fashion parade at school in honour of the Melbourne Cup. This year Natasha went as a jockey and Emily was a fairy.

Dance your Dreams

Here are the costumes that Natasha will wear in this years dancing concert. She is dancing in two ballet items and one Hip hop item.

Do you run faster when your tongue is out?

Today was school Sports day. Natasha and Emily donned the yellow Lansell tee shirts and lined up for the various events. To help you identify the photos Em has blue sneakers and Tash has white and pink ones. Of particular amusement in the photos note the concentration and the tongues!!! Emily came home with a second ribbon in the sprints and Tash came home with a third.

Birthdays everywhere

Emily was invited to two birthdays today. Here are some random photos from the first one that we went to at the Fun Factory.

Some like it hot! or Some Mothers do ave em!

Rhys thought that his dinner of potato, corn and pork schnitzel was just lacking a little something....Yes Pepper!

Chirpy has a wife

We bought a female canary who we named Miley. Miley is going to make Chirpy a lot quieter. So far it is working. He is very excited about having a wife and isn't giving Miley a lot of peace at the moment.

The Grampians

Here is a photo that I took on the way down to Coleraine. It was such a beautiful day and the mountain just looked amazing.

Portland

We ticked off another town in Victoria this weekend. Portland is a small town with a fairly busy port. The kids enjoyed having a paddle in the sea, they got rather soaked and it wasn't a warm day. Fun though! Wayne and I enjoyed watching a tug boat head out,hook up with a large ship and help it to dock in the Port.

Future Police recruits or prisoners?

Royal Melbourne Show 2008

We had a great day at The Royal Melbourne Show today. The kids have patted piglets, lambs, calves and rats. They have had many different train rides and came home with assorted showbags. I would have liked to go on the ferris wheel, it was huge and had airconditioned capsules to sit in. Unfortunately Em wasn't keen and it had to be all of us or none of us. Our trip home was slightly difficult with the Connex train only stopping for a short time at Southern Cross Station. Twice we didn't make it off the train. The third time we were luckier. Home now with very tired kids.