The Not So Secret Life of Us

Updates - Round 3

August - September

So - captions will be brief - so take note - I am almost officially updated........

After our visitors left in August the builders turned up and finished off the reno's...... well almost, but good enough really - New Doors in the entryway - great storage!!

An even better hiding place!!!!

Yay - more visitors!!

Mims and Craig were up doing some jobs in Bordertown and came out for a visit - was sooooo nice to see them again and catch up on life.... the boys of course loved the chance to play with 'Uncle Craig'

Cool tower

Almost as cool as my pick here

When Mim's visits - there's always a masterchef scene....

which Jack of course loves to be part of

In Action

Random.... a boy in a bag

and another boy.... cute... that is all

And no.... that's not my room - just a random shot I thought I'd throw in - how i'd 'like' my room to look

August ends...... and so does winter thankfully, so not only do we welcome SPRING but also Jack's birthday...... and some very welcome visitors!! Nanno & Gdad made their way down for a few days to spend time with us - has been two years, so we had some very excited little lads.

3 in 1

So along with the visit of Nanno and Grandad, we also get to celebrate the little man's 4th birthday..... and Pa's 60th birthday!...... and Nanno's ___ birthday!!! (a lady never reveals her age:) )

Nanno helping Jack with his presie's

and more...

and more!

Are there themes for birthdays like there are wedding anniversaries? It seemed Jack's 4th was the year of paper - with books, colouring books, painting books and dot to dots - perhaps just the age where he can actually do them - very grateful though, as we had none, and now we have plenty to keep him busy... big blessing, perhaps I'm the really grateful one:)

Trying to get a nice one of Jack with the dot to dots....

second attempt...

And there we go - loving his presies

Matt pumping up the new hop ball

Will wearing Nanno's shoes, just for kicks

And of course all birthday boys need a cake.... So here we have it

Jack's Robot Cake

Thank goodness he changed his mind from 'yabby cake to robot cake' within days before his birthday.

Those of you who know my culinary talents would know how much I appreciate straight lines - I had a hard enough time working out how to get the icing to stick! I guess it's worth it when you see their faces light up

Taking it all in with the crew

Happy Birthday Mr Strong:)

A few more shots of the boys with their special guests before they headed off

Nanno introduced Jack to Enid Blyton, with the Magic Wishing Chair... now we're on the hunt to find the magic faraway tree... Ah the things childhood's are made of

Getting in his last hugs with Gdad

The crew

And again:)

So blessed to have you visit - thanks for the memories!!!

KINDY BOY!!

Now he's four - he's off to kindy and couldn't be more ready. He certainly changed his tune once he'd tried it out - beforehand he was determined he didn't need to go, and therefore was not going to go... Now it's highlighted on the social events for Jack every week.

This is his proud look

Honestly.... who does this kid belong to?

DUBBO

While the main reason for the trip to Dubbo was for the Heinrich's get together, let's be honest - for the kids it was aaaaallll about the Dubbo zoo, and getting to go with their cousins