Grapes

My first grape hyacinth. Girls very disappointed was not edible.

21 August 2012

The reader

 The reader has arrived from Adelaide! Grandad arrived on the weekend and we don't let him do anything without reading a book first.  Lily and Grandad, 12 August 2012

Beatrix, Grandad and Lily, 13 August 2012

Philharmonic, baby!

 Eliza and Harper having a lovely time at the Sydney Youth Orchestra's proms, 12 August 2012

 Olivia and Aunty Moo

Mum and Lily Pie. 

And even better, after the concert (17 tickets for our team alone with Spencers, Cookes, Smarts and Pearsons) we went to the R-y for lunch!

Stopping to smell the flowers

Mum: How do you like my Erlichers?
Harper: Mum, don't say that.
Beatrix: Mrs Blakeney will get you in trouble for saying rude words like that.
9 August 2012

Ballet Pas de deux

7 August 2012

North of the water

 Sunshine and roses with Eliza and Harper, 4 August 2012

 

The whole gang - Lily, Harper, Brian, Victoria, Eliza and Beatrix

Bean bags

New beanbags make for a new cubby under our bunks!

And a new regimen for tv! 3 August 2012

Lava lovers

We're learning all about the planet at school, and this week made volcanoes!

3 August 2012

Ballet

Beatrix, Lily and Harper, 31 July 2012

Winter beach

 Lucky we had our Cornish jumpers at the beach today! We dipped our toes in the water but it was frozzling. B, L and H.

30 July 2012

Lily's festival

 A great day today at the Gymea Lily festival at GBPS.  Was bitterly cold but the kids (of both varieties) did not seem to mind. Beatrix after she overcame her nerves.

 Harper didn't want to give her rabbit back

Beatrix 

 Lily

29 July 2012

Captain Jack and his hired sportswomen

 Just like Captain Najork, Captain Jack is a favourite at our house for his mucking and sneeding.  Here is Jack wombling with Lily

 While Harper and Hired Sportswomen No.1 (aka Gran) do some fooling around

and Beatrix and Hired Sportswoman No.2 (aka Mary), well, they are just beautiful.

27 July 2012

Lily's family

My family by Lily, 26 July 2012

Flogged

View from Mum's office, early morning Wednesday 25 July 2012

Cupcake workshop

It's amazing what we can do while Mum is on a boring work call for an hour!

 Lily

 Beatrix

Harper, 24 July 2012

What the pictures do not show

 This picture shows three girls walking long the water at Carss Park, having a lovely time. 17 July 2012

This photo shows Beatrix and Lily helping Harper ride her big bike.

What neither show is the playdate we had with Lachlan, Griffin and Hamish in which poor Bryony was pinned down by four 4 year olds and tickled  - "Grab her legs!" "I've got her arms!" "Pin her down" :Squash her"

Out the door

2 vacuum bags full of sheets off to Dandelion Support Network to assist in the incredible work they do in our local community. 16 July 2012

Gran's birthday

10 years ago Mum, the Grand A, Meggie Moo and Mum were in Paris. 5 years ago it was a big bash at the Ottaman in Canberra. This year - pin the tail on the donkey in Bexley with 6 under 5!

Gran's birthday and Bastille Day, 14 July 2012

Early morning epiphanies from Harper

One
Harper: I wish I had two mouths
Mum: Why?
Harper: One for eating and one for drinking.

At breakfast: I want to have dad's women's cereal.

Miss Muffett

Beatrix, 13 July 2012

Car trip

 On the way back home! Harper, 10 July 2012

Lily in the zone.

Mum spent a whole year HERE???

 At the National Library in Canberra - Beatrix is generally unimpressed and no one could understand why I spent a year there!

Dad and Lily

Big wheels keep on turnin'....

Success at Questacon, 10 July 2012.

World map

When I mentioned in a recent post about the Limp-sticks (as they are now known in our house) that we needed a globe so the girls could learn some geography while overloading on sport, I'm not sure this is exactly what I had in mind but it does explain a lot.