Mad Mexicans

Vicky & Weland hosted a fabulous Mexican Fiesta with all of the trimmings. Good fun for all!

These two aren't Mexican at all. They are just mad!

Getting Ready for Christmas

The boys picked the most perfect tree out at Santa's Shaped Christmas Tree Farm at Gundaroo. It was definitely worth the drive and a great way to spend the first day of December.  

William's preschool put on a gorgeous concert and William (forth from left) especially enjoyed performing the aboriginal dance moves that he had been practicing all week at home.

The Urban Family Christmas party was under the Himalayan Cedars at the National Arboretum and there was much excitement as Jules handed out the secret santa gifts. The kids played happily for almost three hours digging and constructing rock houses.   

Happy Birthday Arrabella

It was a long drive out to Crookwell for Miss Arrabella's First Birthday. It was a good thing we had Stu home for the weekend too. Arrabella was pretty happy about being in the spot light!

8.2.13- 12.11.13 Nolan Phillip Sampson

Baby Nolan passed away peacefully in his sleep last week. I can't imagine how life will go on for his parents. I believe, for the most part we are given the hand we can deal. No one understands and it's impossible to guess why.

I'm glad they loved Mum's reading of 'The Next Place.' It is a beautiful story by Warren Hanson.

Busy Day

It was a busy day on Monday with 6 children running around! Jack and William both loved taking care of Arrabella. Jack particularly enjoyed holding her hands to help her walk and making faces that she could copy. She said 'ma ma ma' all day and happily went for a long nap in the morning and a shorter one in the afternoon. William gave her a bottle and sandwich for lunch which she loved.

It was an exhausting day and the kids all eventually joined Arrabella in the baby-play area and Lollipops before we left. Stu made a delicious dinner for all. 

Gye's Birthday at Burrinjuck

We set off after work on Friday for a weekend at Burrinjuck for Gye's birthday. The boys were excited and packed all week in anticipation. William was besotted with 3 week old baby Carter and he cuddled him at every chance he could. 

The dam was choppy and cold but we braved the waters in the canoe and paddled out quite a distance, found a relatively sheltered location and threw the lines out. After a while William asked for a snack and I opened the bag and discovered my beloved Nikon was in the bag. We started paddling back to shore and a wave came along which pushed us over. The Nikon, my favourite Gucci sunglasses, the iphone and Stu's wedding ring all took a dive 400 meters to the bottom of the dam. Luckily the boys and I were all wearing life jackets which really did save our lives. The water was freezing but it wasn't too long before a boat came along, picked the boys straight out of the water and towed the boat, Stu and I back to shore. What a drama!

Burrinjuck is less than 90 minutes from home and it was a really great place to relax. William said 'that was so much fun' as we headed out on Sunday. Less than 5 minutes later they were both sound asleep and didn't wake up until we were home. 

Random William

Stuart thinks he will be an engineer one day. I like to think he will be a doctor. It really doesn't matter but it is fun to imagine what he will become. 

It's a good thing he is super cute because he really does make us crazy with his 'little boss' attitude sometimes. "It's all about William" he told us so today.