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June, 2011 Photo Wrap-Up

Luke — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:07:23 +0000

June flew past in a hurry. The kids put together an impromptu magic show one morning, and LR played piano for a huge crowd. RJ flew and continued to be full of surprises. We spent an evening outside taking German lessons in the dark, and the kids channelled their inner zombies while discovering where all their good ideas come from.

RJ took flying lessons at one of his friend's birthday parties. That trampoline practice came in handy!

LR and RJ treated Mom and Dad to their own magic show. Nothing in the hat, right LR?

Abracadabra! And a necklace magically appears!

RJ says to watch his hands carefully... and again... Nothing in the hat! DON'T LOOK IN THE HAT!

LR performed in a piano concert for a hall filled with people.

LR plays the amazing Alma Mater Blues for the crowd.

The kids played in the park, during breaks in the rain.

RJ continued his endeavour to be the weirdest kid in Australia.

Some friends of ours invited us on a traditional German lantern walk through King's Park. We didn't have lanterns prepared, so we had to borrow theirs.

Surrounded by home-made lanterns, RJ, Mom and LR huddle down together and try to sing along in German. Who knew there were so many songs about lanterns?

LR takes her time exploring the cerebellum. Mom has been teaching some science classes at the school and brought some lambs' brains. We got to dissect the extras at home!

RJ was able to identify several different structures in the brain. This frontal lobe looks a little underdeveloped.

BRAAAAAAAIIIIINNNNNSSSSSSS! RJ does his best zombie impersonation.

Mom and the kids sit down for a little bit of reading before bed.

Scarlet and Dad collapse, exhausted, at the end of a long day.

RJ in Concert

Luke — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:07:43 +0000

At the end of the year, the kids have a seemingly endless run of concerts and exhibitions. RJ has been working on his song for a while and finally had his big concert. He did a fantastic job and got a massive round of applause.

RJ takes a bow.

Make sure to click “Continue Reading” to get to more pictures and the video!

RJ and Mum do a greeting dance to start the concert.

RJ tells the other members of his class where he's going immediately after singing.

The entire class sang “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” together, which was followed by most of them singing it again individually afterwards. We were pretty much all-twinkled-out by the end of it.

RJ and the other members of his class sing "Twinkle twinkle."

Even in the midst of the concert, RJ just cannot resist the chance to cause some mischief. Here he is attempting to loosen the microphone stand and cause some extra drama while someone else sings.. “Twinkle twinkle”.

RJ attempting to discreetly cause chaos... onstage... in front of 60 people.

Eventually, it was his turn to make it up on stage. Unfluttered by the crowd, he sang the whole song perfectly to a very enthusiastic audience.

RJ singing for all he's worth. He did a fantastic job.

Please, please, may I have a bikkie.
One for me and another for Scarlet.
Because when I eat one of those,
Her tongue goes drip, drip drip.

She’s had her bone,
and she’d like dessert,
and I just don’t think one bikkie would hurt.

Please, please, may I have a bikkie,
One for me and another for Scarlet,
Because when I eat one of those,
Her tongue goes drip, drip, drip.

Afterwards, everyone went and got icecream and RJ picked mint chocolate chip (this had been planned days in advance).

Live, in concert

Luke — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:07:12 +0000

LR had her first piano recital on the weekend. She was incredibly nervous and needed a little extra time to get up there, but after a few other kids had their turn, she was up and did a great job.

LR in her debut piano performance.

Read on to see a video of her performance!

LR plays ‘Sky’.

LR plays ‘Rocky Road’.

And what did RJ think of all this?

RJ sits still for a change, quietly absorbing dinosaur facts from Nigel Marven.