Watch them grow...

Okay, been a little slack of late, so here's a few piccies.

These were taken by Jenn Bullen of Watch Them Grow photography, and we were overjoyed with the results! Alas, they were taken all the way back in May, and we've only just got around to getting them printed - oh dear...

Dragon-boater extraordinaire!

Granddad has come up for a visit, and we're always happy to have him over. Not least the kids, mainly because they love having him over, but also because he lets them jump on his bike!

But this visit is not all pleasure - there's some serious paddling to be done as well. The Australian Masters Games is on in Geelong this year, and Granddad was up for a bit of Dragon Boating on the Barwon River. The first day of competition was this Sunday, so we all decided to take a family outing to Geelong for the day, and watch and cheer him and the rest of Derwent Storm team on!

A great day out, we had a lot of fun cheering the Master Paddlers on! Lucas wanted to know how soon he could become a Master...

So, we re-installed Windows the other day...

Sound familiar? Well, I'm not talking about the much-maligned and ubiquitous operating system, I'm talking about the actual windows in our house!

First, the old windows were ripped out...

Then (on the same day, thank goodness!), they were replaced with some new ones...

And lastly, after a bit of procrastinating, we finally arranged for some nice men to come around and paint them for us!

We now have a lovely set of new windows, which will actually open up when we need them to on a hot day! And just in time for summer, as well.

Roller-skating ahoy!

The Birds had a nice little family day today: a bit of a picnic and play in the park, and some good old-fashioned roller-skating in the afternoon. Today was Lucas' second time around, and he was really getting the hang of it (until he got a bit cocky).

It was Alicia's first time ever, and she did a fantastic job!

Gap-toothed smile...

Lookout, someone's lost their first tooth!

The tooth fairy ended up being quite generous and handing over a whopping $3(!!), but we suspect that might just be a "first timers" bonus, and have warned Alicia that such over-generosity might not be forthcoming on future transactions...

Move over, Lucas...

There's a new LEGO master in town!

Alicia built this Ninjago dragon all by herself, and we're all very impressed with her efforts.

Happy Birthday Lucas (part II)

The second instalment of our dear son's birthday celebrations kicked off today at Luna Park. Lucas and five close friends (plus a tag-along sister) all went off to Luna Park, and had unlimited rides from 11:00am until about 3:00pm or so. (To be clear, the park didn't actually close at that time, it's just that the "supervisors" had had enough by then!)

After that, we all went back home, for a bit of birthday cake. Alas, no works of art this year, just a plain old chocolate sponge/mud cake hybrid. Not very pleasing to the eye, but hey - at least it tasted pretty good!