Wet, Wild and Windy

Today the weather is shocking. Dad promised the girls that he would take them to a kids gym. We went to two different ones, ran through the rain each time only to find out that they were both full. Seems everyone else in Perth had come up with the same idea.

Still the day was not all lost - We made cubby houses in the bedroom.

Weekend gone

Another weekend gone. On Saturday the girls went to Josh's 4th birthday party. It was a pirate party and Brooke was pretty keen on being a pirate "wench". The girls had a great time and were pretty worn out by days end. They were amazed to find a bouncy castle set up in the back yard.

On Sunday it was cold and rainy so the girls stayed in for most of the day, they cuddled up on the couch and CJ read her sister a book.

Scoudidou

Over the weekend, Pa taught CJ how to scoudidou. She is now madly knotting away. Still keeps her off the computer and what not.



Here's a little blast from the past - this is just a small demonstration or Chloe's loyalty to the girls. No wonder they love her so much.

Bravery and Head Lice

Today Courtney performed in her schools Talent Assembly. For someone who can be a little shy, she was amazing. CJ and and two class mates sang a song in front of the whole school. Rightly so, she was very proud of herself.




Brooke couldn't go to school because - she has head lice. Appears that they are getting around school at the moment.

Scitech

On Saturday night the girls went to Scitech again - Dad had to work a little so the girls got let in a half hour early and they had the whole place to themselves. Brooke declares "This is the bestest place in the whole world"

Today the girls went to a patting farm with Uncle Brad, hopefully we'll have some photos soon

Whiteman Park

Today the girls went to Whiteman Park with their cousins, James and Marcus. After lunch they got to drive the cars, run amok in the playground and then a train ride.

After all that we caught up with Uncle Brad and Ivy at the birds of prey presentation where James and Marcus got to meet Auzzie the Eagle.

Over the last week the girls have spent a bit of time with their cousins that are visiting from up north. James, Marcus and Lily have been keeping the girls busy, in particular Courtney who has taken to the role of being the eldest.

Happy Mothers Day

The girls made Mothers day special with some gift that they made at school and they made an effort to clean up some of their mess in the lounge room.

Last night the girls went to Dino Jims for a school fund raising event. Three hours of playing. Unfortunately Issac's little brother, Jaspar got hit in the head with a mini putt club and had to go to hospital. Good for the girls as Issac got to come over for a late night play.

Today the girls played, rode their bikes and then went to Bunnings to make some more Mothers Day presents.

This week Brooke has not been at school, she has a rash of some sorts. Her porcelin skin looks all dry and scaley like a lizard - but she is still beautiful. The Doctor has given her the green light to return to school but no real answers.

Courtney is trying to work out what she is doing for her schools talent quest in a few weeks time. It wil be interesting to see what she comes up with.

Something New

Yesterday the girls went with Mum and Isaac to theirs friends, Holly and Lachlan’s new farm. They went on a motorbike and drove a car, all the way around the farm. Brooke fed the llamas and the sheep. The girls helped make a big fire and they also but sticks onto a little camp fire. Courtney went in to the bush and Lachlan showed them a big rock slippery dip. Courtney got lost in the bush but she found her way out by looking for the smoke from the fire.

Last night the girls decided to take Crabbie (the hermit crab) out of his cage for some exercise. They promptly forgot all about him/her and 20 minutes later he had made his escape attempt into another room. CJ was very upset with herself that she had not taken responsibility for Crabbie.

Today the girls had a quiet day inside. They watched a video of when CJ was about 18 months old. It is amazing how long they can maintain their attention, walking themselves.

Okay - now for something new. Below is a video that we made today. For those of you still on dialup, it may take sometime to load up. You might need to click the play button a couple of times to get it going.

Courtney's Journal - Part IV

4 day When I woke up I opened the blindsand all I saw was fog. I have my breakfast and rode my Bike to the parK. At the parK I Looked at the raceing cars. Grandad pushed me on the flying-roundabout I went really fast I felt like I was flying. We came home for Lunch at about 12:00. I had Beef noodles. We watched a dvd and had a rest. My dad phoned. We whet to the hotel for dinner and whet to the fair. I saw all the car's fords, subaru's and a Toyota's. At the fair I got a golly fan. tomorrow I will go home. by Courtney

Courtney's Journal - Part III

3 day. it was a Lovely sunny morning so we all went out for a Bike ride. we wend Gone for about an hour. had an early lunch Then we went to play mini Golf. Granda won Brooke fed her icecream to the emu then we went to the unit and had bbq for tea.

Courtney's Journal - Part II

2 day I woke up and looked out my bedroom window and saw lots for clouds a while. We went out about 10:00am to a animal farm, Brooke and I got a bucket of carrots each, and we went off to feed the Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Horse, alpaccas, Goats and sheep we had a ride on the Merry-go-round and Then it started to rain really heavy, So we ran to Shelter came back to the unit and had Lunch. then we weatched DVD as it was to wet to go out dad ranG and said chloe wes home form the vets she was ok.

Courtney's Journal - Part 1

Going on holidays. Today we left Perth at ten am. We watched Dvd's in the car. On the way it rained very heavy. We stopped and had lunch at a roadhouse. We got to Busselton at 1:30 pm we had to unpack the car. Nanna and Grandad took Brooke and me to play in the park we had fun. We went to the hotel for tea. I had fish and chips. by Courtney

Ready for Busselton

This weekend the girls spent most of their time playing at home, taking care of Chloe who is fairly ill at the moment. Last night they went to a BBQ birthday party where Courtney got to play Playstation with some older boys - she doesn't like Mortal Combat so much.



The girls' school holidays are not over yet. Next week the girls are off the Busselton with Nana and Grandad where they intend to ride their bikes and eat ice cream. The girls are really excited.

A 24 Hours Birthday

Today was Courtney's 8th Birthday. Instead of a party this year, she chose a slumber party with her "best friend", Katie. They had a great night an apparently fell asleep about 11:00pm.

Courtney was super lucky and had TWO birthday cakes.







During the day, CJ Chose to got the museum which she loves.





In other news, a couple of weeks ago the girls went to see Ivy's Western Australia Birds of Prey exhibit at Whiteman Park. They loved it.

WOW

CJ has been wanting a haircut for sometime so today Mum took her to the hairdressers for a new look, seeing as she is turning eight.

This is the striking results.







Tonight CJ has her friend Katie sleeping over for a little birthday party (of sorts). She has borrowed Dad's digital camera to record the night so it will be interesting to see the photos.

In other news, Chloe has been admitted to the vet clinic this evening. We are all looking forward to her making a speedy recovery.

Too Long Between Posts

It has been too long between updates – as a few of you have pointed out.

Not much has changed since Brooke’s birthday. In general, the girls have been busy playing and enjoying school holidays. Dad hasn't really had the camera out too much of late and it seems that we have not really been doing much except hanging around the house. There isn't oo much to report on that is different from day to day.

The big news of the last couple of weeks is that the youngest cranegirl, Mackenzie has been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Level II. Obviously, all the adults have been a little off balance over the last few weeks. The girls, especially Courtney, just think that she is geogeous and they love playing with her.

Mum’s Birthday is today. Brooke took Dad shopping and she did a really good job at picking out a nice jacket for Mum’s present. We’re thinking of leaving Brooke in charge of more birthday shopping decisions... although initially she wanted to get a dress and jewels.