Not long now...

Wow I can't believe how busy December has been! Today is the kids' last day of school and we're all ready for the holidays - no more routine, no more early morning rush and no more packing of lunches - yay!

But before I relax completely I've got a couple of pics to share. First up is one of my amazing, clever daughter. About a week ago we got a phone call asking us to come to Speech Night because Zoë was getting an award - how cool! We didn't tell her though - just told her it would be good to go and along and support the school - blah blah. She got such a shock when we told her to go and find the seat with her name on it lol. BUT then we got a shock too - after Zoë got her award for Excellence in Mathematics - she was called back on the stage to get her award for achieving straights A's! In total five kids out of 250 Year Seven students got straight A's - I'm so proud of her. Here she is with her certificates.


Zoë is not a neat person, a fact not helped by her tendency to horde absolutely everything. Her room is in a constant state of disarray - it drives Rob and me mad and contrasts sharply with her obsessively neat brother. So, to encourage her to get her room fit for human habitation we made a deal with her. First she had to clean the room to a standard acceptable to us and then she had to keep it that way for a month. If she achieved that then we would buy her a laptop. Well there have been some rocky times but the month will be over tomorrow and the room is looking a-okay. But given her stellar performance at school we went out and picked up the laptop on Tuesday and set it up on her desk ready for when she got home from school. The squeals of delight echoed throughout the entire neighbourhood :) Here she is with her prized possession.


Wednesday night was the Year Six farewell. Angus was terribly excited to be going along to the disco (he can't wait to be in Year Six and rule the school next year). He took me shopping for a new shirt and spent ages cleaning his shoes, choosing his jewellery and making sure his hair was just right. Little Romeo that he is he even had a date (he promised there would be no kissing lol).


So with all that kid action there hasn't been much time for scrapping but I did do one LO for my sketchie duties with the CISters. The sketch design was perfect for the photos of Sparky's doggie birthday party.


TFSB :) Have a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing break whatever your plans are. Me, I'm home for Christmas with just Rob and the kids for the first time ever - the kids wanted to spend Christmas with Sparky - it should be fun, fun, fun!