17 - 31 January

OK. I think I am starting to get the hang of importing, editing and exporting pictures. It really is another world when you come from PCs to Macs!

Here is a big entry to catch up all of Jan. As you will note, I have already got a couple of misses. If I find that they are on another camera or phone, I will come back and upload. But for the moment, I will simply record the date of no photo as a "MISS".

17/1/11

Guess where we went today?! Mum and I left the 2 older kids with Mark and headed down to IKEA to get some storage stuff for the kids rooms and my office.

18/1/11

MISS

19/1/11

This is one of the units set up that was purchased at IKEA. This one is in Biddy's room.

20/1/11

Tom went and specifically changed his tshirt so he would match in with his sisters for a photo. I think Mark took about a dozen and only ONE picture we got them all looking at the camera smiling. But this one makes me laugh. Check out Bella's expression!

21/1/11

Tom needed to visit the audiologist in Warrnambool today as a revisit. Mum and I took the opportunity of being near a Bunnings to pick up some plants. I have decided to replant some areas of the gardens around the house. This is my stash of new plants.

22/1/11

The Butlers arrived today for a few days seeing as they had a flying visit over New Years. THis is Bernie with Tom (godmum and godson).

23/1/11

MISS

24/1/11

Take advantage of labour while you have it! Whilst the Butlers were here, we got to work clearing out a couple of the raised vegie beds and planting them out with some of the plants I purchased at Bunnings a few days earlier.

25/1/11

MISS

26/1/11

Banana mini muffins. Good way to use up blerk bananas and also to start Bella on finger food.....

27/1/11

Bella's first attempt at finger food. Loved it, but made a god awful mess! I thought she had eaten it all, but when I got her out of the high chair, I found most if it down the sides and under her bum!

28/1/11

Tom's school clothes...washed, ironed and ready for school (*sob*).

29/1/11

Mark at the BBQ.

30/1/11

He will KILL me if he sees this! Mark put a water trough in the backyard for the kids to swim in. The weather has been so hot the past few days that even he have taken refuge in it. Mark put on of those green plastic chairs in it to lounge back on. He reckons all he needed was a stubbie and he'd be right!

31/1/11

To round out January.....part of our dinner tonight. in fact, salad has formed the basis of most of our dinners lately given that the weather has been hot and humid.