Science Experiement or Lazy Daughter????

I was at Amy this week to retrieve the sandwich containers from her room and issued and ultimatum- no computer until the room is tidied and the sandwich containers returned- this is what was found growing in one of them! Revolting isn't it-she offered to clean it out and that request was accepted!

Amy has also been driving herself to school this week, driving over to visit her aunt and another time to her friends place for dinner, she is developing quite and attachment to the car!

We minded Charlie and Mia this week and played Mousetrap, which went well tell I landed on the "Turn the Crank" square and managed to capture Charlie and Amy's mouse. Charlie decided he no longer liked Mousetrap and was never going to play it again and it was all Auntie Sue's fault. Charlie and Mia where then playing Star Wars Chess, I was helping Charlie and he wanted to know how to "attack" being a non chess player I called in the reinforcements- Amy and she ended up giving the kids a chess lesson, but of course I forgot to take photos of all of this!

Jack Frost- Three Dog Family

We have acquired a third dog- well maybe a 1/4 dog- Jack weighs 5kg and Clancy 20kg and Benji about 35kg so he is a 1/4 th size of Clancy. We had minded Jack once, and then he escaped from his owners and ended up at our house(maybe 5km from his house) we had offered to keep him, but he was returned then escaped again. He ended up at the pound this time and he wasn't going to be collected so we couldn't stand the thought of him being euthanized so he is now a full time resident of the Frost family and has settled in beautifully. He thinks he is one of the big boys, and has been no trouble at all. Well he did try to steal an egg when Bill was cleaning them, carried one off, but couldn't figure out how to crack it, and when he gets hot he just sits in the water bowl and has a bath!

Mum's House

Had a weekend down in Melbourne last weekend catching up with mum and doing some jobs for her, thought it would be a good idea to take some photos of the house I spent my teenage years in to have on record and put on my blog.

Macarons from Cacao

Went down to Melbourne for the weekend to visit my mum, my brother and sister in law dropped in to Cacao- a chocolate and patisserie store in Melbourne, they were the winner of the best Melbourne macaron in 2010- so just had to get a box to bring home, they were such beautiful colours and the lemon and the passion fruit were my favourite!

Mia, Charlie and Amy

Amy and I caught up with Bindi, Charlie and Mia this week. We got to visit their new place in Melba and get the grand tour, and then headed out to Ruby's (formerly Gooseberry's) and had a lovely time catching up with them!

Australian Diamonds Versus England

Amy and I went to the AIS Arena on Wednesday night with a friend and saw the Australian Diamonds play against the England Netball team. It was a good match and we had an enjoyable night.

Beware P Plate Driver on the Loose!

We now have a "P" Plate Driver- Amy got her licence this week and now she wants to borrow the car! If she is not borrowing the car and we go somewhere together she has to drive - I guess I could say I now have my own chauffeur- not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing!

Roulettes

The day we went into Sydney the RAFF Roulettes where doing a fly over to get some publicity shots so we enjoyed the show for about 15 minutes- quite a treat!

Sydney Trip

Amy and I had a short trip to Sydney this week and caught up with the Frosty relatives in Castle Hill. We had a day of shopping where we managed to get a lovely formal dress for Amy with out to much difficulty and then had a day in the city and enjoyed the habour, the views, the Lindt Cafe, and saw an exhibition at the Mitchell Library.

Putting Lachlan to Work

We put Lachlan to work last weekend, I had some metal mesh that I needed cut to size so I could use them as trellis in the garden and some metal panels that needed to be cut. Lachlan was happy to oblige and use his tools- it was great having someone to do this sort of stuff. As night fell it made quite a spectacular fireworks show with all the sparks flying. Of course at the end Bill made the comment that he could have done it, but it was good for Lachlan to be able to do it! Lachlan and I just rolled our eyes- this coming from the man we brought a cordless drill for Father's Day many years ago and he is the only one never to have used it!

Out in the Garden

Couldn't resist a Native Plant Society plant sale at the Yarralumla Nursery this week! Got a few more plants for my garden, and it was a drizzly morning, so spent a couple of hours planting them out in the garden and getting things done, I really enjoyed my morning in the garden. I got a lemon myrtle shrub, have just been given some lemon myrtle soap and hand cream and it smells divine, so hoping to recreate that in my garden. Have also got some zucchini planted out and some to give away, but have to keep covering them up at night as we are still getting low temperatures!

Jack's Journey

We minded Jack about 6 weeks ago for a week, and he fitted in with our dogs and famiily. Saturday morning I discovered him sitting at our back gate, him on one side and Benji just sitting on the other side! We were quite astounded that he had found his way to our place. It would be 4 to 5km as the crow flies and through bush at some point- a rather amazing peice of navigation! It turns out his owners are up in Sydney, he figured he probably needed a holiday as well so came to visit!

Nightfest- Floriade

We went to Nightfest at Floriade for the first time this year and had a lovely time. It had turned very cold, but rain had been forecast and did not eventuate so we were pleased. The flowers were lovely under lights and we had a lovely time catching up with Bindi, Simon and the kids as well as some other friends, the Garcia's.