We are building a classroom at the bottom of our garden.

"Jocelyn: Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick. Wat: It’s called a lance. Hello? " A Knights Tale. One of my most favourite jousting quotes ever and only made slightly creepy if you know what happens to Wat/Wash in Serenity. Oh yeah that’s right we [...]

We entered a game over at What we do all Day and were very lucky to be chosen. This pay it forward game is a little different to most blog giveaways, if you win you don’t just win a prize you win the opportunity to pass the excitement along to three other people. The kids [...]

As the term is coming to an end I thought I’d show some of the fun things we have managed to squeeze into into it. I mentioned that we have started fortnightly ice skating. Well we also go to a weekly music, art and activity group called Junior Jivers. Each term there’s a new theme [...]

well actually he hardly spoke the whole time he was here, rude thing. If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush how much is one on your lounge chair worth? Worth a whole lot of squealing excitement if what happened at our house is anything to go by. Which of course [...]

Once a fortnight we join with a large pack of home-schooling kids and take to the ice. Well the kids do I stand around freezing to death occasionally calling out through chattering teeth "Yes sweetie of course I’m watching" Lilly and Eli have actual real lessons with a actual real ice skating teacher who very [...]

Who now probably hates me for posting this, oh well she lives ages away and death stares over distance just aren’t all that threatening. A while ago I mentioned that I had gotten into a bit of a blogging block, not so much not knowing what to write just having to much and not knowing [...]

I meant to post these straight after the last post which was what? Three weeks ago now?? maybe Agggh! It seams a little weird to still be rabbiting on about our tenth wedding anniversary so long after the actual event, but hey you only get one don’t you and these photos were just too pretty [...]

These are some of the spectacular speleothems found inside the Oriental cave at Jenolan. speleothems are otherworldly formations that seemingly grow inside cavernous spaces deep underground. They are created by a suspension of water and dissolved minerals from the limestone outer walls.  As the water seeps through flaws in the limestone shell it dissolves the [...]

You might remember that a few posts ago I mentioned that it was our tenth wedding anniversary. Well I thought that Glenn’s surprise of a day out together and dinner at Lillianfels was the end of the celebrations but sneaky Glenn had other plans. He had booked a weekend for us at Caves House at [...]