todays antics...

We have been having some rain which is good...and the weather is finally a little cooler...Trumby made the most of it...

This morning Morganne snuck out to the paddock to see Trumby...

So then we gave him some carrots...

And she had a "ride"...

And then spent ages walking around with him...


She was so thrilled...

And E played with Bella..

Then Morganne managed to climb up too high in the fairy tree and had to be rescued by Daddy!

Evangeline wanted to ride and these days wants mostly to ride solo and not on a lead...so off she went and did very well..

Then she decided to trot...
And over did it a bit! A good example of why "kick to go and pull to stop" is not the best method!

And off Bella went...amazingly fast for a fat pony with more whoa than go...

E managed to hang on all the way back past the gate to the other end of the paddock...and fell of in the pile of dirt where the horses roll..mainly because the saddle then slipped and she only had one stirrup...

But no harm done!

And so I explained that she should get back on and finish on a positive note...

And no love is lost!

I showed her the photos later...which I had no idea I had...and explained that her signals needed to be a little more subtle! "Kick to go and pull to stop" from riding school is not really very good! I need to teach her more natural horsemanship!

She is a bit disappointed that Bella doesn't jump like Trumby so we will work on that one!
And she gave Trumby a cuddle too..

Also this week was my nephew Ike's birthday...he is now 8...we had an outing to Fremantle...

Over Easter we have been away on a ten day break to Lorne...along the Great Ocean Road...it was fabulous...I have lots of photos to sort out! We are all a bit out of whack with the time difference...a 4a.m. start yesterday...

Chief has been away on holidays too with our fabulous farrier Mike...learning how to load on a float and how to tie up with out pulling back...he gets home tomorrow...I have missed him...he is always looking in the kitchen window in the mornings when the light comes on...and calls out every time I go outside...I have a lot of work to do with him and need to build my confidence but we are becoming pals...

Ben has been working on the trailer he is building and is off to work for a week on Saturday...Lissy

down on the farm...

We were at the farm for Easter...Morganne had her first ride in the big truck! The kids had fun playing...
Going for walks...Doing puzzles with Grandma...Putting on dog shows...
Dancing..bike riding...>I made some rather dodgy looking bunny cupcakes...but the kids liked them!
We had some storms Friday night and heavy rain...and Morganne and I slipped over in the mud taking the dogs for a walk! And so got a bit muddy! And "hipitty hopitty Easter's on it's way!"...Easter Bunny came to visit... It is always good to be with the family...Lissy

chocolate for breakfast...

Easter Sunday...Morganne enjoyed her first Easter egg hunt! Evangeline helped her and she soon got the hang of it and loved the chocolate! And of course E did too...
We had friends for breakfast...they have just moved to Perth from Canberra with their two little ones...We had bircher muesli, eggs in purgatory, bacon, sausages and pancakes! Yummy! And there is nothing quite like a cute bunny Happy Easter - Lissy

more easter...

Easter Sunday....and the Easter Egg Hunt....I went out Saturday night and put the eggs and bunnies around the garden hoping nothing would eat them in the night...E wanted to check down the driveway and in the paddock to see if Easter Bunny had dropped any...she has put some egg and such away to share with Daddy when he gets home...chocolate really hypes her up so it will be rationed...
And a few more Easter Sunday pics...More layouts...this one is a scrap lift of sorts of a page Inner Beauty by Janelle Wind...I have had this lace paper for a while but couldn't get started on using it...so Janelle's page was great...though I put mine over top rather than under the photos... Then I scraplifted Jennifer Johner's page Baby Belly ...I wanted to try out using more bits and scraps on the page...
and one more layout I did...didn't quite turn out as I planned but it will do...
Today we are all tired and grumpy after too much chocolate and not a good night's sleep...both girls were awake several times last night which meant I was up nearly every hour or two...so not much has happened today! Lissy