Moon photography

Wayne and I tried some moon photography last night. I think we need a tripod. Very impressed with the zoom on the camera though.

Why a cat doesn't make a good toilet roll holder

Our cat was not amused when we tried to put toilet rolls on all of his arms. I wonder why not...

Tasha Impressions

I think that Natasha looks like the girl on the TimTam advert. What do you think?

School Athletics Day

Natasha had a great day yesterday. She competed in hurdles (but I didn't get the camera focussed in time, she was too fast:)) She also came 4th and last in Sprints and her team came first in the relay. The rest of the activities she had a good try at. Here are the photos...

The other girl in the photo is Anastacia, her friend.

Emily's Birthday Part Two

Here are some photos of Em blowing out her candles and her party today. Em and her friends had a lot of fun. Rhys kept going into the babies area and taking the toys off them and smacking them. I think a lot of mothers didn't find Rhys quite as adorable as we do:)

Emily turns Five

Here are some photos of Em opening her pressies this morning and trying on her clothes after kindy. You can imagine my morning, I had to get Em to Kindy at 8.30am and Natasha to school by nine and all the kids wanted to do was play with Emily's presents. She is having a party at the Fun Factory tomorrow with her Kindy friends so there will be some more photos tomorrow.

Emily riding Muffin

We often go to the markets on a Sunday and a highlight of the day is usually Em riding one of the minature horses.

La Trobe University Open Day

We enjoyed checking out our local university today. Some highlights were the Nursing classroom with plastic patients that moan and have pulses. Chatting to the course coordinator of the education dept about my future. The very professional facepainting (pictured) and all the great freebies. I can't wait to be an internal student there in 2010.

A Day at the Races

I took the kids to the gallops today just for something different to do. Lots of fun and a lovely small town atmosphere. You could get really close to the horses and the action. Here's the photos.

Our Local Shopping Mall

Just for those of you that still think we live in a country bumpkin town, here is a picture of our shopping mall. Note my car in the parking area and Natasha standing by the boot. Notice how long the mall is. The City Council has just approved plans to grow it half the size again which is estimated to cost $46 million dollars and will add another 41 shops.

Natasha's Pony Party

Natasha celebrated her 7th birthday today with a small party at Ironbark Riding Centre. She had a lovely day with her friends and we were very lucky with the weather. Here are some photos of her day.

Confectionary Capers

Yesterday we were looking for an indoor activity due to about 5 degrees, drizzle and wind. I thought that we should check out Confectionary Capers. I went along expecting a sweet factory. It actually doesn't manufacture sweets it has a confectionary theme though. My first impression on walking through the door is that I have never seen such a busy room. There were toys and belts and pulleys busily whirring and going up and down and around and around everywhere that I looked. Upon closer inspection I discovered that there were clever plays on words everywhere also. A string bouncing up and down with a tap on the end of the string was a tap dance. The kids were spellbound, Rhys particularly liked the train that was loaded with jellybeans. Here are some photos to give you an idea.

Kyabram Fauna Park

One of the things that I love about Australia is the wildlife. Here are some photos from our very pleasant day at Kyabram Fauna Park. In case any of you need names for the animals we have Flying Foxes (Bats), Alpine Dingos, Cranes, Owl, Python, Emu, Koala Bears to name a few. My favourite animals are the Koalas and the Dingos. Emily was scared of the Emu.