Ben turns 3yrs old!!

Our precious, wonderful, funny Ben turns 3!!

He is such a little character and is always making us laugh. What a fabulous 3 years it has been with him in our lives!

Here he is opening his presents.

He was very happy with his dinosaur torch as it makes a roaring sound.

He loves cars so much. He got some new ones for his birthday so was very happy. He now has heaps of the little cars but they are still his number one toy!

Ben was delighted with his bike. We had taken him to the shop to choose it a few weeks prior. He was very sad when we left without it and had been asking about it ever since. He was so surprised and happy to discover we had bought it for him!

His birthday cake. It is covered with plastic as he had a cold so we didnt want it sprayed ha ha!

Ben asked to see some big scawy (scary) dinosaurs, so we took him in to the city to see a lifelike display of about 8 dinosaurs. They all moved and made loud noises. He loved them and was very happy!

Hailey's 5th Birthday!!

On the 2nd May 2011, our little Hailey turned 5!! We have had such a wonderful five years with her and she is such a lovely, happy, friendly little girl.
We started the day with opening presents.

She requested pizza for dinner so she was very happy with this big Hawaiian pizza!!
Then we came home and had a cake.

We told her she could do any activity she wanted for her birthday and she chose fishing! We went to a trout farm (just so she could actually catch something).

Shane with Hailey peacefully waiting...


Boy on bucket. It was such a beautiful, sunny day.
Hailey and Ben both waiting...

Then we moved from the dam to one of the ponds and Hailey caught a trout almost immediately. It was very exciting.

She was very happy with her slimy catch!

Ben had a turn in the Salmon pool.

He wasnt as excited about his catch. He was a little worried by the wriggly fish.

Hailey prepared her trout a few weeks later and it was delicious! She was very happy with herself.

Horseriding holiday program.

Hailey spent the morning at Warranwood Equestrian Centre where they run a half day horse riding program.
They started with meeting their pony. Hailey's pony was called Buddy and she gave him a good brush all over.

Then they learnt all about the saddle and bridle and put them on then learnt some basic skills of riding before heading out to the arena for some games.

Heading back to the stables as unfortunately it was a very wet day.

Happy Hailey!!

At the end of the morning, she put all his feed into a bucket and gave it to him. It was such a great morning and she had a wonderful time!

Hailey participated in ballet for the first half of this year and had alot of fun! We were allowed to watch the final class of term.

We found a big indoor playground nearby which Hailey and Ben love to expore.

Here they are flying down the huge slide!

Hailey loves to spend time sitting with the animals. Here she is with the guinea pigs.