Off to market

Yesterday Brooke wanted to stay home so Courtney had a sleep over all by herself and she made the most of it, getting spoilt by everyone around her.

Today Brooke joined in and we went to the markets in Waneroo. The girls bought something each from the two buck shop and they each had an icecream. All up a very quiet weekend.

Earrings come out

Tonight for the first time since they were put in, Courtney's earrings were taken out. In Courtney's mind it was going to hurt. Mum bribed her with an ice cream and she stood perfectly still waiting for Mum to pull the backing off. AS the tears welled in her eyes, Brooke came over and dabbed her wet eyes with her nigh nigh and then CJ noticed that Mum's hands had moved away and they were holding the earring.

Wide eyes like Christmas morning. 5 minutes later, CJ was putting in her own earrings.

Cup cake and missing teeth

Late last week, Mum kept the girls busy with something fun. She made a batch of small cup cakes and then the girls got to decorate them. The had hours of fun.



The weekend was fairly quite with a trip to Fun Station with Pa. On Monday night another of Courtney's teeth fell out. It appears that Brooke is starting to feel a little left out by the tooth fairy.

Economics

A couple of weeks ago, Grandma made the girls a simple deal. If they kept their rooms cleaned and the furniture polished for the week, she would pay them $1.00 each. Today the girls (with a little help) remembered to polish the bookshelf. They took every single book out of the shelf and piled them up on the bed and did a very thorough job. Grandma paid Courtney the money and then had her write a receipt. CJ then ran around the house making “business bills” (contracts) with everyone.

Censorship

Yesterday, Courtney asked that a previous post be edited and that a reference to a person be taken off their website. This blog is not open to free speech, it is the girl’s site and therefore has been removed.

I’m sure that Brooke won’t censor her comment on Sunday “I am an angel, I have blonde hair!”

Today, Courtney went to Natasha’s house for most of the day to play whilst Brooke helped Mum, Nana and Grandad with getting ready for a house inspection.

Google and Greyhounds

Last night Dad took the girls to see the Greyhounds. Although it was very cold outside, they both had a great time running around and cutting a rug on the dance floor. Courtney is now quite competent at filling in TAB tickets, although she and Brooke both seem to think that it's the same eight dogs each race.



Below is a picture of Brooke's diary. She writes pages and pages like this and they all mean something, to her. It's like a long story about fairies, ponies, horses and purple butterflies.



The funniest news was this morning when Courtney asked Dad "How do you spell heart?" A few minutes later, CJ comes out and asked for help with the computer... she wanted to learn how to use Google. Her query... "how do i win a boys heart"

We have no idea how she had worked out that Google will tell you the answer to everything.

Over the Hedge

The girls have done well for the the first day of the school holidays. Dad took them to the cinemas and we saw Over the Hedge. Not bad. Brooke got a little scared at the end when the bear was chasing the rest of the animals around.

School's out

This weekend the girls kept fairly quiet, gearing up for the school holidays. They have a fairly lengthy list of things that they want to do over the next few weeks, most of them costing money. Dad thought it was about time to survey the girls again.

Brooke;
Favourite food – Nutella Sandwich
Favourite drink - Coke
Favourite colour – Purple, blue and pink
Favourite song - My Little Pony
Favourite movie - Cars
Favourite place – Cinema
Favourite thing to do at school - Painting
What do you dislike? – “When Ryan doesn’t play with me”
What do you want to do when you grow up? – “Run like a horse”
What is your first memory? – “Playing with my horse” (at her 4th birthday)

Courtney;
Favourite food – Banana
Favourite drink - Milk
Favourite colour – Light blue
Favourite song – I Like to Sing
Favourite movie - Madagascar
Favourite place - Home
Favourite thing to do at school – Silent drawing
What do you dislike? – Isaac (but read on)
What do you want to do when you grow up? – “A rock star or a singer”
What is your first memory? – “My 3rd Christmas, at Nana and Grandad’s house”



The Fringe


Fancy Dress

Happy Birthday James

Unfortunately, the distance between us meant the girls missed out on James’ pirate birthday party – Happy 5th Birthday James.


James - The Pirate


Cameron


Uncle Gavin and Marcus


Uncle Scott and Mackenzie


Aunty Tarita and ...

Not much to say

Not really much has happened this week. Mum and Dad took the girls to Sizzler earlier in the week and again we are reminded that the girls are not the greatest eaters and that it is salad bar only for them from now on.

The weekend got off to a bit of a slow start with Dad spending most of Saturday on the couch The girls wanted to enjoy the weather and went riding on their bikes.

HAPPY Birthday to James and we hope that his pirate party went really well.

Moment of the week: Brooke watching a wedding on TV with Dad, Grandma and Pa. When the bride and groom kissed Brooke says, "Now they can sleep with each other".... Silence....