A Little Conversation

Yesterday morning, just after Richard left for work, the boys got themselves up and started playing in the rumpus. After about 10 minutes of playing i heard the following conversation.

Xander: "What do you want for breakfast?"
Marshall: "Porige!"
Xander: "Nah, I can't reach it"
Marshall: "Mummy do it?"
Xander: "Ok, let's get Mummy up"

Gotta love the way Xander tries to look after his little brother!

Bushfires

HOT. its been a ridiculously hot weekend (42c 108f at the max) and we have been house bound to escape it a bit. We had Mark and Tim, Michelle and Mark and Dee over for Christmas Dinner on Saturday. It was a great night and we topped it off with a game of Texas Hold em. There have been bad bushfires around us all weekend with a blanket of smoke covering the whole of Melbourne.

Tri Family BBQ

On Sunday we had a BBQ at Franger with Brooke and Adam, Milney and Amanda the the kids at Wilson Botanic Park. The weather was lovely and we had a great spread of tucker. Of course with England batting so well we had a game of cricket. Xander got the hang of it and hit a couple of cracking shots.

As previously mentioned on Sunday we had a look around the new Cranbourne Police Station and was given a guided tour. The boys are fascinated by Gaol so they were flabbagasted when told that the bad poeple had to sleep on the hard bed with no pillow. This is a photo taken by a member walking around with the station camera.

As briefly mentioned earlier the whole family has had a varying degree of gastro this past week. The bouts overlapped with unfortunately mummy and daddy both on Friday/Saturday (NASTY). But we are through it now and have caught up on some housework and I mowed the dust out the back. The Cranbourne Police Station had an open day so we popped in for a squiz and Xander learnt about Gaol. Bad people goto Gaol not naughty people. Final of Aussie Idol tonight so cup of tea and settle in.

Some time during the sickness haze. Marshall was given a new set of blocks for his birthday by Dee. Marshall hogging same and Xander begging to join in. Mummy, "Marshall, you'll let Xander play with them wont you." Marshall "Of course . Xander....."