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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013." via Che and Fidel

My crew enjoying the last of the sunshine, swimming and frolicking by the poolside before the cool Autumn days are upon us.

Oscar:  Your naked, little body is just so cute!
Charlie:  Warming up using the heat from the pavers now that the pool is below what I consider a comfortable temperature. I remember doing the same thing when I was young.
Harry: You, like the other three, have loved the water since the day you were born.
Jack: Erm, someone forgot to bring the swimmers! Do you think it really mattered?

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013." via Che and Fidel

HOLIDAY AT AMMAMEAD

Jack:  The rain finally let up, so outside we went to explore the 2 acres surrounding the house.

Harry:  The exhilaration of running down the rolling, green hills was written all over his face.

Charlie:  Still in his PJs, the cool morning air and wet dew on the grass - nothing was going to stop him from playing with his favourite truck.

Oscar:  Fascinated by the blades on the louvered windows, proud that he could open them himself. And I accidentally captured myself in my PJs - oops!

Pre-Construction Clean Up

I'm back home after a short holiday spent in the beautiful Byron Bay hinterland, but prior to leaving I arranged to get the gardens at the West End Cottage cleaned up as the tenants had left it a little overgrown (huge understatement.)

The kids were very eager to help out:

You'd be forgiven to assume this was an abandoned rural lot, not our inner city backyard. This is how our tenants maintained the gardens:

However the scary part is we actually paid someone to manage the property for us. I'm still wondering what it was that they did other than take a percentage of the rent?

So now that the yard is mowed and pruned thirteen cubic metres of green waste later, the kids have a place to romp around before construction commences. We hope to have a signed contract along with a confirmed commencement date with the builder in the next week or so. 

And during my holiday, I changed my mind and have decided upon some different floor tiles for the bathrooms. (Note to self - change these on the schedule.) I'll let you know about them later.

Our glorious hinterland view! We made the most of the pockets of sunshine despite the daily downpours. 

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013." via Che and Fidel

Jack: Sporting his finest milkshake moustache.
Harry: Looking bright as a button. Who'd have thought he was about to spend the next 3 days in hospital following a bout of asthma.
Charlie: This bright orange cup is hiding the carpet burn on his nose - how on earth does that happen?
Oscar:  Peanut butter and jam is a favourite topping on toast.

New Society Bedroom Range

I'm still on the lookout for some new bedlinen - here is just a small sample of the Society 2013 Spring/Summer collection: