Lynn's Wedding...

One of my buddies Lynn got married in October - so I took the girls along with me to the wedding. They were super keen to be flower girls, but unfortunately not this time - instead they had fun just observing the wedding!

In the pew, waiting for the couple...in case you don't know who's who, Katherine is on the left and Katelyn on the right.


Hello Lynn!

Dad with his two little angels (Katherine on the left, Katelyn on the right)


After the wedding, in front of the bridal car...

The end of the Twins Birthday Party

Grandpa joking around with his grand-daughters at the end of the night...


Happy Katherine

Happy Katelyn

The marque we hired for the party....last shot of the day :o)

The end of the twins party

Mummy feeding Isabelle her milk...



Isabelle boxing her daddy...


Daddy trying to kiss Isabelle - but she's not ready to reciprocate!

Daddy trying to feed his daughter beer, but she only wants her milk!!!!!

Twins 3rd Birthday - Friends

Pics of some of the friends that attended the girls party!

Shaun with Sherry and Saint...



Astrid, Lasse, Lina, Lief, Julie & Yanqi's Dad

Aunty Marion, Kiran & Rima

The kids! Kately, Benjamin, Yanqi and Arki

Happy 3rd Birthday!

The twins celebrated their 3rd birthday in style at home in October - been a bit lax in uploading pics from the camera, hence the delay!

We bought the Katelyn & Katherine new bikes for their birthday - below is Katelyn proudly riding her new bike. They are pretty cool bikes, and they had a choice between pink and blue - can you believe they both chose blue?!!!!




They love animals, so Jeanette ordered a jungle animals cake. So cool, check out the design!!!

Close up of the top of the cake - there is a super cute hippo caught in a pond!

The girls had about 12 of their best friends come over for a big party!

Budding artists

Katelyn and Katherine had their 3rd birthday party on Saturday and had lots of fun with their friends. They received lots of birthday presents, one of which is a collage kit from their classmate, Lina. Katherine and Katelyn were very eager to make something using the collage kit. They made shiny caterpillars and butterflies. Good job girls!

I'm 1month old!

Some beautiful pics of Isabelle, 1 month old. The first is one of our favourites, and we used this picture on the 'thank-you' card when we distributed the 1st month celebration cakes (a chinese tradition is that 1 month after the birth of the child, cakes are sent to family and friends to let them know the baby is healthy and well).



Silly face!

Looking at her dreaming, through the side of her cot...

Playing with her elephant!

Life with 4 girls

Well life at home with 4 girls is certainly different, and not what I expected at all! Was speaking to a buddy in Perth today, Ilario, and I was telling him that if you told me 4 yrs ago that I'd have 3 kids and they'd all be girls, I would have probably re-thought about having kids! But now that our last one is here, we are all very happy. Its really great to see the twins show an interest in looking after Isabelle. But one thing both Jeanette and I have realised is that we are now officially out-numbered. Its 3 on 2!!!! So inevitably on weekends I find myself looking after the twins, whilst Jeanette takes care of Isabelle. Lastly I'm actually in some of the pics below because Mari came over with her camera to take some snaps of our weekend action!

At home with Isabelle...


Katelyn watering the garden! Its extremely hard to wrestle the hose from her!

Katherine blowing bubbles - one of her favourite passtimes!

At home with Katherine and Katelyn...the "Hello Kitty" toys they are holding are actually floating soap Hello Kitty dolls from Mari. Nice purchase Mari!

Bathtime!

On most days Dad usually bathes Isabelle, with the help of his 2 apprentices! First we wash the hair...



Then clean her tummy....

Then flip her onto her front for a swim!

And lastly time for a splish splash. Lookout i'm having fun!

Thanks to Jon's friend Mari for the pics - who dropped by on the weekend to say hello and helpout with the kiddos!

3 Amigos!

Our 3 little Amigos - Katherine, Isabelle and Katelyn all having fun together!



Last week the girls had a Chinese Lantern celebration at their childcare centre to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Here are some snaps...

The girls posing with their lanterns (made by Mum and Dad!). Check out Katelyn's pose! I wonder who she learnt from?!!!!

Some of the lanterns hanging in their schoolyard...

Twin chefs at work again

Katelyn and Katherine enjoying the croutons that they prepared. These are low fat croutons made with the minimum of olive oil, a tiny pinch of sea salt, a generous sprinkling of herbs and baked.

Are you ready to hit the beach, 'Sista'?

Katherine and Katelyn modelling the new sunnies Grandma bought them from Bintan.

Well-fed and snug as a bug in Grandpa's arms. Good job, Grandpa'