Mamouney's in Mandurah

Clinton's sister Bindi and her two children Mia and Charlie arrived in Mandurah the day after we got there. They currently live in Canberra but they are moving to Dublin, Ireland in July and they decided to come and visit the families in Perth before they go. My kids were beyond excited to see them! 

Harrison and Charlie got along straight away, I wish we lived closer as Charlie is only a year older than Harrison and it was so nice to see him playing with a cousin his own age!

Fish and chips for lunch followed by Simmo's ice-cream...

Hot chocolates and cookies to dunk 

The next day we took the boat out - the weather was perfect! Zara happily sat in her capsule on the boat. 

Sienna, Alissa and Mia with matching hairstyles by Aunty Bindi - Sienna insisted on matching Mia's hair every day!

Charlie having a go at driving the boat 

Harrison knee-boarding 

Mia having a go at knee-boarding, she did a great job on her first try. 

The girls on the 'slob' - going nice and slowly for Alissa 

Sienna and Mia going faster without Alissa

Charlie and Harry 

Showing off and dancing on the slob 

Sienna and Mia's second go on the slob, at one point Sienna flew into the air and just managed to hold on. There are photos of it on Bindi's blog. She was shaking when she got back onto the boat but managed to retain a tough facade and not cry! 

Alissa fell asleep on the way home 

Harrison is very helpful with getting the boat in and out of the water these days

My parents came down for a night with Jack and Lucy - Dad was showing the boys this fuel powered car. These two fire bugs loved it! 

Jack was really interested in how it worked too

Lucy...those eyes...they are amazing 

Watching the car run by itself...the boys tried to figure out a way to make it move faster (future engineers?). 

School Holidays in Perth

Yes, we went to Perth again for the school holidays. The day we arrived Mum and Dad were still flying home from the US so we stayed in their house by ourselves the first night. I picked them up from the airport the next day and we all went to Jason and Ainsley's wedding (Darnae kindly babysat for us!). It was very special to be there for their sealing in the temple and they had a beautiful reception at Matilda Bay Restaurant. The next day, Dad invited Clinton and Harrison to join him on a trip to Rottnest Island. Dad was entertaining some businessmen from China for FMG. It was a very overcast day and looked like it had a lot of potential for rain. They went anyway and ended up having a great time snorkelling off the boat.

 Harrison behind all the businessmen 

 The boat!

 Harrison looks very at home on this boat...keep dreaming son!

 Meanwhile, we went to Chipmunks for a late birthday celebration for Lucy who turned two. The cousins had lots of fun running around together. 

My three girls...growing up so quickly. 

 Alissa and Zara

 A couple of photos I took of Sienna on the tennis court 

 Lucy instantly fell in love with baby Zara who she called "baby tiny" every time she saw her (she pronounced it "baby shiny" it was very cute). Every time I fed Zara, Lucy would be by my side wanting to be close to her. She reminded me of myself at her age - I was apparently baby crazy (I still am). 

We watched conference together on the Sunday and had a family dinner. Then Clinton and I and our kids drove to Mandurah on Monday afternoon. We had dinner with the Winter family that night, it was nice to catch up with them. 

Sienna's School Assembly

On the last week of term, Sienna's class hosted their school assembly. It happened to be 'Pink Stumps Day' where the school all dressed in pink to raise money for Glen Mcgrath's cancer research foundation. Sienna's class went along with this theme and dressed in pink for their assembly item. It was easy to find something for Sienna to wear but I felt sorry for the Mum's with boys!

Before the assembly started...

She doesn't look that excited...but she was! My kids don't smile much when they're nervous.

About to say her lines at the assembly...

Sienna said, "there will now be a special item". 

Sienna's class item...concentration face...

Bows to the audience...

Video of the item...sorry I need to video with a tripod next time to keep it still and my zooming in and out is blurry but you get the idea of what it was!