We're home...(warning-lots of photos ahead)

...from our little trip away and we had a fabulous time.

We flew to Brisbane on Saturday afternoon for Jack's first ever plane ride. I kitted him out in his Jay Jay the jetplane shirt and Grandma gave him an airplane sticker book for the flight down. Take off was a bit frightening for him the poor little bugger. He was gripping onto our arms and burying his head crying and started to get all hot a sweaty but after we were up in the air and the sticker book came out he was okay, although he didn't really want to look out the windows. Landing wasn't too bad though. As we were turning to come into the airport he was "Wooooo, woooo, woooo"ing as the airplane tipped but he was okay. We saw the big cranes at the docks as we were coming in which was very exciting apparently because Jack started calling out, "Look look everybody!! There's cranes over there!! Look!!" He gave our arms a bit of a squeeze on landing (which was a bit bumpy I might add) but so did Daddy.

Our wonderful friend Michael who we stayed with while we were there came and collected us from the airport which was great and we headed back to his place and grabbed some dinner, had a chat then bunked down for the night.

Sunday morning we were heading off to pick up the car that we went down to buy. We caught the train much to Jack's excitement. His first ever train ride! While we were standing at the station he was asking if it was going to be a deisel or a steamy which I thought was so cute. He enjoyed the ride although 3 stations before our stop he said he had to go to the toilet but luckily he held it until we got to our stop. We went and bought the car and then headed off for Dreamworld, my first time driving on the motorway!!

We didn't get to Dreamworld until after 12 but we still had enough time to see everything (except the chocolate shop that I wanted to see but that's probably a good thing). We started off at Wiggle World but the lines were a bit long so after having a photo with Captain Feathersword we went to check out the animals first. Jack got to pat a kangaroo and we saw the koalas and tassie devils and some birds and snakes and things. We went for a look at the log ride but decided not to go on it. Again the lines were really long and it's a pretty big drop at the start and you get a bit wet. We headed off to check out the Nickelodeon area and have a go on some of the rides there like the carosel and the plane ride. We went on the Dreamworld train ride and then headed back to Wiggle World and had a go on the teacup ride and the big red car which Jack absolutely loved!! To finish off our day we had an ice cream and then we headed back to Michael's. We forgot to go to Tiger Island (doh!!) which was a bummer.

Sunday night Jack woke up crying in the middle of the night (we were all sharing a bed, Michael's bed in fact which he kindly gave up for us). Owen and I both sat half upright asking Jack what was wrong (he had earlier said his tummy hurt, that should have given us a clue right) and then Jack vomited all over Owen and the bed. Poor little man, that's the first time he's ever been physically sick. We're not sure what was wrong, I think maybe a bit of dehydration coupled with rides that go round and round and round and round. We had a bit of a restless night but after some panadol the next day he was right as rain (unlike Michael's pillow, which of course we replaced with a new one).

Monday after a bit of a GPS detour (have no idea what setting we had it on, wild goose chase maybe?) we headed down to Seaworld. Again we didn't get there until lunchtime (we're not really known for our puctuality :P) but we still only missed out on seeing the dugongs, well we didn't see the polar bears either but that was because they weren't in their yard. We watched the Bert and Ernie stage show first which was fantastic, the costumes were just superb. Jack really enjoyed it and was dancing away up on Daddy's shoulders. Then we went and watched the sea lion show which was great as well. Jack was just awestruck and his eyes were just glued to the stage. After that we headed down to the dolphin show which was just spectacular. I had tears in my eyes at the wonder of the dolphins. They are just magical animals, so strong...just beautiful. After the dolphins we went and watched the 4D Planet SOS movie. Jack nearly pooed his pants. It's a bit scary for little kids but it's just incredible how good the effects are. After that we went and checked out the rock pool area and the underwater shark aqaurium, then the penguins, then tried to spot the polar bears and then we hit the rides. Daddy was the lucky one that got to go on all the rides. The props in the Sesame Beach area are phenomenal. It is the best display I've ever seen, so bright and colourful and genuine looking. The rides were great too although I'm not sure if Jack particularly enjoyed the Big Bird Bounce.The poor boy beside him didn't enjoy it at all and the ride had to be stopped because his eyes started rolling back in his head, poor kid. When it started back again Jack started to get a bit scared but luckily there were some older girls on the ride that held his hand which I was very thankful for since I was on the ground crying for my poor baby. When he came off the ride though and we asked if he wanted another turn he said yes. Cheeky kid. We finished off the day with and ice cream and then once again headed back to Michael's.

So that was our little weekend away. It was just great. It's nice to get away from home, it makes you feel like you've had a real break. We're planning on going next year again but staying longer obviously so we can check out the zoos and movie world as well, and maybe squeeze in a bit of shopping.

Our trip home went really well. We bought a power thing for the laptop to plug into the car so Jack could watch DVD's on the way home and he did really well considering the length of the trip, about 8 hours. The car went great too which is good. It's a 1993 Holden Rodeo, so it's a bit older but the engine and the cab look in great condition, the back is a bit dinted and had a bit of surface rust but Owen has plans apparently. I'm excited too because now that he has a car the Magna is now "my" car so it's about to get girlied up with some pretty pink accessories and eventually a respray with some new pink pinstriping.

Well I better go do some washing and clean the house...back to normality.

My shopping trip...

Bad start...I slept in!... but in my defense I was up late 'cause I watched The Brave One with Jodie Foster and went to bed late because I didn't realise what time it was. Good movie, a bit violent and extreme but good none the less. So anyway, it was all good, I went and picked up my friends Anne and Charlene and we headed down to Yeppoon to check out the new centre and the much anticipate Michel's Patisserie...well...honestly I was a bit disappointed but it wasn't their fault. I remember seeing Michel's Patisserie in Sydney with metres and metres of cabinets filled with the most delish looking things and this Michel's is smallish, the centre is smallish so it matches well but I was expecting more. I also made bad food selection, I wouldn't recommend the rum thing, especially if like me you don't like rum. LOL...see what I mean, bad selection, it just looked sooooo chocolatey I couldn't resist. I'll definately go again though because i want to try the crunchy caramel slice.
The centre is nice. Fresh and clean and neat like you'd expect a new place to be. I was impressed by the loos especially the cool flush buttons. The lounge seats in the pedestrian areas are cool, great fabric they've used, like a faux nubuck leather looking stuff, liked the colours. The $2 shop, who's name I don't remember, had chipoard alpha sets for $2.50. Only one font but still that's a great price and they also had good party supplies and gift wrap. The Big W has self serve check-outs which was very exciting!!! The first one out of a metropolitan area apparently. I was very excited by that although I probably cost someone their job by using it.
After checking out the new centre we went to the main street. There is the most gorgeous shop off the main street that has confectionary and giftware and a really cool costume shop upstairs in another building, both of which I've never been to before so I was pretty excited. There was an adult sized Buzz Lightyear costume that I might just have to force Owen to wear for Jack's birthday party in April.
We went to the Goosehorn for a late lunch and the food was just delicious!! Beautifully presented yummy food, lovely decor and good service. I was very impressed. We shared a cob loaf with a trio of butters for startes and then ordered entrees for mains, I had the Morroccan spice prawns in a chardonnay cream sauce, yum, Charlene had the duck tartlets which were very tasty and Anne had oysters kilpatrick which were just how I like them, nice and salty with decent sized juicy oysters. Jack was so well behaved at lunch, well he was really good all day apart from when he ran away in Big W and hid between four manequins (which he thought was hilarious but scared the absolute poo out of me).
So that's my day. I love shopping with friends.

Spur of the moment...

Owen has been looking for a car (just sold his motorbike) to buy just for him to travel to and from work and do deliveries and installs and stuff and he's found one in Brisbane so this weekend we've decided to just jump on a plane and off we go, all of us. I didn't want him to drive all that way back by himself so we had a look at flights and got a pretty good deal to fly down this weekend so we're going on a family mini vacation.

We're flying down late afternoon on Saturday and driving back on Tuesday. We're going to stay with a friend who lives down there and we are going to go to Dreamworld (we're using out rewards points to cover the ticket cost) and Seaworld while we're there. It should be a fantastic weekend. Jack's reaction will be interesting. He's never been on a plane and is completely fixated with them and trains and buses so I'm sure he's going to love it. I can't wait. I've got to make sure I can have Tuesday off work first though but I don't think it'll be a problem. Be prepared for a LOT of photos next week.

I've got a page to show to for last weeks Embellished's In Your Skin challenge. This week was obviously ears.

Oh and on Wednesday next week I have an appointment to have an ultrasound to see what's going on with my crook tummy (although it feels fine now).

And this Wednesday I'm heading down to Yeppoon with a couple of friends to check out the new shopping centre that opened there today. I'm very very excited because I was talking to my Mum tonight and she was saying that there's a Michel's Patisserie there!!! Very exciting news because there's not one in RockVegas.

DOH!!

I was going to change my blog's skin today but when I uploaded it I decided that I didn't like it but then when I went to reload my old one the html hadn't saved properly and I lost all my links and things. So if you used to be on my link list and you're not I'm sorry. I'll find you all again I'm sure.

I had a bad day today. I woke up this morning with a pain in my upper abdomen, I've had it before and it's that bad that last time I couldn't sleep all night. So anyway, I tried the normal things, Mylanta, buscopan, pain killers, nice warm shower but all were to no effect. The pain got so bad that I ended up phoning Owen at work in tears asking him to come home and take me to the hospital, which he did. So that's how we spent our Saturday afternoon. At the hospital, getting jabbed (apparently my veins are hard to find, I got canulas inserted in both hands and both elbows before they found a vein) and eventually being given some morphine for the pain and sent home with a couple of scripts, a letter for my GP and a referral for an ultrasound. They think maybe it's gall stones so I have to watch my diet. It bloody hurt!! A LOT!! But when we got home I took more painkillers, hopped in the bath, then the shower, then the bath again, then off to bed for a couple of hours and I feel much better now.

Tomorrow I'm off to the Calliope markets with my Mum and Grandma which should be a nice day. There's normally just the same people there every markets but it's a nice day out and it's doubly nice to spend time with my Mum and Grandma. They are lovely ladies. Mum's been sick the last couple of days so hopefully she'll be much better tomorrow.

Well I better head to bed.

Catch you on the flipside.

OMFG

Guess where I'm going??







OK, do you give up.....














I'm going to the Scraptacular Retreat 2008!!!

I am VERY excited!! It's in July and it's held at The Country Place in the Dandenong ranges so it's going to be very very cold apparently which will be a big change from here. I'm soooooo excited. There is a big group of girls from the EB scrap threads that will be going which is the reason I am going. There's just no way I could justify spending the money otherwise, I wasn't going to go originally for just that reason but Owen said I should and I guess it's not something I've ever done before so like I always say, you should try new things!!
I will be flying by myself which is going to be a bit of a test of courage and then one of the lovely Melbourne EB girls, Tracey, is going to collect myself and another girl, Tina, from the airport and we're going to drive to the retreat which is sooo nice of her. Thanks Tracey.
On Sunday after the retreat is wrapped up I'm going to go and visit my lovely cousin Julie and stay there for the night...or maybe 2 and then fly back to Rocky.
I'm going to miss my boys though. Owen and I have only spent about 4/5 nights apart in 16 years and I've never been apart from Jack. He spent a couple of hours at my friend Kim's house one day and I missed him then. I'm sure the excitement of meeting these girls after chatting with them on-line for the last couple of years will help ease the feelings though.
It's going to be so much fun.
It's a shame that all the EB girls can't go. :-( There's a few girls I'd really love to meet that arn't going to make it like Donna, Sarah, Deb and Brenda(who I'm going to meet up with soon though) to name a few. I'm really sorry that they can't come. :-( and I do know how you girls are feeling because I had tears welling in my eyes last night thinking that there's no way I'd be able to go, I'm just thankful that I can. {{{HUGS}}} Big hugs all the way around cyber Australia for you girls. Maybe we can hook up a webcam.

Another layout and a great lunch

I did a layout this afternoon. I love this photo, it's soooo cute. Love these papers too.Jack and I went and met up with my friends Erica and Kim today for lunch and then Kim and I went and had a look in a couple of shops. There's a new shop my friend Charlene told me about, can't remember the name...Piggy something, and the lady buys second hand clothes and completely alters them to make one of pieces. Some very cool stuff. Love the way she's set up the store too. She's got sheets of fabric hanging on the walls and a variety of pens available for the kids to do some drawing on it while you have a browse, the racks that the clothes hang on are made from old rope spools and have cool belts attatched around them, she takes photos as she sells the stock and puts it in her 'catalogue' which I thinks a neat idea so the clothes are modelled by their new owner and she's going to make jean bags, similar to these, and sell them as shopping bags. I've been planning on making one of those bags since before Christmas.

Some cute kids and some scrapping...

It was one of our little Mum's & Bub's groups second round of babies birthday parties on Sunday (does that make sense?), gorgeous little Sofie.Her equally gorgous mummy Tricia threw her a great party. The kids had a ball as they tend to do when they get together with some room to run. They have a kids sized Jeep and Jack just had a ball kangaroo hopping around the yard with mum hanging onto the back.

Here's the card I made. You know I have all this paper and stuff and yet I hardly ever make cards. I find them really tricky but I'm pleased with this one, it's cute.I managed to get a few really nice photos of some of my friends kids too. Any constructive critism on the photos would be more than welcome. I know some of them could use a bit of a pop.

This is Jared. He's a good kid to photograph. He even stops still for a split second. I really like this one.
And his sister Charlotte with her little cute little toothy pegs...

This is lovely Lauren. And her sweet little sister Hayley...I got a couple of shots of Jack but nothing spectacular and I didn't manage to catch your Ollie at all, that boy is way to fast.I also did a scrap page over the weekend. It was one of those LO's that you fiddle with for ages and then are not really happy with in the end, I don't mind it but it's not a favourite.

It flooded again here, worse than the one a couple of weeks ago. A bit of a flash flood in some places. A guy Owen works with was woken by his neighbour at four in the morning to find 3 feet of water under his house included in his new Subaru WRX and when we went for a drive on Monday there were cars everwhere in driveways with the doors open, obviously trying to dry them out. My friend Tricia said she saw a car floating down one of the streets near her. It must be just awful, I feel so sorry for the people who've lost so much.

Well it's late and I really should be in bed so nighty night.

Our new bed linen!! Woohoo!!

I've been looking for ages now for a new quilt cover and I've finally decided on one. The main factor was that one of the managers at work marked down some of the most gorgeous pillowcase, the cream ones with the leaf pattern on them, so that helped me make the decision cause I just can't resist a bargain. So here it is...

And here's the reason I was saying I'll have to see if Jack lets me put the pillows on the bed...He likes to make cubby houses and things with them. I'm sure eventually I'll be able to have a bed that looks beautifully made, maybe when he's 15.

What do you think? Do you like it? :-)

And here's a photo of Jack, he insisted on having his photo taken when I was taking the photos of the bed.

I scrapped today!! Yaay for me!! LOL

I did two layouts today. Pretty exciting hey. Owen was off today and Jack's being a Daddy's boy, I've even been ordered out of the lounge room so I thought that I may as well do some scrapping.

The first LO is for the Embellished In Your Skin challenge. This is week 2 and this week is all about the eyes. ;-) My layout is all about how I see things that I think are beautiful and how other people might not even notice them. I even suffered to make this page...had to pluck my eyebrows before I took the photo (missed a few hairs though) LOLThe journalling flap under the photo...

And this is the other LO I did today which I'll rephotograph tommorrow because the colours are so off.Well it's late and I should be asleep. Owen and I just watched Resident Evil and now I'm all jumpy (probably because I've turned into a big wuss as far as movies are concerned). Got a first birthday party to go to tommorrow and then I'm meant to be meeting some old school friends for dinner.

Oh and I got some new linen for our bed. If Jack will actually let me put the pillows on the bed tommorrow I'll post a photo of it.

K, bye

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.

B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.

C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 Years Ago:
I was 24, married almost 2 years, was working part time at HN (still there), had been in our house for almost 2 years.

Things on my to-do list today:
Go to the hairdressers
Tidy up the house
Do some scrapping
Do some gardening
Do some washing

What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
A billionaire is pretty extreme. Give to charity, set up all my family financially, buy a shitload of scrapbooking products, get myself a good personal trainer and chef, maybe get a little plastic surgery-nothing too extreme, build my dream home (I have the plan all worked out) in some beautiful location overlooking the ocean, have IVF to have another baby, go on a nice family holiday to here and then probably go to Disneyland as well, leave Jack with my Mum for a week and have a nice romantic relaxing holiday somewhere with Owen-maybe here or here, check out all the miraculous things in the world like the Great Wall of China, the Grand Canyon, see the Aurora Borealis and the Eiffel Tower as well as all the great things in Australia like the Twelve Apostles, Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef. So many many things.

3 of my bad habits:
I'm a bit stubborn and apparently opionated
Have a really bad food obsession
I'm always late

3 places I have lived:
Ummmmm...they'd have to be addresses because I've always lived right here in Rockhampton although my Grandparents have a holiday house in Cooee Bay (Yeppoon) so I'd count that since we spent so many weeks there every year. Oh and if I count my Mum's tummy that would make 3 places :-P

5 jobs that I have had:
Check out chick at Woolies
Tea and tidy at various hairdressing salons
Phone canvaser at a window treatment place (HATED it)
Receptionist at the old Duthies Leichhardt Hotel
Bit of everything at Harvey Norman, started as a cashier, was a PA for years, now do merchandising/sales.


5 Things people don't know about me:
Hmmmm...I stay up really late most nights, like 1 or 2am.
I always lick the bowl when I make cakes.
I used to play violin (when I was in primary school)
I used to be pigeon toed
I never ever return my library books on time-I like to think of it as supporting my community as my late fees I'm sure would buy a few new books a year :-P



and I tag...
Donna, Dee and Brenda

Here's the LO's from yesterday.

Another weekend!!

Jack and I spent the day on Saturday cleaning the house. He's soooo funny. You'd think from the comments he makes that I was some sort of neat freak. He spouts off little cleaning tips to me and wants to help do everything. Like this morning, I was making him a milkshake and as I went to put the lid on the shaker it slipped off the counter and we had milkshake for metres and Jack comes up and says..."Mummy, what did you do? You'd better mop that up" Little bugger. It feels sooo nice to have a clean house. I always feel much more relaxed.

We went out for dinner to the Gracemere Hotel with all our mum's/bub's group and families. They've got a fantastic set up out there and the decor is lovely. They have really nice dark carpet with the most beautiful colour on the walls, a dark timber chair rail above a pressed metal base that is a light cream colour. Looks great. The dining room is really long and at one end, which is where we were seated, there is a glassed off area for the kids to play in. There's a littlies play area, a projector and 6 flat panels with different playstation games to play. It's great. The meals were fabulous too and were really reasonably priced, for the 3 of us for the night was about $55 and Owen and I had entrees and mains and that included a round of softdrinks. Great meals, great service, great atmosphere, great for families.

Today I did a bit of scrapping while Jack did some drawing and reading (I didn't get to take photos though so I'll post them tomorrow night). This afternoon my Mum came over for our standing Sunday date and after a coffee and chat we headed down to the footy field to fly some kites.

And can I just point out how fabulously good looking my husband is! :-PHere's Jack dipping his toe in one of the many puddles that are around at the moment.Jack checking out the scenery from up high.

There is so much change down at the creek it will be interesting to see it in a few months. There are huge big areas of rocks that have either being exposed or moved downstream. The water has been diverted too so there's now a branch off that's really flowing. Here's a photo of the exposed tree roots.

It's been flowing so much that there's trolleys that had been in the creek and have been moved about 400 metres downstream.

I nearly forgot too, check out these cool wall stickers...thanks for the link Erica (here's one picture to wet your appetite-I want them all!!!)

K, no more to say, check you all later.

Back to the alphabet and a couple of layouts

I


Ice cream - Although I wouldn't list ice cream as one of my most favourite things I do appreciate a good ice cream. My favourites would be Magnum Ego's for the on the stick category, in a cone would be triple choc drumstick and in a bowl would be B&R choc chip cookie dough closely followed by peanut butter and chocolate.


Igloo - Igloo's are cool! We don't have one but there's not much that starts with I to write about.



J


Jack - My beautiful beautiful sweet little boy. He just brings me soooooo much joy. He's so clever and funny and loving and well mannered. I can hardly remember what I did with my time before he came along. I mean, he's no angel, he is a terror to get to sleep at night, won't eat his veges or anything really for that matter and he's going through the "why?" stage at the moment but he is just precious. He is such a gift. We waited a very long long time for him to come along. I can't believe how much he's always looked like his own little person even as a newborn. His smile is stunning and his laughter is magical. I just love him!!


J - There are so many J names in our family, it's crazy...Jean, Joy, Jenny, Jaamy, Jody, Justin, Jasmine, Jack, Jessica, Julie and Joe. My Grandma gets confused in groups and goes through 5 different J names before she gets the right one.


Ok, I scrapped last night. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! It's so nice to be back to creating layouts after an almost 2 month break. I'm really enjoying it. So here's the 2 layouts I did last night.And a close up of the flower.

Ok, cheers and peace out :-)

Happy Valentine's Day

Long time no post...

Sorry...

I've been a bit busy with stocktake at work and before that my life was just too boring to write about but now at least I have some scrapping to show, my life's still boring though :P

I'll start off with this photo of the boys from our walk on the weekend. My neiceRasharna came with us as well. It's not so smelly down at the creek but it dosn't look very pretty at the moment. If you look at the tree where Jack is pointing you can see the water mark. This is the same bridge that is in my previous posts just to give you an idea of how much water we're talking about. And it's been raining for days here too with more to come so there is water water everywhere.
Owen has sold his motorbike. He bought it to ride to work but never got around to getting his license but nows he's decided he wants to buy a crappy old gemini panelvan instead. Boys and their toys, I tell ya. So here's Jack on the bike, he'll be disappointed that it's going, he loves climbing on and pretending he's riding it.I made this nappy cake for a friend of a friend. I think they are such a great gift for baby showers. They look so impressive. I've gotten the knack of it now and they don't take me long to put together at all.
And here's what I've been scrapping...
This LO is for the In Your Skin challenge/comp over at Embellished.
This is for the weekly challenge over at EB. The challenge was to create a LO in predominately red using only paper and cardstock, no embellishments. I was a bit worried that I had lost the scrap addiction actually. It had been so long since I've done anything but I still really enjoy it. I think I was just all shitty because my room was an unbearable mess but I've cleaned it all out now so the mojo can just flow around the room. I also won a fabulous kit from Embellished which gave me a bit of a kickstart. The last LO is using some stuff from the kit. I'll re-photograph these LO's if the rain ever goes away because the colours are just blech in the photos.

I went out for my monthly dinner date with the work girls on Sunday night. We went to the Parkhust Taven and the meals were just fantastic. I had almond crumbed fried camembert with mango and sweet chilli sauce for entree which was just delish and then for mains I had an entree sized prawns with garlic and white wine sauce in a filo basket which was just devine. Yum yum yum. I shouldn't talk about food though, I'm trying to diet. I doubt it'll last long thought, my will is weak.

Owen is off tomorrow and we are going to take Jack to the Crazy Joker to meet up with Kim, Jared and Charlotte. Should be good fun. Jack's going a bit stir crazy with all the wet weather around and not being able to play outside. Poor little bugger, I feel like I've been yelling at him all day. He's just been driving me crazy. I know he's just bored but omg, he just wants to climb all over me all the time and he's getting heavy and it hurts. Anyhoo...

I'm outta here. Off to watch Amazing Race Asia.

Ciao!

Pppfffwwwoooorrrr!!

Ok people...consider yourselves warned...if you have to drive through Rockhampton in the next few days keep your windows up and your air con on 'cause it STINKS!!!

My Mum was talking about the smell after the last big flood the other day and I nodded but since my memory is like a sieve I really didn't remember but when I walked outside this afternoon and sniffed the air it came flooding (no pun intended) back to me.

Well...

On Saturday after going to the shops we went for our Sunday walk, a day early. The creek is pretty high when you go down it a bit. It's a bit smelly down there though, you can see dead fish in the water.
This photo is from a couple of weeks ago and this bridge is now...somewhere under all this water!And this is where we normally stop to check out the fish, on the other side though and it's way under water too.And as Jack's is modelling here, the grass is getting pretty tall. The bottom end of the gardens is all cut off. Jack through a big tantrum because he wanted to go and play in the playground even though it was under water.
This afternoon I hosted a baby shower for my friend Charlene who is due to have her first baby on the twelth of April. I froze little babies in ice cubes to go in the punch and made little gift bags for the guests and a nappy cake for Charlene from the girls and guys at work. It was a really nice afternoon although Jack got pretty upset that he didn't get any presents so I'll have to remember that for the parties that we go to this year...take Jack a dummy gift.

Jack and I were watching So You Think You Can Dance Australia tonight and you should have seen Jack. He was trying to copy all the dance move and he wasn't doing too bad of a job. They have a kids dance thing here in Rocky but it's on one of the days that I work so I'll have to try and find some other dance related activity for him to do.