a few busy days...

We have had a few busy days around here...Evangeline has been skating again and tried blades and liked them. She has learnt to skate backwards, turn and JUMP! eeeeeeeeeeeek!

Ben has been busy building a car trailer...I have been scrap booking...
And I have been riding Chief...

I am trialling him on the owners property but he is so nice I think I will buy him and bring him home soon! I have started learning Parelli Natural Horsemanship and trying it out on Chief...You start with 7 "games" that you play with the horses to teach them to move where you want them and to establish your dominance in the partnership...not in a mean way as it is supposed to be a partnership...but it is actually about safety...if a horse perceives you as more dominant in the herd then they will move out of your way and so on....
Evangeline rather liked Chief too ...


Mum has been over on the weekend and we went out for dinner...

Evangeline wanted to learn cross stitch so Mum has started teaching her...
And that is about it for now... and Morganne starts school on Wednesday...Lissy

skating progress...

It is very windy here today so this morning I took Evangeline skating again...

She is going great guns...

We discovered that every 6 weeks they test skaters to see if they can move to the next level in classes...

We did one class on the holidays which was a disaster as all E wanted to do was skate and go fast, then we went to two other free skate sessions on the holidays so she could practice...the rest of the time she has been skating around the house...ALL day...lol...driving me nuts...

So she only has been skating a handful of times...and she has passed Star One into Star Two already....so it seems she is actually pretty good at skating...

And so one of the coaches from Morley Panthers Skating Club chatted to me about her maybe joining the club...he was amazed that she had only just started skating...so we shall see how she goes...

She loves the games and speed skates sessions...

And she has come home this afternoon and is teaching herself tricks like jumps...heaven help us...Lissy

skater girl...

Evangeline is skating around the house all day....

So I took her for another session at the rollerdrome...bad photos


Another skater took her for a toboggan ride...


Thankfully her skills are improving but not her desire for speed...Lissy

speed skater...

Evangeline is our little speed skater...lol...well she is only learning to skate...this is her choice for an activity this term...

They have a hour lesson then two hour free skate session with games...$12 and $2 skate hire...

She refuses to slow down and listen and just goes as fast as she can...so I bought her some safety gear and I am hoping for the best...I also bought some ex hire skates for her to practice...I am hoping with practice she will improve...Lissy