thursday 30th oct

hi again sorry I've not wrote anything this week but I've not done much callum has been invited to his friends house tomorrow after school and this is all he has talked about all week I've never seen him so happy with school as he is here. Megan has got her first party invite that is on Sunday today has been very hot i felt sorry for the kids walking home today in the heat i was going to take them home on the bus but because Caitlin was throwing a tantrum and we missed the bus and we would off had to wait another 20/30 Min's for another bus so we decided to walk its days like this i wish i could drive. the credit crunch is just starting here and house prices are starting to fall so we are holding off buying a house for a bit so that we can get a bit more for our money . anyone thinking of moving to Adelaide its not as cheap as people say it is but it is still cheaper they the UK on some things food is not cheap here before we came here we read alot about Adelaide in different books and in the books Adelaide was the perfect place to live but there is more to Adelaide than people think it has just a much bad parts as good parts don't get me wrong its a beautiful place to live but we are finding it hard to find houses in the good areas

friday

yesterday we went into the Adelaide hill to gorge wild life park again we took Caitlin and Connor because we went when the others were at school it was a nice day out it was hot it was a shame Connor got bit by mosquitoes about 8 times we stayed at the wildlife park for about a hour then we was on our way back and we bumped into Helen and tony having a pub lunch so we joined them and had a meal today Saturday has been to hot to go out so Ive been stuck in with 4 manic children so you can imagine how i feel now Ive just put the girls to bed and I'm sat watching toy story the film got to go now i will add some more when i do something interesting . hi Marie and Philip how did the wedding go could you email me Suzanne's address so that we can send them something . hi Pauline how are you how is rach and the baby doing is rach enjoying motherhood

kids started school

this week has been a busy week for all of us the kids started there new school it upset me on there first day i have got used to having them around for the the past 3 months i was a bit worried about callum because he is such a sensitive child the first two days we had a bit of a hick up with callum but by the end of the week he has made 3 friends and he was enjoying school but Megan on the other hand we have had a few problems with for the past 3 months she has been looking forward to starting her new school but when the day came i we had tears i had to leave her with her head in her hands i just wanted to pick her up and take her back home with me she looked so tiny but after that was fine for the rest of the week she made some friends too the schools are a bit different her than in the UK when a child first starts they are given a buddy to look after them and show them around i think is a great idea i think this has helped callum to make friends in Australia the seem to be very friendly we had a few problems with Megan last Monday because she had been off for the weekend she didn't want to go to school but it doesn't help when we have to walk a mile each way to school i have to do this 3 times a Day that is 6 miles a Day in the hot weather pushing a pram but the way i look at it its exercise and hopefully this time next year i will be 5 stone lighter .

big week

hi sorry I've not added anything for a few days  but it's been a big week for us  Greg started work last Tuesday  at first  he didn't like  it but that was the first day but as the week has gone on he got to know more people and more about the job and now i think he feels more settled.

 with Greg going to work I've been at home with the kids  you would think id be used  to it  by now but Greg has been off work for 6 weeks  i forgot how hard it was  Tuesday we had to wait in for radio rentals to come and pick some chairs plus it was raining  that was a nightmare  being stuck in the house with 4 screaming  kids running around the house that has polished floor boards  in every room that was a very noisy day

Wednesday i had to wait in for foxtel this is the same as sky+ in the UK  it's the same price as the UK but it's not as good it has half the channels thankfully Helen Greg's long lost relative she has been very good top us since we came to Australia anyway she took Caitlin and Connor out  for the day to her friends house to play with her children  so i only had callum and Megan to deal with they both followed the foxtel man around the house to see what he was doing they couldn't wait until he had finished so that they could watch there cartoons 

Thursday we went for a walk in to semaphore to the park it was a very warm day we had our dinner at the cafe just in front of the park and the beach i will add a picture at a later date 

Friday i took the kids for a walk  to the shops in semaphore to buy some buckets and spades for the beach it was a nice day out we went to subway and got some sandwiches and we sat at the picnic benches  near the beach there were lots of people out today because it was a really hot day it was that hot i took the kids and we sat under the jetty in the shade  and made sand castles .

Saturday  today Greg was off so we went for a day trip to victor harbor it was a very hot day and for those that don't know how far we are from victor harbor it took 2 hours to get to it but it was worth it we took some great pictures take a look

hi Pauline to answer your question there is nothing wrong with copper pipes but what the picture doesn't show is that the shower is not straight it bends to much to the right so water gos everywhere. today has been a very cold and windy day so we haven't done much we went looking at houses in golden grove we saw a house in a perfect location the school was across the road it was safe for the kids to play out the only problem was the house was to small. tomorrow is a big day for us Greg starts work and it will be the first time i would have been alone with the kids since we have been here as i can't drive i will have to think of something to it is supposed to cold again tomorrow i think we will end up staying in making play dough what fun that will be

pictures of our house

what a great shower it is made of copper pipe

i would just like to say hi to Marie+Philip and Pauline hope you are all well

today the weather is bad wet and cold but it is only 9am I'm hoping it is going to get better i will let you know tomorrow if it did. yesterday we had a meeting at the bank so we had to go into the city you can imagine what it was like taking 4 kids to the bank by the time we left the two staff at the bank wanted to keep the kids because they all decided to clean there office with baby wipes. i don't know what it is with my kids but every time they get in the car all they can do is fight from the minute they get in until the minute they get out anyway I've been asked to put some pictures of our house on the blog so here they are

more spiders

spiders are a bit of a problem in our corner of Australia, this was caught this morning, thanks to a dolmio jar, still more to get, connor found one in his potty yesterday morning, they are starting to give me the friggin' creeps. Photo enclosed. We have decided our current address will not be our permanent place of residence

Any psychi nurses thinking off moving here will be pleased to know that HSBC deem the job to dangerous and won't give you life assurance (with the suicide package).

Aussie drivers do you want sauce for that big chip on your shoulder. Chill out.

Weather's been great for last couple of days, god know's what it will be like in summer.