Harvest time
Despite the hot weather, we made it up to Gingin for the grape harvest, but Grammy, Poppa, Kath and Brad had already picked all the grapes and crushed them the day before we got there! We made the most of it anyway, picking a lot of figs and table grapes that were ready to eat. Mum cooked up some fig jam and we had a big sewing ‘sesh’ during the heat of the day, before going for an explore out in the paddock.
Our incredibly brave**, heroic** and good-looking** dad rescued us from this marauding beast** that had been ransacking the countryside and was intent on destroying the farm.

We found this guy having a drink from the dog's water bowl. He's a bobtail lizard which are pretty common around here.
**Hyperbole employed as official privilege of the author

![<a href="http://tobob.com/200909/zoo-animals-and-fairies/">Zoo Animals and Fairies</a> - While mum was away, dad kept the kids busy and tried to completely wear them out during the day. On Saturday, we went to the zoo. On Sunday, we went to a Wild Fairyland Festival.
We'll be going back to the zoo again sometime.
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![<a href="http://tobob.com/200910/we-have-a-winner/">We have a winner!</a> - Remember this picture?
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LR was very excited to receive a package in the mail yesterday from Double Helix magazine. It turns out that her wonderful Solar System picture won her a prize in the competition!
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... We have a winner!](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/200908-Aug18-21-IMG_4729-Edit-450x326.jpg)

![<a href="http://tobob.com/201203/diving-in-with-both-feet/">Diving in with both feet</a> - Last weekend, LR competed in a diving competition. She was a bit worried because last time around, she didn't do as well as she wanted to... This time was different...
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... Diving in with both feet](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wpid6050-MG_7852-450x300.jpg)


![<a href="http://tobob.com/201104/happy-fifth-birthday-rj/">Happy Fifth Birthday, RJ!</a> - Dear RJ,
Happy Happy Birthday!
We're proud of you and everything you do. We love your wild imagination and crazy stories and wouldn't trade them for anything. Thanks for changing our world time and time again.
Love Mom and Dad
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T... Happy Fifth Birthday, RJ!](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wpid3698-MG_3490-450x321.jpg)