School Disco and Mischeivous Boys

On Thursday night we all headed off to Kate's school disco, we tried to take some photos of all of the kids together before we left...

When Mummy turned around from the sink, she found 2 boys perched on the end of the bench watching her. The wee rascals.

The Kitchen

Just a couple of pics of the new kitchen (walls and foor to come). Lachie and Kate are sitting in one of the cupboards before the shelves were put in.

Great Friends!

We have been able to spend our school holidays with some of our very best friends. Paula, Mat, Jessica and Zach came to say visit from Wellington and Aunty Sarah, Mackenzie and Alex came to stay from Hamilton. Everybody got along really well. It is very quiet at our place now and we miss everyone a lot.

Kate and Mackenzie having some quiet time together.
Lachie (20months) Zach (2years 9months), Sam (3years 7months), Jessica (4years 9months), Mackenzie (4years 3months), Alex (1year 3 months), Kate (5years 2months).

The Mums.

Good friends.

The big girls.

Alex loved living on a farm. Here he is with his favourite toys, the lambs and the tractor!

Milo and Pyjama got lots of love from everyone.

Growing Lambs and Better Weather!

Our weather has finally improved and in the weekend the lambs were able to move outside into their new playpen that the Kids helped Daddy make. Everyone still loves the wee lambs and Mummy doesn't have to feed them at all... so far. We have had them for a week and they are growing well.

The lambs are allowed to play outside with us when we are out there.

Kate thought she'd better take some pictures of Milo and Pyjama too.

Milo and Pyjama

Yesterday we went to visit a lady who had orphan lambs for adoption. We were allowed to choose two babies to come and live with us. We chose the smallest ones. Kate named one Milo and Sam called the other one Pyjama. It is still very wild and woolly outside at our house, so our two babies have a wee playpen in the garage. The kids love this and visit all the time.

Day 2

Today we all got outside for some more sledding, some more snow fights,
and some fun together...

Snow Adventures

By Mid afternoon, the sun had come out and this is what the farm looked like.When we got up on Saturday morning, we had a sprinkling of snow across the lawns but then it started snowing again and that snow just kept on coming. What an adventure for everyone. Later on, the big kids got to get out in it. Lachie was having a wee sleep at the time but it is snowing again today (Sunday), so he'll get his turn today.

Dad whipped up a sled.

Sammy got to make his snow footprints.

Everybody helped to make this wee snowman.

They learnt how to make the best snowballs for throwing and had sled rides.

Hold on Kate!

"Go faster Dad"

The snowball fight was hilarious.

Making a Snow Angel. Brrr!

Later on the sun came out.

Our Friend Baby Lamb

Baby Lamb arrived in October 2007. She was one of a set of triplets which was a bit much for her Mum, so she came to live with us. She has grown up with all the kids and been in to all sorts of mischief with them. Kate likes to remember how Baby Lamb lived in the playhouse, how she liked to come inside and do wees on the carpet, and all the times that Kate would let Baby Lamb out of her paddock so that they could play together on the lawn. However, unfortunately on Monday afternoon, Baby Lamb passed away. She was very sick with complications due to being in lamb. We held a lovely wee burial for her on Monday night and the kids all gave Baby Lamb some flowers, and Sam patted down the dirt saying "its a good idea to pat down the dirt Dad, that'll make Baby Lamb snuggly warm". To be honest, it has all been very sad and Baby Lamb is definitely missed. However, since then Kate especially, has enjoyed remembering all the Baby Lamb stories and she chose the photos we have put on here today. One day old and living in the garage.
Getting bigger, and living in the playhouse outside, with a wee attached paddock built by Dad.
Baby Lamb followed kate everywhere, and even when she was all grown up, if we wanted Baby Lamb to go anywhere, we could just get Kate to lead her there.

This is one of Baby Lambs sneaky visits inside.

The kids obviously can't see much of a problem with the situation.

She did eventually move into the paddock with the rest of the sheep.

The kids and Jessie especially like to visit Baby Lamb when she lived in the paddock behind the house. And this is the paddock, Kate liked to let her out of all the time, so that they could play.

The following photos were taken on Saturday, when we first knew that Baby Lamb was sick. Everybody sure has grown!