Daddy and Joel

Just love this photo :)

Joel at 20 Months

More photos of our cute little boy who loves to get out in the back yard with the big kids, his favorite spot is behind the shed....only because he knows he is not allowed there....

Christmas 2009

We invited Mum and George to spend Christmas with us and they arrived Christmas eve. We also had a BBQ so we invited some friends around to celebrate. We had all 5 kids Christmas eve so it was really nice to be surrounded by family.

The kids didn't have a late night...about 9.30pm and they were sooo excited. We on the other hand didn't get to bed until 2 am and only then did Santa get to visit our house..

5.30am Christmas morning there was a very excited knock on our bed room door "SANTAS BEEN"...yep we were awake....just...

We managed to keep the kids calm until 8 am then we told them yes you can go wake Gran and George...

Then the present opening started...love this bit....the girls all got a R4 chip for their DS....each has over 80 games and you can delete and add. They also got a fluffy pillow each and some new clothes...

 

Matthew got a worm farm and  from Gran and George the kids got a crazy crab each....happy kids

At about 10.30 Megan went home to her Mum and the girls were picked up shortly later....the house was a lot quieter...

The afternoon was quiet, we had a bbq and I made my first Christmas pudding which turned out yummy...

The boys were tired and went to bed very early...but very happy

Lots and lots of bubbles....

Talia being her beautiful self and thinking of others bought a bubble machine for the little kids.

Joel was fascinated by the amount of bubbles that were coming out, we often blow bubbles but this machine filled the room up.

 

Look mum trying to catch them

Watching the bubbles come out of the machine

Joel at 19 Months

Time is flying by and our baby isn't a baby anymore...he is growing up fast...even though he is not walking yet he is extremely fast at crawling...he is also pulling himself up to stand and pulling himself up onto the coffee table and lounge...

His favourite song is catch a falling star and loves to play open, shut them...

The end of the school year

Matthew finished school on Wednesday but the girls finished today. They have slowly been bringing home work books, art and all the various projects they have done during the term. I love sitting down and looking though all of it. I always keep some and the rest goes into recycling or rubbish..

They also bought their reports home...Talia has done extremely well this year and we were blessed to have such a great teacher for her, with all the trouble Talia has gone through this year with one particular girl I am grateful she has made it through. There is also news that that girl wont be going back to our school next year. Talia has learnt many lessons this year and not all of them were academic...I am so proud of her. Year 7 here we come

Eloise's report was surprising, she is a bright girl however she has struggled with her reading and because of this Maths. This year things have slowly started to come together for her. Her reading is 100% better now we just need to work on fluency. I am just hoping that she gets a teacher next that she gels with as this will make all the difference in year 4 for her.

Matthews Kindy Concert

The Kindy kids have been practicing their Christmas songs so that they could perform for us parents.

 

They sung the ABC, and sung Rudolf the red nose reindeer...I video taped the whole thing. Each child was also presented a Kindergarten diploma....

After the concert the kids sat down and had a small party to say good bye to Kindy and their friends for the holidays.

Matthew can't wait for Pre-primary...