Quite day. Kids playing on the kids Gator. Dad and James pulled a few trees out of the creek. John used the Gator to collect fire wood and stack. Michelle and Hugo went to Cessnock whilst Rob made Ditmars onion soup.

Dad and James were late for lunch. After onion soup we decided we needed more sustenance so bangers on the barbie. After four bottles of wine and a plethora of sausages we are doing cross words around the table.

Slow start to the day. Needless to say didn’t go for a ride. James made (heated up) hot cross buns and tea.

Then we all went for a walk to the Yurt. Looks amazing.

Dinner was red curry prawns. Very nice. Somehow some chillies and chilli paste made it in there. Don’t know how that happened.

Copious amounts of wine later and there was a dance party happening. Rob was concerned we would go thru the floor. Kids then went to bed and the Yango Jenga championships took place. Don’t recall the winner or going to bed!

Overcast morning from a chilly night. Girls got up about 7am as we put a clock in their room and said not to get up before 7.

Been drizzling all morning. Enough to keep you in doors. Heaps of wallabies on each flat. Reading The Hobbit on the iPad as bel reads her TM’s.

Just had lunch of toasted Turkish bread with ham and cheese. Not very exciting but the girls knocked it off.

Raining again! Now what to do?

We all went for a walk to fairy land and saw some council workers lopping the branches off trees up behind the old sheds. They didn’t seem to concerned about damaging the steel/cuff fence. All ok but could have cleared it better.

Made chicken schnitzel with sour dough bread crumbs and mash potatoes. Was good. Love his stove. Had a bottle of the trusty Pikes Riesling 2010. Cracker.

Girls went to bed and watched a movie as did we. Saw ” the town”. Cops and bank robbers movie based in Boston. Ben Afleck was in it and was quite good.

Went to sleep about 11 with sounds behind the house of large animals. Think it was wallabies.

John, Bel, Charlotte and Sophie arrived up today at 3:15. Wallabies galore on both flats and the boys were up by the old sheds. After unpacking the car and fretting that the prawns had defrosted we loaded the fridge. Quickly realizing that I didn’t have a key to the shed.

After forcing the padlock with a key that looked like it fit we were in.

Had afternoon tea and then head to the veggie patch. Looks like there has been 45mm of rain in the past 8 days and the veggie patch looked a little worse for wear. Fruit flies and a few pumpkins looking like they were rotting.

Back at the house, swept the rooms, cleaned the bathroom, made the beds and now playing games before dinner of hamburgers.

Charlotte and Sophie woke up at 2.30am, 4.10am and then 6.50am asking to go a wake up grandpa and grandma. Let them go at 7am.

Hotcross buns for breakkie and the girls havae gone with Grandpa to get the saturday papers from Laguna.

John,Bel and the girls arrived on 2nd April at about 3.30pm. We went for a walk to the garden and they picked some leaks for dinner.

Girls went for a walk with grandpa to fix the boys feet up on the far side hill.

Mum made a roast (nicely butchered) leg lamb with leaks (which were very nice), pumkin from the garden and salad. Opened a bottle of Torbreck Struie 2003 – very dissapointed.

Tea then bed.

First vegie patch crop
Sprayed for wandering jew

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Sprayed larger patches of wandering jew with Starane…misty rain falling while spraying…hopefully will not be a problem.