Today

As Andy is in Tassie for some orienteering races, our friend Emily agreed to look after Ella while I went to work.  After getting myself ready, I organised and packed stuff for Ella, walked the dogs (Fuji is on holidays with us), dropped Ella off at Emily's and managed to get to wor for my first patient at 8.30.  The morning was busy but flowed well which meant we finished early - just before 1.

Ella had a fantastic time with Emily.  She discovered how to open the oven door, climb up on to it and proceed to bounce up and down as though it was a trampoline!  I'll have to ask what else Emily did with her as Ella slept for over 2 hours this afternoon ... which meant I had a little time to myself to continue knitting Ella's jumper. It is going well now after starting over numerous times and I have nearly finished the back.

Well we said goodbye to the sunny, warmish days of autumn and hello to winter today.  It was freezing.  I decided to take the dogs out to play frisbee on the oval this afternoon.  As it was only 7 degrees we rugged up - beanies, coats, gloves and sleeping bag thing for the pram. Unfortunately we were nearly at the oval when it began to sprinkle.  By the time we had thrown the frisbee a few times it was more than a sprinkle so we ran home as fast as we could.

After drying off, we made potato and leek soup - a perfect dinner for a winters day.

MiniQ

Today our mothers group visited Questacon, Australia's National Science and Technology Centre. After participating in a session on Rain by the excited particles, we explored the MiniQ room. With 6 different areas there was lots things to choose from and the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

  

 

And we were all tired by the end!

Who needs expensive toys anyway...

Ella has this fascination with ribbons....perhaps a fashion designer in the making?  And if she can't find a ribbon then Pippa's lead does just the trick too!

Happy Mothers Day

I had a really nice relaxing day today.  Started with a gentle run around Aranda.  Followed by a visit to the National Gallery with the Dees (aka Stacey and Dave Searle) to see the Turner to Monet The Triumph of Landscape Exhibition.  Not a fan of either Turner or Constable stuff. Finished off with coffee and cake at Tilley's. 

Here is a photo of Ella and me (actually taken this morning) showing how tall the grevillea that she bought me last year has grown.  

Little Miss Messy

Now that Ella is happy to walk around the house she tends to get into EVERYTHING!  So I've decided to teach her about cleaning up cause I know her dad certainly won't... It seems she has the idea... 

The Moods of our Pistachio Tree

   

Over a period of 10 days in April our Pistachio tree put on a fantastic display.  Sadly now though all the leaves have disappeared.

Seeing RED!

I'm sooo mad.  I received a registered letter today from the sonography accreditation board which had politely informed me that as I hadn't paid my overdue fees, my registration had lapsed and I had been removed from the register.  I might add here that the postman delivering the letter pointed out that it was actually addressed to 23 Aston Cres.  

So I quickly rang up the ASAR office to apologise and point out that I had not received any letters from them as we had moved house. Sorry the office lady says but as you have been removed from the register you now have to reapply - which involves getting certified copies of my qualifications, paying $85 AND wait for it .... paying a $200 default fee!!! I couldn't believe what I was hearing all because I had forgot to change my address....