Clip and Climb.....

Paddy and Georgie went to a birthday party at 'Clip and Climb', they had a ball and Paddy managed to do most of the climbs, what a star!

Off to the rugby.....

John loves the rugby, and as I have no interest in it whatsoever, he is trying to convert Emma.....Good luck!!

Emma in the school production....

Years 3 - 6 at Emma's school had a brilliant school production, Emma had a speaking part which was fantastic! What was really good was that every child was included, we all had a wonderful time!

Georgie gets a certificate .......

Georgie got a certificate for all her hard work in class this year, what a proud Mum I was!!

Michael jumps off the Sky Tower!!!

Our nephew Michael has taken a liking to throwing himself off tall buildings and bridges, here is his Sky Tower effort!!

A Visit from the relatives.....

In August, John's brother and wife came over from the UK for a visit, we all had a fabulous time, basically all we did was eat and drink, and be merry, I wish we lived closer, as we only get to see each other every two years or so, John hasn't been home for just over 11 years, we are so very lucky that we get lots of visitors down this neck of the woods!

A New Leggie for Paddy.....

A few months ago Paddy got a new leggie, once we got the new one we didn't realise how old and battered the old one looked. Paddy is thrilled with her new leg, she is walking much better and it makes her look much taller!!

A New Puppy........

Meet Honey our new Cavoodle, so we now a total of five females in our house and John!! Out numbered six to one!!

Catch up time .........again!

It has been absolutely ages since I last blogged, so to catch up, it will have to be in pictures with the odd word thrown it to explain all!!

I don't know how I managed to get so far behind, being slack I guess, also I have gone back to work which stretches my time even more, but no more excuses, he is the last few months in a few pictures!!

Crazy hair disco...

Every year the girls school has a disco, and there is always a theme, this year it was the Crazy Hair!  It was the first disco for Paddy and Georgie and they were so excited, they even sat still and let me do their hair, they let me tie it up, then spray it gold, it looked fantastic!

They danced the whole time, I just love the way at this age they aren't shy, boys and girls dance together and everyone just has fun.....long may it last!

11 years married....

On the 11th of June John and I celebrated 11 years of marriage, we had a pretty quiet day and just spent the time with our lovely girls, John did get me a beautiful bunch of flowers, he just spoils me rotten!

Quiz night at school....

    John with two Prisilla's (They won the competition for best dressed)

            All the Sumo boys!

Every year the girls school has a quiz night to fund raise money.  I had heard about the quiz, and how the costumes were fantastic and it is all very competitive, well I didn't realise how competitive, the thought and detail that went into the costumes was amazing, we went along as Geisha's and Sumo's, and if I say so myself I thought we looked rather good.......and we gave 5th out of 23 teams in the competition!!

Party for leggie.......

So we had to have a first birthday party for 'Lucy Lucky Walsh', Paddy's name for stumpy!  The excitement was huge, in the end Paddy had a few friends around from school, we watched a movie, had a nice dinner and then we sung "Happy Birthday' to stumpy, it was all very sweet, and Paddy had a fabulous time!

1st anniversary of Paddy's operation.....

                     Paddy with her leggie on the anniversary of her operation!!

On the 28th of May we had the first anniversary of Paddy's operation.  I can honestly say I don't know where this last year has gone, it has literally flown by!  This time last year Paddy had had the operation, and we were honestly wondering whether we had made the right decision or not.  After the surgery she was in a lot of pain, and was having dreadful muscle spasms, and none of us had had much sleep, emotions were running high!

How things can change in a year, Paddy does everything her sisters and friends do (she even did cross country!), she now walks without a limp, and like all good girls, loves her shoes and now she can wear what ever she likes! She is happy and confident, and we know we did the right thing, no doubt about it at all.

The variety Show......

As always I am very behind on my blogging, so to start it all off with a few weeks ago Emma was in a variety show at school!  It was for year three children and up, and the kids did it all on their own.  All the planning, the organisation and choreography, very impressive.  The only involvement from the teachers was that they couldn't go over two minutes, and in some instances that was a good thing!