Funny

I have just finished showering the boys and checking their heads for nits (note came home from school that some kids in the class had them), anyway, my routine is to cover their heads with conditioner and comb it through with a wire tooth comb. I wipe the conditioner off on a tissue and check it for nits - the method always works great. Anyway, when I was doing Ben's hair I thought I got a couple of lice - but I wasn't sure, so I put the tissue to one side and when Ben was finished, we took the tissue into the kitchen and got the magnifying glass to see if we could see any legs, etc. Then we thought that we could get the microscope (thank you Aunty Jacqui) and have a look at them under that. The evidence was inconclusive.

I then went through the same routine with Jake - who was quite agitated as he claimed that I never find any nits in his hair anyway - and he was right I didn't. But he made mention of the nits in Ben's hair and I explained that I couldn't be sure they were nits/lice, to which Jake responded that he had seen the legs and it was definitely a nit. After his shower I asked him to show me the nit with the legs and he walked over to the kitchen table and pointed to a tiny little black creature that sure enough had legs......poor Jake what he didn't know it that Ben had decided that he wanted to see what an ant would look like under the microscope and he had gotten one from the back garden.....!!!!!

Gummi Ben

Ben lost his two front teeth within 2 weeks of each other. One of the cricket mums actually pulled both of them out once they got abit loose....

Enjoying holidays

Just out strolling on one of the cooler days. The boys were looking for crabs and we found alot of sea urchins on along the foreshore (they were abit on the nose and Ben made me carry 3 back to the van for him so he would have them for show and tell in school.....). I had such a great break it was a killer going back to work

Boatin' about

Enjoyed the beach most days and the boys dug tunnels, built castles, made turtles in the sand, played with the ball that bounces on water....but the most exciting thing was the new Kayak, which can actually accommodate all four of us with Ben perched on the front. It is technically a 3 seater and apparently unsinkable. It's amazing just how chopped the water can get once you go out abit, it the wind and speedboats creating snappy waves. Anyway the boys loved it and it is great exercise for Ian and I speaking of weight, I haven't stopped putting on weight since I gave up the cigs...I am 60kgs now and growing!!!!!!

Summetime 'n the livin' is easy....

Well we have had a great summer - the weather has been mixed but we got our fair share of hot hot hot days. Spent the best of my 3 weeks leave at the beach and will try to get down every second weekend over the rest of the summer. The scooters were a hit - Jake ended up buying one from money that his Nana Halewood sent.....