March 2012

Isabella completed 'Jellyfish' level.

Fringe about to be cut.

And after. Beautiful Sammy!

Haircut for Josh too.

Hamish has started to cruise around and the playpen had to come out.

Wobbly steps with the help of Daddy.

March brought changes with it. Sammy decided to get a fringe which really suits her and looks beautiful! Josh likes his hair super short and wants to banish those curls. Hamish has begun to cruise around and we've had to lock him away in the playpen. Luckily he doesn't mind being in there and Isabella will sometimes sneak in there with him which means that I can get dinner ready without him in the kitchen.

Sammy and Josh eating while Bella and Hamish play .

Iron cleaner in my eye.

Harry Potter Exhibition at the Power House Museum.

Signe on the right back home in Denmark.

We've taken the kids out for treats and Hamish has had a few wobbly steps with the help of Daddy. All the kids have been having swimming lessons and Isabella has gone up a swimming level. She was so proud of herself and so were we! March saw me getting organised for going back to work and a period of nesting. It also saw me having to go to hospital when I got iron cleaner in my eye. My eye got a blister on it and I needed to have my eye flushed with saline at the hospital for an hour. Grateful that my eye was okay. A very sore and scary experience. Note to self: Don't wipe your hands on a cloth with iron cleaner on it and then wipe your eye!! We went and saw the 'Harry Potter' exhibition. Very cool!

Isabella and Tom at school.

Sore knees, elbows and head. Awww!

We decided to use an au pair and found a wonderful young girl called Signe and although she didn't quite match our dates we decided to go with her anyway. The beginning of a long distance Australian/Danish friendship.

Hamish in the playpen at Bella's school.

Tom and Isabella at the school disco.

Isabella and her friend at the disco.

Ballet class.

Isabella had many new experiences at school in March. She got to dress up and parade around the school with her best friend, Tom and go to her first school disco. She also got to find out about how the playground works and got knocked over by some big kids who were running and doing the wrong thing. Poor Isabella got knocked for six and managed to graze her knees, elbows and head. I got a telephone call to come and pick her up and we went home and had ice and cuddles. My poor baby. She started ballet this term and is unsure about whether she likes it or not yet. We were good parents and went along to the Kindergarten clean up at Isabella's school, on a weekend with the whole family. We took the playpen and let Hamish hang in there while we raked up leaves, cleaned drains and picked up sticks. It ended with a lovely BBQ and a chance to chat to other parents.

February 2012

Date night

February saw the settling in to two new schools, new bus trips to navigate for Sammy and a chance to spend quality time with Hamish while everyone else was at school. It also saw the beginning of our weekly date nights as Joshua finally became old enough to babysit for us. Yay for us! Hamish became a little more mobile as he began to crawl and Sammy and Josh hung out with old friends. Isabella made a new and very important friend, Tom, who she is going to marry. We even had a chance to finally swim in our own pool. The Summer hasn't been a warm one, so the pool has been very brisk and shall we say, 'refreshing'. Not my cup of tea at all!!

Play time with just Momma.

Swimming in Summer.

Crawling is just about to begin.

Hanging out with Jaslyn.

Movies at Top Ryde with Emil and Konrad.

Bella and her 'boyfriend', Tom.

Swimming in our pool.

Isabella getting her first certificate at assembly.

2012 in photos - January 2012

Holidaying in Newcastle

This past year has just flown by! I've been a really bad blogger and am going to try and keep on top of it by blogging a little more regularly. The kids love looking back at the posts and photos of the goings on of our life and with me being so slack this last year there's not much to look at. So here is a look back at 2012 in photos, month by month.

2012
January
Isabella started Kindergarten with Miss Dhu and was very excited and a little nervous about leaving pre-school and her friends behind. She had to be fit for school shoes for the very first time. Sammy started high-school. Wow! Two new schools this year! Josh began year 9 and is well and truly settled into high-school now.`

All dressed up for school.

We finished the school holidays off with a Lego exhibition and lovely holiday in Newcastle. Not far from home, but affordable and fun!

Checking school shoes for a good fit.

Hamish sleeping while buying back to school supplies.

Sammy in her high-school uniform.

Josh at the Lego Exhibition

Isabella's first day at school

Isabella has now been at school for just over a week and has made herself a little friend. I was hoping that she'd make herself a nice little girl friend. Am I sexist to want her to have a girlfriend? The little person that she's made friends with is a little boy by the name of Tom. Better known as 'Tommy Tom-Tom'. Isabella says that he doesn't have a bad attitude and that he says nice things about her drawings. So cute. I talked to Tom's mom and she said that Tom had told her that Isabella is an artist! How funny! I've managed to organise a playdate for them after school next week. Isabella is very excited and Tom said that it doesn't matter that Isabella is a girl. I think that was supposed to be a compliment. Aren't they so sweet at 5!


Isabella has been getting herself ready the night before school just like Sammy and Josh. She gets out her uniform and then we get her lunch and recess ready together. She has had a go at spreading butter on bread and is getting better and better. She sees her older siblings getting their lunches ready and so she wants to be just the same.


The only problem we've had is trying to find interesting things to eat at school. Today I made zucchini, sweet potato and cheese muffins which Isabella thought were very tasty and that will make a great addition to her lunch box. Breakfast cereal is another great snack, nutritous and tasty (Nutrigrain). We've also made weet-bix slice, crunchies and chocolate pikelets. All of these have been things that I ate as a child.

Looking gorgeous in her uniform.

My bumblebee and Hamish.

Isabella's first lunch at school.