party time...

This evening we headed off to the Fearn's house to help Gracie celebrate her 3rd birthday. As soon as we got there my girls tucked into all the party food and pretty much didn't stop until we left 3 hours later. You can imagine the moods they are going to be in tomorrow as they come down off their sugar and junk food rush? The kids had a great time on Mitchell and Gracie's MASSIVE new trampoline, which mind you could easily fit a whole army on? hehehehehe  Later on the kids had a go at the Dora pinjata which was filled with loads of goodies. As you can tell it was almost the size of Piper.





On Saturday we had a family outing and decided to head up to Arthur's Seat in Dromana. We had the most perfect weather, even though the breeze was a little chilly and the best views of the bay. There isn't too much to do up there since the chairlifts have stopped operating, but the girls didn't seem to mind? We then headed into Rosebud where we found a park by the beach for the girls to have a play in, but couldn't stay too long as the winds just kept getting colder and colder. We decided that while we were at the beach we may as well have fish and chips for dinner, so headed back to Mornington and found a lovely spot right next to the water where we saw loads of starfish and fed the seagulls and then had an awesome picnic in the back of the car. As the wind had a real chill to it, we decided to empty the back of the wagon out and all piled in. The girls thought that this was great. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to show as I forgot to take the camera with us. (Not happy Jan) :(

Best Wishes

Caroline xxx

Nothing much happening...

Well not a lot has been happening in the past week except the usual day to day stuff. Isabella had her last swimming lesson for her class last night as she goes up a level next term, and then next year she will start swimming on her own without daddy in the pool which will be exciting. She loves her swimming so much and her teacher can't get over how much confidence she has when jumping into the pool. (which isn't always a good thing.) She swings her arms right back and tucks her knees up like she is going to do a bomb, and then always comes up from under the water with a huge smile on her face.

We are off to the shops today when Piper wakes from her nap. We haven't been for a while and need to get a few birthday presents, so lets hope the kids behave for me and that it will be a successful day.

We have Aunty Bec coming over tonight to visit the kids (and mummy) and to have a catch up on all the gossip (if there is any?)

Hmmmmmm what else is there????

All of us girls from Mum's Group have planned to have our christmas night out next month (as this is the latest we are all available). We have booked into Dracula's Theatre Resturaunt for dinner and then we are staying at Rydge's Carlton for the night so that we don't need to worry about getting home. I am predicting that the night is going to get a little messy? Mind you I think we all deserve letting our hair down a little???

Here are a few pictures taken of the girls this morning while having breakfast. Isabella always manages to get impressive bed hair?

 

Don't you just love Piper's vegemite grin? You can't say that she is not a happy little vegemite?



P.S - Mum you will be happy to know that Piper can now say Grandma (mam maa) and Dad I am working on Opa. I still have 4 weeks up my sleeve so will have to wait and see? 

 Well that's about all for the moment.

Take care

Caroline XXX

With yesterday being such another gorgeous day, myself and a few friends decided it would be nice to check out Wilson Botanic Park with the kids. We found a lovely spot by the lake to have our picnic lunch and where the kids had loads of fun kicking their ball and playing with the bottle of bubbles that I bought along. Here is a picture of Isabella and Cohen. Don't they make such a cute couple?  They loved the open space where they could run a muck.



 Once all the food was consumed we headed for a short walk around the lake, when all of a sudden the wind really picked up and the sky became very black. We all thought the heavens were going to open up at any moment, but fortunately the wind blew the clouds away and it became a lovely afternoon once again.

     

Brett and I at the moment can't get over Piper's vocabulary. My little baby has become a real parrot and is surprising us with words such as "Backpack", "Outside" and "shower" and is also pointing to things like her toothbrush and saying "teeth" and a cow saying "cow" and "moo"???? We can't get over how at just 14 months old she is remembering all of these words? Next thing we know she will be heading off to school. Can somebody please slow down the time???





Boris Update:

Since our last visit to the vets Boris has been having his nose bathed in a solution to maintain moisture retention and it is actually working? His poor nose still looks sore, but a wow what an improvement. Now we need to start smothering his nose in vasaline and hope that this will be enough to keep it continuously moist and free from crust? Back to the vets on Tuesday to further discuss his other skin condition. I must say I am not really looking forward to that visit :(



Footy update:

Well mum, Collingwood and West Coast just battled it out for a spot in the next round of finals and can you believe it, they drew 72 points each. They then had to go into extended time where Collingwood actually won by 19 points. Now it will get very interesting as Geelong and Collingwood have to now battle it out against each other next week for a spot in the grand final. May the best team win.... GO CATS GO  :)

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another win for the mighty cats...

Hi dad,

Well we did it again. Today Geelong played the Kangaroos for a spot in the finals, and let's just say that we WHOOPED them by 106 fabulous points. This has given us the bye  for next week allowing us a well earned rest before the next round. I can't believe how well they are playing as a team. It would be a real shame for them to win the finals and you not be here to share the celebrations :( but I'm sure you will make up for it where ever you are? I suppose I shouldn't count my chickens before they hatch as we haven't won it yet. Maybe we could have a Geelong v Collingwood Grand Final? Wouldn't that be fun? Hmmmmmmmm NO. (sorry Helen and Mum)

Hope you are both having loads of fun and miss you both terribly.

Lots of Love Caroline xxx

What a fabulous day...

Today being such a beautiful day, Brett and I decided to take the girls for a ride in the EK to Mornington to visit the beach and the park. I wasn't sure how Piper would react when I put her down on the sand, but she just got to her feet and away she went with a smile on her face. She absolutely loved it. She bolted straight for the water but once her feet discovered how cold the water was, she took a few steps back and didn't go near the water again.



We then headed to the park where the girls continued to have loads of fun. Isabella loved climbing all over the large wooden Pirate ship and made a few friends along the way, while Piper was happy going for a wander and the occasional turn on the slide. The girls obviously had a great time as they both went to bed as soon as we got home and we haven't heard a word from either of them since?



On Friday Helen and I went to mum and dad's place to mow the lawns (when we could get the mower started again???) and too make sure that everything was in order, which it was. The kids had loads of fun riding their bikes around the back garden and having a picnic lunch together.  Helen and I tried to get some good photo's of the kids all together, but it is almost impossible to get them all looking at the camera with out making a funny face, a finger in the mouth or drinking from their drink bottles. I don't know how child photographers do it?



Piper discovered the water in the bird bath and started splashing around, which then got the attention of the other 3 and as you can see by the photo, Piper came out of it the wettest!



footy update:

To fill you in since Helen's post, Collingwood are currently beating Sydney by 27 points in the 3rd quarter. Let's see if they can hold on until the siren? Geelong are playing the Kangaroos tomorrow at the MCG. Fingers crossed!  So far Port Adelaide beat the West Coast Eagles by 3 points and Hawthorn knocked out Adelaide by beating them also by 3 points. Looks like it should be a good round of finals?

Hope you are all having fun and look forward to seeing you.

Love Caroline xxx

Don't know what to do???

For those of you who know Boris, you are aware of his crusty yucky looking nose. It got infected the other day so I decided to take him to a local vet that specialises in skin problems to see what we can do, as everything that the vets suggest doesn't work including $92 cream? The good news about his nose is that they don't think that it is an autoimmune problem after all and that it is just a bad case of dry nose. They gave me some stuff to bathe his nose in 3 times daily and it is actually taking off all the crusty stuff so that hopefully we can apply some vasaline which (fingers crossed) will help his nose moisten. But just when you think there is a light at the end of the tunnel, they take a look at his skin and come to the conclusion that he has Asthma of the skin which affects him all year round but is alot worse in the summer months and can never be cured but can be maintained at a cost. It took me over 1 hour, 3 vets and $400 later to be informed that to maintain this problem it is going to cost approx $2,500 for the first six months and then $400 per year after that. What they want to do is create a vaccine to suit Boris and his condition which will need to be given once a month, but as this vaccine will take approx. 6 months to kick into his system, he will also need to be on some tablets which need to be taken daily to start with then decrease to every 3 days over time, but these cost $12 per tablet and I am not sure how many he needs to take per day? Brett and I love our dog dearly but just don't know how we can afford to treat his current condition or how long we can let him go especially with summer just around the corner? If there are any psychics reading this and want to let me know this Saturday nights tattslotto numbers, please feel free to contact me. :)   Will keep you all informed as to how Boris goes.

Take care

Caroline xxx

Happy Father's Day to all...

Just a quick post to wish a very Happy Father's Day to my Dad and Father-in-law. I hope you both had a very relaxing, enjoyable day? I don't know about you dad but the weather here was absolutely perfect for Father's Day celebrations.

Take care and love you both.

Caroline xxx

Happy Birthday Brett...

On Thursday we celebrated Brett's birthday. I'd better not reveal how old he is, but let's just say he is edging closer to 40???  The girls gave him a couple of Hot Rod books and magazines which he did request, and then I surprised him at work with the girls walking in holding some helium balloons. They were sooooo excited to see him as their squeals filled the entire office. Luckily Brett's boss's have a great sense of humour and joined in on the celebrations.  Then last night I surprised him with a night out with just the two of us which was lovely. We headed out to dinner then off to have a few games of ten pin bowling which was heaps of fun. Neither of us had bowled for so long, so we had 2 very close games. A big thanks goes to Scott, Sharon and Maddie for looking after the girls for us. It was much appreciated.

Happy Birthday Hun...

Caroline XXX