Yard work

The girls love helping out around the place (which we love too, for as long as it lasts!!), and today while Daddy was mowing the yard they had their first opportunity to help out in that area as well. Olivia kitted herself out in what she determined to be appropriate mowing garb - ready for anything from dress ups to a cold weather blast, or torrential rain! Have to love their enthusiasm.

Sisters...

are definitely having fun.
When did our oldest two get so big?!?! Makes us really appreciate how much growing they've done in the past few years...

Introducing...

our newest family member - Lauren Hope. She's a much loved and welcome addition to our family of girls - poor Daddy insists that he doesn't feel outnumbered! She weighed in at a healthy 4350g (9lbs 9 oz for those who prefer the old system), and measured in at 59cm long, so looking good for sports where height is an advantage in the future...
As you can see, her big sisters are besotted already.

Crazy couple...

of kids. Our girls are a delight, and as we count down the days (and now the hours) until our family expands again, it's great to reflect on the way that life has been for the past 4 years with just the two cherubs keeping us busy, before we launch into the next phase of family life that God has planned for us. The new baby certainly has two very loving sisters awaiting their arrival, who are sure to try to outdo each other in order to make the new little one laugh in days to come.
Here are the older pair enjoying a lovely spring day....cold and wet again!!

House update

A week away and the cladding's nearly done now, the pre-wiring and pre-plumbing are done and the first stages of the ducted a/c are in as well, so things feel like they are progressing.... despite the wettest August and September on record! Oh, and now our huge tank is in as well - 130,000 litre capacity, so hopefully we'll never run dry...

Girls day out

Our last day in Brisbane we spent visiting the Museum and the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), which were both fantastic and had heaps of activities for the girls to keep them busy. They were transfixed for the half hour 'show' on liquid nitrogen - so were Mum and I. Who knew that liquid nitrogen could be so entertaining! The presentation was lots of fun and full of facts - which they were both able to recall afterwards, so it proves the point that a love for (or at least an interest in) science can easily be developed early. Both the girls managed to create their own inventions, complete numerous crafts and managed to fill our backpacks with them before we had lunch and headed over to GoMA.
There were lots of interesting things for the girls in GoMA too, and Mum and I had to drag them away in the end, but we were running out of time to fit in a trip to the park at Southbank before catching our bus home...just in time before it started to rain.
A great day, and something that we look forward to when we head down for our school holiday visits - thanks for joining us Nanna, and for being a packhorse for all of our lunch and craft throughout the day - it wouldn't have been the same without you!