A quick ride

A quick ride before Christmas to push through the 4 o'clock battle, and a chance to catch up with Zoe. 

Rocking it out

X & Q stayed the night - leading to a rock-it-out session before breakfast. Unfortunately, the experiment entitled "Xavier and Bronte sleeping in the same single bed" was unsuccessful, leading to a very late night, and tiredness repercussions for the next few days. But, as both were so desperate for it to work, we thought it was worth a try. 

In the jungle

Bronte got a rope for Christmas, to add to the ring set. I am not sure we actually need to encourage and promote climbing for Zach, or build his strength in it... 

Christmas part 1

Christmas Part 1 was at the Healy household. And though Annika and Gabby get tired of being the oldest cousins (and therefore always looking after the little ones) - they are soooo good at it, and I am soooooo grateful to them for it - because it makes for a relaxing day for all. 

Dino-sauce-us

Not a great photo of any of the kids - but you can see all the tomato sauce creations that Matthew has done - with Bronte getting her own Bronte-sauce-us. 

A typical Aussie boy part 2

Perhaps a bit more typical Aussie boy - meat pie, rashie, pool. 

A typical Aussie boy

Hanging out on the front step, eating mango. In a tutu. 

Santa - just there

Zach has been extremely excited about Christmas - particularly Santa. So, when he saw Santa at a shopping centre he was VERY excited. But fear overcame excitement and this was as close as he was willing to get. Though from the sounds of the wails, he did do better than several other children that Santa met that day.

Last day

Bronte's last official day at kindy today. She has travelled through her childcare years with a wonderful group of friends, and she and I will miss them all a lot. Here are three (out of 8) of the "princesses" of the year. Fortunately, several of them have siblings in Zach's year - so we will continue to see each other.

Xavier's party - take 2

Xavier was crook on his actual birthday so this was take 2. First up was Q in the jolly jumper. 

Then Zach had a turn. All seemed ok. Until it started to tip - and then, thank goodness Bronte saved him, hugging Zach tight as the frame fell around her. She is a bit of a superhero.

And then we played a Swedish tradition - where you "fish" for your party bag. They were biting well that day my friend - Bronte and Zach caught a whole bag of them.