Winter Down Under ...

It's well and truly Winter here in the Land Down Under! To be honest it doesn't get that cold although I think that the longer I'm away from the UK the softer I'm getting! The problem is that strangely older houses in Australia don't cope well with the heat or the cold... we live in what basically amounts to a big wooden shed so it gets pretty cold at night and in the mornings so its UGG boots on, plenty of jumpers and the air conditioning switched around to heat!

We get of lot of clear and cold weather which is great as you can rug up and get out there. We recently had a very wet spell as a big East Coast low hung around for about a week giving us about 400mm of rain in about three days. We were starting to think back to the last big storm we had in June a few years ago .. thankfully it didn't get quite that bad. At the moment its about 17 degrees during the day and about 5 degrees at night... so can't really complain. Leaves are off the trees in the garden and continually being raked up ... it won't be too long before the green shoots of Spring will be back and we'll be back on the beach wearing less than we are in the photo above. Everything crossed here for an English Summer worthy of the name for you guys! ;0)

Super Party ...

We had a Super Day for Alfie's birthday party way back in May. There were about twenty super heroes running around and one Super Woman/Mum! Unfortunately Dad's super hero costume didn't arrive until the day after! ... I'm keen to hear of anyone having a Superhero costume so I can wear it...

Charlie (aka SuperBoy) found a balloon and occupied himself for hours. We sometimes question why we buy him anything other than a dustpan and brush and a bag of balloons.

To the (roof of) the Bat Cave! Batman and Robin invite Superman around for a well deserved rest after party games and fighting crime.

Pass the parcel was a hit... amazingly everyone won a prize ... not in my day! While we're on the subject of new innovations at birthdays Alfie also had a pinata which was hung from a tree. The Superhero's then took it in turns with a cricket stump to smash it so that the sweets came out. Amazingly nobody lost an eye and after a few swings each everyone was on the floor gathering the lollies!

Then it was birthday cake for everyone... you know the type that harbors almost every germ know to man as twenty pre schoolers blow all over it taking turns to blow the candles out! ;0)

Meanwhile back in the ball pool SuperBoy ditched the balloons for well you can see!.... ;0)

Month by Month: May Update...

Yup I know we're well into June but you've guessed it we've been very busy. I've been wearing another hat at school this term being Head of Stage for Years Three and Four as well as all my other hats. Beth has also been picking up some casual teaching work so it's been warp factor nine for about nine weeks or so ... only five days of term to go and then three weeks holiday! Before I get lynched by non teaching readers I'll move on to the monthly updates for Alfie and Charlie...

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