Party Time

This year Harrison chose Digi Skate as the venue for his 8th Birthday party. He had 18 of his friends come along and sahre in the fun.

The party room.

Sammy gets his skates on.

Will did very well!

The kids warm up.

The off we go...Mummy had quite the sore back after supporting Will around the big ring.

Harry is a pro so skating with him is a lot easier on the back!

Molly and Shiree.

Daddy and Will.

The cake... a spotted python.

Cake time.

Yum - a great time was had by all.

December the 12th 2008...

Today is the day that Harrison turns 8!

Lots of pressies to open...

One of his favourites - a Ripstik.

Will helped of course.

Harrison chose what he wanted for dinner...triple cheeseburger of course!

Then all the family came around to share some Number 8 birthday cake.

Lucky boy - lots of fantastic presents!

Check out talented Auntie Kita's artwork...perfect for Harry's jungle room!

In and Around the Cabin

We really enjoyed our holiday to Boyd's Bay. Mummy and Daddy weren't sure how us three boys would go sharing a room but it was great! It was Sam's first sleep in a bed and he is now sleeping in a bed at home too.

Harry and Sam on the bunks.

Will pretends he will fall asleep nice and early like his brothers do but we all are not convinced!

Harry (3 minutes later)

Sam (5 minutes later)

Will (2 HOURS later!) He's a nightowl and he gets it from his Auntie Lauren.

All three boys spent lots of time on their bike.

Sam loves his bike...yes we know its pink! He saw it a garage sale and became instantly attached. Now it is his third leg.

Harrison teaches Will to play scrabble one rainy morning. (Notice we say one morning as we are pretty sure this sudden tolerance for his 3 year old brother is only fleeting).

Sam doing what he does best..making a mess!

The three boys on the way home after lunch at Uncle Roche and Auntie Kita's house.

Just what did that godmother of ours really put on those turkish rolls?????? Whatever it was Mummy and Daddy wish to order some fast.

Lessons we learned on the beach...

1. Having your cabin 10 steps form the sand is VERY convenient, yet can be a form of torture when your parents make you wait til what they call a "reasonable hour" to go play on it.

2. Big sticks can be really heavy but you can spend a good 2 hours pulling them in and out of the water...who needs sand toys??

3. Yellow is Sam's favourite colour and the yellow bucket belongs to Sam...if you should dare challenge this fact your ear drums will be shattered by instantaneous screams.

4. Kicking your brothers turns out to be good practice for sand that does not want to come out of the bucket.

5. When tipping sand from a bucket you should always stand downwind from it.

6. Sometimes ear splitting screams are not enough of a deterrent when it comes to stealing your brothers bucket.

7. Tongues can really help you to concentrate!

8. If you wait til your brothers back is turned you might be able to pinch his shovel.

9. Putting wet sand all over your boogie board is fun, cleaning it off...not so much fun!

10. Two boogie boards are better than one.

11. Whilst we do not think much of oysters the pelicans sure like them!

12. In fact they queue up for them.

13. They even like it when 3 year old throw them at their head.

14. Little legs can't always keep up.

15. Big crabs live down little holes.

16. Harrison is the only one game enough to hold it long enough for a picture to be taken.

Fishing...

Despite the fact that it was breezy we did manage to get some fishing done (though not as much as Daddy may have liked).

Will brings the rods down to the beach unasked ...hint hint Daddy! Soon after this he reeled in a fish which Mummy failed to photograph!


Daddy reeled one in soon after.

Followed by Harrison.

Sam wasn't all that interested and preferred to throw sand at the boat.

As you can see they weren't quite big enough to keep but Harry was proud that his was the biggest!

Kiss goodbye and back you go!

Then off for a ride on the boat.

We spotted some huge fish so stopped to try our luck. Harrison has totally mastered all the baiting, casting etc so can set up for Mummy now!

Will is getting there too!

The three fisherman.

Sam drives us home...

"slow down Sam!!!!!!" yells Harry.