King of the tyre

Every year down Bridport we have a KING OF THE TYRE challenge, where you take the tyre out on the water and the aim is to try and stand up on the tyre... It's pretty hard cause while you are trying to do it other people are trying to get up and they are also trying to push you off.....
The girls thought they would play on it before they took it out....

Hop on girls it's lots off fun.........

Felicity, Lizzie, Phebe and Eliza off to sea.. Will they win against the tyre or will the tyre bet them....

Looks like we are in a bit off trouble girls......... Should we help them...Let's just wait for a while..

Yes the girls we in trouble I think they want to go on a Holiday to Flinders Island.... Funny thing was there was about 10 off us sitting on the beach... Lifesaver we aren't... A kind guy with a kayak came and saved them... Will the tyre come out again on Australia Day or will it stay safe on the beach....

Bridport 09

This year we were invited to stay at Bridport with a few friends... The accommodation we stayed at was called Bayview and it was up the top of a hill so it had a great view...
We stayed from Monday and left on New Year's Day and there was plenty of things to do...
Our night's usually started off with a game or two of "duck, duck,goose" for the little people and big people and then the competitive people came out with the "best out off three" volleyball..
I don't know who won in the end but it was lot's of fun...
Those who chose not to play yolleyball, were happy sitting around and waiting for Tayla to hand out her chocolate.. Nice work Tayla..
There was also plenty of time to hang out with your friends and make funny faces for the camera...

Or just sit by yourself and enjoy the peace and quite.. I think it was 5 minutes before jack was joined by his friends...
During the day some families headed of to the beach.. It was really nice weather the whole week which was good, but not for some as some people got very bad sunburn...

On New year's Eve night lot's off people came down for the day and stayed for a BBQ at night .. It was also heaps off fun. Jay was pretending he was a DJ, but every time I tried to take the photo he would act normal....

We had a pinyata for the kids. Which was hard to break, even the 12yr olds couldn't brake it...
This little boy loved having his photo taken.. I don't know why???
Everyone had glow sticks and was dancing the night away..
Sparklers came out 11:30 and everyone was waiting for the Countdown on the deck.. Some of us "older folk "wanted the countdown to start sooner than later.. It was a great week and everyone enjoyed themselves and now I have to do heaps of washing and unpacking........
Thank you to Flick and Rob for organising the week and letting us be part of it...

Christmas Time

Tonight we went out to Deloraine for their Christmas Activity, it was a great night. We all got dressed up in period costume. The night was about when Jesus was born so we had sheets as dresses and pillow cases on our heads.. At the start off the night you had to go and get your bag of tokens to spend at the various stalls..You could buy things like Camel Spit, bread with dips, savoury food from the Pita Inn and dessert's from two handsome men...lol Eliza loved the Caesar pita, the Orange Cake and Camel Spit...

This is our bag off tokens , you got enough to something from each stall and then an extra one so you could go back and have your favourite one twice...

We made two loaves of Date and Nut Loaf, to my surprise it was really yummy. They had other things like date cookies, orange cake and Turish Delight..The women at the Pita Inn were kept busy with their popular dishes...Good work ladies....

We had such a fun night and Thank You for all the people who put in all the effort to make it a great night..

High School 2010

This week has been very busy and it was because it was Phebe last week as a Grade 6 student at Riverside Primary. So Tuesday ( which also was my birthday), Phebe and her HOT date for the evening ( Mr Woodward ). She had a great time and all her friends looked really nice and were very excited about the dinner. Of course it's always great to have your Dad there to show you his dance moves....

The next day all the Grade 5/6 were lucky enough to head off to Bridport for the day. It was really nice weather so they had a great time...
On Wednesday Phebe received another Award, "Aussie of the Month"is an award that is voted by the students in the school. From Prep to Grade 6 the students each month are incouraged to vote for someone in the kind who they think is a good role model.. I think that some off the prep kid's voted for her , because there was some funny reasons why they chose Phebe....
On Thrusday was the grade six assembly, which was sad for some of the students. Alice has been friends with Phebe since Kindergarten but is moving onto a private school next year, so it was good to get one last photo..

Yes Phebe look so happy to get another Award in Thursday Assembly. All this year Phebe has been an Public Relations Officer in the school's SRC, which she enjoyed very much..


Phebe has had a great week and is looking forward to moving onto High School. And as a parent I am glad that I can sleep in and not have to worry about making lunch's for a while.

Sarah was crying alot at the end off school, but Phebe's was strong , maybe she's happy that she is going to a school were her Father is not... POOR ELIZA....

Presentation Assembly

Last Thursday Riverside Primary School held their End of Year Presentation Assembly, so off to the High School we went.. Phebe was awarded with an Grade 6 Citizenship Award, which meant she had to go up the front to collect her $50 voucher from Mr Tony Roney who was from the Riverside Lions Club who sponsored the award...

I don't she wanted to go up the front or she was surprised to hear her name called out. As there was about 90 grade 6's and only 10 awards, so we very proud parents at this moment..

Also on the program was the grade 3-4 choir which sang a song called "Reach"as Riverside's motto is "Reach For The Stars"..Eliza has been in the choir from prep, she likes singing in the choir, but because of her height she is always standing at the back of the group...

Also at the Assembly the school got to say Thank You to any staff that were moving on or retiring next year. This was a sad moment for Eliza as Mrs Mc Kenzie is moving to Mowbray next year.. Mrs Mac has been Eliza's teacher for the last two year and is one of those teachers that you don't forget in a hurry.. She has been very good for Eliza and Eliza will miss her very much...Good Luck Mrs Mac
With still a Leaver's Dinner, more Assembly's and class party's left to do I will be glad when it's holidays...

Hat's on!!

Yes it's that time of year again.. Christmas time and photo's involving fluffy red and white hat's. I knew it was going to be a challenge with Eden this year so , first we went for a walk in the bush.. I need a better camera for this to look good.. but oh well!!
Santa if your reading this I would REALLY like an SLR fancy Camera...
Eliza and Phebe always like having their photo together.... Maybe not in a couple of years, so I better make the most of it!!!
Look at the camera EDEN instead off everything else. I think Eliza is thinking " can i go Now"...
Yes we are happy with the wardrobe choices, well some of us were.. Other's not so happy...
One of the better ones.. With some help from Gaz pulling faces at Eden behind the camera we actually got some half decent shots.. Bring on Christmas 2011!!!!!

Movember...

Movember is back again.Gary and a few of his friends from work are in a team and growning moustaches for charity.. Movember is held in the month of November each year and guys can grow moustaches for charity and raise money for prostate cancer which affects a lot of men.

I'm happy that he is doing it for charity but i will be glad when he does shave it off at the end off the month..

Back in 2003 Gary's grade 6 class wanted to raise some money for the homeless in the Launceston area, so Gary gave them a challenge and told them if they raised $1000 he would shave his hair off.. Next thing you know we are sitting in the school assembly and Gary's up the front on the stage, standing next to him was a parent who was a hairdresser... Off with the hair and so he handed the cheque to the City Misson.. Even the TV crew were there. (must have been a slow news day!)

so here are photo of the progress and bring on the end of the month..

P.S please DO NOT TELL HIM THAT HE LOOKS GOOD!!!!! cause he will keep it......