Saturday, November 2, 2013

New laptop…. new blogging possibilities!

So, we finally bought a new laptop this week. The other one was just so terrible, and the poor iPad was so full of photos, and the hard drive broke… it was just not working for us. We now have a new hard drive, new laptop and all is right with our photos again Smile

(Except this touch screen and windows 8 seems highly confusing to me!)

 

So, this is a quick blog, to see if I can make it work.. Here’s a few new pictures from our recent tn_IMG_1075

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Superfun no-work day!

Today we had our second "superfun no-work day" with aunty Shell and uncle Michael.
Basically it's a day where we go out and do something fun together and nobody has to rush off to work. (As we shift work, someone (usually me) is often cutting our outings short to work).
Today we met at Shell and Michael's house and caught the train into the city.


After our train ride it was 11:30am and everyone was hungry so we stopped for lunch.
Then we went up Sydney's tallest building. When we were kids it was called centrepoint tower. Apparently it's now called Sydney tower eye!
For those that don't know, it's the pointy gold looking building in the background.

At the top we had a wonderful view. Ben and Aunty Shell (now 34weeks pregnant - hard to see in this black top at this angle)

Ethan and Tracie.

The view north.

Other view of the harbour. Botanic gardens around the waterfront.

After we came down the tower we walked to the Powerhouse Museum via Darling Harbour.
We had a break of walking at a fantastic park in Darling Harbour.
Ben, climbing up a water feature.

Ben thought he might get a bit wet (he wanted to run through water fountains) so stripped down to his underpants for some water play!


As you can see, Ethan wasn't so worried about his clothes (and he stayed dry too)


By this stage it was 3pm and we had to press on to the museum, but both boys are keen to return to the amazing park!
The museum was a big hit. They enjoyed a few of the science (space , light, robots, magnets, power) exhibits..... But their favorite was the kids area.




And the super-cool wiggles area!!

We left the museum around 4:30 and had a quick dinner at Shell and Michael's house before heading home. Both boys fell asleep on the hour drive home... Sign of a wonderful day I think!!!
We all had such fun, and we are looking forward to another superfun no-work day.... Maybe next time aunty Shell will be pushing a pram with her little baby :)
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Ready?

Getting ready to go out...

Tracie: Are you ready?
Ben: I'm ready and eagle!
Ethan: I'm ready and eagle!
Tracie: Ready and eagle? I think you mean ready and eager!
Boys: No!! It's ready and eagle!


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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Love

Ethan : when someone says 'I love you to Pluto and back again' the other person has to say the same thing. Love needs to be in perfect balance.

Ben: No, different people love different people in different ways.


When did my babies get so insightful?


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Exciting announcement!

I am beyond excited to announce that Sal's sister (Aunty Shell) and her husband, (Uncle Michael) are expecting their first baby!!!!

Shell is almost 22 weeks now, and had the scan today that tells us they are expecting a girl :)

We are so excited. This will be our first niece and the boys first cousin!

Shell is due at the end of October :))


Friday, June 14, 2013

Super fun no-work day!!

Aunty Shell and Uncle Michael bought Ben and Ethan mini golf tickets for their birthday. Yesterday we managed to all have the day off from work together and went to play some mini golf. It was wonderful for all of us (Shell, Michael, Nanna, Sal, Tracie, Ben and Ethan) to be able to spend the day together and nobody had to rush off to go to work. Often when we spend time together I (sal) have to work at 3pm, so our days are cut short after lunch :(
Ethan named our day "super fun no-work day" as 3 of us who would normally work got the day off to make this day happen :))

We started our day at Aunty Shell and Uncle Michaels house with something to eat, mid morning before golf. 
Then we went to the mini golf place and played 2 courses (2x18 holes) we sped through it as the boys were super keen to move from one hole to the next. Shell and Michael were up front with the boys, Nanna in the middle and Tracie and I bought up the rear. As I was holing the camera, I wasn't able to get too many shots, but here's a few...

To save me commenting on each, Ben is wearing red with a green hat (and a monkey on his back in some shots!) Ethan is wearing black shirt and blue hat.

All the boys in their hats :)