Minibeast Madness

Last week both Jack and Ayden were in a musical which involved all the kids from kindy to year 2. Written by Debbie Campbell, Minibeast Madness is a short musical especially for the younger years and the pictures show just how cute they all were in the costumes that were all so fab. Jack was proud to be one of the flies and Ayden even prouder to be a dung-beetle!

The room was packed out with parents all trying to catch a glimpse of their little ones and some were even turned away - it was very unfortunate that the show was not in the school's brand new theatre for all parents to enjoy.

Our Ayden is 5

Ayden been talking about his big '5' birthday for months and it has finally arrived. We can't believe our "baby" is now a big boy. The day started with the presents and he had plenty of help opening them. As its half term, today we will have a big family lunch and Ayden can look forward to his party with his friends next week.

Halloween Kids Hash 2011

We didn't have much time to rest after the football on Sunday. It was time for kids hash again and a special one too. We rushed to the costume shop after lunch to pick up something each for the kids - Iman wore a cape and hat and the boys masks though I failed to take any photographs mainly because they hardly wore them anyway.

After the run (laid fantastically by the Morley family) there was plenty of fun in store for the kids. They bobbed apples, got messy with flour and jelly babies and got wrapped up as mummies! Kids hash is always fun but this one in particular goes down as one of the best!

Iman was one of the first to bob

Much more hygenic just having one apple for person instead of the half dozen apples or so and everyone biting into them!

Jack did NOT enjoy this much to Abby's amusement

Ayden proud of his apple!

Jack being wrapped by two older older girls

They did such a fantastic job and won a prize!

Iman took the task seriously!

Time to clean up!

Only on the hash!

Football Funday 2011

Just checking on past posts, its amazing how much this event has changed for us. Back in 2007 it was all about the funday more than football. 2009 gave an insight as to what lay ahead for Donncha. 2010 Iman played for the first time. And this year, it was all football, football, football. The stalls were fun and very busy but it was outside where all the excitement was.

Iman played in the JIS 'B' U11 girls though all of her team were actually U9 and the youngest girls team. But despite the age and size differences our girls managed to win 2 and drew 1 of their matches which included the JIS 'A' team (Y5) and 2 older teams from ISB. They got to the finals and did so well but were defeated by a last minute goal by the ISB team.

Receiving her silver medal from the school head.

So proud of these girls!

One for you Dad

This morning my sisters and I made a special trip to UBD to attend the University's 25th Anniversary Ceremony. His Majesty The Sultan gave out special awards to past Vice Chancellors which my Dad was between October 1986 to Decenber 1988. As my parents are still away on holiday, Jasmine had to collect the award on his behalf and Hanna and I helped receive the gifts. So proud of my Dad and it was very special being there for him.

(Special thanks to the VIP who took the pictures - you know who you are!)

An Irish American Village

During our trip to Ireland in the summer, we stumbled into Moneygall by complete accident. For those of you who don't know, Moneygall is the home of Barack Obama's Irish ancestors and a place he visited last May during his visit to Ireland. Poor Maria was asleep in the car and woke up when we drove into the village. Needless to say, she thought we were on a different planet once she woke up.

New Saturday Mornings

With the long school hours and activities the kids do all week, we have started dedicating saturday mornings to homework. As with most households with young children, the youngest is always keenest. Ayden sets himself up on the table and goes through his new words and does some colouring. He doesn't hang around too long but at this age you have to love the enthusiasm they have for the dreaded 'H' word (note the lack of smiles from the other two on the table!)

My Omelette Boy

The kids have never been big breakfast eaters before school but they are thankfully now tucking in without too much effort on out part. Except some of the requests need more attention than a bowl of cereal and toast. Jack has got into eating omelettes, not any omelette - he only wants cheese and onion! But fairplay to him he usually eats it all up and occasionally asks for another one but by then I am dragging them out the door!