It's all happening!

It's been a busy couple of days at our house...


This is the big tree in the backyard before the tree removal guys came in...


A few branches gone...

All the branches gone, now for the rest of it...

Gone! All done in just over an hour.

Big excitement today - our very first egg! Well done Kath or Kim (not sure who laid this one but we think it was Kim)

We also built a veg garden - this is the 'before' pic (with lots of sawdust from where they took the tree down)

A lot of dirt, some besser blocks for edging and a bit of 'rooster booster'...

... our seeds have grown! And now the garden is ready for them ...

All planted and fenced so 'the girls' don't decide to snack on our veg before we can.

Some tomatoes and 'leafy greens'...

... corn and strawberries ...

... carrots and capsicum! Stay tuned for the progress of our little veg experiment

Fun and games and chooks

We've been having fun at home playing games...


This is Ali being a 'teacher like Mum'... the teddies and doll are getting a lesson in environmental science (ie rainbows and sunshine)


"Now... who can tell me what we do when it rains? That's right, Teddy, we get our umbrellas out! Very good!"


Meanwhile, the boys were busy playing 'dressups'... Tom in his 'work-ready' outfit


Fletch, posing for the camera...

And, introducing, the tiny chook farmer!

"I can round up the chooks!"

"LOOOOOOK! A CHOOOOOOOOOK!"

Introducing... Kath and Kim!

We got some new pets last week - Kath and Kim!

But before they arrived, we had to try out their new home and see what it was like...


This is where they will roost...


... and somewhere to lay eggs ...


Ali pretending to be a chook...


... and Tom making sure she doesn't escape!

Then, a few days later, the girls arrived...

Kath eyeing her new surroundings...


Hello there!


Did someone say there were chickens??? Fletch being the welcoming party...


Here they are!

Tucking into some feed from the designer-label chook feeder

Hope you like your new house!

Thomas and his friends

We went to the Train Shed at Luddenham. They have lots of "Thomas and Friends" trains


But first, the shop and train set... hmmmm.... Thomas trains...


"Hey! Can Santa bring me some of this?"


Time to go for a ride! "Here comes the train!"


All aboard!


"This is cool!"


"Yeah!"

"I'm the little red caboose!"

We saw Percy there too...

... and James, although he had a coupling rod problem and caused "confusion and delay"... "where's the fat controller?"

Our cousin Jack came too...

... and Uncle Tim ...

Time for some lunch - picnic in the shade...

... and some hat-sharing with Robbie...

... before a bit of a snooze... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

Something fishy???

We went to the aquarium a few months ago

Wow! A sting ray!

It was fun looking at all the differnt under-water animals...

... Hi Nemo!

Back home, Fletch about to jump out of a garbage bin and startle his siblings...

"we can see your curly hair sticking up, Fletch!"

Posing for the camera

"Look into my eyes...." the hypnotic cuteness of Fletch