Wowee! A Prize!
Recently my good friend Craig put me in touch with a fella in Melbourne – who runs a blog called GrumpyWookie. Told me we had a lot in common and I should check it out.
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Pepper Pots Won a Prize!
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Winter Warmer: Ekka Day Holiday.
Sunday, August 15th, 2010In Brisbane, there’s a holiday in the middle of the week - “Ekka Day” . Baxter’s a wee bit too young to enjoy the FULL day, so we are going next year.
Today though – we went out and about and had a really fun time enjoying the day out. When we got home, Caleb asked “can we have a fire in the backyard?”
I paused for a minute thinking of my lawn…
Picnics, Parklands and a Penny Stove!
Sunday, July 18th, 2010What a great day it was today!
We went to church in the morning, and in the afternoon we had a picnic lunch at Roma St Parklands with some old friends – Charlie & Mel and their 3 kids.
Our kids were completely tuckered out and slept in the car on the way home.
At the picnic Charlie & Mel had a can of soft drink each. Good old Kirks! Daniel wanted to recycle them- and put them in the RIGHT bin. This one:
However I asked if they would donate the cans to a project we were doing instead!
So, here’s the result!
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Soccer team: Boas
Saturday, July 17th, 2010Caleb is in a new team at Soccer. We’re both VERY excited about this. The team is a strong one – 2 really awesome defenders, and 2 really strong attackers, and an awesome all-rounder!!
The team name is “Boas” in keeping with snake team names. At first I was thinking.. Hmm – big, slow. But I realised – Boa Constrictors are TOUGH and can eat a whole cow!
Can eat a whole cow!
What to do with a Frog in the Toilet
Friday, June 25th, 2010I got a phone call at work today, and my wife was laughing.
Daniel had gone into the loo – and had got the dickens scared out of him by a FROG in the toilet!
Bushwalking, Marshmallows and Railway tunnels
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010So, Felicia is studying at the moment. Which means the boys and I must needs go on an adventure – OUT of the house, and take up the entire day.
This requires some forward thinking. So I asked my “adventuring dad”friend Anton.
He told me about a very cool, little known place, which has a SECRET TUNNEL!
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Screen Free Days
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Weekends – they are the best of times, but they CAN be the worst of times!
Felicia and I had noticed a trend, and it was concerning us.
The trend was that when we got busy on the weekend getting ‘chores’ done – the boys would get bored and loll about, asking for biscuits, lollies, juice, and wanting to watch TV or play computer games.
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Fishing and Zombie Cats
Saturday, May 15th, 2010So this Weekend we had the absolute luxury of a blank Saturday stretching in front of us (After soccer of course!).
I had planned a fun afternoon of restoring window frames, but the boys got an idea – and asked if they could go fishing instead.
So I thought! Why not? No harm here right?
WRONG!! (more…)
My Sister wrote a book!
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Wow, I am really proud of ALL my brothers and sisters. I have 3 sisters and one brother. Each is very creative, passionate, 
energetic, vocal and a great parent. It makes for a very loud and fun get together!
Rebecca is the closest in age to me. She is a great mother, a teacher, an artist, and now she is an author. Crikey, What next?? She’s amazing. Somehow in the busy time of life she has Written A Book, and had the firepower to Get It Published!
Here’s the cover page and synopsis – if you’re interested: just go here: www.impressionsartstudio.com/blog/ and click the buy now button on the page about her book.
Synopsis: David is a young boy who watches his family breakdown. When his father leaves, he is distraught and blames himself.
God shows His compassion and understanding for David in a very special way….
Go ahead – get one. It’s a good read.
Enjoy!
J
Old School BillyCart (Version 1)
Friday, August 14th, 2009My boys and I decided to make a billy cart.
After doing plenty of research online, and harking back to my own youth, I decided to make the first version Old School.
Old School Billy Cart
EG – No Brakes, rope steering and a lot of fun!!
