babies, babies, babies....

Our guinea pig Snowy finally had her babies...and they are so cute! They were born Sunday 15th June. There are four of them, three boys (of course!) and a girl. Their names are Minipig, Chester, Chick Hicks (formerly known as The King...Will can't make his mind up!) and Sassy. Snowy is a terrific Mummy.

Here they are only a few hours old.

The boys are very excited of course. Mummy took them up to Wills Kindy for his show and tell yesterday and they are visiting Harrison's class on Friday.

Harry and Chester.

Will and the babies.

Harry and the babies.

Sleeping bubs (they look like marshmallows as Auntie Kita said and we think she's right!).

Front left: Chick Hicks

Front Right: Chester

Back left: Minipig

Back Right: Sassy

Minipig in Daddy's pocket

We dont want them to grow up...but they are already growing so fast.

Channel 7 Helicopter

Harrison was very excited really when 96.5FM broadcast their morning show from his school oval and the Channel 7 helicopter flew in for John Schluter to talk to the children about the weather.

Mummy had to get him to school nice and early as there were lots of fun things happening on the oval. One of those was a jumping castle. Here are Harrison and Will lining up for their turn. Notice that Harrison is holding Will's hand. He was very firm in telling the other kids to "be careful of my little brother!" As far as he is concerned he is allowed to chase him round the house and whack him but look out if someone else tries to!

Here they are having a great time jumping. Harrison is on the far left and Will is beside him.

The Channel 7 helicopter circled a few times before coming in to land. The children were all sitting on the oval in an arrangement that from the sky looked like a smiley face followed by "Y.S.S" the schools initials and a second smiley face. Harrison was seated in the first smiley face.

We thought it was going to hit the trees for a second!

John Schluter was greeted by the school captains.

He told us to expect some good runoff into the dams from the recent rain.

Will made friends with the 96.5FM dog, Roly.

The kids all had a closer look at the helicopter and it was televised on that nights Channel 7 news. John Schluter had a rather hard time pronouncing the school name though!

Efficient Cleaning

Will enjoys helping Mummy with many things (he's REALLY good if you need a mess made fast, or some rice bubbles demolished) and recently decided her way of doing one cleaning job at a time was just too slow. He decided to multi task and here's what he came up with!

Sam and the Shoes

Once upon a time there was a little boy named Samuel. Most people called him Sam or Sammy.

He often liked to go into the shower with his Mummy and sit on the bottom and play with some toys.

One day, he decided his Mummy was taking a little too long rinsing that bubbly stuff out of her hair and he opened the shower door and escaped.

Mummy hurried out of the shower as fast as she could only to find Sam running naked around the house with a pair of her shoes!

Oh no, what was she to do? Should she grab a towel before he froze to death? Should she take the shoes away before he fell and broke his neck? Nah... she should grab the camera and take a pic! She thought it would make a great one for his 21st Birthday party.

What's the moral of the story...well...

1. always dress up in Mummy's clothes when no-one is there to take pictures

2. If you can't manage that tell your lovely godparents (who just may be named Auntie Lauren, Auntie Clare and Uncle Roche) that it is their duty to stop Mummy from displaying it in 20 years time!

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