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Posts about our house and renovations from our time living in Melbourne at Rockbeare Grove

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Jasper and the web cam

What happens when you leave a seven year old alone with a camera?  Watch on to find out!

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Jasper's tricky toes

We were sitting watching TV tonight and Jasper showed us how he could make his little toe bend sideways. We all tried, he’s the only one who could do it. Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra

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Catch a carp day

Today was catch a carp day in Darebin Parklands. Although our kids didn’t catch anything, one of the others landed this monster carp. Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra

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Self portrait of me with my new glasses

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Jasper is in the "attic" of his house

It’s a beautiful day here in Melbourne. We are at Birrarung Mar down by the Yarra. Off to pick up new glasses and to see “Up” shortly.

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Ella's Birthday Party

We had a lot of fun at Ella’s party recently – she thought it was great!

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Ella's birthday cake for her sleep over party

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Ella and Jasper at Royal Garden Chinese for Ella's 9th Birthday

We decided to try a place we haven’t been for Ella’s birthday. Meal is good so far!

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At the footy

Ella says both teams play like the preps; always falling to the ground going boo hoo

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Ella playing netball and the third of her goals for the quarter!

We are all very proud of how well she is doing.  She ended up with four goals for this quarter.

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Jaspers Skateni's

He got these in Singapore and has been practising at Netball.

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Ella's performance

Here’s Ella’s grade on stage.  Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra

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Jasper with his new light

Jasper bought himself a new book light today, so logically he’s locked himself into the pantry (darkest room in the house) to read with it!

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Life without kids

The last week has been VERY exciting for Karina and I. The kids have gone to Singapore to visit Grandma and Grandpa travelling with Qantas as unaccompanied minors. I dropped them at the service desk last Tuesday and 9 hours later, they were met in Singapore by Grandma and Grandpa.

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New couches

Not much more to say than that! We bought a new couch to replace the green ones which were getting very tatty and worn. Still need to move the old ones and set up the room a bit, this probably isn’t how it will stay, it’s a little

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Work Travel to Washington DC

I returned last Saturday morning from a week long (short?) trip to Washington D.C. Unlike most times I travel, I was fortunate this time to get a little time off to head into the city and see the monuments as this was the first time I’ve been here.

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Kids doing kid things

We had Inta, Mick and Clinton Blackford over for dinner on Saturday evening (hi guys!) and had a great time catching up. Clinton and Jasper both went to kindergarten together before going their separate ways, but they enjoy catching up. They were in the lounge with the sliding door shut

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Somers - Easter Sunday

From Somers Of course the Easter bunny managed to find his way down to Somers and deliver lots of eggs. He left them lying around the garden for the kids to find as well as a few at the end of their bed. From Somers A very excited 3 year

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Somers - Holiday House

The house we stayed in was a really great place – very modern with good facilities. From Somers Kim teaching Alex “Smoke on the Water” on the deck over looking the pool. From Somers Jasper and Alex playing Twister in one of the bedrooms. From Somers Kerrie and Bill having a

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Somers - Cape Shanck

Cape Schank was a real highlight of our visit, we enjoyed going up the lighthouse and also loved seeing the rugged coast line. From Somers Enjoying the view at Cape Shanck. From Somers View from the top of the light house. From Somers At the top of the board walk

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Somers - Mazes and Gardens

One of the thing we enjoyed on the Mornington peninsula was a number of Mazes and gardens. From Somers Ella in the Maze at Ashcombe. From Somers The “Alby Mangels” shot – which way do we go. From Somers Sam, Jasper and Ella in the centre of the circular Rose maze.

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Easter - Flying Fox

Over Easter we spent 7 days down at Somers on the Mornington peninsula with the Beros Family, something of a family tradition that we really missed last year when we were in London. Sharing a holiday house together was a lot of fun.One of the highlights of this particular

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BTMP Visit to Melbourne

Way back at the beginning of March on the Labour Day long weekend, Ben, Taryn, Maddie and Paige (BTMP) came to visit us in Melbourne. It was a very enjoyable few days, catching up and spending time together. The kids enjoyed seeing their cousins again so soon after Christmas, although

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Jasper and Monty

Jasper helped me clean Monty’s cage today. While he did, he let Monty climb around his neck. From Monty Monty liked sitting in his hood.This next photo is from a few weeks ago, trying to see how long Monty actually is, we let him crawl around the floor.

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Jasper's Soccer

Jasper has started playing Soccer every Sunday morning for about an hour and a half. It’s called “Seal Pony Soccer” and consists of a range of drills and then a 3 or 4 aside soccer match for about 20 – 30 minutes at the end. He was very keen to