Good Citizens

So last week was a bit of a milestone for us.  

We became Australians!

Yey for us, its been a winding road but a good one.

It's definitely not something I ever imagined eight years ago

but after six years here it feels good

we can walk a bit lighter now.

The girls got special ceremony dresses.

Skye picked out a bridesmaid dress pattern and it seemed the most appropriate occasion.

It's the 1st time I've made them both 'pretty' dresses :)

They stood up to say their pledges too.

.... but were most interested in the lammingtons and strawberries they could spy on the side.

A trip down the jetty, a night market and a few glasses of bubbles followed.

Cheers.

The Dinosaur Day

The big Dinosaur Birthday finally arrived on September 17th.

As she liked to tell you for a few months before.

Maud and Arthur spent a late night grappling with allen keys to produce a masterpiece kitchen.

(Thank you Grandma & Grandpa!)

The smalls woke early and Skye was the 1st to remember the day.

Presents were discovered, unwrapped, cooked on, put on and slid down.

'Steggie' was iced and made his way to playgroup with us, 

facing certain extinction.

It felt like the 1st day of summer,

and the 3 year old sure felt it too.

Running and paddling, shedding clothes, squealing with laughter and chasing seagulls.

A truly lovely day!

Birthday number 2

Next up was Arthur's Birthday.

I was just back from 2 weeks in Nepal,

We were all pretty tired.

We did manage to bake a cake,

and maybe he didn't mind the numbers we had for the candles!

Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday kicks off birthday season in our house.

It was a beautiful sunny day,

The sort of day you hope for, for an August birthday in England but normally don't get.

We enjoyed choccy cake and strawberries on our front lawn.

Followed by a few acrobatics.

Cousins.

Down at the beach, someone isn't so interested in the view!

Pretty tiring meeting your two cousins for the 1st time...

The Pink Peril

On the way to the bike shop we were planning for something sober, not too girly...

but then we got there and she wouldn't get off this one...

She loves the tassels....  they match her outfit.

She's not sure about going up and down curbs but made it to Grandma & Grandpas.

Jason

Thanks for coming all the way over to visit us Jason.

It was pretty wintry although only Australian wintry

Warm enough for some beach exploring and space hopping.

Skye's Butterfly Birthday

It started the night before with a plan to make a butterfly cake.

A couple of hours later, a lot of laughing and some reminising about our own birthday cakes

we ended up with a technicolour disco bat!

Luckily we've lots of years left to improve.

 

 

We woke up early (as usual) on the 25th May

It was Skye's 3rd Birthday.

Lots of excitement,

paper everywhere and 2 happy little girls.

 

 

 

 

 

The sun decided to shine and we got to put on our party outfits.

 

Ready to Party

We had guests of all ages to the party,

and ate icecreams and sausage rolls.

 

The bat cake didn't last long once he was cut,

small (and big) people seemd very partial to blue icing.

The planes, trains, automobiles and horses kept everyone amused.

 

The birthday girl enjoying her icecream.

The good thing about eating icecream the same colour as your dress

 is that know one can see how much you drip down your front.



Yummy Bat Cake!

More IceCream anyone?

Merry go round



Matias

Maureen

Lucas

Layla

Hold on to your hats! 

It was a good party.  Here's to many more.