Courtney's Birthday

Courtney seems to have had a great day. One of the special highlights was when she let Brooke open one of her presents, for no other reason than wanting Brooke to feel apart of it. I doubt that the little sister would have been so generous.

Obviously CJ got spoilt, jewellery, clothes, a television and a lamp for her room, pencils etc.

Instead of a party, Courtney wanted to go to the cinemas, which was fine with Mum and Dad. We took CJ's school friend, Mya (Dad'll check that spelling) and we watched Ice Age II which was pretty good.

Tonight we all had dinner at Nana and Grandad's house and Nana made fried rice just for Courtney becuase that's what she wanted for her birthday dinner.

Dad's camera went flat during the day, Hopefully we'll get some of the photos that Uncle Brad took soon.

Turn on your Child Locks

For some unknown reason, Brooke had an absolute brain fizzle today and decided it would be a good idea to open the door of a moving car, giving Nana and Grandad heart attacks in the process. None of us can understand why she would even contemplate doing such a thing...

In better news, here is a sneak preview of Courtney's birthday tomorrow.

Easter time

Well, without very much fuss being made at all, the Easter Bunny came to the girls house again this year. It really didn't seem to be a very big event for either of the girls, not that they are complaining about the Easter Eggs.

Now we're all getting ready for school holidays and most importantly, Courtney's birthday on Wednesday. She is not having a party this year, she is taking a friend, Maya, to the movies to go and see Ice Age II

P.S - If anyone can see a 7 year old in the photo above - don't tell her grandparents

A new scar

Brooke came home from school the other day, sporting a new graze to her forehead. Nothing serious, just one of those little bumps on the head she'll get from running where she shouldn't.



Also worth mentioning. Courtney was telling Dad how she found out the other night that she quite likes "French Food" - satay sticks, spring rolls... that sort of thing.

Mum recalls that is was Thai. We have no idea where CJ got French.

Happy Birthday Mum

Today the girls had an Easter Parade at their school. All of the classes made Easter hats and then the kids got to show them off. The girls are starting to get keen on the idea of the Easter Bunny coming to town. They are not as excited as at Christmas time, just a general interest but no counting down the days just yet.

'No Boys Allowed'

Don't remember if it has been mentioned in the past. For about a month now, Brooke has left a little cushion with "No Boys Allowed" written on it, guarding the threshold to her bedroom. Even when she is upset and crying, boys (including Dad) are not allowed in her bedroom.

Sorry

Another week that is light on information. We can report that Brooke is very proud to be her classes "Tap Monitor", it's her job to make sure that the tap is turned off - very big responsibility for a 4 year old.

Dad's going out this weekend, celebrating two years in the city and then a wedding on Saturday. Maybe there will be some new photos on Sunday.

No News week

Not really much to report this week. Dad has been working too many hours and has not seen very much of the girls this week. Maybe soon there will be some more tales to tell.

Where did he go?

An interesting story from the weekend.

While the girls were on their way to Adventure World, they were chatting away together in the car. Dad manage to catch the tail end of a conversation which ended with Courtney saying, "I don't know where he died, I guess he went back to Queensland."

When quizzed Courtney told Dad that she and Brooke had been talking about Easter and where Jesus was when he died.

We're guessing Pa had something to do with this?

Adventure World (again)

The girls went to Adventure World again today. As always they had a great time although Brooke was a bit 'standoffish', not wanting to go down the water slides or go swimming. Still they went of a few rides and were really good (understanding) when they had to take turns or miss out on doing certain things because of the odd number.

Maybe next year, we'll only go once. We don't think the girls (as always) understand how good they have it.

It's all in the name

With Easter getting closer, Dad bought the girls some hot-cross-buns which they outright refused to even try, claiming that they had tried them before and that they definately did not like them.

20 mintues later... Brooke loves the 'rasin toast' that Dad made, it's just like the toast the Nana makes.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTY JODIE

Brooke's 4th Birthday

Today was Brooke's 4th Birthday. Both the girls were very excited and could hardly wait to get into their party dresses. Brooke had some friends from school and her swimming class come over for a small party and then she got to have her My Little Pony birthday cake.

She was (as always) spoilt by everyone's presents, so far her favorite is the Pegasus and Cloud Queen (Barbie)

After her party, Brooke went with Auntie Kirstie for a play at her house and then we all had dinner at Nana and Grandad's - followed by another birthday cake.

The Beach

This afternoon, Dad and the girls went down to the beach and made sandcastles and played in ankle deep water. The girls loved it and no doubt we'll be going back before the end of summer.

Will it ever end?

Yesterday Courtney went to see the Doctor, with a view of getting the manky plaster taken off her arm. After getting it wet in the bath and Nana's pool, not to mention the paint, tomato sauce etc that was on it, the cast needed to be changed and was no longer offering any support.

The Doctor took the cast off and did not replace it - seems she is on the mend.

Then today, whilst playing at school, one of Courtney's friends swung he hand back and struck CJ in the face, knocking out another tooth. Unfortunately "the tooth landed on Madison's shoe, but she thought it was a coconut, so it's in ESC"

CJ wrote the Tooth Fairy a note which explained where she could find the tooth.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Courtney's message

to mum and dad i love you four courtney' abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 123456789 10' iii

Getting older

Notice anything new?



On Wednesday after school, Mum took the girls to the chemist and Courtney had her ears pierced. Apparently she was very brave and she is now feeling very grown up. Brooke does not want earrings, strange considering that she wants everything else that Courtney gets or has.

On Monday the Mundy's came to stay and the girls had a ball playing with them. The weekend has been fairly slow, so we're going to Fun Station or something this afternoon.

Happy Birthday to Pa for yesterday.

Why is everyone's seatbelt black?

If anyone has the answer, Courtney would like to know.

Not really much to report, Courtney is getting used to doing most things one handed. She has managed not to get her bandage wet so far, although she did give the end a tint during some painting today. She does not like having it wrapped in plastic so we're limited to sponge baths at the moment.

Courtney might not be the only one in plaster if Marcus keeps up his efforts. The girls think it is really funny that he climbed up onto the roof.

Brooke is getting into the hang of school, she'll tell you that she does "lots of stuff" each day but it's very difficult to find out what "stuff" is.

It seems that the girls would love a cat (they are NOT getting one). We went to a friends house last night and they had a ball playing with the cat - still not sure if the cat actually liked all the attention.

Another First

In the early hours of this morning, Courtney did another first. She broke her arm, well fractured it at least. CJ fell out of her bed and obviously landed on (or broke her fall) with her right arm. She also managed to wack her chin on something as well. After the mandatory period of crying (during which Brooke got bored and went back to bed) Dad came over and the Painstop kicked in a CJ fell asleep. Mum and Dad decided that an immediate trip to A+E was not required.

This morning the Doctor sent Courtney for an Xray and that showed the result.



CJ has a 'half cast' (Not very PC) on her arm. It's more like a U shaped splint instead of the old fashion plaster wrap. She is a little worried about going to school and not being able to write.

Needless to say, Mum has blacklist the bunk bed and it was taken out this afternoon, replaced with a boring old single bed. At least if she falls out, it's only a foot or so to the ground. CJ's bunk bed is officially on the market.

Our little school girl

Yesterday was Brooke's first official school day. Her school bag looks huge on her and even with next to nothing inside the bag, it looks too heavy for her to carry. That said, there was no way that Mum or Dad were allowed to carry it for her. She simply burst into the classroom and then moments later sent her parents away.



Come midday she was picked up from school and she was full of tales about playing, using glue and listening to stories read by the teacher. Brooke loved her first day of school, let's see how she is going 10 or so years from now.