Gate Crashing at 2

On Friday afternoon Courtney went to her a birthday party for a friend of hers from school, Chloe. The party was at Jungle Gym and both the girls had a great time, swinging from the Tarzan rope, jumping on the trampoline and generally falling on their heads. Brooke wasn't actually invited however once she saw all the fun being had, she crashed it anyway.
On Saturday we played outside for a majority of the day, the girls helped out in the garden making mud pies and mixing dead leaves in a bucket of water.
Today Courtney went to soccer and again, Brooke crashed that as well. We guess there is only so many times that you can sit on the sidelines watching.
This afternoon we went to a new park (Dad's running out of new parks). We went to one that had a lake as well as a play ground and there was also a long path that we walked down. The girls saw and heard a kookaburra, they think it was laughing at Brooke but neither of them could say why.
Tomorrow CJ has school swimming and Brooke has her normal swimming lessons to go to. Let's hope that their ears don't play up or there will be some sleepless nights coming up for Mum.

Looks like hard work

Swimming Lesson

Today Dad got away from work a little earlier and took Courtney to her swimming lessons. Courtney floated on her back all by herself and had a really great time. Dad was very surprised as to how much she had improved lately.

Then we picked up Brooke and went to the park for a play. Brooke is fearless on the swings and does not understand that there is a limit to how high she can go, she thinks the chain going slack when you get high enough is funny.

Another great weekend

Last Saturday the girls had a big win. Seconds after talking Dad into going to Mcdonalds for lunch, Mr Whippy pulled into the street and started playing his music. Icecream for all ! That night, we all went to Nana and Grandad's for dinner before they headed off on their holiday - we hope they have a great time and the girls can't wait for their post card.

Brooke has taken to making mischief with textas. Twice on the weekend, she stopped using the paper and started coulouring in her hands and arms instead. Very pretty but also very messy

Sunday was spent in the garden, spreading some mulch around and taking care of the vegetable garden. The carrot seeds have sprouted so there should be fresh vegi's available soon.

Planting the Vegi Garden

The Vegi Garden

Courtney wanted to make a surprise for Mum today so Dad took the girls down to Bunnings to get some supplies. While we were there, we found that there was a workshop being held for kids craft so the girls each painted a flower pot for their Mum.

Then while we were picking out flower seedlings to put in the pots, the girls thought it would be a good idea if we grew a vegetable patch. So, we now have a little vegi garden in the back yard at Dad's house. Hopefully Dad will remember to water the seedlings...

This afternoon the girls went to Daisy and Matilda's house for a BBQ and a big play. A great afternoon and the girls now have two new friends and they have already arranged to play again some day soon.

Then it was off to Nana and Grandad's for dinner. Dad forgot to bring everyone's shoes and drink bottles and also Brooke's nigh nigh - silly Dad.

Unfortunately, Mum's flower pots fell over and most of the potting mix is now on the floor of Dad's car. We hope that the flowers survive.

Back to school for Courtney tomorrow.

A new park

Today Mum and Dad took the girls on an outing to a big park where there were lots of play grounds, a train, a bouncing castle and other rides. One of the things to do was drive some electric cars. Courtney drove whilst Brooke sat in the passengers seat. Unfortunately CJ's legs were not quite long enough to push the accelerator pedal all the way down so they couldn't go much faster than a snail. The lady that was in control of the ride told Dad to get on the back and push the pedals.

In one of the playgrounds was a dome shaped ride that the girls sat in whilst some boys spun it around and around really fast - kind of like a childrens 'Gravitron' ride. The girls loved it.

Tonight, whilst Mum was playing netball, the girls took to washing each others hair in the bath. It would seem that you can get your hair really clean when you use half a bottle of shampoo.

"Courtney. I think your lost"

Today didn't start of the best. Dad had told Courtney that we could ALL go out somewhere when Brooke wasn't at school. At breakfast Dad overheard Courtney telling Brooke that we would do something fun if she didn't go to school.... Not surprisingly, Brooke wanted to take the day off from daycare. She went anyway.
Dad and Courtney spent the morning doing science experiments together. We measured our shadows at different times of the day, we made Outrageous-Ooze and also made fizzy mixes with bi-carb soda, detergent and vinegar. We are still waiting for the sun the get warm enough to evaporate the salt water.
Then we went into the garden and started working when Courtney came up with a plan. We could walk to the park that she went to with Pa, the duck park (two suburbs away) apparently. Wanting to see the result, Dad agreed and we spent the next twenty minutes or so, walking the streets, looking for the park before... We came out of an alley way and found ourselves standing right where we had started - Courtney had navigated us in a big loop. We ended up going to the park after Brooke finished school.
We're told that Brooke had a great day at school. Apparently she has a little friend called Emily and they go everywhere together. We're told that they are toilet training each other - every twenty minutes or so. Sounds like the daycare staff are getting it easy with those two.

School Holidays

Unfortunately, Brooke still goes to school (day care) even though it is school holidays. A pitty because she missed out on all the fun that Courtney and Dad had today. First we went to Bunnings and went shopping and then we went to the Jungle Gym and played putt-putt golf before Courtney went and played on the climbing gear and in the ball pit.

Then we went shopping and bought Courtney a new pair of shoes. Courtney chose the ones with pick star on the side (Converse)

After lunch we went home and repotted a plant, put fertilizer on Pa's roses and fixed a gate, and then it was time to pick Brooke up. She was in a really good mood - most likely because she slept for an hour and a half in the afternoon.

Then we went to the park for a little while before we went to Mum's house.

Tonight the girls are having a sleep over. Courtney and Dad are going to have a quiet day tomorrow because Brooke is at school tomorrow again and we don't want her to miss out on too much.

Courtney's quote for the day "The big hand is on the twelve, the little hand is on the seven, so its eleven thirty!"

Dad's Red.

Dad has returned from a great weekend fishing and catching up with friends. He couldn't resist posting the above photo. He also stayed with Cameron and got to catch up with James and Marcus as well. The boys all loved their show bags.

Election Result

John Howard is returned as the Prime Minister of Australia, defeating the Mark Latham from the Australian Labour Party.

The Royal Show

The girls went to the Royal Show with Mum and Dad - we've only just made it home.

We all caught the trains to the show and then the girls went for a ride on real horses. We had all sorts of food, fairy floss etc and a lot of rides. We saw the Dorothy the Dinosour show with Waggs, Henry and Captin Feathersword. Courtney even went on the bumper cars. Both the girls had some face painting, more rides, lots of show bags, glow sticks and to finish the day off - fireworks! It offical, Courtney is over her fear of fireworks - We think she quite liked them at the end of the night.

All up a HUGE day. The girls were very well behaved and had a fantastic time.

No doubt they will sleep well tonight.

The Sty Eye

Courtney has a sty. Not that you would know it - she seems happy enough until she is reminded about it being there. See the sad little blue eye on the photo page.

Two more sleeps until the Royal Show - Mum has written up a list of all the things we are going to see and do (and show bags to buy).

School Holidays begin

On Friday night, the girls went to a Isaacs house to play, while Mum played netball.

Saturday morning Dad took the girls to Duck Park again and we all played soccer (there is no practice during school holidays) and mucked around on the swings. Brooke was fascinated by the duck and her duckling, she wanted to play with them but Dad said she couldn't touch.

Dad went to work on Saturday night so he missed out on going to the cinemas with the girls, Mum, Isaac and his little brother Jasper. They all went to watch A Sharks Tale, no doubt we'll all see it again soon.

Mum, Dad and the girls are going to the Royal Show on Wednesday - Maybe we'll see you there.

Dad is going on a trip next weekend to see James, Cameron and Marcus. He promises to get some updated photos.