Kiddos Room

I have been putting off posting this because I was wanting to get the kids new bedding before showing pictures of their cute room but that will have to wait till we make a trip to the states.

I love that I can close the doors to the play room when it is time for bed. It is wonderful! No kids sneaking toys out and playing with them when they should be sleeping.

I found old cabinet door fronts, painted them, then added vinyl chalk board to the front. I love how they turned out. I wish I had more!

I saw the binderclip-frame idea on pinterest. I think it is genius! Almost every day Forest wants to switch out the art work and put in new stuff.

I have a couple more projects for the room (did you notice the large empty frame?) I will post more pictures when I have finished them.

Purim

So Forest goes to a really great Jewish Preschool here in Coogee. The teachers are really loving and patient, and Forest has really been enjoying it. Forest (and Bridger and I) have been learning a lot about the Jewish culture. Two weeks ago we celebrated Purim, which is a Jewish Holiday celebrating the deliverance of the Jews from captivity in the story of Esther. For Purim the kids dressed up and gave treats to each other. Kind of like Halloween and Valentines mixed. It was a really fun festival and it was so cute to see Forest in his adorable cowboy costume!

With Forest going to the Jewish Preschool we have heard some pretty hilarious quotes. Here are some of the best ones:

-While walking home from school Forest tells me, "Mom everyone knew 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' but no one knew the song 'I am a Child of God'" (Forest sang I am a child of God for the whole class).

-Another time walking home a car made a crazy turn on the road and Forest says to me, "Jewish people like us do not do that."

-The next day after learning that we are not Jewish Forest said, "At school I am Jewish and at home I am not."

Forest also comes home singing Jewish songs (some in Hebrew) it is cute to hear him sing the songs, he has a good memory.

I also love him coming home and telling me stories from the Bible. Right now they are learning about Moses and he was telling me how Moses saw God (HaShem, as Forest says) in the burning bush and then he sang me a song about parting the red sea. Very cute!

I am glad he is having so much fun, making good friends and learning so much.

Good Night Moon

This is the view from our balcony. So beautiful! I feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the world and to live so close to the ocean. It is wonderful!

Full Moon

Friday night we headed down to the beach after dinner,took some silly photos,

enjoyed the beautiful night,

and watched the moon come up

We also showed off some muscles

more muscles

and more muscles!

What a beautiful night!

We of course ended the night with some yummy desserts! mmm!

p.s. notice Forest's awesome farmers tan!

Monster Mash

Today we made these beauties! (thanks Pinterest for the idea)
Forest had a ROARING time stomping around and acting like a monster

Westly on the other hand, did NOT like the monster feet. He took about 5 steps with them then decided it was more fun to clap with them.

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On a completely different topic, last night ants started creeping under our door. AH! I quickly researched some ways to get rid of ants and found out that if you sprinkle baby powder where the ants are coming in it will repel the ants. It worked! wahoo no ants!