Megane's 10th birthday

Oh such a beautiful child... Megane turns 10
Here are all the friends at the gypsy party... Dad turned up with helium balloons for everyone - the kids were stunned and sooooo happy
I went in to tuck Lucy in last night and this is how i found her...
Dad at Megane's Birthday Family Dinner

the girls today (Lily is saying "I want the sunglasses")

Ice, snow and airports!

this picture was taken when Dom took Megane to High School Musical on Ice - they had sooooo much fun and now Megane wants to be an ice skater (again).
On Saturday night we had snow! it froze overnight so the poor kids couldn't make a snowman the next day but they sure enjoyed playing outside in it (in their slippers!!!)

Dad visited Lucy's pre-school with his fire engine. She loved it!

I straightened Lucy's hair the other day because Lily (her fashionista friend) wanted me to do her hair... I have to say, i'd swap anything to get Lucy's hair (Lucy is the pale blonde one)

Later that day we went to the airport to say goodbye to Aunty JJ. She is now in Argentina having a fine time i'm sure! Can you pic who is Daddy's little girl?? (and i don't mean Lucy and Papa) Dad looks most upset to see her go!

Sebastien the Tackler

Here are a couple of pictures of Sebastien last week. As you can see he is going in with his shoulder and he does not aim at their legs (like most of the other boys on his team). He has been taught (by the huge samoan boys at church) to put your shoulder in their softest spot (their stomach) and then wrap your arms around their body and pull down. If they manage to keep running... you just hang on and eventually you'll be hugging their ankles and they won't be able to run any further. Sebastien is the one with the green and yellow (Belfast colours, NOT Australia!!!) headgear.

June!

We we survived the Sitton's leaving... just. A few days later we went to a fireside where Elder Oaks was speaking and it was NOT THE SAME to be in a pew by ourselves. Sniff.
Jessica is visiting from Australia with her partner, Martin (the Silver Fox). They have been travelling around seeing the sights and were rear-ended in town the other night and our car is totalled. Eeek. Thankfully no one was hurt.
Sebastien is having a great season at rugby. He is awesome at tackling and has got a few really nice trys. Lucy is happy at Kindy and and on Wednesdays she plays with Lily - she really couldn't ask for more! Her mania for puzzles and reading books is still going strong. Megane is really busy at school and is learning to play Green Sleeves on the piano (her favourite song). Dom and I have been busy in our spare time getting projects finished around the house. I've done a bunch of Spring Cleaning (in winter) and Dom has finally got the clothes dryer in the laundry cupboard in the kitchen - yahoo! No more frosty trips out to the garage to get clean socks for school! Dad is going to England in August so if anyone knows a place he can stay for a few days in Liverpool/St Helens please let me know.
xx

Grandma & Grandpa Sitton go home on the 19th :(

It hasn't been happy-happy-joy-joy around here for about a fortnight. The Sittons go home on the 19th May (sob), we've had gastro for a week and THE WEATHER! We are now getting frost almost every morning (but it is gone by 9am). The kids are now back at school after a really fun holiday. We went on Girls Camp and just hung out at home. I'll put up some pictures soon. I went to my friend Si'i's wedding last week - it was beautiful. Right, back to lying down to recover xx

Tomorrow is Friday...

phew. i am so glad this week is almost over. it has been SO LONG because of my stupid cold that won't go away... at least I haven't had to teach French this week and the kids piano lesson was cancelled :) Earlier this week we had some friends over for dinner (please see cute picture of Lucy being all happy to play Dominos with Grandma, and Grandma), and last night i hosted a bridal shower for my sweet friend Si'i, which was a lot of fun. Today I got some cute pictures of Lucy at Kindy with "Ted" (real name: Josh). They showed me their dinasaur tummies. Dom is still working on his computer programme - tonight will be another 2am finish i think - somehow this programme has totally blown out his "expected hours" thingie. Anyway TOMORROW IS FRIDAY and i should only have one more week before the Physio gives me the OK to go running again. YAHOO.