Age is creeping up on me, I feel it won’t be long before I’m bent like a hook wearing cardigans and spectacles with my hands deep in soil growing herbs in the garden.
Speaking of which, I think Dave is beating me to that…he’s started talking to his plants.



On top of that he bought a green garden gnome! The freakish little thing is mounted out front of the greenhouse ready to ward off any potential plant thieves supposedly. Who knows, I hate the thing, it’s creepy.



Brandon has just turned 6. There are only a few days between his and Keira’s birthdays. Brandon’s starting to look more like me and wears his hair all shaggy like.

He’s more outgoing than Keira and he runs everywhere! No matter what I ask him to do or where he’s going he runs. Even when he’s taking the garbage out.



He also likes to study which is really unusual for a kid, he loves reading and is always looking to learn new skills.

His studying must have paid off though because on his second day of school he won first prize in the school science fair for making a working volcano out of Paper-Mache. His prize? 250 big ones! That’s a large cash prize for a little kid.



He’s a great kid, they both are…well except when Brandon chooses to come into our room when we’re having a lie in to watch TV. Now that is annoying. The TV in the loungeroom is bigger and he doesn’t have to stand up to watch it so why he prefers to watch ours is beyond me?



Having 2 kids isn’t as hard as I thought it would be. They help out a lot, particularly with Pippin. They love him…and he loves them. He provides us with lots of entertainment that dog. The snow lays thick on the ground this time of year and buries his food bowl, resulting in Pippins head being lost as he nuzzles through it to get to his food.



I really need to consider moving it inside…I think some strays have been stealing his food.

Pippin has taken to watching the womrat causing the womrat to suffer temporary insanity. The tiny thing goes nuts!



He runs around in circles and climbs up the inside of the cage bouncing off the walls like a maniac.



I find this pretty funny.