Dust storm

This is the view that greeted us as we got up this morning:

A dust storm had blown in red sand from Central Australia. The weather was perfectly calm (we were in the eye of the storm) and the sky blood red. As I drove the kids to school the wind picked up and the rest of the storm started blowing the dust away again. Sydney looks nearly normal again. It was eerily beautiful.

Our house in the sand.

View across the street towards Pat's house - which is bright white!

Nintendo DS

We have a Wii. Yet the boys, especially Possum, are intrigued by the Nintendo DS. Can you tell?

Possum came home from school one afternoon and made this. His very own Nintendo DS, with shooting-down-spaceship game and all...

I had a star chart for Beaver. Every time he made it through a Friday he got a sticker. And after 20 stickers, I promised him an Nintendo DS. Three weeks ago he finally made it. And promptly decided he didn't really want a DS, a notebook was just fine. And do you want to know why?

He wanted to know how much a DS cost. He looked aghast when I told him. He decided there and then that that was too expensive. Can you believe this kid? Must be his Dutch genes...

Me pway caw

Playing with the cars. First, line them up; this way and that way...

Then we park them, all the colours together.

Then one car goes "boom"

Then they all go "boom". Followed by a fit of the giggles...

See? It's true!

Just in case you didn't belive me, here is the proof:

Possum on the top, Beaver on the bottom.