memories

Lately I have been looking through some of our old photos and so many memories come to mind like this one:

Annie's first night in a BIG bed.

18 months old

Annie was so excited to be a BIG bed, so with 'Baby' in her arms,a book near by and BIG kisses from Mum & Dad it was time to turn out the lights. Annie settled in her bed SO well. We did not really have any problems with Annie in a BIG bed until she went through this phase:

after all the kisses and the lights were out Annie got to work.....

undressing herself!

I can not recall how many nights we would find her stripped off to bare nakedness. It took some bribery to stop this habit!

putt putt

For playgroup we headed off to 'Putt Putt Golf ' and the kids thoroughly enjoyed it!! Lucy did not quite make the 18 holes (let's say she made about 2 holes!!) and Annie managed about 14 holes. However, they did enjoyed exploring the area so with noone else there to annoy us mum's were more than happy for them to go exploring.

Lucy after tapping the ball into the first hole!

Annie concentrating very hard

some of the playgroup kids

a fun afternoon of painting

Mummy decided that we needed to brighten up some plain pillow cases that were in the cupboard. So out came the fabric paint, some stamps and lots of creativity. The boys discussed what they would like to do on their pillow case and Annie thought it was a great idea too.

all of us sitting around the table talking ideas

Mummy and her 2 beautiful girls

Mummy helping Lucy with her stamp

Mummy helping BJ

The end result meant the pillow cases were very colourful and personal with the kids hand prints on their very own pillow cases. We all had a wonderful afternoon exploring our creative side!

Annie's fun run

Annie's kindy put on a special fun run morning for all the children. The kids needed to complete three activities. 1. jumping over hurdles and jumping over the hoops 2. kicking the ball into the goal 3. having a running race and then running with the wooden horses. Annie had an absolute blast. Her favourite activity was kicking the ball into the goal.
After each activity the children received a special ribbon from their mums to pin onto them. Once the children completed their activities it was the parents turn! We had to first of all play tunnel ball which all the children thought was quite funny, then we competed in our own running race BUT with balloons between our knees. Annie thought this was the best ever. Then once we were finished each child got to pin a ribbon on their parent.

Annie with her first ribbon

Annie with her group

kicking a goal

jumping over the hurdles

running with the wooden horse

Matt & BJ's U8's day

Matt and BJ had a wonderful U8's day at school. The teachers had some fantastic activities for the kids to do and they loved every minute of it AND so did Lucy!! (Annie was a kindy)

Matt making a paper plane

Matt, Lucy and BJ

Lucy and BJ doing some craft

Lucy with a paper pirate hat

Matthew and BJ's favourite activity was badge making. Both boys had a great time designing and creating their own special badge to wear. The boys also enjoyed going on an 'archaeological dig' to find some buried fossils. Thanks to all the teachers for their hard work.

Annie's U8's day

Annie's U8's day was at beautiful local park with beautiful weather. Both girls had a fantastic fun filled day. They got to have their face painted, have a photo with Buzz and Woody, make a crown, blow bubbles, make a kite, run around an obstacle course, look in a police car and a fire truck and pat some farm animals plus much much more. Annie absolutely loved blowing the bubbles and Lucy just loved getting into everything!! It was a wonderful day and the girls were definitely tired by the end of it. All the C&K's teachers that participated in putting the day together did a fantastic job. Thanks so much

next generation of drummer

Benjamin absolutely loves music. It doesn't matter which instrument he is playing BJ plays wholeheartedly. On this particular night I found BJ playing the drums with his goggles on ("so I don't poke myself in the eye Mum") using the pool cue sticks (from the game Nick gave him) on the coffee table all the while listening to some Hillsong music. This may be a glimpse into the future of the next generation of drummers!!