How to paint with weetbix

Rhys is such a tidy eater usually. Much better than the girls are. So it was with confidence that I left him to eat his breakfast this morning. When I returned to take his plate and wipe a speck off his chin here is the sight that greeted me.

Double the gold nearly

Wayne added 24.8gms of gold to his stash today. So we thought it was time for another photo. Gold price is $24.91 per gram AUD today. So it was a great days work.

Ballerina Emily

Emily had a special day at ballet today as Kooka the Kookaburra from The Advertiser attended her ballet class. Here are some photos of her before we went to class. Hopefully she will be in the newspaper on Thursday and I will post the clipping for you all to see. Sadly most of the preschoolers greeted Kooka with tears rather than excitement. He was very big. Rhys was brave until Emily started crying then he started whimpering on my shoulder. The children all looked very beautiful and their dancing was lovely.

Porcupine Township

A small historical township built to show how life was in the 1850s when the goldrush was on. It was a deserted sort of place. There was only the lady who took our money, ourselves and a peacock wandering around. Here are some photos of our day.

Equestrian Natasha

Natasha is looking the part these days. This is her after horse riding this afternoon.

Kindy trip to White Hills Botanical Gardens

We had a lovely kindy trip to the gardens on the 17th May. We had a big flash bus to transport us there and back. The bus was the highlight of the trip for Rhys. Kindy put on a BBQ lunch for us which was great. We looked at Wallabies, Kangaroos, Birds and interesting autumn leaves and pine cones. There was a great playground there and the rain kept mostly away which was good of it. We have had a bit of rain lately as you can see in the photos, it is starting to be green around the place. Emily's favourite part was the bus and lunch.

I'm a big boy now I'm two

Rhys had a lovely day and is now the proud owner of a shiny new tricycle, some plastic wild animals, some really nice clothes and some fast racing cars. Here are some pics from his day for you to enjoy. Notice all the help the big sisters are with tough jobs like opening the presents. Rhys spent the day saying cars, cake and two. I think he was pretty impressed with our singing as he danced, clapped his hands and tried to sing along to Happy Birthday. He blew out his own candles.

Birthday Cake

Just thought you might like a preview of Rhys's racetrack birthday cake. Made by myself with the help of the gas oven. Pretty small racetrack I know but it's got some pretty cool cars on it and a lovely green infield. Obviously not an Australian Racetrack!!! Watch this space for the birthday boy photos tomorrow.

My Bubby Boy is growing up

Rhys is turning two years old on the 10th May. Here are some last photos of him before he becomes a terrible two. These were taken after his bath tonight.

Photos for Nana

Here are some photos of the kids and the kitten playing outside this morning. The "Big Wet" is meant to be heading our way so it was nice to have some outside time this morning.

Gold finds to date

Here is a photo of Wayne's gold collection to date. It's growing quite nicely week to week. To work out the value, gold sells for about $25.00 per gram. We hope to publish more nugget finds soon......

Friends of Thomas the Tank Engine Day

Today the kids and I went to Maldon. It's a small town about half an hours drive away towards Melbourne. We had a steam train ride on Jeremy in a carriage called Mabeline. The girls also enjoyed a horse drawn carriage ride. Natasha went for a ride in a rail trolley as pictured.

More Easter Fun

Here are some more photos from yesterday in Bendigo.

The dragon is made from beach sand that they trucked in and sculpted over the weekend.

The Gold Prospector in the Family

This is what Wayne looks like when he's gold prospecting. If you look in his hand you will see his nugget. His finding rate has improved with the latest detector the GPX4000. He found a small piece on Thursday and six small pieces on Friday.

The gold nugget was found with Wayne's previous detector the Minelab GP Extreme. It's sitting on an Aussie 50 cent piece which is a bit larger than the old NZ 50 cent piece. Latest update since he bought the GPX4000 he has taken it out 4 times and has now found 15 pieces of Gold.

Swimming Achievements

Natasha has just completed a week intensive of swimming lessons and Emily did an assessment of her skills as she is to do a term 2 weekly lesson. Here they are with their certificates from their assessments.