a special treat

It is perhaps a sad indictment of our travel options when a special treat is a train ride. 

Test match cricket

Starting them early

Late Christmas afternoon

Christmas lunch

The last Christmas lunch at the old house. It finished on an excellent one. 

Yay! Yay! Christmas is here!

"Thank you Nanna!" special cuddles

Glorious days at the beach

Including learning to boogie board, and 20 seconds of sunbathing. 

Bike kids

Zach mastered his balance bike today - he is already for his big boy bike -- if only he could reach the pedals...

Checking out christmas in town

A day off with my girl. 

The three of them

Up at Redcliffe

An overdue visit to Mels for seafood and sand

At the water park

With Bronte added into the usual gang

From first day to last - it has been a transformative year

The transformative teachers

Thank you Tracey and Mrs G for the best start to school we could ever have wished for. 

The prep concert

The preparations in Prep G for "The Sleepy Shepard" - a play designed for 12 kids, being performed by ~100 preps. Somewhat ambitious, but it was wonderful. Bronte and he best friend Will started the show, dancing as the two wooly sheep who can't stand still. As I was telling her how proud I was of her, she said "Mum, I like being brave - it lets you do a lot more fun stuff". Indeed. 

Some of the local christmas lights

Another Terri cuddle

With Nanna and the cousins

Henry's party

The frisbee crew have been breeding a lot of very cute kids.

Check out the amazing cake! Got to love the women's weekly casebook.

At the work christmas party

Zach was very well behaved at my work Christmas party -- for about 90 minutes. Then his true character needed to burst out. 

Nutcracker

Off with my gorgeous, confident girl to have a wonderful night at the Nutcracker. 

Decorating with Terri

Together Zach and Terri created the best decorated tree ever to grace Glenwood. 

Puzzles with grandma