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Early June Wrap-Up

Luke — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:07:30 +0000

A big couple of weekends… Mum took LR and her best friend to go and see the stage performance of Mamma Mia, RJ and Dad spent the day building projects and eating sushi, RJ catches a birthday party with his friend C., and Dad took RJ and LR off to the aquarium!

LR and I. are SUPER excited to be seeing the live performance of Mamma Mia!

RJ catches some ZZZ's after a big morning of building projects.

RJ, the sushi thief, prepares to steal his next delicious morsel.

RJ waxes philosophical on the nature of sushi... How can eight pieces disappear so very quickly and still leave a four year old wanting more?

Sushi's done. Time for miso!

One of the day's projects... building a light sabre for a jedi knight.

RJ and C. discuss the better moments of S.'s birthday party.

S. blows out all the candles! Happy Birthday!

LR investigates the clown fish and the coral up close.

RJ and LR touch a fiddler ray, some starfish and a sea cucumber in the touch pool.

Look out! There are sharks... lots of them!

There are two big turtles swimming around in there too... but the real giants are the smooth rays.

LR and I. get something delicious to eat before the big show.

The girls are buzzing with excitement before the show.

LR and I. show off the evidence! Happy Birthday LR!

LR spent several evenings making her mask for the school disco. At each of the school dances, there's a challenge to make the weirdest and most interesting outfits.

RJ's dinosaur costume didn't last long. It got in the way of eating the hotdogs.

LR gets into a groove on the dance floor.

RJ does a great 'Y' as music from the Village People plays in the background.

If the kraken doesn’t get you…

Luke — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:07:40 +0000

(over breakfast)

RJ: I really want a pet angler fish.

Dad: There’s a problem. They’re really only happy when there’s thousands of pounds of pressure on them, and an aquarium that could do that would be very expensive and big.

RJ: Maybe we could change the fish somehow.

Dad: Like what, change its DNA and genes or something?

RJ: Yeah! Give it new genes!

Dad: What genes would you add?

RJ: Frog genes. Then it could be an angler fish with jumping legs!

… Is anyone else terrified by the idea of a 1.5 metre semi-amphibious predatory angler fish? I have visions of them lurking around coastal areas and leaping on unsuspecting swimmers.

Sharky, meet Sharky

Luke — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:07:36 +0000

RJ and Dad took a trip to the aquarium on the weekend. Lots of exploring, ten rides up and down in the lift, and a bit of confusion over which of the 10 sharks is really called, “Sharky”.

RJ introduces me to one of his best mates at the aquarium, "Sharky".

According to RJ, the most interesting thing in this tank was the equipment the staff uses to feed the fish.

Surprisingly, the lift is a big attraction with our kids. (Insert elevator music here).

The sea lions have gone! No more sea lions! We now have a HUGE coral reef tank instead.

Okay, we've seen everything, we're outta here, bye!!!

January Wrap-Up

Luke — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:07:09 +0000

January was a really busy month! With the kids on summer holidays, we had lots of activities during the week and on the weekends. While down south we also did a bit of fishing, life-size animatronic dinosaurs came to town, we caught up with some friends and grandparents, and lots of wildlife around our house stopped in to say ‘Hello!’

A total of 5 very small fish caught over two nights -- the kids rated it a massive success!

We caught some very small fish and let them go again.

RJ spent some quality time with one of his favorite pals, the anthropomorphitronic T. Rex.

RJ and X go head-to-head for some competitive downhill sliding.

LR molded and decorated a tea cup.

RJ worked on a new pet dragon.

RJ and LR sculpting some clay creations during one of their school holiday activities.

We were visited by an evil scientist... The black lab coats always give them away.

It's a race and RJ got a huge head start. I don't think Poppa will catch them this time.

Mighty knights RJ and C engaged in a fierce battle to decide who would let the dinosaurs on the trampoline.

Local property moguls, LR and J, worked on their plans for buying up the city.

LR and RJ caught a frog in our pool. We haven't had rain here in over two months and he was looking pretty thirsty. We took him down to the nearby swamp where he can hopefully find a few friends.