I over heard Will a little earlier today
Hey Tom, nah nah nah nah
My penis is a guitar …..
I have a guitar penis!
And yep, he was play the ‘Guitar’ … lol kids!
And I did a quick Layout this morning with one of the photos I took the other day at the Playground.
The photo came out so well. I am always trying to get a good swing shot like this, but they never turn out!
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One of the benefits of living in Canberra is the vast array of cultural and educational experiences that are available for kids and families. And most of them are just a lot of fun! Last year we had a membership to Questacon, which defintely got used well. We went atleast every school holidays, sometimes twice, and then at other random times during the year.
I have taken the kids to the National Museum, Australian National Botanic Gardens, the Australian War Memorial, the National Zoo & Aquarium and many of our local Libraries.
I myself have also gone to the National Art Gallery to see the Masterpieces from Paris Collection which was just awesome!
I got to see Starry Night by Van Gogh in the real life. I was in awe!
Today I also went to the National Library, I didn’t delve too far into it, but there are exhibitions and readings there. I am very much looking forward to spending some time there!
Anyway for many of these things I belong to the mailing lists, because it means you are always the first to know! I must admit I don’t always read them, because I don’t always have the time but I did look through the National Museum Newsletter this morning and discovered two very cool things.
The first was for me, Holly Throsby is performing therein a couple of weeks, for free on the lawns on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin. So I am going to head along to that! I quite like her, very mellow and just perfect for a summers evening on the lake! Check out the info here, especially if you are going to be in Canberra on the 20th Feb!
The second thing isn’t new, I think it must have been offered all school holidays, but it is their Family Trails. A self guided, self paced activity for kids aged 5-12. You can check it our here. I am definitely going to take the kids along to that one.
Ok that is all for now, I just had to share some of my finds! More landcare tomorrow possibly .. the little ones also have Little Athletics, might try to get along to it after Landcare with Jordan.
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We had a bit of promotional opportunity at Landcare today. WIN News was doing a bit of publicity, and the boys went down in their Scout Uniform. And then would you believe that we missed it! I totally forgot to set up the DVD recorder, what a bugger! Anyway I am on the search for it, and have contacted a couple of media monitoring groups to try and get a copy. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Just a few snaps taken ..
And of course there was the obligatory playground visit
How cool is that? Twister in the playground. It was a lot of fun!
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It is amazing what happens when you tell the kids no computer and no TV .. they grizzle and grumble and then get on with it!
The boys were going to sleep in the tent overnight, but then it was forecast for thunderstorms over night so they changed that plan. But still, I will impressed with their activity, and yes they got their computer time!
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Well this morning, at the last minute we decide to go to the movies. I thought we needed to get out of the house. I looked up what was showing and found the Tooth Fairy. I quite like ‘The Rock‘ aka Dwayne Johnson, he has been in a couple of kids movies and there something about him that is very clever, and the thought of that wrestling body in a pink tutu .. well, what can I say.
So very quickly we bought tickets online, got dressed and rushed out the door (how come they can never get ready that quickly any other time?!).
The verdict .. I laughed and laughed, it is very clever and a lot of fun. I was a bit worried as my boys vary in age a fair bit these days, Jordan is fast becoming a teenager and William of course is still a little boy, but it appealed to all of us! Dwayne Johnson is just hilarious, what a clown he is. And little snippets from Billy Crystal and Julie Andrews just added to it!
Here are a couple of stills (unfortunately I can’t find one of Dwayne Johnson in the pink tutu .. but I will keep looking) ..
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No, really .. just don’t …
Let’s see .. It was about 27C today, and yes Tom seems to be wearing his Batman costume underneath a t-shirt and his Zombie trouser .. why? I simply do not know .. With Tom it is often safer not to ask ..
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What can I say, it is hot, we have no air conditioner, and it is the school holidays .. things are just taken pretty easy around this house …
Charming Jordan!
Concentration ...
Reading a book from the Library
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Phew .. I just realised I have not updated our blog since the 29th November, and here it is the 19th January! All I can say is that it has been a hectic couple of months! I would like to say that things are going to calm down now, but knowing our household I don’t think that is going to be the case.
Anyway I am going to spend tonight updating my blog with photos taken over the last month or so, including some snapshots from the Jamboree. And again I will be making the effort to update almost daily 
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As well as off-site activities, there was a heap of on-site activities as well. Low-Ropes, Brownsea Island, Circus, Laser Skirmish, the list goes on. The Scouts didn’t get to do all the activities, but they did get to do a fair few of them.
Some more pics, courtesy of Emu, of Jordan combating the Low Ropes.
ugh .. just ignore the colour of the socks, they all went into the bin on returning home!
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Another off-site activity was Water Activities at Chowder Bay. I don’t know all of the specifics, but I do know that Jordan had a ball (as did all the Scouts I talked to about it).
Here are some photos that Jordan too of the day (not sure what is with the diagonal photos, I think he was being artistic!)
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