Soph bringing in the rubbish for the last time at the old place

We've finally moved into the new house! I thought it would be a lot easier this time, given half our stuff was still packed in boxes from our last move, but it's still a massive undertaking (yes even after moving house 5 times in the past 10 years!).  It would have been harder still, if mum hadn't come up and treated the kids to a weekend of fun and games while the two of us packed and started taking things over to the new house.

Monday the movers came...or should I say cowboys came...they turned up with a truck far to small to carry our furniture, and then spent half a day trying to work out how it would all fit into the truck...which it didn't... so 4 hours and two trips later...we were in.  We manged to assemble the kids beds along with our own, set up the tv  - then it was time to grab the kids from daycare!  I had to go back to work Tuesday and Ingrid was working the rest of the week - so the place still looks a bit of a site - (especially the basement that resembles something closer to downtown Baghdad now!

The kids really seem to dig the place now though - there's a playground/park no-less than 4 houses down the road that they absolutely love! - The only scary thing is the pool - I took the cover off today to clean and vacuum it, but I but spent more time trying to stop Max from leaping in...I doubt there will be much lazing around the pool this summertime!y

I'm taking Mon/Tue off this week to get a few things done around the place while the kids are at daycare  - hopefully might even sneak in a lazy swim!

Max loves the Ladies

We've been told that Max is a bit of a hit with the ladies...so I asked him what his secret was.

"Well daddy - you start by puckering up your lips and looking all sweet and innocent"

."..then you do the old - 'I'm gonna pretend to bite your head off trick...'

"Then, you shut your eyes and plant a big one right on the lips"

"then you reveal in your awesomeness..."

Soph loving the camera

"I'm not cheeky at all..."

Soph's great camera skills..not bad

Chillin' outside on a lazy Sunday afternoon (one of my favourite photo's)

Daddy has taught her well

The New House!

After looking for more than a year - we finally found our new home!

The place came on the market last Saturday and we were the proud owners the following day...(it paid to wait as we got a great deal on the house).  You could tell it was well priced and very popular considering more than thirty people went along to the first open home on an absolute shitter of a day.

It's as solid as buggery (we checked out buliders report and lim in deatil)  - it's a 3 Bedroom (with additional room in basement) on a quite cul-da-sac street with a little park at the end of the road, perfect for kids, good zoning and not sure if you noticed...but it comes fully equipped with a very stylish heated pool too...

We move in Sept 17 - you ripper.

Overdue Update

Long time again between posts sorry.  Safe to say things aren't slowing down at all here...I'm just about to go into another ratings round at work so things are mad there, we're still looking for a house to buy, Ingrid is working and studying now and the kids growing up way too quickly!

We did however, manage to steal a breather a couple of weeks ago...I dropped the kids off at Nana's for 4 nights while Ingrid and I had some long over-due, and much enjoyed time to ourselves over the weekend.  Simple things like sleeping in then reading the paper in bed felt like a luxury holiday.  We spent an afternoon at Leigh beach which was very cool, went out for dinner and lunch a couple of times, took in a movie and even went to the casino for the first time in years (and waked out with more money than when we stated - score!)

It was a nice way to re-charge the batteries and we only felt a little bit selfish as the kids absolutely love it at Nana's (so much so that Sophie woke up in tears the day she got back home saying she wanted to go back to Nana's house!)

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Leigh Beach - Stunning place

Kid less for the weekend

Leigh beach - a Marine reserve, beautiful water and fish the size of basketballs swimming around the rocks!

Sophie at the park having a blast!

On the way to Nana's place - driving at night - Sophie's still fascinated with the Sky Tower!

Groovy waterfall (and wife) at the Beach

Me and me ol' mate Colin...not a bad rugby player apparently...

Pirate Day at Kids Klub

Max playing it cool in front of the ladies...

 

 Fun indoors on a wet and wild weekend

7pm and time to hit the road to Nana's - a couple of excited kids  - they both crashed out 20 minutes into the 4 hour trip - not bad!

Grantz was great too - helping out with the kids over the weekend

"Mmmm yum!"

Sophie the little princess

Eating and playing at Nana's

Fun-times on Rochelle and Darren's farm

Soph, aunty Rochelle...and Friday's dinner.

Good times

Thanks Nana!

Brad

More Skytower fun with Daddy

"Daddy took the afternoon off work on Wednesday and took me up to the Skytower - He told me there was a big lollie display up there...and I like lollies!"

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"Yip - I know where these stairs lead to - the Skytower!"

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"Just a wee bit excited before going up the lift to the top floor"

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Check this out - the highest lollie shop in the world apparently! - Did I mention I like lollies?

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Daddy tried to tell me this stuff was nice -I told him it was like eating Charlie's fur...but I still ate it.

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"I do like the Skytower."

Haircuts & Birthdays

Sophie had her very first hair-cut last week.  The salon is right across the road from Kids Klub so it was nice and easy for Ingrid to drop Max off there, and then take a very excited little girl in to the hairdressers.

Soph had a blast too and lapped up every minute she had there! She got a full hair wash and all the trimmings and absolutely LOVED staring at herself in the mirror for almost 30 minutes!

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"Wow this is pretty cool"

"Check out how long my hair is!"

"Wot-chu you lookin' at?"

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It was my 26th (oops 36th) birthday on the same day so Sophie was extra pumped that day - a first hair cut and cupcakes to look forward to that night! - It worked out well; Grantz was staying for a few days so after cupcakes with the kids that night, Ingrid and I went out on a hot date. The following morning was a little tough though; think we both had 1 too many that night...

Soph has been around at a friends playing all morning today which has been great for her (and us, as it's given Ingrid and I some rare 1 on 1 time with Max which had been pretty cool ).

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"You eat it Daddy"

"I know I've got some in my mouth - but I reckon I can do more" - thinks Max

"more please"

My two gorgeous girls

Little video of us all singing "Happy Birthday Daddy"

Brad