Birthday Break Dancing

They dance like their dad......:)

Mo'vember

Happy Spring! The weather is slowing warming up. Seems a lot like CO or IA weather. Warm one day and cool the next. We've had a few hot days, up to 80 and the next day 60 and rainy.

Time is flying by here in Oz. Luke now only has 3 weeks of school left and then is off for 1.5 months for holiday break. Henry only has 3 more days of preschool as well.

We continue to keep busy with play dates and outings with our friends. Luke has played in a tennis tournament and plays soccer every Friday afternoon. And I just started playing softball on a co-ed league.

Henry continues to expand his interests and surprise us with his own unique observations of day to day life. Oscar is talking up a storm and doing a good job of keeping up with his brother.

At the moment, we are gearing up for Luke's birthday party. The keg is getting delivered in a few hours. I've made cupcakes(with Linda's help), cut up a ton of carrots, made a boat load of pizza dough, cooked the wieners and chicken. This is the biggest birthday party we've ever thrown. Here's hoping all goes well!

New Do

Just got my hair chopped....

Here's a before and after ;)

(Deb, it's kind of like yours, too weird!)

Busy Spring!

We've had a busy October. I'll give a quick summary as to what we've been up to.

1 Birthday party

2 Road trips (Ballarat and Dandenong Range)

2 Halloween parties( a kid one today and an Other Half one coming up)

4 Other Half meet ups (not including the upcoming party)

6 play dates

1 date night

3 days of preschool(Henry LOVES it!)

I can't believe that it's November next week. That will be 3 months we've been here and 1.5 till we return for Christmas. It's feeling just like yesterday and it also feels like it's been forever since we arrived. School keeps Luke busy and I know if he wanted to, could be studying every spare moment. I'm looking forward to when we can have adventures with him!

I'll do my best to update more often in November!

xoxo

kt and boys

I've also added a second album with more pictures.

In the Weeds.....

So with all the rain we have been having, the trees, flowers, grass and of course the weeds have been growing like crazy.

We got a notice from the rental agency saying that they have noticed that we have been neglecting our garden. I had actually been pulling weeds all morning before the notice was received. Anyway, the weeds were pulled, but the front parking still needed to be taken care of.

For the last week, Luke and I have been running outside looking to see where the sound of a distant lawn mower or weed wacker was coming from, hoping to borrow it for 5 minutes to cut the grass.

I finally broke down and spend $12 on a set of lawn tools. I got a hedge trimmer and pruning scissors.

Tonight, we cut the grass.

We also found the key to meeting your neighbors: do something stupid at the front of your house. At one point, there was a guy across the street just staring at us. He then came over to us and stood there and stared some more. Didn't say anything, just stood there watching Luke chop at the grass and me scooping it up. I finally asked if he lived in the neighborhood and his reply was, "No, but my friend lives across the street," and then he walked off.

Here's to hoping that we meet some new friends the next time we trim the lawn......

The final product!

Slacking....

I realized that I haven't posted in awhile. I promise to fill you in on what we've been up to for the last month!

I just added a few pix from the last few weeks. Stories to follow soon.....

Henry quote

Just a funny quote from Henry tonight after dinner.

Henry: Do you know what retire means? It means to take out of service. I think we should retire Oscar.

(Luke and I laughing)

Me: Where did you learn this?

Henry: Thomas the Train

Thanks, Thomas ;)

He starts Kinder (3 yr. old preschool) tomorrow. He keeps talking about how scared he's going to be until he meets his friends. I'm so glad he's so optimistic. I look forward for him to meet new friends and for us to expand out play circle a bit more to include kiddos his age.

I'll add a cute Oscar moment as well.....

I was putting him to bed and usually I sing to him. Twinkle, Twinkle is my song of choice. I started singing to him tonight.

Oscar: No twinkle, twinkle mom. Shhhh.(with his finger over his mouth)

Me: (stopped singing)

Oscar: Kronk-o sing (kronk-o is one of his nicknames)

His song went something like this: chocolate milk, chocolate milk, soy chocolate milk......

I have no idea where this came from, but it was pretty darn cute.