Happy Father's Day

What a great way to make Dad feel special. We came over to my parents' place today armed with a bottle of Baileys, a box of chocolate covered scorched almonds and a desire to clean something. This idea was mostly driven by me because my car desperately needed a wash, too.

Santaland at Myer

The highlight of our trip into the city was a ride on the Santaland train in Myer. They have a lovely display of Christmas decorations and this train ride that the kids loved. Afterwards we went to McDonalds for dinner then up to King George Square with about 2million other people to see them light the big Christmas Tree. Throughout all of this, the kids were way more patient than I was.

Looking at the Myer Windows

A big store, Myer, is famous at Christmas for their special window display that they do every year. This year was the Nutcracker. Ella, as you can see, was super excited by the display. Alex not quite as much.

Rudolf Rides the Train!

Ella in her Christmas get-up. The rid into town was very exciting for all three kids and maybe a bit annoying for anyone that shared our carriage.

Double Protection

There is no way this ship is going down! Charlotte is ready to go swimming with her water wings on and her floaty ring. Too bad she doesn't like to actually get wet.

Bowling Babe

We went to a ten-pin bowling birthday party today to celebrate our friend Piper-Lee's 5th birthday. Alex and Ella had a great time rolling big, heavy balls down a waxy alley. Alex scooped the win in the last frame with a strike. He beat Ella by about 2 points.

Mess? What Mess??

Friday, at Playgroup, we did a group canvas painting. The kids squirted paint onto the canvas on the ground then used their hands, feet and in some cases bottoms, to spread the paint around and make a very colourful ... mess.

Hand Painted

Ella getting right into the spirit of the idea of painting with every part of your body.

Hands Up... Or We Shoot

Charlotte and our friend Joe with spray bottles loaded with paint. This picture was taken at the beginning of the painting mayhem, before everyone was so covered in paint that we had to strip them off and hose them down.

Decorating Time

It's not December yet but the temptation to decorate the Christmas tree got too great for my mum. The kids had a great time. Alex is convinced this is the most beautiful tree in the world. I tend to agree with him.