Painting the deck

Wednesday 28 December

Sanding

Friday 30 December

the deck is ready for painting

This part of the deck, Claude filled

up all the cracks. But it made such a mess.

Claude did this yesterday and today

he decided not to do the rest of the deck,

as he has to re sand the lot.

getting the paint ready

We bought what look like a mop.

It is for oiling the deck.

It work well but use more oil than

the roller.

We still have so much to do. We only

did 1 coat of the deck now the post, the stairs

and the railings.

Boy I wish we could afford to have it done.



Visit Suisse

Tuesday 27 December

We had the visit of Jean Paul

and his daughter Severine.

They are from Switzerland.

But Severine has dual

She was born at the Royal North Shore.

I used to be good friend with

Christiane, Jean Paul wife.

She did not come to Australia

this trip.

We last saw them 8 years ago.

And guess what....I forgot to take photos.

I only remember when they left.

 Joshua is interested with books.

He also play with the beads maze

(Amelia only wanted the Allen key to build it)

Claude and Shane

Jean Paul and Severine are gone.

I am very bad, I only took 2 photos of that day.



Christmas day 2011 Hornsby heights

Sunday 25 December 2011

Boy oh boy

The girls were very excited

Santa has been

(but ...first I had trouble with the

camera(I have a dud one) and second

I was toooooo busy looking at the children)

I do not know if Mykaela still believed but

she was as excited as Amelia.

Oh it was so lovely, I wish I could bottle it for

when I need a pick me up

opening of the stockings

Turkish delight

Amelia was so funny...

She wanted to put make up on...

So I told her that she has

to be dressed before putting it on...

So she went and got dressed...then made up!

It was sooooo funny

Shane making breakfast

And this is Amelia third outfit today.
Santa just brought this one.
She changed again later on when she got
another outfit as a present.

Jo is preparing the ham (removing the skin)

Claude and Shane are killing a huge red back
spider hiding under a chair.

a family affair
putting the cloves in the ham

 

 

Claude cleaning up the trampoline

Amelia got this at her kindy

Christmas lunch in the garden

Shane had decorated the table with flowers

Jo and I

Vanessa, Gail, Claude, Steve, Silvia

And  Shane

Mykaela wrote this!

It took me 3 days to do this blog.

somehow I have a lot of trouble uploading

and it only do one photo at a time.

Christmas eve 2011

Saturday 24 December

I went to aqua this morning.

When I got home I made some

strawberries Santa' hats.

It look better on the recipe photo,

but Amelia loved them. They did

taste better than they look.

Around 3.30 we left to go and spend

Christmas with Jo, Shane and the kids.

 Jo made some yummy chicken and mushrooms vol au vent

 Shane, and some of Jo's friends waiting for Santa

Mykaela and her friend climbing the palm trees

 Amelia and her little friends

Joshua with grand dad

here is Santa on the fire truck

He gave the children some lollies.

I had a lot of photos...all blurrrrrrrrrrr

Time to go to bed but before that

milk for Santa and carrot for

the reindeer's

ohhhh exciting

Merry Christmas



Walker Christmas breakfast

Thursday 22 December

Walkers Christmas breakfast

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning I go

with a group walking all over the shopping mall.

We start at 7.30 am to 8.30 am.

Then we have coffee before hitting the shops

I did not take photos with the food, I was too busy

eating my poached eggs, bacon, tomato and toast

yum yum!

And suddenly the rain came as the table were

cleared away





I can't help thinking of Jo and Shane and the kids

camping. I hope they did not get this torrential rain



Aqua Christmas lunch 2011

Tuesday 20 December

Ounce again we are having our

Christmas lunch at Tricia.

Her husband is away on their farm.

We all brought a plate.

I had to make a quiche for 12 people.

 this is the only 2 good photos that I took

all the rest is blurred

Rhian and Tricia



Umina

Sunday 18 December

Shane and Jo and the 3 kids are gone

camping at Umina for a week.

We went to visit them.

Shane met us outside the park on his bike with

Joshua in the trailer.

We also had our bikes, so we all rode to the

swimming pool to collect Jo and the girls.



Amelia wanted to ride with Joshua back to the tent





Claude and Shane are fixing Mykaela's bike.

And Amelia kept on saying:"I want to help"

At home she has a plastic tool kit, she love it.

always want to fix something.

Then we all rode our bike to Ettalong.

 such a happy, contented baby

 Amelia being mother (poor Josh)

We all had a lovely lunch.

Us girls some nice prawns Jo bought in Ettalong.

Lucky for Claude and Shane I made a

weigh watchers chicken pasta salad

In the afternoon we went for a walk.

Amelia wanted to show me the pillow.

I never saw anything like it a huge bouncing pillow

Jo, Amelia and Shane went on it

even Shane could bounce high

and I went to join in the fun

OOOOOOH my knees hurt

I had enough...I want to get out but I kept on bouncing

and then we went to the beach.

Shane had a swim

Mykaela joined us, she had been

 bicycling with a friend

such a good baby

Miss Amelia Kay Andre