The Big Pink Bunny

Sienna bought herself a big pink bunny from the "Trash and Treasure" sale at our School Fete last Sunday and so far the big pink bunny has been everywhere with us.  In the car, in the lounge, it has tried on Sienna's pj's and snuggled Sienna in bed with her.

Last night I was making dinner and wondered where Sienna was and found her quietly tucked up in bed with her big pink bunny named "Suzanne" and she was reading to the bunny.  This bunny is almost as big as Sienna and to see them lying side by side in the bed with her reading out loud to the bunny is one of those warm moments that will be etched in my memory.

The Pearlie book Sienna was reading previously belonged to our dear little friend Alice who passed away from Leukemia in January 2012 at 8 years of age.  So this little moment had so many special memories all round and I'm sure Alice would be pleased to know that her books are being appreciated by little 7 year olds and big pink bunnies.

School Fete

Our school has put on a Family Fun Day for the past number of years for the students and families of our school however this year they decided to have a Community Fete instead. You will notice that Sienna is fully recovered from her concussion and even though I wouldn't let her go on the jumping castle she was keen to climb the wall a few times.  She also bought herself a big pink bunny from the second hand toy stall which she said cost $50.00.  I think she might have meant $5.00 but the pink bunny is a bit hit and she has called it "Suzanne" which is a very strange name for a Bunny and I don't even think we know any Suzanne's.  When I questioned her where she got the name from she said a "movie".  She also bought another story book for 50 cents and a show bag for $6.00.

James bought a "Goosebumps" book second hand and a Magic show bag and went on lots of rides.  We only had from 12.00-3.00 pm there this year as we had football on first.  The kids were so excited about the afternoon and couldn't wait to get there and had a great time.  Here's some photos of our lovely sunny afternoon at the school fete.

A trip to the Doctors

Yesterday I was getting stuck into ironing, sorting out washing, picking up kids craft activities, toys etc. and making headway when I got a call from the school letting me know that Sienna had bumped her head on a brick wall so had to head off to school and pick her up.  The story, according to Sienna, is that the girls were playing dodge ball (where you throw the ball at the person and the person has to try and dodge the ball) and the ball hit her in the forehead and as she was standing near a brick wall the the force of the ball forced her head back and it hit the brick wall.  The problem was that it wasn't the back of her head that was hurting it was the side of her head so we went off to the doctors and some head x-rays later we got the all clear that no bones were fractured however she has got a concussion and is staying home today and resting.  Here's Sienna with one of her x-rays which I told her would be good for Halloween decorations because they look pretty scary.

Day Trip to the Museum

Yesterday we caught a free ferry called a "City Hopper" on the Brisbane River from New Farm up to Southbank and walked to the Museum to see "The Collectables" which is showing.  It isn't a huge exhibition however there are some weird and wacky things there including a jar of someones finger nails and toe nails.  There was a huge collection of "snow globes" which was owned by the Museum which started out as staff bringing them back from their holiday adventures and then other organizations would send them to the Museum and the weirder and wackier the better and the collection just grew and grew.  Everyone loves a snow globe but not many of us would own a lot of them.

On the way back down the river I noticed a huge amount of smoke at the end of the city and it didn't look very good.  Shortly after the news chopper was hovering above and then what seemed like for ever, the fire engines and ambulance finally started coming from all directions with sirens blaring.  Thankfully there were no fatalities considering the inferno that happened to this building.  In the last two photos you can see the smoke bellowing from the apartment building at Cathedral Square  Here's a few photos of our little day trip out in Brisbane.

Around Here

We have another two weeks of school left and we are all exhausted.  Term 1 seemed to fly by however Term 2 is dragging on and we still have got to get through another two weeks of getting out of the house early, homework, making lunches at breakfast time, football training, football, school fete to name a few.  We don't have a particularly busy schedule however there is always something to be done, somewhere to go, someone to buy a present for, someone to be dropped off or picked up and then the activities of running a household, washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning, bill paying, grocery shopping etc. Here's a look at what's been going on around here lately.