Sneaky girls

The weekend didn't start very well for Brooke. She finally found out one of the reasons why she is told not to run on the road (or any other surface like that). Brooke stubbed her toe, making a big sore. Nana and Mum had the answer and Brooke now thinks she is fairly special, getting to sit on the edge of the sink, bathing her foot in Dettol.

However a sore toe didn't stop her from having a great weekend. On Saturday morning Dad took the girls down to Bunnings and Courtney picked out a new pot for Mum's ponytail palm. Whilst there the girls went to the playground and then we went to McDonalds and played on that playground as well.

Dad had bought a new door handle for the front door, when Brooke saw the hole in the door where the old one had been she said to Dad (in her stern voice), "You broke it Daddy, you silly boy"

In the afternoon, we sneaked over the fence and "kidnapped" Mum's palm and took it back to Dad's house so the girls could put it in the new pot. They did a great job, especially the bit where they got to water the palm into its new pot. We never thought Mum would notice so quickly that her palm had gone and she was relieved to find out who the "villains" were.

CJ, at first was right in on the act and she thought that it was "cool" to be sneaking around behind Mum's back and "stealing" her palm... When it came time to confess, she obviously put a bit of thought into the consequences, should the whole thing go wrong. Just before we took the palm to Mum, CJ started telling Dad that it was wrong to be sneaky and play tricks on people. Sounded like she was having a bet each way.

Today, we all went back to Dino Gym again. It's been noted that Brooke is getting older in that she is starting to gather some common sense/fear. There was no way that she was going to climb as high or as fast this time, it was only a couple of months ago that she was there and she was fearless with most things then. No she is stopping and thinking about what is going on.

Tonight we went to Dinner with all the family in Perth for Nana's birthday. CJ thinks that she likes Sweet and Sour Pork now... we'll see...

Courtney is going well at school and she is proudly telling everyone about how she has received three golden certificates for doing good things. Two more and she will get sent to the principles office for a surprise...