2010-05-20 New Nortia, New Car, New Egg, New Games Room!

Aiysha: The men are here at the moment doing our new games room - it's really noisy!

But guess what? I won the Edgewater School Easter Raffle! Top prize was the biggest chest of easter eggs! I made Mummy drive round to everyone we knew so I could give them eggs! It was so exciting, and so much fun! I still have loads of eggs left too! Me and Clog shared the biggest one though, which was yummy!

Since Grandma and Grandpa left, we got a new car! It is a Holden Captiva 7-seater, the same as Nicole and Ella! It is so nice, and I love it! The music is great, and we have so much room. Mummy tries to keep it really clean too, which makes a change from our last car! Our Hyundai Sonata did well though, and we waved it goodbye at the car showroom.

Our first trip in it was a farm stay in New Nortia on Mother's Day, and it was lovely! We went on a tour of the farm, we had a trampoline in our garden (which we spent most of the time on doing routines), we played boules, we gave Mummy her presents, went on a tour of a graveyard in New Nortia, fed some Alpacas who spat all over Mummy, and had a lovely cooked lunch with freshly baked bread! At dusk we went for a lovely spooky walk in the forest, and saw lots of bones and skeletons of animals - it was fun. I also climbed a tree, but couldn't get down, so Daddy had to catch me which was scary. We had a pool, but it was a bit cold. Brrrrrrr...

I also had my first Naplan tests last week - but I do not find out until September what I got. Oh well. I think I did ok. Mummy and Daddy said don't worry about it, but check your answers!

I love the song Fireflies at the moment. I play it all the time, and I have made a routine up too which I show everyone when they come round. Danielle has seen it many times :-)

Roxy Roo: I loved our holiday house again! Aiysha and I slept in the same bedroom again for a sleepover, like we did last Friday for the first time. I love having sleep overs with Aiysha in her room.

C: I had a lovely birthday - we planned a trip away, and Aiysha also made me a cake! It was lovely, and decorated by Aiysha and Clara. Eaten by them too :-)

This years Mother's Day was the best trip away! Our farm stay was miles from the owners house. Lovely! We live in quite an amazing country!

Games room is looking good so far!

S: Can't wait for my new computer and stereo! Very exciting stuff!

2010-04-26 Grandma Sik & Grandpa Brian

Aiysha: Before Grandma and Grandpa arrived, Daddy took me windsurfing, and I loved it! Well, the first time I did. The second time I felt it was a little bit difficult, and got frustrated. But I'm going to try again next year, and I cannot wait!

The week after Grandma Sue and Grandpa Arthur left, we had the biggest storm ever! There were hailstones the size of tennis balls, and our games room was completely destroyed! I helped move everything out, and Daddy did not get home until 9.30 as the trains broke down. It was very exciting, but a little scary too! Mummy and Daddy say we might get a new games room! I hope so.

It was so nice to see Grandma and Grandpa again! They were really happy, and we had lots of laughs. Daddy and Mummy took them all around. In the first week, Daddy took them to Dunsborough to stay in Daddy's bosses place. They stayed for 3 days. He also took them on lots of walks along the beach, and we went on several walks with them - some of them very windy on Mullalloo!

Grandad did lots of jobs round the house like painting and gardening - why do all Grandpas do jobs round the house when Daddy does not? Daddy needs to pull his socks up!

On the day that Grandma and Grandad left, I made up a cool competition in the garden, consisting of catching, throwing and hoops! I also did a presentation of prizes! It was so funny.

Clara: I was really scared in the storm. But I was brave. I am trying to be a big girl in my bed, but sometimes I have accidents, but I am getting better.

C: The storm was crazy! The rain was so heavy, and the wind was very scary! Aiysha was amazing helping get all the things in from the games room. Can't wait for a new one though! It is about time!

S: We had a great time - saw 2 awesome games - Dockers beat Geelong in the last minute, and Western Force beat Crusaders in the last minute! Amazing! Dunsborough was soo nice - walks, lighthouse, lovely food (even a curry!), and 1-1 at Scrabble. A few runs along the beach too!

Back in Perth, we did lots of walks (Iluka, Pinnaroo, Mullalloo), went for some Dim Sum, made some lovely dinners, and watched some great movies - Kill Bill (Dunsborough), Pursuit of Happyness, and even 300! Grandad liked the violent genre for some reason.

Best holiday yet!

2010-03-27 Grandma Sue, Grandpa Arthur and Auntie Lizzie!

Aiysha: It was soooo nice having the Lyonses around for such a long time! Lizzie came first, well for one night, and then they all were here!

Apart from my special dinner out at Leapfrog Cafe where I had the yummiest pizza and chips, we had such a great time in the pool, playing games, dancing, performing, going on trips and going to the beach!

We all went down to Margaret River, well, apart from Daddy. It was so much fun, and I also ate a bit of chocolate. I loved the house we stayed in, as it had a trampoline which we went on lots! I also loved the car we drove down in, since it was big. I hope we have a big car one day...

Grandma did loads of things with me, and helped me with my learning. Grandpa did lots of jobs round the house like putting up a new washing line, cutting up lots of branches Daddy was cutting down, and also did some amazing lights in our frog house!

I also went down to watch Daddy play some touch rugby at Northern which was nice. Josh came down one day, but I preferred to watch Daddy play and cheer him on in the final! Unfortunately, he lost it 10-9 to a really good team. Maybe next year Daddy! Well played!

We did loads of surfing aswell with Auntie Lizzie, and Auntie Lizzie even went windsurfing! Wow, she is brave! She did really well too! May be I will try it some time!

Clara: I had the best birthday party ever! I had a huge cake, lots of presents, and ate loads of naughty things! Thank you everyone for making my day so special! I am so glad you visited!

I love our new lights in the frog house. It is fun to look out and see what is going on there! Thank you Grandpa! I also loved the Margaret River house - I miss it so much!

C: It was so nice having everyone here! I will miss you sooo much! Thanks for another great visit!

S: Stephen Botchjob wasn't too happy at all with Arthur - he seemed to do all the jobs right!

2010-01-02 It is 2010!

Aiysha: What a funny New Years Eve we had! We decided to go camping near Mundering Wier, and it was so much fun! We visited the big dam which give Perth all of its water, and we stayed at a great campsite which was almost empty!

We asked the nice lady if we could go to another part of the campsite where there were no people, and she sent us next to the cinema! Such a shame there we no movies on, but we had so much fun. We made our barbecue, set up our tent, and played happy families all night while 2 Kangaroos jumped around chasing each other all night. I have no idea what they were doing, but Mummy and Daddy kept on sniggering.

We saw the longest shooting start - just kept going and going! Amazing, first one I have seen!

We went for a little walk on the way back home, which was pretty hot, but nice. When we got back, we decided to go for a BBQ up in Yanchep until the evening, and see all the kangaroos come out - it was very funny!

Clara: Mummy brought out the chocolate bavarian cake for our desert when we went camping, and it was lovely! I stayed up really late, and it was so exciting! I love camping!

I'm looking forward to all our visitors!

C: Lucky we moved away from those noisy campers!

S: An amazing, amazing way to spend New Years Eve. Possibly the best I've ever had!