And by the end of the weekend they were all ready to cuddle up in Mom & Dad's bed and have a rest.

And here are my the girls at their Hawaiian Luau the day after halloween. Molly is hanging out with her good friends Chantelle and Elise. Emily and Hana take a quick break from the yummy ice cream cake to pose for a picture.

With the busy social life Emily has she wasn't able to make it to the Halloween festival with us. She had a Halloween party of her own to go to. They did all the tried and true Halloween games, bobbing for apples, trying to eat a donut hanging from a string, and of course Wrap the Mummy. Here is Emily all wrapped up by one of her favorite "big sister" (her friend Lorenne's big sister Elise).And here are some of the scary girls from the party.

For the party they were supposed to wear their scariest costume, but of course Emily wanted to be Tinkerbell, so we made her the witch of tinkerbell!

Our friends came with us to the Halloween Festival and their little girl Sonia (4 1/2 months), dressed up in Owen's Owl Costume for a few years back. Isn't see sooooo cute! A bit different from what chubby 11 month old Owen looked like in it.

And the WINNER is..........Astronaut Owen!! He took home the prize for best boy costume.

Well, this picture is taken closer to the end of the festival and he is trip to space has worn him out and the candy coma has set it. But you can see his cool space helmet on the ground and he looked so great.

Unfortunately Halloween isn't really a big holiday in Australia, but we didn't let that stop us! We found a great Halloween festival hosted by the International School in Perth. They had a fun Halloween carnival followed by Trunk-or-Treating. Molly had a great time and looked adorable flying around as a beautiful butterfly.

How cute is little Molly! She is so happy just hanging out in her stroller as we wander around the zoo. She loves to watch all the people. I am not so sure she realizes the animals are there!

We had a nice girls only outing this weekend. Emily decided she wanted to climb to the top of the tallest Perth attraction, the Bell Tower! She had fun dancing around and making silly faces at the top while the bells played a nice tune!

Astronaut Blast Off!

Introducing the cutest astronaut NASA has ever had!
We just got our Halloween costumes shipped over from the USA! Keep a watch out to see what Molly and Emily are going to be!!

Peace at last!

What a great site, all 3 kiddo's resting together nicely!!! Thank God for DVD's.

After a nice rest we went and had a fun play with friends. This time Molly even had a friend to play with. I do think Molly was a little jealous of her friends hair!

Playing at home

Emily has her 2 best friends over for a playdate and of course, being girls, they had to dress up in Emily's clothes! This time it was pajamas. Owen had to be a part of the action too, at least until Dad came home and he decided he would rather be a biker boy!

A to Zoo

The Perth Zoo offers a great program for pre-school age kids that teaches them about the animals in the zoo. Owen loves going. We learn about a different animal each week, by singing about it, making a little craft and then going to visit the animal. Of course being in Australia the first animal we learned about was a snake. Owen had a great time singing and crafting, but when it came to petting the snake he wasn't so sure! Molly on the other hand wasn't bothered but it at all.

Thomas the Train

Can you believe it, Thomas the Train came to Australia for a visit and we got ride on him! Owen was soooooo excited. The kids even dressed up in their train gear (thanks to Ashley's 3rd Birthday party where we got the hats and bandannas). And we had a great time. The weather was gorgeous and they had all kids of fun activities, carnival rides, jumpy castles, pony rides, petting zoo, ice cream, and of course a few gift shops. All the while Molly enjoyed cuddling up in my little sling, except for when we woke up to pet the goat. It was a great day for everyone and the kiddo's were worn out by the end, every parents dream!

Hanging out at home!

Molly is take little snooze while Owen is working on perfecting his shark impression by showing all his mean teeth. A little later the kids were missing Texas a bit so they decided to put on their cowboy hats and hop on their horse. (thankfully it's not a real horse because Owen is missing his riding pants.) Molly on the other hand doesn't know what her crazy siblings are up to and just happily sits by and watches.

Swinging

Molly loves swinging in here cute and cuddly little lamb swing. Thanks Auntie Erica and Uncle Drew!!

A day at the park.

All of our visitors have gone home, so we decided to enjoy the beautiful weather and take a nice walk around our favorite park, Kings Park. I think I mentioned this park in a previous blog. It is a huge park with lots of different areas, playgrounds, cafes, BBQ/Picnic areas, etc.. and it has a great view of the city. Emily and Owen love running across all the bridges and climbing on the rocks, while Molly found the outing a bit tiresome!

Easter

This year we had a nice simple and quite Easter with Jeff's parents and our new baby Molly! The kids favorite part of the day was searching for hidden easter eggs in our backyard. Or perhaps it was eating as many chocolate eggs as they could!

Emily's actual Birthday!

On the day of Emily's 4th Birthday, we went to a wonderful wildlife park that lets you feed and touch the animals. It is one of the few places in Australia where you can touch a Koala Bear and a Wombat. Grandpa and Grancy were here to help us celebrate, unfortunately Grandpa was feeling a little under the weather and wasn't able to join us at the park. But the rest of us had a great time playing with all the Kangaroos and petting the other Australian animals.

Emily's 4th Birthday Party

The first thing Emily said after we told her we were moving to Australia is, "Can I have my birthday party at Australia? I want a Princess Party." I think she really thought that Australia was a place to go to have parties, like the Little Gym or Libby Lou! But she talked about having her party at Australia and talked about exactly how she wanted it. So we couldn't disappoint her. So we invited some friends and had a great time dressing up like fairy princesses and we even had a visit from a real fairy.