Aislin was counting down for her birthday to arrive.An early start opening presents, very exciting  day ahead.The new purple bike was a big hit.

7 little girls all came home from school with Aislin and got changed into their party gear and they were ready to eat party food and play party games, (it’s great now Rhys, Ella and Jack had their own games organised to be in charge of)

the girls thought a fun game was to chase Jack….as you can see he really hated it. My baby is 6 OMG!

You know how you get sick of thinking what to cook each night. I said to the boys ",what do you feel like, you guys think of something to have tonight". Then Rhys said "maybe we could cook something" Dewi looked strangely at him. I said" how about if you cook a BBQ." So they did and did a great job. As you could imagine there was alot of banter going on. A very Australian institution, beer in hand and guys gathered around the Barbie.

Down came the rain, sooo nice. I think the ground was so shocked ,the water didn’t actually soak in. Our drains are crappy the water doesn’t run away ,it just builds up. It only took a few hours for it to go but a very different scene for us to see.

Aislin brought a letter home, requesting that we be at assembly to watch her receive an award. very special, we didn’t know what she was getting it for. I laughed when it was for knowing how to get attention, in the right way. So her…. while at assembly they also give out merit awards and Ella happen to receive one that day. Very proud of them both.

The table was set, the food was prepared, the calm before the storm….

pre dinner drinks outside, and the children fed..

After a great hotpot dinner, with full bellies and a few more wines under our belt, the dancing starts

A very late night and far too much wine, but lots and lots of laughs and it’s nice to hit the dance floor for a good ole boogie.

Ella was very excited about turning 10, a big milestone, and now she will be double figures for the rest of her life, unless she gets a letter from the queen. She was very pleased with her signet ring, and other bits and pieces. On Friday night she had 3 of her best friends sleep over. We put up the tent in the back yard for them and they slept out there, (I thought they can talk all night and we won’t hear them!!!) It was warm so they had a swim and made pizzas for tea and giggled their way through the night and watched a movie. They had fun, what a better way to turn 10……