High School Musical

Well Aiden has biked most days this week to the Mayfair theatre and has biked home spending about 7 hours a day dancing and singing his heart out this was in our local paper yesterday and thought we would share it with you all! Click on the link and it will take you there!
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/39549/039high-school-musical039-cast-having-a-ball
He is having a ball everyday he comes home so full of his days activities!
Hugs Ruth

Country fairy Chick!

Emily loves her Cowboy hat mainly because it is pink and sparkly!

And she loves her Fairy wings! Can you see them Mum???

I'll turn around a bit more! See!

Oh you can see my twirly skirt! I love that! I got it for Christmas!!!

I am still smiling take more photos Mum!! Look at my shoes did you get them? Why is it taking so long! Let me see! Let me see!

Just another photo shoot at home! LOL!

I just love the way she poses for photos! As for the hat it hurts when it gets dropped on your feet! Hard plastic and it only cost about $3! We love the dollar store!

Happy Friday! Hugs Ruth

Aiden's Trials and Tribulations!

Aiden and Alice making Christmas cakes for gifts!


Aiden relaxing while I work in Invercargill!
Aiden as Santa at the Chinese Language and cultural school in Dunedin!
The kids loved him being Santa's helper! and I think he got a kick out of it even though it was a stinking hot day!

Zara, Lina, Aiden, Alice and Emily at the Peter Pan statue at The Dunedin Botanical Gardens on Christmas Eve!
Aiden farewelling his surfboard when it finally sold for what he paid for it almost 2 years ago and it wasn't once taken in the water! He is now saving for a long board! Learning the lessons of must haves!

Aiden has had 4 days now at rehearsals and is extremely tired! But he is thrilled with all he is learning and achieving! We are certainly proud of his ability to turn up into a room of people he doesn't know and work hard! He is biking there and back everyday and is always on time! Start of new habits we hope!

Did I also say he is the best big brother out! He certainly loves his sisters with all his heart!

Hugs Mummy

Emily's Doings!

Sleeping Beauty~ The party season is just too hard!
Sisterly Love! Reading time in bed with Alice!

Decorating those Christmas cakes!

Making a wish and stirring the cakes for good luck!

Sweet As is right! Sweet as candy!

Alice's Antics!

Alice loves Miss Emily's Belle shoes we got in Hong Kong every day we hear clump Clump CLUMP! So she is in love!

Here she is in the high chair one of the last days she has used it since Christmas she has decided she is just like Emily a big girl! Where did my baby go??

Alice's favourite spot is about halfway down or up the stairs! She is trouble in the making!

Alice got this set of foam blocks for Christmas and she loves knocking them down I am trying to convince the kids each night to build a tower so far it is only me that does it for Miss Alice however I do have a lovely block model here show casing them for me!

Trying to fill Aiden's shoes now! we have a real shoe fetish! Please help us this Mumma has only 3 pairs of shoes in total and Keith has 2! I don't think we can keep up! LOL!

2009 Starts off with a bang!

Two Cheeky Monkeys in the cot!

Chinese language and culture school,end of year break up

Nanchang Fans on our wall in the hallway!

Making our Christmas cakes yum!

I need a headband just like Emily!

Well it has been a full on month already! And it hasn't started really!

January 4 Remembering a Nana My Nana's Birthday she was an amazing woman who could turn a sows ear into a silk purse! She would bake once a week and create tins full of yummy biscuits and cakes! Well this week we honoured her by baking and making Jam! Yummy Jam then Aiden ordered Piklets and cream! Then we have work starting again and I did a road trip by myself to Invercargill, Te Anau, Queenstown, Alexandra and visited 7 programmes and then called into see my sister and brother-in-law. Great to have a coffee and a chat! I am finding juggling children and work difficult so Daycare and rehearsals for Alice and Aiden start this week! we are settling Alice in Daycare and today she did well and gave cuddles when we left! So very positive!

Well With that we are then having Emily start swim lessons next week!

Uncle Sergio had a birthday yesterday and we have made him his gifts this year! We are going into home made and edible gifts for 2009 as much as possible! Tina my boss had her birthday on the 11th! So more stuff to make! :) Happy Birthday to you both!

We are also not using wrapping paper and once our store cupboard is empty we are going to try not to buy any more.

http://furoshiki.com/techniques.php check out this site for the techniques to wrap your gifts!

I have put in some random photos of the kids! Including Aiden and his surfboard that he must have 12 months ago and today sold as it was too small! He wants a long board! Go figure!

We are yet to Have Chinese New Year

My birthday 45! Oh my!

Our 25th wedding ann!

Alice at daycare

Emily back to school

Aiden back at school and 9 nights of production!

So full on few weeks!