Francesca 4 ar/years

 Hurra, fler julklappar pa posten! Layla var supernojd med sina pippi trosor fran moster Anette & co

Hurray! More Xmas presents arrived in the post. Layla was very happy with her Pippi Longstocking undies my sister sent

 Layla och Lewis tycker det ar superkul att leka hund

Layla and Lewis love playing dogs

Voff voff good doggie

 Tack for fin troja ocksa

Thank you also for Lewis nice shirt

 Det har ar utsikten fran Gabriella och Scotts altan

This is the view from the back deck at Scott and Gabriella's new house

 Vi var i Boonah i +39 gradig varme for att fira Francesca som fyllde 4 ar

We went to Boonah in 39 degree heat to celebrate Francesca who turned 4

 Hurra for Francesca

Hurray for Francesca!

 Lewis, Gabriella & Francesca

 Har leks det "skicka runt paketet"

Here they are playing pass the parcel

 Scott forbereder nasta lek

Scott preparing the pinata 

 Lewis tur 

Lewis turn

 Francesca visar god from

Francesca shows how it is done

 Laylas tur

Layla's turn

 

 Sedan kan man ju gora en hatt av den...Kieran

Kieran shows his creative side

 

 Gabriella hade gjort en fantastisk tarta

Gabriella had made a fantastic cake

Sot tjej som blivit sa stor

Cute girl, can't believe she is now also four

 Grattis Francesca!

Happy Birthday Francesca

 Det har var ocksa en pinata tarta

It was a pinata cake

 

 Med en skatt dari

With a hiden treasure

 Lewis har antligen fatt sitt eget rum

Lewis finally got his own room

 Sa skont att fa plats for hans leksaker ocksa

Great to have some room for his toys

 Nu pa sistone sover han dessutom hela natten ganska ofta

These days he sleeps through every now and then as well

 Igar kom Rebecca, Ava och Thomas 10 manader pa besok

Yesterday Rebecca, Ava and Thomas now 10 months for a visit

 Layla posar med Ava

Layla posing with Ava

 Lewis med sin nya badmossa som han hade pa sig hela dagen

Lewis in his new swimming hat that he wore the whole day

Kul med jul ledigt

Fun with Christmas holidays

 Layla utanfor Pat Rafter arena

Layla outside Pat Rafter arena

 Tennis proffset Lewis Gard varmer upp med en napp eller bibi som han kallar den

The tennis pro Lewis Gard is warming up with a dummy or bibi as he calls it

 Oscar redo han med

Oscar looks ready for a game as well

 Arenan var jattefin, och sallskapet trevligt

The arena was really nice and so was the company

 Layla & jag/I

 Vi tittade bl a pa en italiensk tjej Errani mot Hantuchova fran slovakien

We saw the Italian girl Errani loose against Hantuchova from Slovakia in this game

 Oscar laddar batterierna

Oscar charging up his batteries

 I torsdags var vi pa utstallning pa GOMA

On Thursday we went to see the exhibition at GOMA

 Det var modern kul konst fran asien och stilla havs omradet

It was an exhibition of modern art from the asia pacific area

 Det har var ett stort verk gjort av atervunnen karton

This was a big piece of art done out of recycled cardboard

 I samma tema for man gora sig ett konstverk

Then you got to create your own piece of art

 Jag gjorde en Sverige inspirerad hatt at Lewis

I made a Swedish inspired hat for Lewis

 Man kunde visst ha den att bada hallen

Apparently you could wear it in different ways

 Layla gjorde sin hatt sjalv

Layla made her own hat

 Greg gjorde en mask

Greg made a mask

 Jag tror nog bestamt att Greg har spelat for mycket tv spel

I think Greg must have played too many video games

Mer mask tillverkning/More mask making

  Den har fina klanningen fick Layla av mamma och pappa i julklapp

Layla got this pretty dress from my parents for Christmas

Igar traffade vi Ciss och Aksel

Yesterday we caught up with Ciss and Aksel

Jul igen...

Nu ar glada julen slut, slut, slut

Another Christmas has come to an end...

Fast vi firade i dagarna tre. Svenskt pa julafton med sill, lax, janssons, kottbullar och potatis och julklappar fran Sverige. Pa juldags morgonen oppnade jag och Greg julklapparna under granen med barnen, badade i poolen och pa eftermiddagen var det julmiddag hos Ken och Silvia. Imorse, annandagen oppnade vi julklapparna under Ken och Silvias gran med dem och Kostecki familjen. Lite mellandags rea hann vi med idag ocksa. Fast det allra roligaste ar att vi bokat biljett till Sverige. Den 12:e juni aker jag med barnen till Svedala. Greg far stanna hemma den har gangen men han tranar ju hart infor en halv "jarnman" vilket kravs en massa traning sa det passar bra att vi ar borta. God fortsattning. Kram

 Pa julaftons kvallen var vi och kollade pa de som vann i juldekorations tavlingen i Brisbane

On Xmas eve, we checked out the winner in the Xmas lights competition

 Strike a pose

 De hade till och med en maskin som sprutade ut nagot som liknade sno

They even had a machine that shot out something that looked a bit like snow

 Tomten hann ocksa med att vara dar

Santa even had time to drop in

 Manga fina lampor

So many amazing lights

 Fint va?

So nice

 Layla och Lewis pustar ut

Layla and Lewis taking a break

 Det fanns hur mycket som helst att se och gora. Tank att nagon bor har och orkar halla pa. 

There was lots to see and do. Can you believe that these people live her and can be bothered to set it all up.

 Somnigt pa juldags morgonen

Someone was very tired on Christmas day morning

 Efter lang vantan sa vackte Layla till slut Lewis

After a long wait, Layla finally woke Lewis up

 Nojda miner efter att oppnat paketen i julstrumpan

Happy after finding some good presents in the xmas stocking

 Nyvaket

Sleepy faces

 Kul med Duplo

Fun with Duplo

 Det fanns manga julklappar att oppna

There were lots of presents to open

 DVD spelare till bilen

DVD player for the car

 Layla hade sagt till tomten att hon ville ha en Barbie bil och som tur var hade han kommit ihag det

Layla told santa she wanted a Barbie car. Luckily he remembered.

 Lewis fick pussel av Brett och Jess. 

Lewis got a jigsaw from Brett and Jess

 Brett och Jess hade ocksa kopt skojiga mustascher

Brett and Jess had also bought these fun mustaches

 Hi, hi. Sa sota. 

Funny looking kids

 Inte sa jul aktigt men gott med pannkakor till morgon fikat

Not very Christmassy but yummy with pancakes for morning tea

 Layla ville ha sin fina roda klanning pa juldagen. Lewis maste ha tyckt att hon sag ut som en prinsessa for plotsligt ville han ha prinsess utkladnings klader pa sig. Sot som en liten prinsessa blev han. 

Layla chose to wear her nice red dress my sister bought her a while back. Lewis must have thought she looked like a princess as all of a sudden he wanted the princess dress up dress on. Very cute.

 Layla och Francesca ar sa lyckliga tillsammans

Layla and Francesca was so excited to see each other again

 Lewis &  Ken

 Scott & Lachlan

 Tjejerna drog i small karamellerna tills de small

The girls got stuck into the Christmas

 Greg & Lewis

 Mark & Jodie

 Scott med sin mamma, mormor och moster

Scott with his mum, auntie and grandma

 Tomten Sean

Santa Sean

 Nonno & Silvia

 Layla

 Gabriella och sma tjejorna

Gabriella and the girls

 De fick fina ryggsackar av Claude och Rae

They got some really nice backpacks from Claude and Rae

 Lewis

 Nonno med alla sina barn barns barn

Nonno with all his great grand children

 Sedan var det bad dags for vissa

 Some wanted a swim

 Layla fick bada i sina trosor for vi hade inte tankt bada

Layla had to swim in her undies

 Kusilinerna nu i morse

The cousins this morning

Sott gang 

What a cute bunch!

 Lewis fick lite hjalp pa vagen

Lewis got some help

Barnen hittade sina stovlar pa kvallen och joggade runt darute

The kids found their wellington boots and were runnning around the back this afternoon