Rainwater tanks are in

We have been threatening since the drought ended 3 years ago and the supply pipe burst last year, to put in some rainwater tanks. Well I bit the bullet and we have a 2500L tank on either side of the house.

I had to make some adjustments to the irrigation system so that it can work of the municipal supply and from the tanks. I bought a pump that I can move between the tanks and it seems to have plenty of pressure. The first time I used it it popped off 7 irrigation heads!

Typically we have had no rain since the tanks have been installed so I have pumped some of the pool water into each to make sure everything works. So far so good. Now the wait for rain!

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Jorja’s measurements

Jorja now weighs 23.0kg and is 1.195m tall. She is a kg lighter than Kayra at the same age and about 3.4cm shorter.

Jorja’s 7th birthday

We had a great day for Jorja’s 7th birthday. For once the weather played with. They kids had a great time, 20 kids in a pool making a whirlpool is a sight to be seen. They even managed to make 2 holes in the pool!

Jorja got lots of great presents, they will keep her busy for a long time.

The after-party for the adults went well too, although way to much liquid and solids were consumed ;}

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Jorja lost her 1st front tooth

After a long time of wiggling and jiggling Jorja’s 1st front tooth is out. Took over a month. She now look like a real scallywag with the gap! The next one is lose too, hopefully it doesn't take that long to come out.

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1st family tennis

We had our 1st family tennis outing. Not much tennis as such, lots of running onto other courts to fetch balls. But by the end of the hour the kids had improved quite a bit. Jorja handle the racquet better than Kayra, but she lacked concentration.

After lots of huffing and puffing we made our way home. Surely we all are going to be a bit stiff tomorrow!

Jorja bodysurfed

So we went to the beach this morning while Shirley ‘finished’ of the Florida Ascidian samples. After a homping easterly it had changed to a westerly so there were some good big waves at Hobie beach.

The kids had a whale of a time. Dad of course got a good workout getting them Boogie boarding the big waves.

The Jorja decided she wanted to do what daddy does and after a few attempts managed to catch a few waves. Kayra started swimming way too soon so she ran out of breath before the wave got to her and got dunked solidly a few times. Live and learn…..

1st week of homework done

Well the 1st week of homework went well. Thought there would be a problem with Kayra trying to commandeer Jorja’s homework, but that didn't happen. Her grade 2 homework takes longer to do than Jorja’s. The problem now if Jorja doing Kayra’s homework!