Australia Day - School - New Pool - Tomatoes

It was Australia Day on Monday and we were blessed with a visit from our good friends Louise and Rosie. It was great to see them, as they took out an hour or so from their busy schedule of planning Louise's forth coming wedding to visit us. Rosie flew down from Brisbane to organise Louise and Michael. Anyway, not only did Adrienne and myself enjoy their company, but Felix and Jarvis loved having them round, so that they could show off all their new tricks.




It's always a buzz this time of year in our street, as from out of nowhere appear massive flocks of parrots appear. I can't remember the type they are, but we are hoping Granddad Steve might be able to help us out here. Anyway, they hang from the trees in our street in their hundreds and the noise of them munching away on the tiny nuts is incredible. As a family, we just plonk ourselves onto the footpath and watch. I think our neighbors think we are a bit weird!



On Wednesday Jarvis started back at school, which was a big thrill for everyone. He got to use his new school bag and lunch boxes, as did I at 4.45am when I made his lunch before going for a run! But yeah, he's moved into Transition Class now, which is a big boys class, as he tells us. He still has the same Teachers as last year, which is wonderful, as they are very, very good.



The weather has been really good over the last week, so I went out and bought a pool for the boys, as I broke the other one. Our old one was a Thomas The Tank Engine, with a canopy. I stupidly thought I could could cut the canopy off, so that the sunlight would warm the water up. As I cut off the last corner...whoosh...the base of the pool ripped, sending about 100-litres of water all over the yard...BUGGER! I must have looked so stupid, standing in a pool of water, holding a pair of scissors with a stunned look on my face :o)

So yeah, I bought a much bigger pool, so that they boys would not be fighting over being too close to each other, as they were with the smaller and now stuffed Thomas pool. It's called a Wade and Shade, as it has a canopy to keep the sun off once the water is warm enough. I think it's about 2-metres across, which gives the boys plenty of room to play. They both love it and I can't get the little blighters out when it's time to eat. They want to eat in the pool, which is NOT going to happen, believe me.

The biggest thing though is that Jarvis has become so much more water confident. I bought him some goggles and now he spend most of his time in the pool, fully submerged and pretending to be a scuba diver. Felix tried to copy him, as he ALWAYS does, but swallowed so much water he thankfully gave up.




The wonderful weather has also meant that Jarvis vegetable plot has really begun to flourish. We are now overloaded with lettuce, cucumbers, peas and most amazing of all, the most delicious plum tomatoes. The plant is covered in the sweetest tasting tomatoes and we have been eating them up by the plate load.




Lee