Happy Halloween!!!

We're off to a Halloween party tonight at Mum's.
Boys are getting dressed up, but the adults are just going in what they want. Can't wait to see what the boys look like, (they wanted to go to Mum's early and get ready - so they are there now!)
Last night at Mum's we made some Pumpkin cup cakes. Mum did yellow/orange cakes, and we made pumpkin leaves to go on the top. They look so cute.




I will be back tomorrow with pics of the boys..

We're also making tonight's party a  birthday dinner for Mum.  It's her birthday next week, but being that my brother is down from Adelaide today, Mum doesn't think he'll come next weekend as well. So rather than him miss out completely, she said we'll do a birthday cake and all that today. Can't wait.

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Halloween.

Since Mum's 50th Birthday party last year, James has become obsessed with Halloween. He is constantly talking about "Nanny's party" and how he got to dress up as a pirate, and what a gorgeous pirate he was.


So since all the Halloween decorations have been out lately, he's been asking if we can have another party at Nanny's house. Mum has decorated her place in spooky stuff, and went out and bought new costumes for the boys and the other little girl that she has in Day Care. They all look so cute dressed up.. You would think that that would be enough for him, well no.. On the way home from Mum's today, he asked me if we could go into Ned's (a cheap shop) and buy some Halloween decorations. So I guess that's what I'll be doing tomorrow while he's at Kindy. I won't go as overboard as Mum has, but I'll get a few things to hang up and around the place for him. Hopefully that will keep him happy for now. And then I guess after Halloween is over, it will be time to start decorating for Christmas.

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It's almost back....

... my Camera that is... yayayay...

I got a letter on Friday afternoon saying that the warranty repairs had been fixed and that it was ready to be picked up... You should have seen me, I was so over the moon, I've waited 4 weeks to get that letter. Knowing that Mum was in Adelaide overnight I rang her to see if she could pick it up for me, but she had just that second pulled in her driveway. So I have to wait till we go to Adelaide on Thursday this week to get it... It's killing me knowing that it's ready, but I can't get there to get it... ggrrrr......

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No excuses...

... for not posting that is...

I just plain keep fogetting to post here. Some days I remember and then get called away, some days I just plain can't be bothered, and the rest I just forget.

Hopefully now that I've got a nice design for my blog that I like, it might be enough to keep me coming back, either that or my darling friend Skip will give me a kick up the bum if I don't come in often enough.

So much has happened since July when I last wrote on here. Richard's cousin Jenny came to vistit for a night. She was driving back to QLD from Perth, and decided to come spend a night with us. It was lovely to see her, even if it was only for 10 hours (most of that time spent sleeping.) But we did manage to get out the following morning and quickly show her around before she had to head off again.



September was Father's Day. Mum decided not to go to Adelaide for the day, so the 4 of us and Mum went out for a lovely drive and picnic lunch along the way. We stopped at a lovely park at Strathalbyn, then we went on to Murray Bridge. While we were at Murray Bridge, we went to see the "Bunyip", which is an Aboriginal Dreamtime Story. Both boys were absolutely terrified of this creature.




Then in late September the girls came for 10 days. It was wonderful to see them again. The last time they had been here was January when they went home after the Christmas holidays. So it had been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time between visits. We made the most of them being here, including a 2nd Father's Day for Richard (Being that the girls arrived 2 weeks after Father's Day, so I made him hold on for his main present), going to Murray Bridge to see the bunyip, again, lots of park trips, a walk over Granite Island, and seeing James at Kindy.




During the winter months, we've also spent a lot of time Whale Watching. That's just ONE of the perks to living in Victor Harbor. Basham's Beach this year was a favourite spot for the whales, and on most of the days they were only about 20-40metres off shore. They were so close you could almost reach out and touch them. Whales are such amazing creatures, Mum and I would spend hours and hours just sitting and watching, waiting for a fin or tail to come up out of the water. Every so often off in the distance you would see one or two jumping in and out of the water.

Life is pretty hectic now as well. I'm in the throws of organizing my 30th Birthday party, which is going to be in Early December, plus the girls arrive on the 12th of December for Christmas this year. Plus James has lots on over the next few weeks with Kindy activities, so life is never boring here in VH

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