Category: Kids

It was a crazy, busy start to the year but there was definitely time for some fun. And unfortunately I’ve still be suffering with arthritis pain and some sinus pain.

Kevin & Christy went on a 3 hour horse ride. No, not on this horse :-).

There was a basketball game and a WIN by the Hawks.

And we finally got a signed jersey.

There was a visit to Jamberoo (on a very crowded day).

And I spent some time looking up at this view.

 

There was time for a lovely, relaxing bath.

Amy had a group of friends over for a Mafia (card game) party.

There were lots of lovely morning walks with the pups.

There was a visit to the pediatrician for Christy, who ordered another blood test, which thankfully went well for her. She’s also to do 6 weeks of a wheat free diet (which we’ll start after our holiday).

There were more Christmas cards delivered and I finally found a place to display them.

 

There were some unexpected visitors in the form of stick bugs.

There was a mermaid in our pool.

This is me in My Little Pony form – thanks to Christy.

And this is our family pony – CAKE (Christy, Amy, Kevin & Elizabeth).

There was not enough time spent with the puppies.

 

And there was the handing in of forms and an interview to start the official change of Amy’s name to Athena. It’s been something she’s been wanting to do for years and we thought it best to do now before she starts getting things like drivers licenses, etc. It’s going to take some time to start referring to her and calling her Athena.

The 17th December was a big day for Christy (and me) as it was her Year 6 Graduation and Formal.

The day started with the graduation ceremony.

 

 

It was bittersweet for me as I was also leaving the school – after being a part of it for 10 years.

After lunch it was time for a trip to the hairdressers, before I did her nails and makeup.

She chose to wear the dress we’d bought the cruise formal night last year, which was dressy but age appropriate.

 

She was so excited about the formal and had a fabulous time.

She came home happy, but tired with sore feet.

On Wednesday Christy’s school had it’s school fun day (which is held every other year). I had uniform shop and kindy fittings till 11am, but was able to hang out with Christy for a bit afterwards.

Because this is a fundraiser for year 6, they help out at the various stands/games/rides. Here is Christy manning the lolly stand.

As you can see, after it being cancelled last week due to bad weather, they had the perfect day this time around.

There are a lot of rides and Christy & Hana had fun racing each other on this one.

In the evening we headed to the Montessori school for an information session on the high school and IB program…..

and amazingly enough we were the first to arrive – something that is a very rare occurrence indeed :-).