Sooo Slack, so very very slack

Oh dear shame on me, so much to report yet so far behind, i hope all is forgiven by the end of the post ;D


so sometime waaaaay back in May, i left off with the revelations of our blocked drainage What a joy that was.... NOT!

I left it for a few days hoping and praying it wasn't the children's fault....that is still undecided, so after a weekend of sinks and toilets not emptying i gave in and called the real estate, as it had started causing trouble in the kitchen.


Can you imagine that with about
 4 inches of filthy water?? I can!



So Tuesday rolls around, and the plumber turns up, to save me from my woes,  and after being interrogated by the children on the various tools of his profession, he proceeded to unblock the offending drains



the girls fleeing a
possible poo sighting

 



So it turns out, it has been a problem before, as the pipes have been dug up already, and the kitchen was involved because it runs under the house and junctions with the laundry,toilet and bathroom, the plumber says there is a defect in the pipes he 'felt' when he put the grabby/pusher thingy through the pipes, i.e. a tight corner where there should not be one. one last note on the plumbing woes of this house, the dish washer has  died also....did i tell you i'm moving when the lease runs out??? they ARE replacing the DW though...in JULY! *sigh*

A very quick update, as it's been too long for a blow-by-blow account for me to remember, (i'm sure they are not that interesting any way??)

So Mum and Steve came over we did lots of stuff, spent too much money, oh yes and played heaps on their new iTouch/iPod thingy, i soooo badly want one for all the neat apps for school-stuff. AWESOME!, plus it would give the nintendo DS a break too (i'll have to post about that one day...)

So fast forward to June, Jamie has F.I.N.A.L.L.Y been given the go ahead for Barrow Island

He is home at the present moment for inductions and training, and for now, we are a 'normal' family again, with Daddy driving to work....AND coming home the SAME day ;D. That's right you read correctly, i have relinquished my precious Truck to my one and only. If i hadn't we would have had 6am wake up calls to drive him from hither to yonder. 'Serena' our trusty  GPS, will (had better!) do her job helping navigate the unfamiliar terrain.

Also, we have had some excursions and continue with our regular Homeschool group,

Most recently (but a while ago now) we took in the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre with a friend who lives 'down the street'

Samuel and his 'mini-me' ~J~

sooo cute tail dress ups :)

Yeah i dunno what else i was going to say as i was interrupted for a few days about this post so it's all gone again.....

So here are some more random photos from our week *ahem* month...



Lily's collection of pandas continues to multiply,
37 at last count i think???
Can you believe those two biggies, came from a charity store!

Claire's insisted upon outfit
to the park the other day.



Sophie "doing school"

Kaytie's 2nd lost tooth with a 3rd on the way.

And last of all, a teaser for what we did the other day, wonder if you'll guess????

Time to sign off as the V8 racing is finished,

and I'm being not so subtly glared at by a particular big person who happens to be doing the washing.......

OXOXoxoxoxoxox

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