Swimming lessons

Sophie has been attending swimming lessons for one year now and has made amazing progress. In term one,  I was in the pool with her in the beginners class. Since then, she has moved up two levels and can swim independently for a few metres and jumps into the deep end of the pool with confidence. One month ago, she resisted juming into the pool without assistance. Sophie really enjoys swimming and will be continuing the lessons next year.Sophie and the boys are also enrolled into a one week intensive swimming program for a week in January (even though the boys are reluctant when it come to swimming lessons, I'm sure they will have some fun in the water during the heat of January).

Sunday night

Last night, we had a family dinner at our place and enjoyed a spicy fish curry prepared by dad. The curry's aroma filled the house on his arrival and we all braced ourselves for the chilli hit. The curry was very tasty, full of flavour and enjoyed by all.

Party time

Last Saturday, the long awaited day arrived where Sophie attended a kinder friend's dress up party. Sophie decided to dress as a "fairy princess" complete with a mask she created on her own. However, in the car on our way to the party, she decided to discard the mask because she thought it "made her nose look small". I assured her that it looked great, but she was not convinced. Sophie had a great day and her favourite game was "flying paper aeroplanes and playing the feather game".

Kinder Christmas Party

Last weekend, we attended Sophie's kinder Christmas party. Sophie enjoyed having her face painted and then joined in with the dancing with her friend Scarlett. Sophie finishes 3 yo kinder next week and is looking forward to increased hours in the 4 yo group next year.

Meanwhile, the boys enjoyed playing with their sword balloons before we all met again for a lamb roast at granny and pa's.

The chickens have moved in...

Last weekend, Adam spent some time completing the improvements on the chicken coop. He has ensured that it is fox proof (we hope) and it has been painted to match other woodwork around the house. Adam reports that the chickens are now roosting in their nesting box, after a few initial nights where he had to place them in by hand. We have read that it will be about 4-5 months until we have our first egg.

Another hard day at the office...

As the chickens continue to grow quickly, work is underway on their coop. Adam spent some time today renovating the former budgie aviary for the our six chicken (yes, we still have the orginal six!). Soon, we will have plenty of eggs to share around. Hopefully, the coop will be ready over the weekend for the chickens to make the big transition as they have now outgrown their box.

Homer meets Wedding Girl

Patrick and Sophie spent some time after school with the animals enjoying the sunshine. Here you can see Patrick with Homer and Sophie with 'Wedding Girl'. The chickens are growing quickly and renovations are underway for their new and larger accommodation.  As for the guinea pigs, their 'mountain' needs some more time to establish its vegetation.