Oh what do you do in the Winter time when all the world is green? At first, I wasn't too sure about this winter without snow business! I thought, what is the point of it being cold if there is no snow? But now, it's grown on me a bit and I find it quite nice to still be able to send my kids out to ride their bikes and what not, in the winter!
I thought that these school holidays we would be packing up and at least moving house, if not moving cities, or countries! Since Cory finished up work at KK Machinery on July 2nd and school holidays started on the 4th. I was hoping we would soon find answers on where the future would take us, as in, either another job here in Kalgoorlie, a job in Perth or a job elsewhere in America. But for the entire two and a half week holiday nothing became real clear on where we were headed for the future. So with nobody in school and dad not working, we just relaxed...or in other words we were real lazy! Sleeping in was a regular thing and getting dressed during the day was completely optional! I think we all needed that kind of break. It was fantastic.
Well, I suppose we weren't nothing but lazy. We did have our fair share of house showings and open houses to clean for. Here we are playing at the park during an open house.
How cheekalicious is that Sofie??
Cute guy, kept calling for help cause the dinosaur was eating him!
Ava opted to go to a friend's house rather than clean. Which was fine with me, they either need to help clean or stay out of the way when we have a showing coming up! So I just had these three! A combination I don't think I'd done before. It was fun!
They had some new baby kangaroos at the park that day.
I feel like Sofie aged heaps over the school holidays.
So one day I heard the girls outside playing a game, just cracking up over toilet words...sigh, they are at that age that no matter what you say, they will still say potty words and just think they are hilarious! Well the next morning, I went out to hang up the washing and I found this lovely message.
I knew I should go inside and reprimand Lily, but I couldn't stop cracking up either. I'm just as bad as the kids! Guess it tells you what level my humor is on! Anyways, I did go in and ask Lily about it. Luckily, it wasn't directed at anyone except the imaginary teacher in their imaginary game???
We had a friend who previously lived in Kalgoorlie but had moved on to Perth, come back for a Kalgoorlie visit. So we met up with her at Hammond Park, again. It was a good catch up, but it was frigidly cold that day. Don't let the sunshine fool you! I only took a few pictures and all of Will, apparently.
It seemed like we had spent entirely too much time cooped up in the house one day, so at dusk, I decided we were going to walk to a nearby park to get some exercise and some energy out. Those are my three big kids running to the park.
Here's the little pram rider.
One of my young women had spent the day at our house just watching movies and hanging out since her sister was in hospital and her mom was there too. So we braided the girls hair in little tiny braids.
Lily loved it...Ava not so much!
The kids loved our outing to the park so much that night, that the next morning they wanted to go straight back. So we all walked there, even dad. Here is Will just taking a little break on the short walk. Just hanging out, throwing rocks and being a boy.
So very Australian!!
Hanging out in the tree.
The girls each got their share of Sofie snuggles.
Ava's bangs look classic here!
We moved Will into his big boy bed. The first night was too good to be true. He just went straight to bed and didn't get up til the morning. But then the second night was a nightmare! Out of bed all night long! So I decided to put him back into the crib since Sofie was still in her bassinet. Well, Will took this moment to decide he could and he would climb out of his crib (he had never done it previously!) So then we were doomed. We had a few nights and early mornings of this until we just decided to lock him in his room. So that is what we did and it has been a dream ever since. :)
I wanted to take a picture of Will on his big boy bed, but he wouldn't get on it. Until I found him like this! He has some unconventional methods, but he takes care of his own business and I don't have to change his smelly bum anymore! So I'll take it! Such a big boy now!
Lily left her braids in for two days. Here is her fancy hair do. You can't really tell but it is fabulously crimped!
Ah, the carefree life of a little girl, dress ups and crazy hair!
One of the young women in the ward turned 18. So we went to her birthday bash. I forgot what an amazing and adorable dancer Lily is. All the kids were busting a move...even Will. You all would melt for his dance moves. He totally feels the rhythm.
And that wraps up the first week of school holidays. Pretty relaxing! :)
