A Day out with Thomas

The rain finally held for a day to give us a great day out with Thomas. This time we actually managed to bring the camera with so we have footage and pictures to share with you. We were lucky enough to have Grandma along for the ride this year.

After a light lunch we headed off to the Caribbean Market where Grandma shopped while the boys played in the amusement area and later Mom and Karli enjoyed the views from the lift.

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Good old steamy fun........

Kids birthday parties - who needs them?

Karli had his first real Birthday party. The theme, Hot Wheels, the colours purple and red. The kids (and adults) had a great time especially with the pinata which proved to be rather tough with the dads having to give it a bash to help out!

Note the end picture, our automatic little Hoover unbeknown to us was helping himself to all the leftovers...thank goodness we caught him in time.

The Boys and Granny went to Waves (indoor leisure centre pool) which gave Mummy a break to get the party organised.


Its the done thing...........

Karli turns 4

Grandma arrived Friday 25th Sept in time for Karli's birthday (birthday party to follow next week with way too many kids). My team, St Kilda, lost the Grand Final this weekend and the rain just won't stop as winter refuses to leave Australia. Its going to be a busy few weeks with Granny while Granddad Karl Snr. gets some well deserved rest.

Earlier this month Karli went to a friend's party which he enjoyed. The boys also enjoy those hot days splashing by the pool when the sun decides to shine.


Wii Fit & blowing candles

It's been almost a year!

In less than a month we would have lived in Australia for a year. Nothing could have quite prepared us for the change. There is nothing like living somewhere to truly understand what makes a place tick. So, what have we been up to in the 80's this month? In a word MOVING.... this time to Bentleigh. It was quite painless with most of the hard work being done by the movers.

We made the mistake of going to the Scienceworks museum (which currently has a StarWars exhibition) today and even though we were there at opening time half of Melbourne turned up making the cramped and badly laid out "spectacle" hard to endure. I suppose when the weather isn't great what else do you do as Melbourne is built for the outdoors.

On the up side, the weather is cheering up and bike rides are the order of the day so it is off to Allnutt park which is only a couple of hundred yards from home.


Bits and bobs

Activities in Winter

It's been a month since our last blog, how time flies. Most of the month has been spent finding a new place to live. Unfortunately with the market as it is and with the shortage of good rentals we were lucky enough to find a place which we hope will tick most of the boxes for a couple of years. The weather has been good but when it's cold and windy we find ourselves "relaxing" at home listening to music and playing games on the Wii.


Indoor fun