It was quiet, too quiet

So instead of an update on the house, how about some photos of what the children got up to while we were outside working on the house. Normally they're there beside us, chatting continuously or pottering around outside, or feeding and changing and attending to baby dolls, or taking apart toys and any electrical item that is past is use-by. Whatever they are up to I am aware of their presence and whereabouts. Generally when it goes quiet these days I don't worry about what they are getting up to, they're old enough now to not get into things they're not supposed to.  But it was particularly quiet, I even went inside just to double check, they were in the bedroom with the door shut (they put to good use the art set you got Isla for Christmas Poppi). Liam's smile dissapeared very quickly when I told him it would never come off (mean mummy aye). Fortunately they were washable markers and nothing a good flannel scrubbing wouldn't fix, though they had some tinting left for a day or so, looked like they had a nasty rash, lucky we didn't have to go anywhere.



(Isla is such a girl - just noticed she stuck to the pink/purple tones).

Christmas festivities

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas.
xx

Happy Birthday Isla

I've been pretty slack this year with my blogging haven't I. This kind of is an example of how slow things are on the blogging front, Isla's birthday was last month, end of last month, but still last month. I have so many things I want to share but they just don't quite make it here. 
But Isla turned FIVE, quite a milestone, so even though I'm late, here are some photos.



We spent her birthday day at the most amazing gardens with Grandma and cousin Saxon. If you live in the area and you have never visited Mt Eden gardens then you must. It is so beautiful.



Aaron was overseas for Isla's actual birthday day so we had a little party with her friends the weekend before he left.  Under the pohutakawa trees at the park.

Finally another house update

Sorry it's taken so long for an update - for those of you that have been waiting.
Of course now there's even more progress to show, so I better post again in another few days! Hopefully the roof will go on this week!

So here is our half-a-house, that old blue painted section is now the only old part remaining. It used to be the old lounge and has now become the kitchen. (The pale yellow section at this end has pretty much all gone now also, it was the old bathroom and will become our ensuite).





Further demolition of the old bathroom, the kids LOVE helping :) Liam is quite a pro with the pinch-bar now.


Concrete floor being poured.              


Bottom storey frames all up! Isla is in the laundry/store room, behind this is the spare bedroom, and to the left the bathroom.


Standing on top of the second living area/library. (See our temporary bathroom tin shed on the deck:) It's like camping!).


Top storey frames all done. Isla is standing in her bedroom.


Standing in the upstairs bathroom.


Standing in Liam's room. It's high up!

Second update on the house - digger comes to visit

To follow on from the last post -  here is the old part of the house being demolished.  The only part of the old house now standing is the old lounge which has become our kitchen.
It is a very strange feeling seeing a digger rip your house apart.

Removing windows and doors before the digger starts.


Watching from a safe distance (Liam was a bit worried).





Liam standing where his bedroom used to be.


We had some interesting views from the kitchen, they got very very close!


View from the toilet after day one!


After the digger had left - no house just a dirt hill.