January 30, 2010

SML's Crazy Birthday Night

Tonight was SML's birthday tea... After which we had the obligatory Freddo Cake. We Lurve Freddo Cake.


After tea, the frivolities began and SML and his brutha Elmo got pegged in the crib.

SML and Elmo (Brutha's hanging in the Crib)

This is a serious as SML gets. ;)

SML (Serious but silly)

January 28, 2010

JP's 11th Birthday at Sizzlers


JP's 11th Birthday at Sizzlers, originally uploaded by EclipseAu.

The Girls made the Aussie Day Gallery on Brisbane Times

When we were at government house for Australia Day the girls had their picture taken by a reporter for the Brisbane Times. Below is the pic of them on the website and you can go to the link here --->>> www.brisbanetimes.com.au/photogallery/queensland/australi...

January 26, 2010

Our Australia Day

We started our day off with a trip to Queensland's Government House.

This photo of the girls attracted a writer from the brisbanetimes.com.au who wanted a pic of the girls in all their patriotic finery.



This is a pic of  the house

QLD Government House

CB listening to the Army band on the lawn at Government house....

CB sitting in the shade at Government House

and JP being her cheerful self under a poinciana tree on the grounds...

JP under poinciana at Government House

This is a cheeky pic of our cheeky little monkey....

CB pulling a cheeky face

By the time i was taking these pics JP had had quite enough as there wasn't much for the kids to do.....

by this photo JP had had enough

After Government House we took a trip across Brisbane to Bulimba for lunch to an awesome hamburger joint called Grill'd.

Where we played up a little bit....

Crazy face at lunch

before getting all cute.....

CB and Dad

Then the playing up caught on across the table.....

Crazy face at lunch 2

before a CB kiss sandwich eventuated.

Kiss Sandwich

Awesome parking



I just had to snap a pic of this car we saw at Cameron Park in Ipswich on Australia Day.

This person must have a four wheel drive as their other car.

January 24, 2010

Sunday Arvo at the Quarry Reserve

This afternoon we took Miley up to the Haig Street Quarry for a bit of a run around. She's still not too fond of the water, but we are going to work on that.

The Girls found a bucket and tried catching guppies with it with limited success.



They tried for 15 minute using their hands......   Nothing !!!

Girls Catching Guppies 2

JP gave up but CB soldiered on......  Still,  only one guppy caught.

CC Bucket 4 Guppies

Miley was having a good look, but wouldn't go in.

Miley Looking at the Water

Until she accidentally fell in,  Not happy Jan !!!

Miley Fell In

Then we went over to the new playground for a little while for the girls to have a play.

Where CB got on the rope bridge.....

CB on the Rope Bridge

and JP got on the Digger. She said she would prefer it digging in sand though.

JP on the Digger

Then CB got on the flying fox for a ride....

CB swinging on the Flying_Fox

Then went over to the cafe to serve us some afternoon tea...

CB Serving coffee at the shop

That'll be $7.50 thanks.....

CB Serving coffee at the shop 2

while CB was serving JP was playing on the swings....

JP on the Swing

then had a cuddle with Miley.    Ohhhh, holding hands !!!!!

JP and Miley Holding Hands

Good Dogga !!!!

Miley

Mumma with Miley.

Mumma and Miley

January 18, 2010

New Hobby




JP has a new hobby. She no longer wants to be a Photographer / Artist when she grows up. She now wants to be a dessert chef. These are her creations for today.

January 17, 2010

A Sojourn @ Night

Tonight HM (short for Hot Momma) shuffled us all out the door, Miley included, to go for a walk.



We trundled down the new bikeway, but CB kept falling off her bike.

Another Spill

To cheer her up a bit we stopped off at Maccas on the way home where we bought the girls an Ice cream.

It worked, although you wouldn't know it from this photo

Surely, Ice Cream is more fun that this !!!

January 12, 2010

A Special Visit

We had a big surprise this week.  Aunty C and my little sis came for a visit all the way from Rockhampton.  It has been 4 years since we have seen them and it was awesome to catch up again.

They got to meet the Danger man

Our Visitors

then we went for a tour of Nerima Gardens (Japanese Gardens in Queens Park) where NT had one of the girls attached to her at the hip at all times.

A Walk In the Park

After the gardens we took a quick tour of the nature centre where we saw Wallabies ....

Wallaby

some brush tailed rock wallabies....

Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby

a very lazy goanna....

So I says to Anna, "Let's go Anna."

and a couple of frisky goannas.

Frisky Goannas

January 3, 2010

Day trip to Cooby Dam

Today we took a family trip to Toowoomba
First stop was lunch at sSs Steakhouse. NP and I shared a chicken burger. It was YUM.
Next stop ended up being Cooby Dam just outside of Highfields



We then drove down to the picnic area, it was a picturesque setting and very quiet...

Cooby Dam Picnic Area

and we found this Kooka watching our every move....

Kookaburra 2

There was a great playground here for the kids...

Cooby Dam Picnic Area - Playground

including these slippery slides and the climbing frame in the background ....

Cooby Dam Picnic Area - Playground 2

as well as this flying fox.....

Cooby Dam Picnic Area - Playground 3

I thought at least one of them would end up in the mud.

Cooby Dam Picnic Area - Playground 4

on the way back we stopped at the wall again to walk across it, just as we got all the way across it started to Rain and we got wet again.

January 2, 2010

Smythville at Curtis Falls





Every New Years Day we go for a drive somwhere in the Great South East.

Today's destination was Mount Tamborine.

I wanted to get some decent Pics, but alas, the weather saw to it that my camera stayed put in the camera bag.

There was a brief lull in the rain that allowed me to snatch this pic.

Just after this picture it really pissed down and we got soaked to the skin.

One other highlight of the trip was Mumma getting a leach on her.

January 1, 2010

NYE 2009 Celebrations Ipswich

We went out to Timothy Maloney Park for the Ipswich City Council's New Year's Eve Party.

This is a photo of some of the fireworks that lit up the Sky.



And some more fireworks....

NYE2009 Ipswich Fireworks

A little while into the procedings , as usual, JP and CB had a barney and JP got the Sh1t$.

This is a photo of her dealing with her mood.

JP had the Sh1t$

After the movie "Horton Hears a Who", "Platinum Express" started playing some rockin' tunes

This is a pic of  Mum and CB when they got up to boogie while JP sat under her blanket.

NYE2009 Ipswich CB and Mum dancing to the Band

This is Platinum Express's Lead Guitarist.  He really got into it.

Platinum_Express_Lead_Guitarist_NYE2009_Ipswich

This is Platinum Express's Lead Vocalist.


Platinum_Express_Lead_Vocalist_NYE2009_Ipswich