Channelling Victoria Beckham and Kungfu Panda

Dress ups are such fun. I'm just worried about the 'tude.

Sprung

Yes, our garden finally looks half decent with plenty of flowers - spring has sprung!!!

Just don't ask what is happening with the house - we'd like to know too.

Blisters, bad knees and a belated finish

Congratulations to Andrew, Anthony, Tim & Mick who competed in the Oxfam 100km walk on the weekend. Bad knees prevented Mick and Tim from finishing but I'm sure they had a good time????

All have said "never again" but we will wait & see. I do know Andrew has had a lot of rest and is finally starting to walk normally now the blisters are starting to mend.

Congratulations!!!

Renovations or just dreams?

Well, we've got the package from the builders with a whole list of items we need to choose, along with a bunch of catalogues. Perhaps now the dream is getting closer to the reality of renovations? Mind you, I'm not really looking forward to the mess, the early starts, and the stage when the kids have to share a room so the stairs can be put in Missy Moo's room. It will all be worth it, right?

Would you have thought it was difficult to decide on skirtings and cornices, or have realised how greatly the price can vary by adding extra grooves that will just increase the need to dust anyway?

The number of times the brochures state that options X, Y or Z incur 10 - 25% increase in cost is over 15.

We now have 22 days to choose everything and then hopefully actual construction can start????

Time to farm the kids out and to hit the showrooms. Andrew is just going to LOVE that.

Missy Moo's Birthday

A great amount of fun was had by all. We had fish all over the place and no tears or tantrums!

Thanks to Susan for the fantastic photos.

Canberra Holiday

We had a great time in Canberra - who would have thought it? The chilly weather did not deter us and it had some great things for the kids to see.

Questacon was a favourite and I can't recommend it enough.

It was a blizzard at the snow and the kids were a little uncomfortable, but some tobogganing and 1,000's of snowballs later they were happy. Next time we'd try to stay at the snow fields for a few days so we can have a ski, some lessons, and then have a break in a nice warm place. The kids said they'd go back, but chose Fiji when given the choice!

Just starting out

Hi All

This is the first attempt at posting a mesage. I've set this blog up mainly for friends & family to track the progress on the renovations (once they start) and to see how much the kids keep growing and changing regularly.

It won't be constantly updated, but hopefully I'll be inspired to add something weekly!

Ciao, C