Royal Wedding Sleepover

Lynda had a girly sleepover last night at Sonia's house to watch the Royal Wedding. Alison and Jean were also there for the night. Us boys had a relatively wedding free night, although my twitter stream was rather full of it.

Today Dan had his first work placement day at the RSPCA center in Burwood. He watched surgery on a cat hit by a car.

Ellison was invited to his first AFL game, he is watching Essendon at the Etihad stadium tomorrow. Must remember to dress him in red and black.

Easter Picnic

Had a lovely family picnic today at Bicentennial Park Chelsea. Lynda and I took Ellison and Matthew to meet Jean, Geoff & Ebby, Sonia & Michael, Allison, John & Simon, Lawrence, Kristy & Hudson and Peter and Natalie.


Everyone brought some food, so we decided to make Jamie's Kimchee Slaw. Unfortunately it was a bit too potent for both of us with its two chillies, ginger, onions, radishes and bunch of  coriander. Somebody must have eaten it though as quite a lot of it went.


The kids spent the afternoon in the playpark, the skatepark or hunting easter eggs.


Tomorrow is Easter Tuesday, so 1 more day off of work for me and the kids, then wednesday is back to normal.

Lynda's Birthday

Today was Lynda's birthday so we packed the boys off to the cinema and had a lovely meal together in "The Grand Hotel" Mornington. We both had the roast lamb special and very nice it was too. Afterwards I persuaded Lynda to have $10 each in the "pokies". We didn't have a clue how to play the machine but were quite happy when 133 dollar coins dropped out!

For her pressies, she got some chocolates from the boys, a set of Michael Palin books and a Red Balloon "Drive a V8 SuperCar" experience. Needless to say she was quite excited as she is a bit of a potential speed freak.

Got to go, Pizza for tea.

Today's update.

Sad news that Elizabeth Sladon died today aged only 63
At "Chez Baumann" it was a quiet day today. No kids over so the boys had to entertain themselves.
First thing this morning I drove into Frankston to stock up on staples. My favorite shop is Aldi at the moment as they are so much cheaper than Coles and Safety. I then ran into KMart to get the kids some Easter eggs for Sunday. I got Cadbury eggs, but the chocolate taste is not as nice as the UK version.
Tomorrow is Lynda's birthday. She is not too happy at the thought of being 39.

Two Four Two

Boys had their friends over again today. Ellison had Frank over and Matthew played with James again.
We had Nerf gun wars. Lots of fun for all. Dan has escaped to his friend's house for some serious X-Box action. Lynda had a skate on Matthew's scooter earlier and managed to fall off and clobber her ankle. Its beginning to swell up so we'll keep our eye on that tomorrow.

Back again.

What's the chance that I can get into the habit of writing something? Well I've downloaded the Blogger app for my phone, so here goes...

The boys are on Easter holidays at the moment. Dan is doing an animal studies course with the RSPCA which he is enjoying a lot (well the practical bits anyway). Matthew has a new friend who has moved into a house just up the road. Ellison has plenty of friends and keeps getting invited to sleepovers. Boys are all sorted then.

I managed to resist the temptation of the stray dogs in the RSPCA adoption centre every time I dropped Dan off, but he still has to do some weekend work placements, so there's still a chance I might come home with a new pet soon...