Christmas in Canberra 2010

It was a very exciting christmas this year. We all got very spoilt it was the best on yet. Oscar and Molly are so exhausted because the lucky ducks got Christmas for 5 days in a row. We arrived on Thursday and then on friday the christmas days started. \

On the 27th we went in nan and pops car to see Nan and Pop Bemboka. We had a huge adventure when we were there. Oscar ran around like the chickens chasing them all over the hillside. Molly convinced pop that the best way to start things off was to have a nanny nap. Then wake up and go on the quad bike with uncle Mike, well until the wheel falls off. Then every one was down a hill fixing the quad bike. After it had been fixed we all had a present and Pop gave daddy a challenge. To build a windmill in under an hour. Much to everyones disgust the stupid thing didn't come in a million pieces like all the previously brought ones but this one came in 4 pieces with not 200 little screws but just one big one. Then the water feature that should have taken 10 minutes took 1 hour to construct and a little bit of help from Oscar.

It was a very long day then on the 28th we all went out to Lolly Pops to play with Jack and Will before they left on a big Areoplane to go and see some more of their family in QLD. Molly and Oscar are still wondering what to do with all their lovely new toys.

It will be a few quiet days at home to work out where everything must go...

To see the 5 days of christmas photos click here

SANTA PHOTO 2010

Dans finally 24

Happy Birthday to my darling husband. For his 24th birthday he couldn't make up his mind to what he wanted for his birthday cake so he got a layered frog in the pond jelly cake. Molly and Oscar absoultly loved daddys cake. Molly loved singing happy birthday to herself and got angry at us when we said it was daddy's birthday not hers. I just hope that he had a good day.

Today we sugar soaped Mollys bedroom. She has been kept out of her room for most of the day. She was super surprised to see she had a new doona cover and pillow covers on her bed. She was so good helping mummy to clean the house.

Flooding In Wondonga and Baranduda

Water is still lapping over the road, Although we can now finally pass it.

The fishing hole suddenly got a lot bigger.

Picnic Table what Picnic Table?

There is supossed to be 2 picnic tables under the trees.



They have finally started to slow down the dam. After 3 weeks of it being fully open.

We just thought this summed up our little princess so well. Sitting at Ned Kelly's feet with the sign "SUCH IS LIFE".

We took a drive out to Beechworth and took a walk through the court house. The court house has held over 149 of the Kelly family trials. We saw the armour that the kelly gang wore in their finaly battle with the police. We also saw the wheel chair that Ned Kellys mother was in. Unfortunatley you can't take photos of it or the suits of armour but next time we have visitors we will drive them out to see it. You can however sit on the Judges bench, stand in the witness box, the accused box. The kids loved playing court room. Oscar was very quick to dob the other to in for the crime.

" The Accused waiting in the Male holding room"



" The Co- Accused waiting in the female holding room"


"The Accused"

"The Witness"


"The Judge"

Kira and Russel flew down for the weekend. Molly loved having a play mate her own age living with us. Oscar got a bit of a break from being the play mate, It has been such beautiful hot days while they have been down. Molly and Russ loved playing in the water washing all their toys

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At night we would go to the base and have a swim, which everybody loved but they kids didn't realise that the parents probably loved it more because it wore the last bit of energy out of them so they would fall asleep right after we had dinner and a bath.