RJ suffered from a horrible bout of chicken pox for a day, but awoke the next morning completely spot free with no symptoms! Vaccine FTW!

Dad tied up a tennis ball to use for teeball practice. RJ pointed out that it's so much easier to whack a ball using a tennis racket.

LR loves to laugh. Dad loves to take photos. Sometimes they happen at the same time.

At the Naturescape area, LR carefully constructed a channel around someone else's dam, and drained the upper pond.

RJ: Zero days without injury!

At the train station, RJ enjoys a delicious spearmint milk.

Mum wonders why the most annoying people on the train always sit right next to her.

RJ discovers a small vase at the achaeological dig site.

LR carefully sorts the fragments, ultimately piecing together a cup and saucer!

Mom helps RJ assemble the pieces without skewering his hand on ceramic shards.

LR tries her hand at some stone carving. It's harder than it looks but gets easier once you get into a groove.

Dad explains some of the finer points of carving to RJ, who knows it all already.

LR also used a loom to weave a section of belt, or strap, or something... Probably a bookmark. When in doubt, you can always use something as a bookmark.

RJ poses next to the massive lego creation.

Mom took everyone out to breakfast on Dad's birthday! Grammy and Poppa showed up too!

RJ helped roll out the pizza crusts for Dad's birthday dinner.

... but Mom had to help on some of them.

LR puts the finishing touches on Dad's birthday cake.

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

We took a quick trip to Dwellingup before the worst heat of the summer arrived. By begging for edamame soy beans, Scarlet established once and for all that she is not a real dog.

RJ hunts carefully for tadpoles in the stream. He ended up catching four or five in about ten minutes.

Scarlet found herself a nice comfy spot to lay down in.

RJ and LR take shelter underneath the 'tent' that dad helped them build. Sorry Dad, only room for two in here!

Oh nevermind, we can move over for you.

A few days later, it was time for Thanksgiving dinner! Aunty Jess shows us just how much fun making corn bread can really be.

Grammy and Jess working together.

Even Uncle Troy and Aunty Bron from Melbourne were there! Hey guys!

Poppa did a great job carving the turkey.

Mom teaches LR the finer points of stealing the most delicious bits from the turkey before it's even served.

Here boy! Jump! Up! Up! Good RJ! ... (and you wonder why the boy has issues)

After a huge turkey feast and too much pie, Poppa and RJ go over the hand-traced turkeys that he made in class that day.

Carved watermelons and artificial pumpkins are the name of the game around here. Watch out for the gorilla and the monster eyeball in the window too!

LR made a terrific witch!

RJ dressed as a vampire bat... along with a bat sidekick attached to his wrist.

Off they go to collect their candy. Mom even made caramel apples to give to our neighbours!

Dem bones... RJ created a new species of skeleton creature for our front yard.

These melons are way to scary for our neighbourhood. Nice work kids!

RJ was planning on being a witch for Halloween... but ended up changing his mind later.

Mum and the kids work through the huge piles of Halloween decorations to get ready for the party.

LR and Dad fill the piñata... It's very heavy. Will it be strong enough to survive the onslaught of thirty children?

RJ had to make five birthday cards for a birthday party on Halloween morning. Who has their birthday party on Halloween anyway?

This year, LR carved her own watermelon for Halloween!

RJ drew his jack-o-lantern face on paper, which Dad attempted to reproduce, but couldn't quite get right. RJ had to fix it up himself.

LR sprays the spiderwebs and redbacks off the apple bobbing pool. We don't want anything getting bitten in there, except the apples.

The party's starting soon Dad, we've got to get this piñata up in the tree RIGHT NOW!

"Real" pumpkins aren't cheap here, but melons certainly are.