Robin's birthday

Robin had a birthday recently - we sent him up in a plane for a trial flight, which he enjoyed - especially seeing the area in which we live from above.

Pool while we wait for Robin

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More rockpools, sand dunes and surf

This April has been unseasonably hot - definitely NOT Autumn weather.   And that means we have been going to the beach almost every day.  It's only in the last week that the water temperature has dropped and only today that the clouds have come over (so I haven't been for a swim for the last few days), but that hasn't stopped the children.  And now with three teenagers in the house following the surf conditions, I find myself learning and understanding more about tides, wind and swell.

Here are some snaps from recent beach adventures.

The next shell collection

Charlie with friends doing what teenage boys do - making a mother's heart jump!

As the wave comes over the top

The more sedate "girls" pool

Feeding the locals

The favourite sand dunes for sliding down

Rory

Natalie

Erin

Mermaid Girl

Charlie and Alban

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All the odd photos

There are lots of odd photos that turn up on my phone and camera.  Here's a selection of some I have found recently (warning - there's a lot of them).

A surprise tadpole found in our fishpond.

A rare photo of our 5 kids the same place at the same time.

A rescued dove

Callum and Natalie

Robin and his girls!

The Mad Scientists

Natalie with Peter who turned out to be a girl.

Ciaran (a friend)

Rex the scorpion

Waffles - one of the baby guinea pigs.

Patient Jennifer

Erin and Temina

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Three Little Surprises

Erin has guinea pigs - three of them, all girls - Guinea, Pig and Snowflake.

On Good Friday, while we were in Sydney and Robin was at home (caring for the menagerie) a text comes in, accompanied by a photo - "no one mentioned babies".

There were three little gorgeous baby guinea pigs.  Oh my goodness, the squeals from Erin!

We are home now and baby love is on rations (for fear of the little ones being over loved!).  They are the cutest things, and make the best sounds.  They have all their fur, their eyes are open and they are even now starting to nibble on other food.  Most importantly, they have been christened:  Waffles, Fluffy and Bruno Mars.

The three guinea pigs have been closely inspected and poor Pig has now been isolated (95% sure he is the daddy).  Interestingly, their mother is a long haired all white guinea pig.

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A Family Moment

6 October 2017

Yesterday afternoon I had a moment where my heart swelled with maternal love and I had to step back and soak it up.

Callum was helping me cook dinner, with music playing.  Charlie was using the WHOLE dining table to build Warhammer characters.  Rory was building towers and cities with the girls from wooden blocks.  All my kids in one area at the one time, all happy!

So rarely in this age of technology which sneaks into every part of our life, do these sort of moments happen.  We have a big house so there is space enough for everyone to disappear into the virtual world of their choosing.

And also, I finally have the holiday feel.  Although school has been on holiday for one and a half weeks, with only half a week left, the days have been so hectic I don't feel we've had any "holiday" feel.  But in the last two days it's kicked in - maybe that's been helped by me losing the charger for my phone (for a day) and the clock on the wall breaking - no time constraints!!

And I was sewing.  How can I keep forgetting how happy sewing makes me?  It doesn't have to be anything fancy (yesterday it was an apron), but sewing with Jack Johnson playing and a cloudy day ...... so content.

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