Monkey :-)

I have just realised exactly HOW busy this year was - and this is evident in my lack of blog-vid posts. I will try to gather some together from over 2011 and put them up now that I am officially on leave from QUT :-) This one I took today in the back yard. It is three circus tricks by Annie-Rose X

Finders, Keepers, Losers, Weepers ;-)

This is us at the Finders Keepers Markets, which have recently moved to Brissy - they were originally quite strictly a Sydney-only concept. The markets were good and pretty, but mighty pricey.

We ended up watching this guy belting out the tunes, and this is him covering Nirvana's Where Did You Sleep Last Night. Ben and I love this song and I like the Brechtian effect of this whining tragedy being poured out against the backdrop of the kids playing with a puppy. You thesbians out there will appreciate what I am saying. ;-)

Don't have a cow, man!

We were staying at Mt Tamborine and while there, had the leisure and pleasure of discussing the relative merits of feeding cows, eating cows, being outdoors, and being inside drinking wine, and this is a summary of my verdict on these matters ;-)

Quite the character, our Annie-Rose :-)

Annie reading her first 'chapter book'

The book is called Saving Moonbeam, and it is about a girl losing her horse, and then finding another that needs taking care of. X

Charlotte's new gadget!

We agreed a long time ago that Charlotte could get a sewing machine for her 12th birthday... what we couldn't believe was how soon that date came around. So, true to our word we delivered her an awesome Brother Sewing Machine. She wasted no time in getting in there... and has made two skirts already.

I really want a turn, but I don't think she is going to get off there any time soon :-) Probably a good thing, as I had to cheat and get some poor student to thread my bobbin for me in Grade Eight so that I could pass Home Ec. Not my forte, but I am still willing to try again!

Boogie Blues in Super Hero Costume...

Saturday night at home, and Ollie and Annie are rocking out to Michael Jackson hits on their Ipod Docking Station, and Charlotte is dressed up as some kind of Wonder Woman and is playing blues on the piano. We had a wonderful steak and potato dinner on the deck, which Ben treated us to. It is still hot - the last bit of Summer still hanging in there, and even the evenings are still very humid. We are off to Mooloolaba tomorrow for Charlotte's 12th birthday bash :-)