Tasmanian visitors

 Zoe, Paul and Liam came to visit us just after Xmas.  We had a great 4 days together and the kids had a blast.  The boys all went on the Puffing Billy steam train.

Na night Elmo

Molly spends hours on end patting her toys to sleep and singing to them. If you listen closely you'll hear three different songs.

Too much going on

Excuses, excuses... but seriously, there has been too much going on here.  It seems that whenever I have 5 mins spare I have a list of 20 things that I should be doing in that time.  I was in a shop a few weeks ago and the woman was doing one of those adult colouring books and she said that it was so great because sometimes she just has nothing to do and colouring helps to fill the time!  I nearly died of jealously right then and there!
So here are a few snaps of what has been going on.

 These roses are right outside our kitchen window!

 These two are finally starting to play together... sometimes!

 Molly loves her new water play table from Pip, Paul and Sebastian.  And also loves finding random hats to put on!

 A few weeks back Shane and I removed part of our roof and insulated. Some friends came and looked after the kids and an electrician changed the lights and put ceiling fans in.  It was quite an undertaking and took all day and the worst part is that we've got about 4 times the same area to do.  But that can wait.

 There are a lot less requests for costumes these days.  I think Clayface is the only one I've made in the past few months.

Waiting for the train to go to the city for our annual Santa trip.

 Lego Christmas tree in Fed Square.

Saying hi to Santa.  Poor AJ did not think he was cool.

 The king parrot that came into our living room.

 Ninjago lego for Christmas from Pip, Paul and Sebastian.  Molly has the whole thing a bit confused and runs around with the Star Wars light saber yelling 'Ninjago'!

 Loving the new easel from G Jops, GFK, Zoe, Paul and Liam.

 Tring to eat donuts from a string  without using  your hands at a birthday party.

Eli loving his Star Wars lego from Yiayia.

 Daddy and Molly at the Belgrave music festival.

 More cute sibling play!

Molly trying beetroot for the first time.  She didn't actually eat any but had a lovely time all the same.

The Uncooperative Ballerina

Blade Man

NSW

We had another great trip to G Jops and GFKs with Zoe and Liam.

Finally some new house pics.

I haven't really had much time lately hence the lack of posts.  We've been trying to get all sorts of little jobs done around the house which usually has to take place after the two small people have gone to bed.  These are some lillies from our garden!  That ugly brick wall is going when we can organise a builder and the time to do it.

Our baby continues to grow at an alarming rate.  Just look at those long legs!  Tipping the stool upside down to climb inside is a favourite game.

The kitchen with the offending brick wall on the right.  The cabinets are so old and terrible so we brought these garage shelving units from the old house.

Living room panorama.  There used to be some rails in the gap down to where the chairs are which looked like a veranda railing - so bizarre so we knocked them out.

Morning coffee spot.  Not so hard to take.

The yard backs onto a school.

Morning sun coming in the living room windows.

Monkeys on the deck.

An amazing costume arrived from the USA.  Thanks Gwyneth and Robin!

Batgirl and Optimus Prime.

It's not all superheros. 

The shoe girl.  She loves these shoes and insists on wearing them despite how big they are.

A gremlin.

And another one!