Happy (early) Birthday Jamie!

Jamie's 30th birthday is on 18 February, but as he will be away then, we had a birthday brunch for him today.

The weather was fantastic and we had about 25 guests around. Jamie had to do the cooking - but we borrowed John T's fancy new BBQ - to do all the eggs & bacon, while I was inside with the pancakes.

We had a really cool time and Jamie got some neat prezzies. Just on the clean up now - lucky we at least had paper plates! And the only thing we forgot was to fry up the tomatoes we had all nicely prepared in the fridge!

Just been for a walk on a cool summer evening. Its been a quiet day. Jamie went to the dentist this morning, and I went yesterday morning. So our yearly check ups are over - its been a while since we both went!

Lachie got a few more birthday presents today, one on the courier from Grandma and one from Auntie Mel. Her & Paul were over this afternoon and Paul was putting some new flashing on our roof.

I think its time for an early night.

Happy Birthday Lachie!

Tonight we have tried to teach Lachie to say "I am 2"! It has been a pretty normal day however. I'm not sure that he has yet completely grasped the whole birthday/present thing. Here is a picture of him on his new bike. We bought him a trike from The Warehouse, but surprise, surprise, it broke during construction! So we returned it and decided we needed to spend a bit more money. We ended up getting a proper bike with trainer wheels. It also has a thing on the back that we can push him along and steer. Its pretty cool.

We had a nice Auckland Anniversary weekend. Jamie finished night shift at 7am Friday morning. At about 3.30pm we drove up to Lake Rotoma to stay with Jamie's parents. Me, Jamie & Fletcher went in to Rotorua to do some shopping on Saturday. We had a swim in the lake on Saturday afternoon! It was lovely. Sunday was pretty uneventful, the weather wasn't that great - apparently it was fabulous at home.. We decided to stay Sunday night too. We went back in to Rotorua on Monday and went out for lunch.

Let's see...oh, we think Lachie might be left handed. We finally noticed that he has been holding his spoon to eat with his left hand. Bye for now.

Up with the Birds

I've had an early start today and yesterday. Fletcher has been waking to be fed at 5.30am so by the time that is finished I figure I may as well start the day. Jamie is at work and I expect he will be home in half an hour.

Lachie is going to Millsy's this morning, from 9-12. Me and Fletcher are going to visit Megan.

I guess we've had a busy week with Jamie coming & going at different hours while I do the usual things like coffee group. We got Lachie under the sprinkler on Tuesday which was great - he had a little help from cousin Ben, who came to play Tuesday morning.

Here is another photo of Lachie & Fletchie. Lachie often asks for a cuddle and then says "have a photo?". So here is his latest shoot.

Greetings on a very warm Monday evening. I am so thankful to have two wonderful boys who go to bed without a fuss around 7pm!!! Jamie is at work so I have done the bath-dinner-bed routine by myself.

Jamie also worked all weekend. I took the boys to town on Saturday morning and did a spot of shopping. I bought myself a cheap little MP3 player so that will be cool for when I am out walking.

On Sunday morning I was on a mission to get the boys ready & over to Ohope to visit a friend before church started, which we did, although we were a bit late to church. I spent a good while on Sunday afternoon picking yummy plums off one of our plum trees. So that is two trees down and one left.

Last Thursday night, Jamie was again, working, so rather than sitting at home me and the boys went up to Grant & Abby's for cell group BBQ. Both of them went to sleep in the spare rooms without a fuss so I was able to enjoy the evening! It was just a bummer having to get them up and take them home - although Fletcher hardly stirred.

The other main event of last week was that we tried to buy a new house! We saw a house around the corner in Riverside Dr that we had liked for a while, and then a 'For Sale' sign appeared. We looked at it Monday and made an offer Wednesday. However two other people made an offer the same day so we missed out. The people who bought it paid just over asking price (which is pretty rare around here). But we are pleased that we gave it a shot.

Jamie is home tomorrow until 2pm so I have made an appointment at the optometrist for the morning. I will try a bit harder to post more this week and add some photos!

Comet McNaught

I wish I could say that I took this picture but I didn't. I just copied it from an article on the net. However, that was the sight we saw last night about 9.30pm, we got a fantastic view from the end of the driveway. We kept checking back and it just got brighter and brighter. I have never seen anything like it! It was so awesome. I was expecting something that zipped across the sky but of course, that would be a shooting star... I think we will keep an eye out for it tonight too!

Sayoonara, Senator

The Senator purred out the garage door to its new home in New Plymouth today. Our stint of V8 glory is over.... Jamie is glad is has gone out of town so that he doesn't have to see it driving around and say "why did I sell it?!"

Well, lets see, damp and muggy day number 8. We haven't seen the sun properly for a whole week! However I think it is set to improve. The clothes dryer has been getting a real work out.

Jamie has the day off today before he works 10 days straight. This Saturday he is going to 'general duties' so back to the blue uniform and on the street.

Yesterday at church Angie O from youth group days was there with her husband. They have been travelling around Central America and are settling back here for a while. I filled her in on what you, dear readers (those who know her), are up to.

The sun is poking through the clouds. I am going to put some laundry on. It always seems like you have so much more when it rains.

Wednesday

Yesterday (Tuesday) morning we had 'coffee group' - or should that be 'tea group'? at my place. Everyone is back from their Christmas holidays. Lots of fun. In the afternoon and well into the night it rained so that kept us inside. Although it didn't keep Jamie from going go-karting with Mark V over at the lagoon. He came home a muddy mess.

This morning I went in to town with Fletcher & Lachie. I was a bit nervous as Lachie was going to have to hold my hand and walk the whole time. Apart from one episode where he tried to escape in the midst of the lingerie section at Farmers, he did great! We also went to the library and got him some Thomas the Tank Engine books and one other from a series about a silly Duck that he likes. He also found an annual report for Plunket Society - it had lots of neat pictures on the cover so he wanted me to read it! Unfortunately only boring pie graphs etc on the inside!

I just zipped up to the maternity annexe to see Karen P and baby Daniel, but they had already gone home. Silly me should have checked before I left!

Here is Fletcher, taken this afternoon. He is even laughing already!! Jamie can get a good giggle out of him. Plunket came today and weighed him, 12lb 80z.

Here is Lachie, on Monday, playing in our freshly weeded vegetable garden. (Maybe one day soon there'll be vegetables in it). He made a delightful mess and this morning asked if he could go and play in the 'sandpit'.

Happy Anniversary Mum & Dad! I think you've notched up 36 years?

love from us.

I was able to spend the morning doing the grocery shopping at my leisure today. I dropped Lachie at Zac and Ben's where he had a great time. It was just me and Fletcher, who was very well behaved in his car seat.

Church was very busy yesterday, lots of visitors, after a couple of quiet services around Christmas/New Year. I guess everyone decided to take their holiday a bit later this year! It was a really hot day so in the afternoon we put the sprinkler on for Lachie. However he decided he didn't like the water. He hasn't liked the beach much this year either. Don't know what has happened - he loved it last year.

Well I'm lacking inspiration at present so I'll say goodbye.

Friday

Let's see what we have been up to..

Yesterday morning (Thursday) Zac came and played at our place for a couple of hours. Lachie enjoyed having a buddy to play with. Zac mostly wanted to play inside with the cars though, and Lachie wanted to zip around on the trikes! However later in the morning they started getting a bit crazy jumping on the bed so I sent them outside to play.

In the afternoon me and the boys went for a long walk - Lachie enjoys his little spot on the toddler seat in front.

Jamie brought home some information on his course next month. He flies out of Tauranga at 7.05am so it will be an early start that day! He also has to organise getting the dog on the plane. He doesn't stay in barracks, him and the other 3/4 guys stay in a house. They go down the road to have their meals with the Army. The course info also says they need to be conversant with saluting! He hasn't done that since Police College I don't think.

This morning Lachie went out with his Grandad & Nana Kerr, I think they took him to the playground at The Heads. When he arrived home he was thoroughly exhausted and went straight to bed. They also looked after him while I took Fletcher to the doctors - and when we got home I think Grandad was thoroughly exhausted!

I took Fletcher to the doctors today for his 6 week immunisations :( He was pretty upset the whole affair. As you would expect.

Uncle Nathan came over from Tauranga on Wednesday on his cool new motorbike. Here is Lachie going for a ride!

At last we have bought a decent sized sun umbrella for our outdoor furniture (yesterday, from Bunnings). I think it is a 3.3metre one. Its great because it gets rid of the glare - we can now sit outside in the heat of the day in a bit more comfort.

I went for a long walk with the boys this morning - there was lots of traffic up and down Landing Road and Kopeo was pretty busy too. Jamie popped home today with all the guys from his office to help him move the dog kennel from the side of the house to around the back by the woodshed. It will be a bit warmer for the dog around there.

New Years Day

Ffffffffa freezing. An average morning has given way to a rainy chilly afternoon. On a happier note however, we were visited this afternoon by Lane, Sarah & baby Ambrose. Oh, and Jamie went water skiing this morning from 8-11.

I briefly woke from my sleep to hear the neighbours welcoming in the New Year - lots of fireworks too. However I was in bed by 9.30pm!! and welcomed in the New Year around 2am feeding Fletcher. ..

Happy New Year all, and as Nicole texted me at 0042 hours, "The Best is Yet to Come"!! Yehoo!

The boys yesterday after we had been for a morning walk. Lachie's latest unfortunate phrase is "I don't want to".

On Wednesday Jamie & Lachie went with the Greys for a practice ride out at Manawahe. Jamie did an 8km trail ride and reckons its the hardest thing he's ever done! They arrived home at 8.30pm and to my surprise Lachie was still a box of birds.

Lachie opens a present - his new Hot Wheels Transporter is in front of him. I think Jamie was more excited about that!

Fletchie says hello. He has started sucking two fingers on his right hand....he slept from 9pm til 5.30am last night.

Our plum trees are pretty much ready to go (if only the plums were a big bigger). Here's Lachie sampling the fruit.

Happy Christmas and all that...

Its been a busy week, as you can imagine. Its Saturday morning and Jamie has taken Lachie to the Awakaponga Motorcross to watch his cousins ride. Jamie went back to work on Thursday which was a little strange. Fortunately he has two short weeks to get him back into the swing of it. For New Year's Eve he finishes work at 8pm (he will be working over in Opotiki)! Nice & early.

Christmas Day was a bit of a quiet one really. We went to John & Moana's for breakfast, then popped around to Paul & Mel's. I brought the boys home for bed and Jamie went back and had Christmas lunch at their place. In the afternoon the Wintersons and Poppa & Grandma came down - Mum and Dad had driven from Havelock on Christmas morning.

I'll leave it there for now and just post some pictures. Don't they tell a thousand words or something?

White Christmas?

here are pix from a big hailstorm at our place tonight.

Today I visited some of my coffee group friends at Manawahe, so Jamie decided to take me up there and then drive on to Lake Rotoma to see Steve & Ann. I had a great time, and then he picked me up, and we went back to Rotoma and spent the afternoon there.

Here are some lovely photos of my boys. Fletcher is smiling more and talking a wee bit. Lachie is as cheerful as ever.

I went to the last cell group of the year last Thursday night. It was good fun and nice to get out. Its great that both Fletcher and Lachie are in bed by 7.30pm!

Our weekend was pretty uneventful. Jamie helped some friends move on Saturday morning, Sunday was church. Nana popped in on Sunday afternoon. Auntie Freda was in the draw to win the Meikles car so Nana drove her over. After she visited we went out to the berry farm for a bit of afternoon tea (sushi and frozen yoghurt, oh so delicious) and stopped in at the Wintersons on the way home.

Zac came over yesterday morning as Martin had something on at James Street School (as he is on the Board of Trustees). He was very good - I think Lachie wanted to have a bit of a rowdy time but Zac was more interested in reading.

Me and Lachie went to our last Mainly Music of the year this morning. I haven't been for a couple of weeks so I'm glad we went to the last one. It was great to sing Christmas Carols and songs talking about Christmas being about Jesus (as opposed to Santa). If only I had taken Fletcher, he could have been the baby Jesus they put in the manger!! However there was another wee baby boy who did the job instead....

Lachie also went to his last playgroup of the year yesterday and Santa visited. Unfortunately Lachie found Santa scary and didn't want a bar of him! I think quite a few kids felt that way.

We went to the osteopath with Fletcher yesterday. It went fine I guess. Just need to keep Fletcher looking to the left instead of the right. (Did I need to pay an osteopath to tell me that?)

I went out this afternoon and did some more Christmas shopping. It has been so much fun shopping this year! And the great thing is I have bought a few things for Lachie's birthday as well. I have learned a valuable lesson: when you see something that you think will make a great Christmas present, but its only September, buy it anyway! It won't be there when you go back for it. Another thing I have learned is that 'play-doh sets' sell out in a flash. I bumped into Sarah in Whitcoulls (she has tonsilitis!) and we went to The Warehouse together so she could point out the appropriate toy to buy for Ben.

Here are some pix of Lachie as a wee babe & Fletcher. They are both suffering from male pattern baldness.

A fantastic summery day here. I wore shorts all day long! Had the girls around for coffee group today which was lots of fun. Lachie & Riley had a great time playing in the back yard, and then chasing each other around the house.

We won a Wiggles DVD today too! Treasures is running a competition so we have been busy texting in all the codes from our packets of nappies.

Plunket visited today but Fletcher was asleep and I did not want to wake him up.

Also we started wrapping Christmas pressies! We are so looking forward to Christmas this year. OK, will leave it there for now.

An Unauthorised Excursion

Zac and Sarah called around on Friday afternoon. Zac and Lachie were playing outside on their trikes while me and Sarah were inside. And then we noticed the eerie silence....never mind our securely fenced section, Zac had managed to open the gate and he and Lachie and ridden off down the road on their trikes!!!! Sarah went in one direction and me in the other (don't worry, Fletcher was out with Jamie) when they duly appeared from the direction of the dairy with a lady who had found them. What a 'mare! Anyway thank God they turned up safe and sound and quickly, we'll just be keeping an eye out despite the gate.

Saturday Lachie got a lovely new haircut courtesy of Auntie Sarah and in the afternoon we had Riley's 2nd birthday party which was great fun. Sunday I sang with Moana & co, I think it went well....

Today was grocery day. I took Lachie with me today while Fletcher was at home with Jamie, sleeping. He was great company around the supermarket. At one stage he saw some random lady and started saying "Hello Mavis". At least that's what I think he was saying- and he is pretty clear these days! I can only presume he was referring to Mavis from the Thomas the Tank Engine stories. He has had a great afternoon playing in the back yard in the lovely sunshine.

Fletcher isn't enjoying sleeping in the day terribly much. Tomorrow Plunket is coming to visit. He received some looovely gifts in the mail today from Stephanie and Bev.

All the childies are in bed so we shall go and enjoy the evening.

Christmas Comes Early to 224 James St

Me and Jamie got an early Christmas present today - a new Dyson vacuum cleaner (the DC08 model)!! Meikles had a rather outstanding deal on it. The pipe on our old vacuum had split so it wasn't functioning all that well. Jamie has vacuumed the whole house and oh my gosh, I think he filled up at least 3 bags (of our old vacuum) full of dust.

We also bought a new stereo, which I have decreed is not to come out until Christmas Day. It is very cool. Our existing stereo has not played CDs for well over a year and we have just now gotten around to replacing it!

This afternoon I went in to town while the boys were asleep - I was out for two whole hours! It was great. I would never have the left the house for that long when Lachie was the age that Fletcher is at! Got a few Christmas presents. There were big sales at Meikles and Farmers today so the stores were chocka. I wonder, where does one Christmas shop in Sulawesi?

Paul & Mel got a new driveway laid last Friday night, which they still can't drive on. So Mel has been leaving her car on our front lawn. She has been popping in every morning and evening to leave the key (in case the alarm goes off). It has been nice catching up with her at the end of each day! Anyway, today they had a meeting confirming that the HQ of Environment Bay of Plenty (the Regional Council, where she works) is moving to Tauranga. I think about 50 staff will remain here and maybe about 140 going over to Tauranga. She finds out in March whether her job will stay here or go. I gather if they don't want to move they get redundancy. So that is SOOOO bad for Whakatane! I think The Bean especially will be gutted! (FYI The Bean is the coffee place where all the staff at EBOP go for their morning coffee)

Last night I went down to the church to music practice. This Sunday is an "Arts" Sunday so Moana asked me to sing a song with her and a few others. So we rehearsed that.

My boys are good - Lachie is such a chatterbox, his talking is coming along so quickly! Also its been great to see him playing outside. Fletcher, well, he doesn't do too much but he is great. We are taking him to the osteopath next Wednesday on Twink's recommendation - after I pointed out that his right ear appears to be a bit.....munched. He seems to be favouring turning his head to the right. I shall report on how that goes.

It was my last appointment with Twink my midwife today. Fletcher is going great and weighed in at 10lb 13oz. Nearly out of those newborn nappies! Monday & Tuesday he was very unsettled and feeding often and not sleeping. Maybe a growth spurt? But today I got tough! and he is back on track.

Lachie had playgroup and Millsy's house today. She reported that he was very chirpy today.

Yesterday (Tuesday) Jamie & Lachie went over to Lake Rotoma to see Nana & Grandad Kerr. Jamie popped in to Rotorua and did a bit of Christmas shopping. I had my coffee group so me and Fletcher stayed here.

As I wasn't feeling that great over the weekend going to church was about the only thing we did.
Auntie Jan visited on Monday (bearing some lovely gifts). Also on Sunday, Karen Fahey gave Fletcher a lovely blanket that I believe she hand knitted herself. I must take a photo and post it.

I can't remember when I last posted so I won't risk repeating myself. Let me see what I can find in my photo archives...

Here is Lachie who decided to make his bed on the floor sometime after midnight the other night. We have taken the side off his cot so he now has a "toddler bed". For the most part he has adjusted well.

ps. Have you seen my "site meter" and Christmas countdown ticker at the bottom of the page?

Saturday

I haven't been up to much today (or indeed, the last 3 days). If I didn't have a cold, I would feel on top of the world. I went to bed at 8pm last night and Fletcher only woke twice - 11pm and 3.30am. I should be right by tomorrow. Jamie has got me taking his vitamins and I bought an awful spirulina drink yesterday which supposedly contains 180% of the vitamin C one requires per day. I also dashed out to Julians Berry Farm and got a boysenberry frozen yoghurt to go, yummmmmm.

This morning Jamie and Lachie went to the Christmas Parade while I got a bit of rest.

On Thursday K-Mart opened out at the new Hub shopping centre so we joined the throngs to have a look. Well, it was never going to be as good as the one at St Lukes or Bayfair, was it? But it was disappointingly small. The range is really limited - NO TOY SECTION! Masses of clothes and TWO fitting rooms. Puhleeze. Still, that didn't stop me from spending money there.

Twink came on Wednesday and weighed Fletcher. 10 lb 2 oz. He has nearly gained a kilogram. And he is one month old on Monday!

Tuesday

Hi there. I am just sitting here waiting for Fletcher to wake up,as he is due to be fed. We were out all morning at Abby's, while Jamie & Lachie went and played with Jason and Riley. A good time had by all! Jamie has had to pop in to work for (supposedly) half an hour.

Speaking of police work, he did a bit last night as well. Our car was on the road and the lady next door saw some kids trying to pull off the shade sock (for Fletcher) from the rear window. So she yelled at them to leave it, they left, and she came and told Jamie. He went for a drive and found them in Riverside Drive. He must have told them to sit down (which they did) while he called the police. Anyway it turns out they had already broken in to three cars down James St. And they had a bag of stolen stuff on them. Just intermediate age kids.

We had a good weekend - Saturday was pretty quiet, we just sat around most of the day. But church on Sunday was great with Martin & Sarah being "ordained" or "inducted" or whatever you call it. We left straight after the service so me, Lachie & Fletcher could all have naps! At 4pm we went out to Manawahe for a coffee group BBQ.

Anyhoo my baby is crying.

Twink visited yesterday afternoon and weighed Fletcher. He is now 9lb 80z so he has gained a pound in two and a half weeks. He is doing well, I am getting up 3 times in the night, though the third time is usually between 5am - 6am. I went to Mainly Music in the morning with just Lachie and Fletcher stayed home with Jamie. It was a very warm afternoon yesterday so Jamie got the hose out for Lachie. Today it is just windy.

Wednesday me and Jamie popped in to town after dropping Lachie off at Millsy's. We ended up having coffee with a couple of guys from his work, one who is currently have treatment for leukemia at Waikato Hospital. Then in the afternoon he went to a dog training afternoon, but he was home by 8pm.

We also ended up going for a walk on Wednesday afternoon with the pram - it takes a lot to steer so I should have good arms if I use it frequently!

Hi all. It is already 2pm here, where has the day gone...Jamie has mowed the lawn so it looks just lovely. I went up to Abby's this morning for coffee with her, Sarah & Janey. So that was a lovely morning. And Jamie & Lachie had a couple of blokes around here!

We picked up our pram from the upholsterer yesterday so we may take that for a spin this afternoon. It definitely does not have off-road capabilities! So we will be sticking to the footpaths.

Bye for now.

Twosies

Saturday morning, Jamie & Lachie have just gone for a walk. If our pram was finished at the upholsterers me and Fletcher could have gone as well! However Fletchie has just nodded off next to me. And there's nothing like a bassinet for sleeping in. I don't like putting him in his carseat because it looks so uncomfortable.

Not terribly much new to report, we are pretty much staying close to home. Yesterday we were both very tired as Jamie went to training with the dog handlers in Tauranga and did not get home until 1am Friday morning.

Today's Top Tip: there's nothing like Janola Anti bacterial wipes for cleaning up baby poo off the changing table!

Midnight, 6am, 3am

That was last night's routine anyway. I think Fletcher has started a pleasing habit of doing a four-hour stint during the first part of the night. Which of course will get longer and longer!

Jamie had to take Lachie to Mainly Music this morning as me and Fletcher were not up and organised enough.

Yesterday Jamie won a prize on Radio One Double X - yes, he was caller number 3. He had a choice of prize and he won a cooking book for kids. It looks like it is something suitable for like an 8 year old I think. Still, maybe we're on a winning roll.

Jamie is at training for work this afternoon so it is just me and my boys! Better go and see to them.

The week so far

Lachie is at daycare at the moment so the house has been pretty quiet this morning. So I got a bit of extra rest.

Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon we went for a drive to take our pram with toddler seat to the upholsterer to get some domes fixed so we can use the thing. Hopefully that will be done this week some time. On the way home we saw the Westpac Air Ambulance coming in so we drove to the hospital to see it land. The pilot saw Jamie & Lachie watching so he invited them over for a look! He was very friendly and told them lots of stuff about it. Quite exciting. Pity I didn't have my camera handy. However, not so exciting for the person who had been kicked in the head by a horse and required neurosurgery at Waikato.

Here are some pictures of Lachie from Monday, he was busy picking the flowers by the garage and fell into the rose bush. Ouch!

One Week On..

Fletcher was checked out and weighed by Twink today and he is going great. He has gained 4 ounces, so now 8lb 12oz.

I am very thankful for my wonderful husband who is doing so much for us at the moment (well, all the time of course), and also for my beeyutiful wee boys.

I am a bit tired, as one would expect! and finding it a bit difficult to rest. I just get stressed out if I am not falling asleep. Otherwise everything is going tremendously well!

More Fletchie pics

I'm guessing that you have all seen the photos on www.fletcherkerr.blogspot.com

Here are a few more.

One of our new church signs

Here is a picture of the new signs at church I said I would post..

Guy Fawkes Celebrations & Church

We started our weekend with a trip over to the Ohope Craft Market. We hadn't been for a couple of months and it was such a beautiful morning. And you run in to all sorts of people you know. We got some plants to make a hedge for the back garden - at this stage they really blend in with the bark so you can hardly see them. Oh well, I'm sure they'll turn out looking great.

We paid another visit to the berry farm in the afternoon to share a boysenberry frozen yoghurt.

We celebrated Guy Fawkes a night early at Martin & Sarah's. Unfortunately I have no pictures of the occasion. We went down at 7pm for a bit of dessert before it got dark and Martin did a great job as "firework master". Lachlan was a bit nervous at first but by the end of the night he was enjoying himself. It was a late night for him (after 9pm) but as a result we actually got a sleep in this morning until 8am! Then after a combination of a late night and a busy Sunday morning he wasn't 100% this afternoon. He fell down the stairs off the deck and grazed his forehead. Here is a picture of the damage, I'm not sure if you can see it very well.

Today after church there was an open day at Bethel House. Me and Jamie went along, and boy what a great turnout there was! And I've just got home from evening service where Sarah preached up a storm.

Well, we shall see how our week progresses....

Friday

Martin hunts for the cricket ball.

What a pair of cuties! Zac was very tired when we visited.

The picture Ben did on the computer

Another pretty quiet day here. I went to see Twink at the annexe at 11am and was on the CTG for half an hour - nothing much to report there. I am seeing her again on Monday, surely I should have a baby by Tuesday?

In the afternoon we popped around to the Wintersons for a visit. Martin was home today while Sarah was working. The boys played a very short game of cricket. Ben wasn't overly keen on having his photo taken but he did want me to take a picture of the picture he did on the computer. We also went and saw John & Moana's new doors, which look fabulous.

We've had an early dinner and gone for an evening walk. Enjoy the photos.

A Pinch & a Punch for the First of the Month

An outstanding day weather wise here. Lots of sunshine and the wind wasn't as strong as it has been. Me and Jamie had a quiet one, we dropped Lachie off at playgroup at 9.30am. We moseyed around for the rest of the day doing very little. We went out to lunch at Cafe Surfside over at the beach. After that Jamie got my lounger out for me and I got a bit of sun on the deck.

I have just been for a twilight walk around the block. Kept it nice and slow. Anyway here is the picture of the dog kennel. (I know, you've been dying to see it). Its not quite like any other kennel I've seen. I feel a bit sorry for the dog as he doesn't have much of a view of things, especially being down the side of the house. So we may yet move it.