Life at home...

>e<

so, what do we do when we're not out exploring the world, or researching migration info, or going for more and more Vicroads tests? (no, its not officially one of our hobbies...haha)

well, we're usually just doing normal stuff at home... u know, playing, doing laundry, playing, watching tv, playing... lol.... yes, we're quite addicted to the Wii...

hehe, but OTHER than the Wii, here's some other home-stuff we do...

Grow Sunflowers!

Lol... no, it wasn't my idea. When Ryan arrived in Melbourne, he said he wanted to grow a flower. We told him 'later', 'not now', etc, and gave him every possible logical excuse not to grow anything right now. and we really had good reasons too - it was winter, we didn't exactly have a garden, we didn't even own a pot, and we actually moved from one house to another.... and .....err.. i didn't really want to take care of a plant (Joey take care of the plant? wasn't even an idea in our heads... lol). funny thing is, on the third (i think) sunday we were here, the kids came back from their 'ROAR' sunday school... each holding a styrofoam cup with soil. they said it was a sunflower, and that the teacher gave it to them. those of you who know better would realize God's answers to little kids' prayers can come in ways parents don't expect... thrown completely off guard, we welcomed our leafy-to-be friends, home.

mum and dad, if you're reading this... yes, their flowers are still alive =) i've moved them from the cup to the orange juice bottle, though! Ryan's little flower is out, and Noel's has got a bud. Even the plants know who's supposed to be older ;)

okay, okay, I'll stop talking so much and show you the picture already =)

so, it's the smallest sunflower I've ever seen, but that doesn't matter to the kids at all =) and hey, give it some credit - its living in an orange juice bottle by the kitchen window, surviving winter, and getting watered probably every few days, if i remember... but when we take them down for the kids to see, its so cute to hear them encourage the plants to grow... ryan keeps going 'mine's bigger!' and noel would greet his little plant with an encouraging 'hello, flower! grow up okay?' not to mention petting in on the leaf. =) 

Baking?!

Instant Mix... Oh how I love thee, let me count the ways...

From Instant Cookies...

to instant chocolate fudge brownies

err... you'll have to forgive me for that... it couldn't wait long enough for me to take a pic...

anyway, the action of stirring eggs, milk and oil into a bowl and then putting the mix in the oven still counts as baking, by ryanoel standards, at least =D and seriously, just coz its so easy to do, I don't mind doing it again. and it's YUMMY!! *munch*munch*munch*

Just being happy...

and when we've got nothing else to do, we just sit down and be happy!

(thanks, Anna for taking the pic!)