2013-01-01 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Aiysha: On Christmas Eve we went to Adventure World, and it was really hot. We met Hannah there and she went on the rides with us. I liked the Tunnel of Terror because it was really dark and it had arrows pointing the wrong way. We had an ice cream

We had a lovely Christmas Day, and opened a load of cool presents when we woke up. Roxy was up at 5am, but Mummy told her to go back to sleep. We met Joe at the beach with the rest of the Harveys, and it was a really hot day! We got two Furbys for Christmas, and they are sooooo funny! Grandpa would love them! Maybe next time he visits he will have to fix them!

It has continued to be 40+ over the next week, so we've spent most of the time at the beach or in our pool.

I have been watering Penny's plants with Joe, and once Lauren came down with Harrison. They also went in our pool, which was a bit crazy. I spent the day at Lauren's on New Year's Day. That was fun, but I got a bit of a fever when I got back.

I've been playing Logo Quiz and Wind Up Knight over the holidays so far, and each night we've been watching Super Nanny! It's funny.

I've been doing loads of strength work with Clara and Daddy! I am so close to getting my press to handstand consistently! I also am so close to doing my backsaults on the beach, but I managed to injure my Achilles again.

We've been doing a 1000 piece jigsaw - it is confusing and fun at the same time.

Thank you everyone for all your lovely gifts!

Clara: I love Super Nanny! Aiysha has been training me really hard, but she's helped me so much and I am so close to doing my tick tock! My back walk-overs are fine though!

We went to see Rise of the Guardians on New Years Eve, and it was brilliant! As soon as it finished, I wanted to watch it again!

Thanks for all the presents guys!


C: It's been a lovely relaxing holiday. I loved the blue and orange double tube ride - can't remember the name, but it was fun!

S: Adventure World was excellent, especially the Freefall ride where I had to bribe Hannah and Aiysha to join me on the ride! Unfortunately I lost my shades :-(

Went to Safety Bay for a day, but came back pretty ill. Bit of a shame.

2012-12-23 Happy Birthday Uncool Dave!

Aiysha: It was a funny birthday for Uncle Dave. We took him out to City Beach to Clancy's Fish Bar at sunset, which was lovely. We sat outside for ages, and then we managed to get our table pretty quick and have our lovely fish and chips. Roxy had spaghetti, and Mummy and Daddy had a few starters, as usual. When we got back, we lit Uncool Dave's cake, which was Mummy's raspberry waffle cake, and it was yummy! For presents, we got him new boardies, and a pasta maker!

Happy Birthday Uncool Dave!

We played Connect 4, the IQ testing which he won to Daddy's disappointment, Catchy which Daddy won, and a new game where we threw the ball in the skimmer box - we have now called it Toad In The Hole, as we have a new thermometer which is a frog. We played lots of Top Trumps.

We had loads of fun with Uncool Dave, and even though he lost everything, he seemed to have fun.

Clara: Even though I couldn't do the IQ test, the guys made one up for me to test me, and I really enjoyed it! Happy Birthday Uncool Dave!

It was great having your around too - we had loads of fun in and out of the pool! Can't wait to see you again!

Daddy and Uncool Dave finally tidied up the garage and put some shelves up. They actually look pretty good!

C: Good luck with the pasta maker! Happy Birthday!

S: The activities continued - 2 games of tennis, windsurfing at Safety Bay and Pelican point - both of us getting up and planing now, which is great. Dave has sorted his deep beach starts which he is really happy about - pretty amazing considering the start of the holiday.

We also managed to re-create a lovely sushi dish from Kailis Bros. We had crab and made our own pasta as Dave got his own pasta machine for his birthday.

Happy Birthday mister!

2012-12-18 End of Term, for Us and Mummy

Aiysha: We had our gang - Lauren, Maddie, Monique and myself - dressed up with shades and my new shoes!

It was great doing the final assembly with Clara! She was a great angel!


Clara: Loved the disco!

Aiysha and I did the final assembly together! She was in the choir, and I was in our class assembly! It was really funny.

Mummy, Daddy and Uncle Dave came to the assembly and to our final tea - it was so nice, and I got them to play catchy too! I was also presented with my graduation certificate in front of everyone - I was so proud!

C: It was very sad to be leaving Beaumaris - it was such a great experience, and I received so many nice things from the both the teachers, parents and kids. I got some lovely flowers, and a beatiful handmade book signed by all the kids and teachers. It was very touching.



S: Well done guys on a great year at school!

2012-12-14 Uncool Dave, again! Jurien Bay

Aiysha: Not Uncool Dave again! Shame we only spent one day with him before they went off to Jurien Bay. We had such a relaxing time with Grandma and Grandpa though, and it was really sad to say goodbye to them. Grey Furby was quite upset, and I had to comfort everyone and be strong.


Clara: Uncool Dave is so funny! It was so sad to say goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, and Mummy and I were very upset.

C: It was such a lovely holiday, and can't wait for the next one!

S: What a trip to Jurien Bay! We managed to do so much, and we came back absolutely exhausted! The main purpose was windsurfing, and we started behind the quay where the wind was softer, but the waves were difficult. However, once we saw Nick and Jason sail on the peninsula, we decided to move there, which was a great move. On some days the wind was crazy, the waves were big, and we really struggled, but it was well worth it.

Nick, Jason came up for one night, and Casey came to visit on the Sunday, so we mooched around, had a relaxing lunch, the sailing in the afternoon. They were sailing between the islands off the peninsula, which looked amazing - will be a while until we do that! Went out in the evening to the pub, and Jason had a small chicken parmigiana which he reminded us of throughout the evening. Had some great chats over dinner and in the evening, then decided to go star-gazing in the bush, so we drove out north, and stopped to look at the most amazing sky. Great that they all came up.

The next day the wind dropped, so we set some nets down around the quay, and Jason and Nick tried fishing, but no luck at all.

We set out crabbing nets down several times over the next few days - off the piers in the marina, off the jetty. Dave kept getting his net stuck, was quite amazing. He came up with any excuse not to dive in and free the nets, so I had to go in off the jetty.

The lock and Ryan - need I say more? Great to have bought him lunch!

Went to the Pinnacles one evening, which was amazing - took loads of photos, but probably not the greatest comp to date.

Evening activities for me and Dave: Dead Space 2, The Audition, Momento, The Prestige. Dave was alittle freaked out by pretty much all of these - what a wuss!

Stopped off at the gravity centre which was really funny, and also learned about dunking crabs in cold water.