Santa visited and handed out personalised shakers to all the kids.
A happy boy.
The animals, angels and shepherds sat along the front.
Hailey took her part as Mary very seriously and did a fantastic job. She had one line to say which she did beautifully. Joseph wasnt as keen to fulfill his role!
With the angels.
The whole group. Such a cute bunch of little kids.
This is the now flooded sandpit. The playing starts out innocently enough....
But then he cant resist going that extra step further....
And then goes the whole way and gets completely drenched!
Hailey who is loving being the big sister up the top.
Ben who is a very happy boy in his new bed.
While working in the city, Shane saw this adorable little suit and couldnt resist buying it. Ben loves dressing up like Daddy when he goes to work. He looks so cute in it.
Hailey and her friend Ella. They have been friends at playgroup for the last 3 years. Ella and her little sister come over for a play sometimes.
Alot of kids go to bed with a teddy, but Ben goes to bed cuddling a car.
We built a new pen for the chooks. I made a plan and then after many trips to Bunnings and three days of work, it was complete. The hens love their new home and happily climb the ladder up to bed at night. They should start laying around Christmas time so we are looking forward to that.
Here is one of the lovely ladies. She is a Sussex hen, almost fully grown.
Our lovely Isla is 6 months old next week. She is such a great little dog and wonderful in every way.
Isla at 5 months. She has her first two shows in December so that will be fun.
And a little pic showing one of Bens favourite pastimes. He loves sitting on Dads motorbike and can sit there for ages riding and imagining. He doesnt like it when it is turned on though, thats a bit scary!
Ben is going through a little 'stage' where he is copying all the fun things his big sister does including dressing up. We have bought him some boy dress ups to encourage him away from all the pretty dresses ha ha ha.
We took Hailey for her first horse riding lesson. It was on a slow, fat little pony but she had a great time and learnt to hold the reins and balance.
We had a Policeman drop around to buy some dog equipment from us and Ben was delighted that he let him sit in the Police car! He put on the lights and sirens too. Very exciting!
Cutting the beautiful princess cake.
Lots of fun games and dancing with Princess Belle.
And the big kid too...
Hailey loves the facepainting.
A very happy little boy in his favorite car....Lightning McQueen!!
Both kids had a go on the big slide. Lots of fun!!
Hailey and Ben loved bottle feeding the lambs.
And then they could hand feed them some grains. It was cold, hence the beanies but a great day.
A photo of our mandarin tree. After so many years of drought, we have finally had a wet winter and the mandarins are delicious. Hailey, Ben and I often sit in the backyard eating them.
Growing very little in the vege garden at the moment but here is our September harvest of potatoes.
Our chicks now have some feathers so can spend daytimes outside.
First day home at 9 weeks.
The sweet little girl at 12 weeks. She is a lovely little dog and we all have alot of fun with her.
Kinder had a chicken theme one week where they had some real chickens hatching in the classroom. This is some of Haileys artwork for the week.
Here is a little video of them all doing a long note.
Hailey adores them and has them out of their enclosure everyday. They are being kept inside at 30 degrees but will soon have all their feathers and go outside.
This is how Ben gets his bed ready just before bedtime. He puts everything in that he might need overnight.
