Some of the Latest - January 08 to April 08

Joshua and Nicholas having a great time with our slot car set. The lounge suit was sent away to be recovered during the Term 1 school holidays (Nicholas managed to accidentally knock the iron onto the couch and burn it) so we had heaps of floor space to occupy. We were surprised at how well Nick managed. He is a true petrol head and certainly gave Josh a run for his money.


We had a lovely day at Sumner/Scarbourgh. The boys had great fun going through the cave of The Rock, and poking the sea life in the surrounding rock pools. Above, Josh shows his true seven year old colours. I don't know what it is that makes children this age stick their tongues out for photos.



During the Summer holidays we spent the day with The Miller's at the Airforce Museum. We all had a great day. The adults showed their true competitive sides when it came to the very cool flight simulators. (I even ended up with motion sickness ... how lame!)



James, Joshua and Nicholas standing in the engine of a new 777 at an open day put on by Air New Zealand.



Joshua and Nicholas all set up to help paint the planks the boys have on their play gym/swing set. Nicholas got a little bored and started to paint himself from head to toe in brown paint. It took quite some work to get it off him and his clothing (yep... he had it so thick it soaked through the overalls).

Entertainment After A Storm

The joys of living in a subdivision that floods when there is more than one days worth of rain at a time... The boys had cabin fever after two days of rain in the April/May school holidays so we blew up my old boat (it is about 25 years old) and pulled the boys up and down the flooded creek at the end of our street. It was great fun for them. The two in the boat together is enough to pull your arm out of its socket, but it was a great way to spend a freezing cold afternoon. The heavens opened yet again just as we were packing up and heading for home.

Nicholas At Queenspark Kindy

Nicholas started Kindy at the end of March this year (at 3 years, 4 months). He seems to be enjoying it, and already the speech development has started to progress. In the above photo he is enjoying playing with rice flour. By the time I came back to collect him at 3pm he was covered from head to toe in the stuff. It was all gunky in his eyes, in his ears, up his nose, and mixed with a dash of green paint. I am just disappointed that I didn't have my camera on hand for the end result. Josh would pat his head with great delight as a large flour cloud would arise. Only Nicholas could manage to create such a mess.

James' New Specs

James declared that he couldn't read the time on our microwave clock from our dining room table (only a distance of about 4 meters) So I sent him off for an eye examination. Unfortunately he now requires nice and expensive glasses to wear all of the time. "Graduated lenses" just doesn't have the same ring as "bi-focals" when describing a blind bat. Here's hoping they will help him see all of the little things that need doing around the house... just kidding.

More Of The Boys

In 2007 (Year 2) Joshua's teacher convinced most of the class to form a Touch Rugby Team. There were so many involved that two teams eventuated. Above is a shot of Josh at one of the matches.

This is Nicholas having fun at our friends new house. He was nearly two years old. (October 2007)



This is the lovely Joshua (6 years 10 months) after having his face camouflage painted at Nicholas' 3rd birthday. The children had a blast, but it took a gallon of face cream to remove the paint. The face flannels and bathroom basin were an interesting sight afterwards. Mental note - apply plenty of face cream (especially around the eyes) before the paint goes on next time.


























Christmas 2007. Santa's reindeer and the boy's having a great time at Little Kaiteriteri. Nick wasn't too keen to put his feet down once he discovered heaps of little crabs in the sand. He was probably just following my/Mum's act. I must remember to take our surf shoes up next time.

The Boys

Joshua helping Nicholas in our back yard.

A Few Photos From The Past

This is The Egan Family, and this is what we looked like at the end of 2005. Joshua was nearly 5 years old, Nicholas had just turned one, James was 32, and Julia was 34. Wow. Time sure does fly when you are having fun.

Julia and her cuddly boys.










Our little girl, Nibbles. Here she is enjoying her first Christmas at age 1 year. She is now two and sadly won't be with us for too much longer.

We never imagined that her time would be up so soon after finding her tumor. She died the night I posted this blog. RIP Nibbles. We miss you.