cross country and easter parade

The last day of term was Thursday 9th April, right before Easter, and the kids weren't due back until Wednesday the 29th. It was a big break for them. The last few days of term were filled with activities at school.

On the Tuesday, Kingy and I went to watch the kids run in the Cross Country. The kindy kids ran first. Mackenzie did so well. I'm not sure I've ever seen her run before, not for fun anyway!
She finished about 15th out of about 40 girls.

Hunter ran with the 6/7 year old boys, he did well too, finishing in the top half and overtaking many of the girls who had started first.

It was a busy week for us, on Tuesday my brother Chris had arrived, he was going to spend Easter with us and drive up to Queensland with me, you'll hear more about that later. And on the Wednesday, my friend Carmen had arrived with her two boys, from New Zealand, to spend a week with us.

Thursday was the last day of school, and the day of the Easter Parade. The kids got to wear mufti for a change too.

For the Easter Parade, both kids had a choice of making an Easter hat, or an Easter basket.

Hunter chose the hat, Chris helped him make some rabbit ears to stick in the top, and we hung easter eggs around the brim.

Naturally, Kenzie chose the basket. She wanted to decorate it with ribbons and flowers, and we made a paper mache egg to go in it.

On Thursday morning she decided that maybe she might like some ears too, so chris was kind enough to make some for her.

At 9:30, Kinbgy and I and all our houseguests went down to the school to watch the kids.
Here's Kenzie and her class coming out.

And here's Hunter. Some of the hats were really well done.

The kids sang songs and performed for the parents, then they walked around to show off their wonderful hats and baskets.

I have no pictures of kenzie walking, this is when Kingy decided he was over the Easter Parade, and started running away, so I was mostly chasing him down.

The morning ended with a visit from the Easter bunny.

Hunter is 7

April 2nd was Hunter's 7th Birthday.
As usual he was up super early, excited for the day and ready to open some presents.

He got some new Star Wars toys, new clothes and some lego.
Next up was the big box that came from my mum and dad

Woohoo! Lego!

A new Warriors shirt and a book from Chris

A Star Wars duvet

I wanted to do an Under the Sea theme for his cake. The "water" is made from blue jelly. The kids were impressed, and once again, the cake was very yummy!

Craig was coming home very late, so we did the cake after school

Here's Hunter showing off his new duvet, he was very happy.

The kids played happily with Hunter's new toys, and there were NO fights! Amazing I know!

Hunter decided to try out his new lego, he did a great job.

On the Saturday afternoon, Hunter invited 3 of his friends from school to come over and go to the new movie Monsters vs Aliens which was playing in 3D. Craig took them, along with Mackenzie, and I stayed home so Kingy could nap.

Since it was only 2 days since his birthday, and we were a little caked out, I made a quick icecream cake, for the kids to have when they got back from the movie. Craig picked up some pizzas on their way, so it was an easy meal.

Another successful day, two birthdays down, one to go!

Earth Hour March 28th 2009

Craig was involved with the advertising for this years Earth Hour, so we decided after dinner, to take the kids down to McMahon's Point so we could watch the lights go out. There were lots of people down there who had the same idea, so it was alot of fun. The kids played on the playground until it got dark




We had some popcorn and drinks, and the kids got glow sticks to play with while we waited for 8:30.


These are the before shots









And after

This was our Earth Hour candle

Craig's shirt

Both older kids had fallen asleep before we got home, so we just carried them up to bed, Kingy was still awake so I popped him into bed and shut the door. It was very quiet, and when I came back up to check him, I could see not only had he turned the light on, he'd climbed into the Moses basket that was under his bed. I pulled it out from under the bed, to take a picture.

Funny little monkey!

A Princess Tea Party

Mackenzie decided she wanted a Princess Party, and a Tea Party, So the end result was a Princess Tea Party.

I decided to make the cake, we looked through my cake book and nothing really jumped out at me, so I came up with my own idea. The princesses I ordered from ebay. It was my first time using the fondant icing, it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, and in the end, she was sooooo happy with the cake, and that's what mattered, oh and it was DELICIOUS!!

My wonderful friend Lisa, decorated these shoes for Mackenzie, and they finally fit, so she was excited to wear them.

Here she is all dressed and waiting for her friends to arrive. We had the party scheduled to start at 11am, with a special guest arriving at 11:15.

We had invited 7 little princesses and they came, they were all wearing pretty dresses and very excited. They couldn't believe their eyes when Sleeping Beauty came to the door.
She took them into the backyard and for the next 2 hours, they hung on her every word.

She introduced herself to the girls and learned all their names

She showed them her pet seal, Sammy, who came with her from fairyland.

Mackenzie sat in the middle on a special toadstool

Soon the girls got up and did a conga line

They loved it!

Next they partnered up to learn how to waltz, first Kenzie danced with Paige

And then Abbie

After the dancing they all sat down again

Sleeping Beauty blew some bubbles for the girls to catch, which they brought back to her, and she told them which fairytale character they had caught. It was adorable.

Up next was pass the parcel

The girls passed around the glass box

And if they had it when the music stopped, they chose a prize from the box

The birthday girl got to pick two prizes

Everyone thought that was lots of fun

Time for some more dancing

The Limbo

Then it was face painting time

Here's the Birthday girl

While the girls took turns getting their faces painted, we started the tea party

The "tea" was apple and blackcurrant juice

Once everyone had their face painted, it was cake time

And then Sleeping Beauty had to leave, she told the girl to watch for her magic bubble and wave goodbye.

We decided to play a game of put the princess in her window, it was fun

Then the girls came inside and Mackenzie opened her presents and they played with her toys until all the parents came.

It was an awesome party, and very stressfree for Craig and myself, which was good, since we had a babysitter coming in that night, so we could go to the Coldpay concert.
Coldplay were amazing! Can't wait to see them again!