Xmas 2008!!

We had a lovely Xmas - Kaitlyn woke at 5.45 and decided to wake Noah as well so we had a very early start. Noah loved opening his gifts and loved the gifts from NZ including the money from new nanny - I think he had it spent immediately. Kaitlyn got a Rip Stik as in the photo - a bit like a skateboard but less stable - she has had a lot of fun with it and Molly loved it from afar. We had Xmas lunch with the Phillips a lovely family we have met this year also from New Zealand and it was so nice to spend the day with them.

We have moved!!

After being in our house in Seaforth for a year we decided to move to a new suburb ten minutes up the road. Frenchs Forest is lovely and we are very settled here already. It is a very leafy suburb and very much for families. Molly is thrilled there is a friend over the fence with three brothers and sisters. Thankfully they are as loud as our children! Also this house has grass so we can put the tramp up which is exciting for the kids.

Andy upgrades!! ;)

Seems it was time to upgrade from the scooter now that we are about 10 minutes further from Andy's work - takes him about 30 to get to work now from Frenchs Forest.

Two new additions to the family.

We welcomed Jet and Rocket (Noah named them) to the family a couple of weeks ago. They are brother and sister and are part burmese. We got them from Animal Welfare which is similar to SPCA. They have fitted in so well and we all love them. They have been really easy so far.

Kates Birthday!!

Kate has turned 11. Hard to believe - we agreed to 14 girls to stay the night - luckily the two invited boys went home earlier. Was lots of fun!

Tom does us proud!!

Wow is all we could say. Tom was 1st in Economics this year which was so exciting. He worked so hard and it paid off. Tom loves his new school and we have been amazed at the progress and also how much he loves school which was a lovely change. He likes the teachers and their approach which has helped immensely.

Kate is elected Prefect!

We were very proud of Kate who was recently elected a prefect at Seaforth Public School for 2009. This involved getting nominated to go in the running, then giving a speech to the school and then the elections. Kate is second in from the end.

Goodbye Baloo

Sadly our beautiful cat Baloo died in November. He was a lovely cat and moved well to Australia - despite going missing for the about ten days initially. We were all sad!