Cool Track.

Look at what greeted us this morning when we woke up. Very intricate and well thought out.

They were so proud of themselves we had to come "straight away' to have a look.

Oh dear!

Today I put the wrong memory card in the camera. Today was a big and important day. Today was Fuzzy Wuzzy's birthday surprise day. Today we went on the Heritage Train out to Bungendore and back. Today would have been a great day to take photos......argh!

Oh well. I made good use of the 7 photos I could fit onto the 32MB card. It meant reviewing every single photo, every single time I took one. Making sure everything was OK. I do after all have to scrapbook these photos, so they had to be good ones. 7 good ones.

Unfortunately the birthday boy is still going through his: 'Let's Impersonate Jim Carrey' phase (it better be a phase is all I can say). And well, his photos are not great. But after the 10th take of this shot I'd had enough. Not that you can tell at all. I look all smiley and happy lol.

I ended up spending heaps of money. *blush*. But there were so many cool things to get. I found a great shop owned by a large family mum who makes hand made soaps and creams that are all natural, organic and chemical free. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven. So I bought a Berry Body Butter, 3 soaps and some bath crystals for the kidlets. I wanted to support such a cool, groovy Mumma to 5, by buying her lush products. I saved on postage and her products were cheaper than the online prices I usually pay....gee I'm good at justifying my impulse buys.

I also picked up a gorgeous 5 stranded beaded necklace from the half price area of one of the craft stores. I just had to have a gorgeous Dragonfly decoration for our front porch, which is so drab hehehe. We then ended up in the retro store, which had a great vibe but not much chop. String Bean, smart cookie that she is, summed it up perfectly. "Well there is not much to see here, but the music is good". How cool is that! My girly likes Nick Cave. Love it. That will def. be going onto a shopping diva LO very soon.

War Memorial Open Day

Today we ventured out to the War Memorial open day held at Mitchell. The kids were enthralled by the huge trucks, tanks, artillery, helicopters, rockets and planes that they saw there. String Bean actually picked the Japanese tank (a mini one!). The only clue was a small Japanese naval flag painted on the side. Amazing the things kids know, with no input from us.



Fuzzy Wuzzy, of course, found the black steam train tucked away between several large items. He made a run for it but luckily he decided to come back when called. He has really changed since he hit 3 and now that his 4th birthday is just around the corner, he just seems more compliant and reasonable. Which is a nice change.








Poor little old Squealy ended up strapped into the pram for the entire visit. There was just too much stuff for him to get into. The only thing between us and the displays was a simple plastic link chain. Not the sort of thing to keep an active toddler contained. He didn't mind. Most things were described as 'cool' which is his latest word.

On the way out the older two discovered a huge submarine propeller. Great for climbing and sliding down.

On Trains and Haircuts.

What a busy but fun filled day we had together today. We started out by meeting up with friends at the Malkara Train Exhibition. The kids all had a wonderful time together and the highlight by far was seeing 'Thomas' on on of the exhibitors tracks.

Squealy was so incredibly excited by the spectacle that he was jumping up and down in excitement. By the end of the visit he was able to add to his already extensive transport vocabulary the following: boat, car, train.








After lunch I headed to the hairdressers as the time has come to take some length off my daughter's beautiful tresses. Her locks have ended up so long that her hair has started to thin on top. Not a good look for a 5 year old. She is now sporting a very cute shoulder length bob and is looking, all of a sudden, much older than she did before. It was actually nice not to have to plat her hair before bed and the length made it a breeze to brush. We'll see how she feels about it over the coming days, but so far so good.