Sweet baby James

Penelope, David, James and Dad, 16 September 2011 Dad and James - old blue eyes

The lads

Beatrix, Lily

Penelope and Harper

Gruffalo hunting

Hunting gruffaloes with Dad at Carss Park, 16 September 2011.

Beatrix - no gruffaloes up this tree! Lily - none here either!

Harper making a wand to help her find the gruffaloes

Harper Cooke's rainbow story

13 September 2011

Disco boogie

Harper in full swing at the SSMBA disco, 10 September 2011

Disco limbo

Doing limbo at the SSMBA disco, 10 August 2011. We loved Alex the DJ. Mum's back is however unforgiving! Beatrix, Lily and Harper in their disco outfits

Twirling ballerinas

21 again

Mum celebrating Juzi's 21st with Miss May at the Victoria Room, 11 September 2011

In the local park - the wind kept blowing our party crowns off!

4 eyes

Beatrix on the way home from Kyra's party at a great new park in Rosebery!

Pentagonal swings! 10 August 2011

Judging Mum's sweet peas - we can't wait til Aunty Clare comes to see them!

All the way from Guernsey

We had a lovely day with the Peedoms, on a home visit from Guernsey

Beatrix, Megan (neighbour), Henry (aka Prince Christian's doppelganger), Lily and Harper

Down the garden path, 8 September 2011

Writing practice

We have been practising writing our names!

5 August 2011

I drew it myself - Harper

I drew it myself - Beatrix

I drew it myself - Lily

Keating

In 1986, I drew a portrait of Paul Keating as a year 6 school art project. This was shortly after he was named Finance Minister of the Year. I reminisced on this in a post last year. And now, I think of the Honourable PJK once more:

Father's day proper

On Father's Day proper we ladies took Uncle Ex for yum cha in Hursty-ville. Beatrix and Gran

Lily and Mum

Harper and Dolores

And the real celebration once Dad came home from work!

4 September 2011

Father's Day at preschool

3 September 2011

dora dora dora dora dora dora dora dora dora

Gran took all the girls to the Dora show - just because! Harper, intent on the performance.
Lily and Beatrix

Harper, Lily, Beatrix, Gran, Olivia and Meggie Moo
2 September 2011Olivis strutting her stuff before the show And Beatrix strikes a pose before the wall with the cast of the National Institute for Dramatic Art - casting about for a role, perhaps?

Taking on the half pipe

Harper, Beatrix and Lily at the local skate park, 1 September 2011
Lily

Matisses

Beatrix
Lily

Harper

29 August 2011

It worked

Mum and her friends Cathryn Cuppy and Clare organised a sleep over and then breakfast at a sophisticated inner-city eatery - and it worked in [almost] every respect!

And in the meantime, we went to the beach! And it's not yet spring!

28 August 2011.

Baby James

Beatrix, Penelope, James and Lily
26 August 2011

Zoo rides

Here we are on our way to the ride at the zoo: Nana, Harper, Lily and Beatrix

Harper enjoying the viewBeatrixOur dining companion - and this was outside the zoo!

26 August 2011