Just bro's

Ben' Birthday

Never again....I know I said that the last time, but this time I mean it.....never again am I having a party at home with 10 screaming kids running around waiting for me to entertain them. We had slime races, eat the donut from the string, balloon bursting with your hat, pinata bashing....it was full on. Ben had a ball, but Ian, Kathleen and me were exhausted....photo's to follow

Footy Season fever....

We have also had an action packed few months trying to get the two boys to footy on the weekends that Ian is working, but we've managed to work it out with the help of other parents. Both boys love their footy, but Jake has really be trying extra hard to do well. He is one of the smallest kids in his team and skinny too, which doesn't help. But his coach has been great, giving him heaps of encouragement and last week he got the "Red Hot Go" Award for his efforts. Each child gets acknowledged during the year and Jake was wrapped to get his after a great game he played. He has also been nominated as team captain twice which is great for his self-esteem and he scored two goals that match so he was a very happy boy. Ben is one of the youngest on his team and you can tell, but he loves it and does a great job skipping around the ground and hopping like a kangaroo when the play is at the other end of the pitch. He is still hoping to get at least one goal this season....

Tennis mad

Well - this has been a long time coming......there has certainly been a bit of a drought on the blog front. It has been a very busy few months, with Jake playing his first game of competition tennis. He was very nervous and felt abit sick before the game but he did very well and won one of the two sets he played. They play doubles at his age and there are four children on a team so the rotate the sets. What I hadn't realised is how long it takes. I thought the game would be all over in an hour....well try 3 hours!!!! But he absolutey loved it and is going to start playing every Saturday morning from the beginning of next term, which is in mid-July. There goes Saturdays as well as Sundays....we might as well sell the van...only joking!!!!!