Gosh, really has it been that long? My last post was about Easter and we have just gone past the half way mark for term 2 at school, wow, that's over 5 weeks.
Well, life is still pretty good and we are all happy, healthy (apart from the old minor cold here and there) and still smiling everyday :)
Tris is still working and surfing.
Rowan is still daydreaming, riding bikes and surfing.
Reuben is still loving learning, riding bikes,collecting shells and playing in the sand.
And I am still studying, collecting shells and watching the two big boys surf!
by the way, Reuben isn't surfing as he finds the sea too cold at the mo! It is winter here which means that in the day it varies between 15 and 23 degrees and the night temperature is usually between 10 and 16. It did drop down to 6 the other night which was a bit of a shock, the following day at school parents are all rugged up in Ugg boots, scarfs and big coats! Saying that though we are feeling the cold, maybe not as much as some, but we are wearing jeans and boots on some days. Reuben, bless him is really feeling it and has moved his sheepskin into bed as his sheets are too cold, has a fleece blanket over his cold cotton pillow and now has warm flannelette pjs too!
Although the temperature has dropped the days are still mostly sunny and we can still get out to the beach and for bike rides.
I can't really think what we have been up to, so I shall just stick some photos on and let you see......
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| Reuben got a super surfer award at school for being a great all rounder and for having such a huge improvement in writing his name |
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| At the beginning of May the weather was just lovely, the days were warm, sunny and beautiful. The sea was warm and everyone was smiling. So we made the most of it and every day after school we went out to the beach. |
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| Tree climbing pirates on a desert island! |
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| Another after school trip out, this time to the lake. This is Rowan in his favourite tree. I love these photos, way better than any proper school photo! |
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| Every now and again we see roo's just by the road between 2 housing developments. One day we managed to stop and get a photo |
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| Then Tris and Reu tried to get closer! Boing! |
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| We went to a local Wood Expo, which was great. Loads for the kids to do and loads of tree and wood people for Tris to get excited with! |
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| These glockenspiels sounded amazing |
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| And so did this drum |
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| Whack it! |
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| Practicing their circus skills |
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| Rowan is really improving at devil sticks |
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| This glockenspiel band were awesome, I thought they were playing electronic music through some speakers somewhere, then I realised that it was these ladies on their glockenspiels |
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| Amazing carvings galore |
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| And fun shows to watch (yes, mum it is the same guy we saw at the markets) |
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| Rowan's new habit! Yes he looks like Bevis! |
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| The big boy in the house has out grown his faithful islabike and needed a new one badly, but we said we needed to find a bargain or wait till his birthday. Same for the surfboard he wanted. Then we looked on the local classified website and saw an ad for a soft surfboard and bike just the right size. Bargain! We drove straight up there and grabbed them both for $150, new they would have been $650! Oh yeah, check out Rowans new helmet. They have ride and walk to school days at school and as an incentive the council hold prize draws for the kids that ride or walk. As we always ride, the boys got entered and Rowan won! Bagged himself and new and funky helmet. Doesn't he look grown up! |
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| School Sports day, it was a bit overcast but the boys loved it |
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| Go Reuben! |
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| Go Rowan! |
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| Reuben in the long jump! |
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Neither of them won anything in sports day, but it was so lovely to see as they just didn't care if they won or not, they just loved running with the other kids, big smiles on their faces the whole time!
So that was some of the last month, there was also 2 birthdays in this house, 2 more birthdays in Reubens class and another birthday on the street, but the photos for that will come later, time to pick up the boys now :)
