Back on board ---- Fraser's 10th Birthday

Surprise Surprise!! Fraser got Lego for his birthday

Gemma helps make the cake

Sand Sculptures

On Easter Monday we went to Frankston foreshore where they had a sand castle display.

Q. Guess the theme. Answer below.

A. Fairy tales ancient and modern

It's thirsty work

Incredible!!!

Guess what we got from the toy library this week?

And despite it being a mid thirties day Gem had to wear the gloves to bed.

At least she didn't wear the whole suit

The Motor Show 08

Fraser and Luke and Pete went to Jeff 's Shed to jump in and out of cars

Err raining!!!

This VW Multivan was the hit of the show with it's rotating second row and fantastic table

Cheers

Dad, there's a hole through into the boot. Amazing!


Then we went to the top of Crown to check out the views

You can't beat a good pile driver

When Good Robots go Bad

The latest creation of FJD Productions

Our one day holiday in Portsea

Today we spent the morning at Portsea bay beach
and after lunch we popped over to the back beach

This is boat we built and raced around the bay

Pete and Gem go snorkelling in the giant rock pool.
Gem assisted by clever use of boogie board.
We saw many fish and under Portsea pier I saw a large ray
I couldn't help but say "Crikey"

Exploring London Bridge.
And no it hasn't fallen down.
Despite the singing of the nusery rhyme on the way

As Fraser says" That was exhilarating"
Big fun for all concerned
We'll be heading back very soon for the next session
Thankfully no wipeouts

As the saying goes "We'll all sleep well tonight"

The tradition continues

Dodo and Elsie would be proud.

All change on the bicycle front

In an exciting development Fraser is now riding Karen's bike to school and Gemma is riding Fraser's

Sunday Culture

A long overdue visit to the McClelland Sculpture park.
We revisited some old favourites and saw some new interesting things.
A recreation of 5 years ago! Reluctantly posed.

Gemma still cannot resist interracting with ALL the exhibits. Remember the picture 5 years ago? This one was not posed either!
This swan is made of a HUGE tyre. Very effective, hard to piant we expect. A nice way of recycling an old tyre. The lake was full of green algae and looked very toxic.
Suspended rocks. A memorial to one of the benefactors of the park.
Gemma finds her orange squeezer at last.

Grandma survives thanks to bejewelled

It's all high tech mod cons these days


Gemma pushed Grandma to Ernies cafe for a lunch of Nachos.

Yes it has been too long since our last blog

Gemma decorates my B'day cake
We had a touch of rain
Gem checks out her Xmas blades
Eygpt is recreated at Canadian Bay Beach

Santa wear your shorts

Gemma sang "Santa wear your shorts" at the school Christmas concert this week. Very well received by the audience. We've been having recreation of the routine all week at home with Gemma the director teaching us the moves. She's a hard taskmaster, every little movement has to be correct, even down to the degree of bum wiggle and finger position.

Visitors to the Garden

Recently we put up a new bird table and we've

had many a guest at our restaurant

Another award

Fraser has come second in a competition to design a safety poster for the gas company.
It's all awards at the moment!
His poster highlights the hazards of using your mobile phone whilst driving. Luckily, this accident did not result in an enormous fireball... but, it COULD HAVE DONE.

Fraser wins an award.

FRASER WON AN AWARD last night at the NCCA (National Children's Choir of Australia) concert. We were all surprised and delighted. The award is given to the best choristers in the choir, one from each rehearsal centre.
We have cleared a shelf to display it (see left). Fraser's first actual trophy. We are all really proud of him.

The concert was great as always, the first song was in the dark and the choristers waved torches, very effective, it was called 'Turn the lights on!' ,I think. Fraser's group also sang, 'You Raise me up', 'Tears in Heaven', 'May it be', from the 'Lord of the Rings', "I will magnify thee, oh Lord' 'Tarah Orah', and 'Moreton Bay', quite a mixed bag of songs.

An award winning chorister said, "The best thing about being in this choir is the wide range and large number of songs we sing."

Having fun in the garden.

This is our grevillia, Judith Ann- looking beautiful at the moment. Below is the protea. Note the new bird table.

















Fraser and Gemma go wild on the trampoline- still popular after all this time.

Fraser's 9th birthday

Fraser's party, ON THE ACTUAL DAY! As you can see there was a green theme. Strangely, most of the guests turned up in green tops. How bizarre. Of course we had lots of fun, sardines, hit each other with balloons, birthday cake and plenty of lollies.

Holiday in the sun

Hello everyone, yes, we have been rather slow at posting lately.... Here are some shots from our recent trip to Cairns with the OS visitors.
The girls check out the map at the railway station on the way to Kuranda. No, it wasn't raining.

A fish that we saw in the reef off Frankland Island.

Fraser checks out a rockpool on Frankland Island.

Some strange animals at the Cairns Coconut Caravan Resort.

Fraser's Concert

Fraser recently had a concert at the Police Academy Chapel. Yes the very one where Tich and Dette got married all those years ago.

There was a mix of style from pop to classical, although the most popular was the Beatles medley, with some funky choreo.

Our trees have started to flower and we're getting some visitors