The Show!

Just got back from the Townsville Show, Thanks to the Starlight Foundation.


What a great time we had!


The kids had their best show yet I think.

We went fairly early so they got the chance to get a good look at the livestock.

Had a good go in the rides.





Jack and Will had their first drives in a Dodge-em and they did really well.


And Show bags and a feed to boot.


I'd like to make a BIG THANK YOU to the

Starlight Foundation for making this all Possible.

Thanks

Please check out their website in my links, They do such good work!

Kate on Spotlight!

Kate's class was on spotlight today at assembly which means they get to stand up (most anyway) and present a story or act or something alike.




Kate's class has been writing a story about dinosaurs.

The first few students read a paragraph each then every other student spoke about their drawing of their dinosaur.



Kate used her Liberator 14 to talk about her dinosaur to the whole of the school.

She did very well and was very chuffed with herself.

Let There Be Light!

These are my lights for My (Kate's) Delica




Fitted them today!

EDIT - Had to remove them again as they are not legal in Aust......Oh Well!!

Hello To Nathan!

Hello!
Hope all is well and not to boring in East Timor!

Queen's B'day Long Weekend.

Well another four days at Broadwater was on the cards for the Droopy family again.

The Camping Trailer that we usually hire was written off a few weeks ago in a accident (no one was hurt, luckily) So I had one week to get our trailer back up to scratch.
After hitting it with the wire wheel on the grinder and a couple of coats of KillRust (the inside only), next was to flip the axle under the springs to give a bit more height and to make room for some new (second hand) ATR tires, greased up the wheel bearings and she was ready.
The new flaps worked a treat as there was hardly any dirt or mud on the front of the trailer. I made them last week!

This time we popped in on Jim on the way up and he then returned the favour by popping in on us at camp.
We even came across another Delica Club member camped there So Hello to 'RuledbyVenus' Nice to meet you and your crew and to tag and be tagged by You. (First time I have been Tagged :lol: )


The weather was superb, Crisp cool nights and clear days.
The kids got straight into the mood of it and took off to the closest mud hole they could find to show me their off roading skills.


I even had to do some 'Roothy' inspired bush mechanics.


And nothing beats a cup of brewed coffee, Hot Chocolate, pancakes and a fire on a cold camping morning.


It's a fantastic drive in and out of this State Forrest, I always find the need of a pic of the view.

The Tribe:

(This pic was taken whilst stationary)

The Kids had a play with cylume sticks and long exposures on the camera and this is what we came up with!




We will probably be heading off somewhere again for the school holidays, So a bit more work on the trailer

I know I know

Things have been a bit crazy here the last couple of weeks and I can't report on it all. Needless to say that everyone is well and we have had a

Pirate Day at school for Will:


A fantastic Camping trip:

And a 6th Birthday Party for Jack:

And it's going to get busier so I will keep you posted.

Another Island Trip!

Once again we headed over to the Island for a few days to visit Mum and Dad, Wade, Miki and Hana and this time we organised a decent meet up with Cooper64 and family.



Wednesday saw a drive out to West Point which I hadn't been for ages so that was pretty cool, The night before saw a bit of rain which made the trip a bit more fun for the kids (big and small - They told me to drive fast through the mud....honest).




This is a Mate's Delica:







The road was so rough it put Hana to sleep.








Who needs a Delica when you have a Roller Rad with BMX tires I say!








After West Point we all headed to Horseshoe bay where we had some fish and chips then Ice-cream on the beach front.








Thursday saw a cruise out to Radical Bay where once again the kids had a play on the beach, Saw some Koala's in the wild and we got another chance to fling some mud on the Deli's.





What a fantastic few days A big thank you to Mum and Dad, Wade, Miki and Hana and the Cooper Family and friends.

Easter Parades

Well Thursday saw Will's Day care have their annual Easter Bonnet Parade.

Will made this bonnet and then the classes paraded them around and then have an Easter Egg hunt and eat as many eggs as they can in a short period of time.

Oh the joys of childhood.

Donna attended this one as Kate was doing an Easter Presentation at the same time at her school.

So I watched Kate.

Kate had to say a line of a prayer that her class performed for the whole school.

Well done Both Will and Kate!

NQ Razorbacks

On Sunday the NQ Razorbacks had a home Game against Olympic FC from Brisbane and the Annandale Falcons were the home supporters club.

That means the kids got to run out the players onto the field and stand with them during the National Anthem.

During the half time break we also got to put on a demonstration game in the middle with our players.

Obviously Jack was one on those players.

It's the biggest crowd he played in front of yet.....

Back To Therapy!

Kate headed back to therapy this week.

In the past Kate does not do 'therapy' very well.

As a typical 7yo girl she does not like to be told what to do....

But.....

Looks like she havig fun Huh!

What a Blinder!

Well the Annandale Falcons U/6 Kookaburras had a blinder last week end.
I was so proud of all of them, but especially proud of Jack.

He had a great game.

A few times I thought he might have lost his cool but he didn’t and for that we decided to award him “Player of the Week”.

It’s a really hard thing to do as a parent and coach to award your own child an award but I really think he deserved it.

Well Done Jack!

The Player and the Manager!

Lazy Sunday’s

I love lazy Sunday's especially when they involve:

• Cool Music
  




• Cool Kids
  





Fruit Smoothies





Lots and Lots of Paddlepop Sticks






Paint





And Glue

What else do you need right!

Oh and a Blue Sky with the Sun shining.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe!

Well we were getting a bit beaten this morning by our opposing U/6 Soccer team.

The Half time whistle sounded – I know cause I was the Ref.

We packed down on our cut up apple pieces and reviewed our strategy for the second half.
We started the second half and All seem to be going to plan, there was a bit of a tight tussle in the middle of the pitch with Jack and a few opponents fighting out for the ball when it happened.

The Head Clash!

Jack was left lying on the grass a bit worse for wear, I went over to check him out and make sure he was alright. He started to stand up with me helping him and .......

The eyes rolled back......

The lips went blue......

And down he went.....

He was out for just a few seconds but it was enough.

Ambulance was called...... and funnily enough one of the mothers of the opposing team was a surgeon, so she had a look at him and made sure there was nothing to major happening to him right then.

The Ambulance has had a busy day so they told us it might be a while.
After an hour of him being observed in the First aid room, I rang the ambulance to let them know I was going to transport him myself to the local hospital.

2 minute drive from the soccer complex.

After a check out by the Triage nurse and feeling comfortable in Jack’s state of alertness (and being frequent visitors to the ED with Kate. The Triage was actually one of Kate’s nurses.) I decided that he would be OK to take home (again 90sec drive away from the ED) and observe him from home.

The Triage gave us the list and time frames of what to look out for and so far Jack has been his old self, But he’ll probably sleep in with me tonight.

This is the second time Jack has done this to us, when he was about 18mths old he bounced off a small exercise ball down onto a gym mat and did the same thing – Rolled eyes – Blue lips – Out for a few seconds.

Don’t think he’ll take up boxing as a sport I think he’s got a bit of a glass jaw.

Anyway he’s all good now and I’m sure nothing will come of it.

And to think we stopped him from playing league in case he got hurt.

Winners are Grinners!

What a week end so far of Sport.

Friday night was the official opening on the Townsville Junior Soccer season and it started with a march past of all the clubs.

Annandale Falcon's was the second in the order of marchers but we were definitely the loudest with us winning the March Past.

Please excuse the pics as they were from the mobile phone

Jack displaying the coveted trophy.