Welcome 2011 and the year of the Rabbit!

At the beginning of the Chinese New Year, how fitting it is that we have recently become the adoptive family of two pet bunnies!  Thankfully they are both female, so we don't have to worry about contributing to Australia's rabbit population.  Although I am sure the kids would be delighted to see the result of breeding rabbits!  (I think we will stick to our plan of increasing the native amphibian population instead).  Rabbits have a pretty easy life really, eating, sleeping, eating, cuddles, eating, playing, eating, sleeping....  they do a pretty good job of keeping the grass under control.  If it wasn't for their love of digging and all the little rabbit nuggets they leave laying around, they would be great to let loose to do a little regular lawn mowing.

A lot of other things have happened since I last posted on this blog...

- Christmas passed without too much stress (just the way we like it!)

- B turned 5....

- L learned to use a camera...

- R continued to avoid cameras as much as he could (Is that a boy thing?) and spent a lot of time being a bookworm.  I can't seem to keep up with the supply of literature!

 

We are now heading into the 2011 school year and we have preliminary approval for B's homeschooling.  The kids were all looking forward to getting started on some activities that we have had planned, so we have already begun.  I love that one of the many benefits of homeschooling is for them to be able to learn when they are eager students!  B loves Maths and wants to do it for most of the day!

R decided to progress from regular Gymnastics to specialise in Trampolining this year (Thank goodness we purchased a large trampoline before Christmas!), and now that B has taken a break from Gymnastics, she is eagerly awaiting for her contemporary dance classes to begin at the start of the public school term.

I get the feeling that this year is going to be a busy one!