Day out with Aunty Ange MAY 2ND

we dont see Aunty Ange very much anymore, but when we do it is always so much fun.  we went to the park, had slurpees that made the kids and aunty ange go a little crazy.  The kids especially love going in Aunty Anges cool red convertible car. levi thought everyones slurpees were for him too.

HOW??

How can this little girl be so cute but yet...







SO NAUGHTY




Im still trying to get the permanent marker off...if anyone has anything that has worked to remove it please please let me know. Oh and if you call and i dont call you back its because i can no longer see caller ID.....Oh Eliza Jane

watching conference

Conference this April in our living room .we watcehd it with our friends hingstons..
Kylie and i thought we need to find a way to keep kids occupied and listening hopefully. You know like "if ye are prepared ye shall not fear" (haha not in this situation) so we checked out pinterest for some ideas. found this one: a paper bag for each speaker that session with an activity worksheet about speaker or gospel topic and snack or treat inside. MOst were on this website www.thethingsilovemost.blogspot.com
well ok for some of the talks it worked to keep them a little quiet and listening but they were just pretty distracted by each other i think. I dont know how my mum and dad were able to have my sisters and i sit quiet through conference at the chapel. Im going to listen to conference on my own when the kids are back at school , I love general conference and i always find something or many things i need to start working on to be better. Next conference we will see how it goes. It was nice to be with our friends but just so busy with all the differenk kids with different focuses. I did hear pres uchtdorfs talk and loved it and am constantly telling my self "stop it " now.

BMX Bandits

So hans told me to take the kids for a bike ride to the pond everyday these holidays. Well i havent really had a chance to do this yet with the other holiday plans we have had. So finally last friday my kids and i, kylies kids, and marees girls all went on a bike ride. The plan was to ride to shops get hot chips and scallops for lunch then ride to pond. Well without the mums on bikes just pushing strollers it was umm quite the trip. An hour walk ended up being twice as long or more.with 4 kids on bikes, three on scooters and two strollers.
kids will be kids right and decide halfway they dont want to ride anymore and want you to hold their bikes, you cant your pushing a stroller...then the tears and tantys start . Then they are over and we are all back on track ...then one kids ankles get hit by another bike...then we stop again more tears more not watnting to ride anymore...then we are back on track..then one kids wants to stop for some water...wait she got some water...i want a drink too...and the domino effect of the thirsty kids start, off their bikes and come to you for their drinks lol (next time we plan pit stops better.
Then we are back on track and someone falls over ...more tears more kisses and it will be ok's. then we are back on track almost to destination...wait there is stairs hmmm ok three mums here we can pull every bike and stroller to the top? of cause we can we are super mums right... then we are back on track.
Had lunch in a park not the pond...we werent going to make it the pond and back today before dark, we decide after how long it took us to get to this park.
The way home for some reason took longer..i think getting 9 kids across 2 roads safely took a while then stopping for nature lady kylie to get some lilly pillys for the kids.more falls ,more tears and more kisses better, more mums yelling out to the kids they cant see anymore who have gone too fast without the rest on the bmx bandits 'WAAAAIT" WE CANT SEE YOU COME BACK", maree caught up to the fast ones and the teacher that she is started a game about shapes ....everyone was all together again, More laughnig and "IM the winner . no i am , no i dont want to ride anymore, more laughing , more fun, more superfast kids.
We made it home left at 12.30 arived home just before 3.30 . Everyone was so worn out we all sat on front lawn and had ice blocks . Beautiful day.
I text hans and told him how long it took us and he said " what took you so long i can do it much faster" lol seriously hans .

school holidays for alicia

I dont know how homeschool parents do it.
After alicias parent teacher interview last week . we decided she needed a little extra tutoring or well needed to learn more without being distracted at school with friends etc. alicia has the brains and potential just needs to listen more in class and finish her work.
So every morning im a mean mum and i have her do some practice maths test and her times tables. Hans also does time tables at night with her sometimes she cooperates but other times just has better things to do with her holidays (like any kids right). But practice makes perfect...i dont want her to be perfect just to pass.

even though our plans of going to the beach changed we still had a nice family day
at umm a park i forget the name . but we are going to go back there and go on the paddle boats and canoes some day. it was so pretty and i got pretty camera happy (again)
Tyler was happy just sitting looking at the water and trees...when dad tries to scare him and scoops him up and.....drops one of his shoes in the water lol. tyler didnt care he was having fun playing. but hans the good dad he is goes and searches for the biggest stick he can find and successfully pulls out his shoe. pretty fuuny

my fav boys