July-School Time Fun

There were many fun school activities this month.  One of them was BOTH Alaina’s & Kyla’s class item.  Every class does one each year, and since their classes are buddy classes, they actually did it together.  The theme was fairy tales, with Kyla’s teacher assigning her to be the Golden Goose from Jack & the Beanstalk and Alaina choosing to be Little Red Riding Hood.  Here are some pictures of that day!

                                      

                                      

                                      

Toward the end of the month, WPS had their Annual Athletics Carnival. Hallie and I spent the morning at the oval watching Alaina and her classmates participate in the 100m, 200m, and long jump.

Here’s Kyla standing in front of her fish picture that was hanging in the school office.

Enjoying time with the girls at the special open day at school.  We got to spend some time in their classrooms, at a special assembly and morning tea.

Hallie’s preschool was celebrating Grandparents and Special Friends day at school.  We briefly Skyped with Nana, but were very happy to have our Aussie Nana come along for the special morning.

July Joys

We had a great July, minus the freezing cold house and extra dampness!  LOVE winters OUTSIDE in Australia…not so much inside-you definitely have to put on more layers to go inside in the winter!

During the winter school holidays, my friend, Jenny & I took the kids to Wannabees Family Play Town.  It was such a cool place and for the first hour, a lady took the kids around and did special things with them like using the green screen in the studio, dressing up for a stage performance and polishing nails in the salon.  Then it was time for the kids to explore! 

They have so many different places to visit-Salon (hair & nails), Radio or TV Studio, School, Hospital (nursery & exam rooms), Supermarket with real cash registers, Fire Station (dress up & fire pole), Construction Site, Restaurant, Post Office (with special packages to be delivered to the other businesses), ATM, Police Station and more!

                                     

                                      

                                      

                                       

They had a rock climbing wall that they opened up at the end.  Alaina & Kyla did great on it!

                                     

                                     

Random photo from Aldi during their US week (around the 4th).  It’s neat seeing what is “American” to the Aussies as well as realizing some of the things Australia doesn’t have.

My friend, Nicole and her family joined us in Darling Harbour for some 4th of July fun. The Hard Rock Café was hosting an Americans in Australia party but it was way crowded and more for adults, so we enjoyed dinner and the fireworks in our red, white and blue!

Love Harrison’s photo bomb!

                                       

                                     

Brian with Pastor Brian after church getting his new book signed

Special treat for our 97 year old neighbor who is just so sweet!  He brings me flowers and fresh fruit all the time!

School holidays gymnastics for Kyla at the Olympic Stadium-very fun for them!  I even saw a group of girls from Michigan State University that were doing a study abroad program.  I got to say “Go Green” for the first time in a long time!

                                        

Another random shot to show a sale price for 125g of blueberries here in Australia

Kyla had another sleepover-this time with her friend, Sophie.

Mommy/Kyla date day

                                

                                

Daddy/Alaina date day

                           

Sorting out some for her sisters…she loves to sort and organize!

Hallie attacked the fruit bowl again.  She likes to take a bite and if it’s not ripe enough, just puts it back in the bowl-nice!

Our garden is FULL of amazing, beautiful flowers all year long, but as we approach spring, it’s insane how gorgeous our gardens are!  I picked these flowers mostly from the back garden.