Three Girls, A Guy...But No Pizza Place!: 2012

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

It's Official! We're Farmers!

Today I purchased and erected our raised garden bed to plant out our corn seedlings. Six in total and looking quite healthy (so far!). I also planted out some oregano, chives and Italian parsley. The girls helped me fill the box with soil, dig the holes, spread out some fetiliser and water in our new charges. I have placed the box in the highest part of the garden, which also gets the most sun. I might have to build a small fence around it, as Lucy thinks it's another snadpit and has already taken to it with her spade!Dispite this, I am hoping they will do well and in a few weeks we will be munching on sweet, juicy home-grown corn!!

Completed raised garden bed

Our corn seedlings - approx. 10cm tall

Lucy waiting for her chance to dig!

"Look what I found mum!"

Monday, 30 April 2012

Growing Corn

So, this term Emma is learnign all about farms and the various products that come from farms. The class had to pick their favourite fruit or vegetable and show it to the lcass. They also had to do a presentation on their favourite item for show and tell. Emma's presentation went quite well - she chose corn. I thought it might be interesting and fun for her if we tried to grow some corn at home. So, I bought some seeds and set about germinating them. Here is our progress so far:

Day 1

Day 1 - our terrarium on the windowsill

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 8

Day 10

So now we are going to transplant them into a raised garden bed outside. Hopefully they will survive! I am a bit worried as it's not really corn growing season, but here goes! Wish us luck! We will keep you posted.

Happy Heart Award

In the first week of the new term, Emma was awarded with her Happy Heart award. This award is given to students who achieve 10 stamps throughout the term for good behaviour. Each 10 stamps gets students onto a level - so Emma is on the Bronze level. Her next 10 stamps will be silver, then gold. She has already schieved one stamp for her silver level. Yah Emma!

Emma is seventh from the left.

Adelaide

Week 2 of the school holidays saw us head to Adelaide to see where Wayne had set up his batchelor pad and visit friends. We had a great week and we were sad to leave. During our time there, we visited the Beerenberg Starwberry Farm and picked strawberries straight from the paddock - yum! We also celebrated Lucy's 2nd birthday with a visit to Bubbles with friends. The girls and I headed into the city for a day of culture and visited the museum.

Beerenberg Strawberry Farm

Emma picking her strawberries

Our stash

Eating the fruits of our labor

Birthday kisses from Big Sister!

Strawberries for breakfast

The birthday girl

Our good friends, Jo and Joshua

At the park with Jo and the boys

Not even out of the car aprk and already asleep after a big day at Bubbles

So much for the day of "culture"

For some reason Emma thought this statue was religious!

Cuddles for the Rundle Mall brass pigs!

Holiday Fun

So, Easter has been and gone, as have the school holidays. Durign the first week of the holidays the girls and I spent a lot of time at the local parks, checked out the various Easter activities at Riverlink shopping centre, had a visit to the dentist and had a lovely mornign tea birhtday party for Lucy's 2nd birthday. Here are some photos of our holiday activities:

Dorrington Park, Ashgrove

Free face painting at Riverlink

Butterfly Princess

Even Lucy got in on the act!

Easter activities at Riverlink - Easter bonnet decorating

Visiting mum's local park

Where'd the ducks go?

Mum's local park

Mum and Sally having a rest

Crossing the river via the Moggill Ferry

"This is SO cool mum!"

"We're driving on water!"

Friday, 30 March 2012

Friday Afternoon at the Park

This afternoon, after school, we headed to Queen's Park, to check out the Nature Centre and have a play. The Nature Centre is a real credit to the Ipswich City Council - it is beautifully kept and a fantastic place to take the kids. And cheap too! Only a gold coin donation - it is well worth it.