Graduation Already?

Yes, Shamus is so brilliant that he's graduated already!

Ok, so the graduation is from preschool.

I still think he's brilliant! :)

Last Monday was Shamus' graduation from preschool. He starts Prep in January (like primary at home). The "graduation" was really cute - the class sang "On top of Spaghetti" and "Yellow Submarine". And then each child came out as their name was called (wearing their hat) and was given their diploma by their teacher, Tane.

Singing time...

Shamus with his teacher, Mr. Tane and the director, Miss Andrea...

Now I can just relax...the hard work is over....

Shamus and his mates.

It was very difficult to get a picture of them all...keeping still! This was the best the parents could get! It will be sad when they all start school because most of us live in different suburbs so the kids will all be split up. sniff sniff... I'm such a sap.

So, finally finished with all the pictures....the boys can chill and enjoy themselves now...

What's this? I stuck my nose in to see what they were all so intrigued with...Bhayva was playing a video game on his Dad's ipod!

We did manage to squeeze in one family picture at the end of everything. Shamus was starting to get tired of all the pics.

Oh, and No. Darryl is not keeping the moustache! It's "Movember" again...raising money for men's health...particularly prostate cancer and depression. Darryl also did a 10km run last weekend for Movember. Go Baby!!! But, the moustache will be gone at the end of the month.

It was a great graduation. We're so proud of you Shamus!!

Today was also my 2nd Monday off. Very nice.

We spent most of today at the beach...well, the man made beach in the city. The kids love it because it has a spot just for the little ones. Lots of water fountains coming from all directions. Great fun for Shamus and Breagha.

Last Monday wasn't as much fun. We had a trip to the doctor - weighing/height and a shot for Shamus. He did quite well. And then a trip to the dentist - standard check up for Shamus. I don't know if I mentioned this before but Breagha has very weak teeth so we've had to take her to the dentist a couple of times now and she needs to put a paste over her teeth each night to "try" and make them stronger. Doesn't seem to be helping much though. One of her back teeth chipped about 2 weeks ago. The dentist said they are not strong enough to last until they fall out on their own. Sooooo, she is getting 8 crowns on her back teeth. And her 4 canine teeth will be covered with a white type filling. This is so they will last until they fall out. And it's super expensive! Yucks! But, she will have her back teeth until she is between 10-12 years old. Her chipped tooth is already hurting her so we have to get the work done. It will be a day surgery. Of course the first available date was Dec 21 - I don't think so! I'm not sure what it is with Breagha having surgery right before Christmas! We decided to wait until after Christmas so it will be done on January 18. Hopefully it will go well and she won't have anymore problems. I really hate that she is put under for the surgery but it will take about 2hours so she has to be. Poor B. She is doing much better dealing with things nowadays though so hopefully she won't panic like last year.

K, this is getting longer than I planned!! Gotta go!

This Monday was a lot more fun!