It's Winter and the Saints are winning!

Karlie saw the 'world premier' of the Yo Gabba Gabba concert at the Palais theatre in St Kilda after a twirl on the Carousel at Luna Park. The following weekend the boys saw their first football game at the Etihad Stadium...it was hard work keeping them entertained, I just don't think they could have lasted nearly 3 hours in the cold so we had to leave during the 3rd quarter after pretending Dad's beer was a football.


A case of orange pyjamas

Winter is approaching

One good thing about winter, no &*^%ing flies. Can someone please tell me where they go so I can rip their tiny wings off and feed them to local crocodile.
It's been a good month again with lots of firsts..... We have put in an offer for a house (father in law doing property searches and mom sending much needed $'s), played tenpin bowling and Karli has finally started to ride his bike - OK OK, he only does it if he gets a damn star. The kids are playing nicely and Karli loves all his extra-curricular activities while Marti thinks he is 4 years old getting into all types of mischief.
We are slowly getting used to the 80's, "again".


Things to do on the weekend (please visit Vimeo to watch this in 720p) - 3min30sec

Lots of firsts !

The year is passing us by so fast, we nearly forgot to update the blog for April. We had a couple of weeks school holidays where Karli had no kinder or swimming lessons and Mummy didn't have her 2 hour 'break' at the MOPS session. Days were spent going to the park, making a mess indoors and out and your general mayhem when the routine is a bit off balance.

Karli had his first putt-putt game with Dad and loved it so it was off to the golf shop to buy his first 7-iron with which we went down to Sandringham driving range to whack a few balls. On the 15th of April, the boys went to a Hotwheels show at Federation Square, they loved it, there were cars everywhere and we even got to take home a couple for keepsakes. The boys had their first Easter egg hunt and the findings are still sitting in the cupboard, to be shared sparingly!!!



Always something fun to do

Almost Easter

March is almost over and we are getting ready for our first Easter in Australia. This month was rather full, firstly with a 'Playschool' concert, followed the next weekend by a "Day out with Thomas" where we took a trip on Puffing Billy and saw the 'Fat Controller'. Unfortunately, we left all recording devices at home, so we'll just have to go again in the Spring!

Then it was off to the Melbourne Grand Prix, it was a baking 30 degrees, loads of walking and we were all shattered on the way back home. We saw Roary the racing car and walked past Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello as they drove into the grounds. The following day was spent with friends at Luna Park where Karli went on his first 'scary ride' the Ghost Train.



A couple weekends of fun (for whom I wonder)

Labour day weekend

Finally a long weekend. It was spent looking at houses on Saturday and then the annual Melbourne car show on Sunday. Monday was spent at the Moomba Waterfestival in the city where everyone had a great time, noshing on ice-cream, candy-floss (fairy floss here) and corn-dogs. Karlie had his first ride on a rollercoaster (see clip) and he loved it and we saw some 'real' dinosaurs which he wasn't so keen on especially when the one came up real close and sniffed him!
Note: When an event happens in Melbourne -> Everyone turns up.



Moomba Waterfestival (don't forget to click the HQ button)