It snowed rather heavily over night on June 11, and we woke up to a white land. We had over 1 ft of snow right across the section.
Here's the view of our garden from my office:
... the courtyard as viewed from the main living room:
... the hill and castle as viewed from David's bedroom:
... and finally the garden outside the dining room looking over toward the driveway:
My little princess turned 2 on June 11. We had an evening birthday party our house, with special visitors Nan and Pa (Katrina's Mum and Dad).
Susanna opened presents as soon as she got up. When I carried her into the front room, five of her brothers were lined up ready, and burst into a hearty "Happy Birthday":
I made a banana cake for the birthday cake, and Katrina iced it with Maisy (a particular interest for Susanna at the moment):
Katrina put on some music yesterday afternoon, and turned around to see Susanna (almost 23 months!) playing on her "violin". She has four older brothers who are learning the violin -- David, Matthew, Philip and Daniel -- so she's seen them playing. I started the trick with this instrument, however, and she has been delighted to copy it.
The castle on the hill in our front yard is coming along. There is still a roof to go on.
David (9), Michael, and Daniel (5) enjoy a moment in Wayne's (Katrina's father) boat at Pigeon Bay, back in October 2005.
Katrina, Susanna and Edna (Katrina's mum) enjoy the sun at Pigeon Bay. Wayne (Katrina's dad) is out on his new boat.
Four of our five boys received suits of armour for Christmas. David (the oldest, who is not shown here) has a suit, too, but won't get it for a couple of weeks.
Back row: Philip (7), Matthew (8)
Front row: Daniel (5), Tim (3)
Susanna wears her Winnie the Pooh outfit, courtesy of the (no Mac) Mack family. The outfit was perfect today, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees C.
T'was time for Tim to get a "big bike". A nice red one appeared suddenly one day. He took to it immediately!
Philip turned 7 on the 22nd of September. We shared a birthday lunch with three other families. It was a neat day.
