Family Photo's

On Boxing day my gorgeous friend Rach came over with Adrian and the kids and while she was there took some family pics for us..

Here are jsut some of my favs.. there were so many.. She did sucha great job considering.. all the kids were grumpy.. Poppy was getting very tired and none of us are that keen on having our pics taken..lol..

Greg and I..


Mum, Me, Brett, Dad and Shane.. Now there's a pic you don't see very often!

Poppy and Granny and all the grandkids!

Connor and Declan.. Love this one of the two of them!

Connor.. That tooth has nearly finished growing..lol..

The whole family.. Well nearly.. Greg is in there.. but despite being told to move a dozen times by Rach.. he is still hiding behind Granny!! Their is always one isn't there!

hmm.. I think the boys were getting rather sick of it by now..pmsl..

Claire, Brett, Carla and Lainey

Sammy and Sarah

What a cutie my Brodie is? not that I am biased or anything..

Sarah, Shane, Sue and Sammy

I love this pic!

The three ratbags!

Declan all over.. lol..

This is a gorgeous pic of Claire and Lainey!

I just want to say thank you to Rach.. She was so patient.. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful friend.

Christmas Day

Christmas day was very busy and started very early..

Can you believe the no. of presents under this tree.. There were some very spoilt children in our house this year.. Though I suppose there is 3 families here.. but still!!!



The boys pressies from Santa.

When they first woke up.. the boys were allowed to open their Santa pressies.. well most of them..lol.. They loved their very noisy Christmas animals.. Especially Brodie.. he kept turning his chicken on ad following it around the room laughing..lol.. so cute.

All the rellies arrived over at 7 for breakfast and then the kids were allowed to open their presents. Sammy and Sarah helped Poppy dish them all out.. It took a while I can tell you..

We told them to sit and wait till their name was called.. they all lined up and waited.. almost patiently.. lol

That is one Biiig present for a little girl.. lol.

Poppy and Brodie..

The mad house..

Claire and the Dora twin we gave her..


Lainey and her twin.. they loved them..It was fun shopping for girlies for a change!!

Just some of the mess! ...

We also got a Nintendo Wii from Santa.. everyone had great fun trying it out!

Poppy cooked a fantastic lunch.. It really was nice to have Mum, Dad and all of us together for a change.. It will prob be the last time ever.. so I know I tried to enjoy every minute of it.

All in all Christmas Day here was what Christmas should be.. Family, kids, food, toys and lots of fun!

Girls Decorations..

OK Finally got Blogger to let me upload the pics of the decorations I got to put on the tree for the boy's cousins...lol.. And for some reason the photoshopping I did is corrupted .. don't have time to do it again.. so here they are full size..lol..

Lainey's Decoration



Sammy's Decoration

Claire's Decoration

Sarah's Decoration


Katie's Decoration

Sienna's Decoration

Connor helped pick the one's for Sienna and Katie.. This way we have a little something to remind us of them when we can't be with them at Christmas time..

It's done!!

Yeehah... I just had to say .. The Squiggles Playgroup Website is up and running... woohoo.. and I've nearly managed to get most other things done too.. so hopefully I will get this blog up to date soon!!!

So have a look.. I would love some feedback!

Donna xx

Christmas Eve

OK Back to the update.. It was lovely having everyone here for once on Christmas Eve.. Sarah an Sammy helped the younger cousins to make our Christmas Cookies For Santa. The kids had a ball..

Declan, Sammy, Sarah and Brodie in the kitchen.. Notice how Brodie is holding his shirt tag.. it is his comfort.. He loves the tags on just abut anything.. but if he doesn't want to carry something around he grabs the tag on his shirt.. sticks the thumb in his mouth..and off he goes..lol.. Uncle Shane and Auntie Sue kept teasing him about 'taking himself for a walk'. pmsl. He is such a funny thing.

Declan, Lainey and Brodie are pretty impressed with the Biccies they made..lol..

Connor looks a little dangerous with that rolling pin..lol.. He was really good at helping Claire make biccies though.

Mind you Claire was a little more interested in chewing on the cutters than using them..lol..

We had a wonderful BBQ dinner that night.. And Poppy had brought down some Venison.. Well.. I was game.. I tried it..lol.. unfortunately it hadn't been defrosted properly before cooking so it was as tough as nails..pmsl.. lucky there was other food. Poor Poppy copped some ribbing about that one.. The kids then had a great time running around with sparklers.. Mind you I think Sammy and Sarah enjoyed it more than the littlies..lol.. and Brodie doesn't like sparklers any more.. he grabbed the wrong end.. won't go near them now!.

I thought I would show you the boys new decos for this year.. Every year since they were born I have brought the boys a special deco to put on the tree. Now they are bigger I take them with me to help pick as well.. So it is a very special tradition for me and my boys.

They also made these Christmas trees.. Connor did his at school.. and Brodie and Declan did theirs at Playgroup. So I put their Santa pic in there..

I decided this year as well to get a decoration each for the girls.. as we rarely get to have Christmas with them I thought it would be nice to have a little something for them on our tree every year..

Of course now Blogger is playing up and won't let me upload the pics.. I will have to do it tomorrow.. I am determined to get this finished tonight..

Sarah was lovely enough to make some special Reindeer food for the littlies (Rolled Oats and glitter)and put it into special Reindeer bags. The boys and girls loved it.. Our three put theirs out on the front lawn and Lainey and Claire did the same back at their unit.. All in all a very busy but enjoyable day.

December...

Well here is just some really cute piccies I took before Christmas..

Look who has been watching his big brothers on the sings.. lol..

Greg has always loved playing with the boys on our bed in the morning when he has time.. unfortunately with everything going on.. it hasn't happened as much as we would like lately.. so I had to take some piccies when he did.. He lifts them up and they reckon they are Super.... and then they crash into the bed.. typical boyish rough housing.. and they love to jump all over him!!

Just before Christmas Greg and Poppy took Brodie out in the boat one afternoon to put in some crab pots.. and then took the bigger boys in the morning to check them and go fishing.. well the fishing wasn't so successful but the boys were very impressed with the one legal crab they got to bring home..

Ok.... well my eyes are hanging out of my head and Greg is back at work tomorrow... So I think I will call it a night.. I will try and get the Xmas photos organised to put up tomorrow.. Nite!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Ok Ok I know I am a teeny bit late..lol.. Bit hectic around here.. and the poor blog has been neglected.. I intend to work on it tonight as long as I can keep my eyes open.. lol... and get it all updated..

I have been checking out your blogs too ..but I just haven't had time to leave any comments.. so don't think I have forgotten ya..lol..

Ok I had better get started on the epic Ramblings that is Xmas and New Years..

Hope 2009 is a year of love, joy, Family, friends and good health for you all and your families!!!

XXXXX Donna