Jack is Ultraman

We went to Jack's class assembly yesterday morning. The topic was toys and Jack had the equivalent of a dream job for any boy his age in a similar situation - its not everyday you get to dress up as Ultraman in school and get applause for it!

It was a wonderful show and these assemblies just get better and better and so amazing with such young kids. School assemblies often take me back to my own school days and I don't think any of the assemblies I took part in were ever so fun and innovative. Mind you the only prop one had 25 years ago was the humble tape recorder. Remember those? We always had to think up of a "moral" to base the assembly eg. being kind. I see that nowadays it's all at a click of a button!

The Real Hens' Night

This week it's all about THE Wedding even at the Hash!

Adi and Tugba

On Friday I attended the nikah of my cousin Adi and his Australian-Turkish bride Tugba. Not the traditional set of up nikah ceremonies and it was a nice change too.

And at the Reception on Sunday

There was a couple of assigned kids tables and though it doesn't look it, the kids actually had a good time together and behaved really well. Thanks to Farah for looking after them.

Congratulations to the happy couple

Eggy Kids Hash

The Easter kids run is one of the highlights in the kids hash calendar. Its messy, eggy and for many (not me!) plenty of fun. We had a big turnout for the run last sunday, the highest for any run in a while.

The "run" itself was excellent. Iman had gone ahead with her friends so Donncha and I only had the boys on the medium trail. Diplo is my favorite site anyway and the hares did not disappoint us. It was probably the best kiddies hash run we ever did - such a magical site Diplo! And the boys even ran some sections - just think in a few years we will have to keep up with them!

After the shout out it was on to the egg throwing. Nobody knows exactly when this was started or what we are really supposed to do. My understanding two years ago was to pair up and throw eggs for the other to catch. Inevitably it all goes into a throwing frenzy and this year it escalated to that pretty quickly.

And the result, very very eggy people. I can't do raw eggs so I treaded around very carefully, taking pictures from a good distance!

And of course Ayden had to do funny faces with special friend Alex.

The "Baby" Easter Bunny

Ayden made these cute bunny ears at Kindy. He was also proud of his Easter basket. There are many projects in Kindy that have not changed in years and Ayden have completed projects that even Iman did at Kindy. The egg basket reminded me of Jack's two year's ago. It's Ayden's last term in Kindy and in August our "baby" starts Reception which will be a new phase for the McCarthy family with all three in proper school.

Jack's Party

Better late than never - apologies especially to the Grandparents who have probably been waiting for these photographs!

Ayden with last minute colouring to the pinata - check out the concentration on the face.

Thumbs up to Fatin for decorating the pinata.

Main party piece

Jack with buddies Harris and Thomas

Last minute pass the parcel thanks to the two below

Ayden's getting very good at pulling faces for the camera

Especially with his best friend

The 'Nerf' cake

A cake for Jack

Unfortunately, Jack was feeling a little warm late last week so we postponed his 'party' with friends until next weekend so instead, we had a small family gathering with a cake at his grandparents house. Needless to say the local bakery provided a lovely cake decorated to Jack's requirement. It's always fun when all the kids get together with everyone enjoying each others company despite the age differences.

Reeham is starting to engage properly with the rest of the kids and has moved on from his whining phase (thank god!)

Big Smiles all round