Aikido

I always like the girls - and the boys when they are older - to be involved with after school activities. Last year Eloise was doing horse riding (she has since stopped) and Talia has been doing Gymnastics. Matthew has swimming lessons.

The problem with this is that it is so darn expensive....Horse riding was $45 for half hour and Gymnastics is $205 a term and Matthews swimming lessons are $125 a term....I guess it comes with the territory with having more than one child.

I wanted Eloise to start something again, looking for something closer to home and needed to work in with everyone else's schedules.

I read in the school newsletter that Aikido was starting back at the school this term, so I rang up for some information.

We went and had a look, it is $100 a year which includes a free ghi and then $10 per lesson which is 3 times a week (but you can go once a week) which we will.

The girls (both) had a go and want to come back again....this is great as its only at the end of our street...the girls can take themselves....

I like this as it is purely defence only.....

Update.....Don't fall over!

Ok so I admit I LOVE facebook and I spend way too much time on there, so much so that I have been neglecting my poor blog :(

I add new photos to my facebook page all the time and then I go and check my blog roll and every time I pass through my blog I say I must update it...another day goes past and so on...

So today I was twiddling my thumbs ignoring the washing machine beeping at me and the dishwasher that needs to be emptied and the bed that can't be made due to the HUGE pile of clothes that need to be put away before I can....I was bored so I made the over due decision to up date the blog

Now what to say, what has been happening that I need to up date....ummmm, ahhhhhhh

I took Joel in to pixie photo and had some photos taken, he wasn't being co-operative and didn't smile. I couldn't decide what photos to order so both Darian and I went back on his day off and ordered some....ahhh hemm...$240 later I nearly choked...OMG I am so glad we don't do this very often....though I would dearly love one of all 5 kids....who am I kidding...that will never happen.

So after coming home from Pixie photo I got the camera out and I took these

I love this photo, you can see his toothy pegs

And I love this even more, its not often that we get a face like this, or the chance to capture it on film. Which reminds me of getting the video camera out again...

I am going to pin the girls down and take some updated photos of them and write a post about them.....

So there I have done it....updated.

Phantom of the Opera....

Only about 2 days after we purchased tickets for Cirque Du Soleil that I found out that Phantom of the Opera was coming to Perth....I saw it back in 1998 but had really bad seats way at the back of the Perth entertainment centre so this time I managed not only to get tickets but to get them in the Chandelier reserve....Cirque and Phantom were less than a week apart...

This time mum had all 4 kids to look after but I knew she would be alright. We even managed a quick photo before we left....

We got to Burswood with time enough to spare and have a drink in the lounge. We then went in and were shown to our seats....6 rows back from the stage...

It was amazing...except the smoke machine made my nose run. Anthony Warlow is the BEST phantom....

At then end he came to the front of the stage and asked for donations for the Vic bush fire appeal....I am not going to blog about the tragic event...if you would like some more information go here....It is very sad...

Cirque Du Soleil.....Dralion

 

After going to Varekai last year and loving it Darian and I decided that next time Cirque Du Soleil came to Perth we would go again...

As soon as tickets to Dralion were released we booked and managed this time to get pretty good seats.

My mum came up and babysat the boys for us, it was the girls weekend with their dad so it worked out well. Its the first time we have left Joel for any length of time since he was really little and now that he is older and more aware of everything I hoped he would be ok for my mum...

We arrived early and parked where we parked last year but the  Grand Chapiteau had moved ....to the other end of langley plaza so we had quite a walk...nice though.

The show was great, personally I didn't think it was as good as Varekai as Dralion didn't seem to have a story line....the humour was very well done though. The individual acts were amazing...loved the trampoline....

The costumes and make up were amazing, the attention to detail.

By the time we walked back to the car (we weren't alone, seems like many people made the same parking choice) and we got home it was midnight. Joel was very good for mum and went down without any problems....

Matthews first day of Kindy

I still cant believe Matthew is a kindy kid....and that he is going to the L.D.C (language development centre) is the best thing.

This was going to be his first morning at Kindy, more like an orientation. We didn't have to be there until 9.30. So I had time to take some photos....

He was so proud and if you ask him he will now tell you that he goes to Kindy.

We went to the kindy and met his teacher...he has 2 teachers and an aid. There is only about 12 kids in his class....a mixture of girls and boys, some can speak better but there are some that are worse...

We only stayed and played for 45 min and when I asked him if he would like to come again he said yes....this is a good thing....

First day of School...

The girls were up and ready nice and early, pretending not to be nervous but were...we were sent a letter saying what room they would be in during the holidays but neither knew if they would have friends in the same class. Talia had found out that her two closest friends would be in a different class.

of course much to the girls disgust I had to take the dreaded first day of school photos...

Talia is now in year 6 and Eloise in year 3

I drove them to school, just so I could help them settle in.

Talia is in the same class room as last year but Eloise is in a different room. I said goodbye to Talia (she is a big year 6 and doesn't need her mum to baby sit) and I went with Eloise to her room. On the window was a sign saying that school books are still delayed and that they would be delivered to the home address before Wednesday.....poor kids, they had NOTHING with them. I met Eloise's teacher and explained this and she said that they would supply the kids with what ever they needed. She seems very nice and Eloise was happy to be left. Much better than last year where she was sobbing and in turn I was sobbing....

So I left 2 very nervous but happy kids.

The school holidays...

These Christmas holidays have flown, it just seems like a few weeks ago that school broke up and we had Christmas. Yet again I had plans of heaps of things to do with the kids to keep them amused but we didn't get to do any of them!

It seemed like the girls were never here, they spent a lot of time with their grandparents....4 days here and 3 days there, they went to the zoo and Giselle (the ballet) and then with every second weekend with their dad the weeks flew.

We received Matthews booklist before Christmas and I had it all labelled and packed ready to go for him, we were just waiting on the girls which was being supplied by a different company.

The booklist were paid for and they were supposed to be delivered to our house a week before school started....well Thursday before school I rang and they made all sorts of excuses. Basically they were disorganised and the book lists would be delivered to the school on the first day back...