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THIS....IS A STICK INSECT !!!!

A catch up

Hello everyone, hope you are all happy and well. We have had a very busy time lately.
Here I am at one of our barbeques with my wheelbarrow, I found a rather splendid puddle to rush back and forth in.

Here I am doing my bit to help reduce the effect of global warming - a little known but interesting fact: the increase in the rise of global warming is directly linked to the decrease in the number of pirates!!

As you all would have heard, we have had a lot of rain and storms here lately (well it is the wet season!!) Here is an awesome band of cloud that rolled down the mountain to almost street level - cool

This was taken one afternoon as a storm came over, the sun behind it gave everything an eerie glow

Our yard floods a bit when we have loads of rain so I often go out to investigate and do puddle research

The creek behind our house is pumpin' now, and it's one of my favorite places to visit - I particularly love finding leaves and throwing them off the bridge into the water

Mummy and Daddy took me bowling one very wet Sunday and I had the best time, I even managed to get the split in this shot - much to Mummy's shock !!

Well that's about it for the meantime. Mummy has just returned from a dash to Melbourne as my darling great nanny is very sick in hospital (poor nanny). I have got a nasty cold now and am keeping mummy up all night cause I can't breath properly (poor me)Mummy now has a big sore throat and is very tired and dizzy (poor mummy) We are all heading to Melbourne for our holiday next Tuesday (6th) and will be back home on the 21st so look out for mega photos and news when we return. Love and hugs and puddle splashes to you all - Kylin xoxoxo

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Happy new year everyone

******Hmmm something happened to the formatting on this one, after the first pic, the descriptions appear at the side and are for the photo below*******

There are lots of photo's so I will try to keep this short. This is a very cheeky bird that came to eat daddy's bacon at our barbeque.


This is Jazz and I playing "boo" around a tree.
This is Richard who was very patient with me when we went out to lunch one day and I kept saying "hello Rich" over and over again.


This is Amy, Ellie and Becky, my new friends from Brisbane. We stayed with them and Rob & Jo for 3 nights while we were on our holiday. I had the best time, and the girls really looked after me.
This is me hangin with the boys, Daddy, Rob & Chris. I am holding a dolly parasol :)


Here I am at the beach at Byron Bay. This was the first time I had seen waves and I just loved it. I ran and squeeled and played chasey when they came to catch me - I fell over in the water but didn't cry and just went back in for more. Despite the grey skies it was really lovely and warm.
Here is my Uncle Denis (aka pointed stick) I had a lovely time when we stayed at their house, I made myself right at home. Denis played with me and they had two puppies and a bird that I just loved.


This is my Auntie Jo, she is really lovely and I tormented her and Morgan by rising while it was still dark, putting on my elephant feet and stomping around the house - I also loved saying "hello Morgan or Hello Jo" over and over again, just to test their patience - (they passed!) I cried when when we left their place.
Mummy and Daddy found a playground for me at southbank, I really needed to blow off some energy and had a fab time in the tunnel slide and wobbly bridges.


Here I am at another playground in a huge park, we stayed here for ages so I could have a really good turn on everything.

This is me with my grandpa, we had a few visits to Grandma and Grandpa's while in Brisbane. Grandma made me jelly and I was really good with all the "pretty stuff" and didn't touch anything. I did run around and test out the stairs a few times and had a swim in their pool. Grandma has some lovely flowers which I knew all the colors of and thought they were beautiful.

Well that's all from me, I hope you all had a fantastic new years celebration and that this year will be an amazing one for you all.
Love and kisses - Kylin. xo

The one after the one before new year :)

Hello everyone, sorry to be a pest, but our video camera had a wobbly after mummy came back from Melb. (mummy went down for 24hrs, for a funeral a couple of weeks ago) and when she got back, we had to send the camera away to be fixed - there were some shots on there we wanted to share and have just got the camera back so here goes...........

Pete picked mummy up from the airport at midnight, in this classic 57 Chev which he and Deb are going to do up - It rocked big time !!!! They tried to hide my baby under a sheet but I got to touch it!! I doooo so love that car :)
this is Poombah who lives on the property across from Pete & Deb - he is soo cute! He keeps the foxes away from the sheep - cool huh?
This is my best bro and my best friend making sure I really did get on the plane and didn't stay around to cause them trouble.
Bubba in his new bob the builder raincoat for the first time..........
Hands up who thinks it may be a tad too big? He loves it!!
Daddy making bubby laugh by causing teddy to crash down on the floor.
Mummy's trip to Melb although sad, was a great bonding time for both Pete and mummy so something really positive came out of it - they spent more time together than they had in years and had a great time just doing "stuff" - so that's it! Cheers! xoxoxoxo

The one before New years

Hello everyone, I hope your xmas was wonderfull, relaxing and exactly how you wanted it to be. We had a really lovely xmas, even though we had lots of cooking to do, we started 3 days before so when the time came, most of it was done. We got to spend lots of time enjoying the company of our Cairns family, ate lots, drank lots and everyone helped out where they could. All of xmas was spent outside as it was hot hot hot! Mummy did up the table and decorated everything in a suitably festive tone. She even did a centrepiece (look out Martha Stewart!!) :) Christmas eve we had roast beef, and vegies, with a scrummy potato bake cooked by Marisol, and afterwards we had a chrismas ice cream cake thing that we made - Yum!
Joining Mummy and Daddy for dinner were Mark (aka santa), Scott, Shane, Marisol, and Debbie. Jazz and I had ours early.

Chrismas morning I had 3 special presents to open, I had already got my swing set and trampoline early! The first one I opened was from my Auntie Susan and Uncle John, it was a really cute teddy with a marines sweatshirt, I take him to bed with me for all my sleeps, and have called him new bear until we can think of a name for him.
My next present was from my Auntie Big ears, it was a housekeeping trolley, with heaps of cleaning stuff on it, I tear around the house with it doing "keening" and now Mummy can leave the brush and shovel out without me stealing it all the time. I pretend to polish the furniture and do lots of sweeping. I did, however, pull all the yellow wool out of the mop and the bits are now "noodles" which I feed to mummy and daddy. Mummy was quite tickled by this.
THEN........I opened my last one which was from my Grunk. It was the new tickle me elmo, it cracks everyone up when I play with it, he rolls around and slaps the floor, he is very very funny. Here I am ripping off some paper.
Daddy bought Mummy an ipod, mummy nearly fell off the couch! She really really wanted one but didn't want to ask for one - clever daddy! Mummy bought daddy a remote control tank, he really really wanted one too - clever mummy! Before daddy could have his present though, mummy set up a treasure hunt so daddy had to work out the clues to find the next clue - there were 20 clues and it took daddy an hour to find them all, he did very well and eventually found his present under my cot.

We had Marisol, Jazz and Debbie here for christmas day lunch, which was a crunchy vegetable and noodle salad, fresh prawns with dipping sauces, and spicey prawns with a cucumber sambal. Jazz and I got to open our presents to each other and the adults did theirs as well, we all got spoiled and had a lovely time in all the paper.

It was really really hot and after we had our lunch, Jazz and I got into the little swimming pool and had ice blocks, while the adults slugged at the table.

Marisol had to go to work then and Shane arrived, along with Scott, they stayed for dinner which was roast turkey and veg and was supposed to be followed by plum pudding and brandy custard, but no one could face anymore food. In between all these meals, we had made dips and had shortbread, mince pies, nuts the list went on and on. I also made a slice that never made it out of the fridge for fear we may all pop. We migrated to the lounge to finish off our celebrations watching The life of Brian. One by one everyone fell asleep, some made it to beds, others stayed where they were.

Boxing day was get rid of leftovers day (wasn't it for everyone?) Bruce and Scott came over for a cold meat and salad dinner, where we managed to fit in one more bottle of champagne, a bottle of chardy and some other wine we had in the fridge. We had a lovely time catching up, we hadn't seen Bruce for ages. For those of you who know him, he looks really well and seems very happy. Considering all the food we had, we judged it just right, there was no food wasted, we planned it really well. (pats on the back for us - I hate wasting food)

I have had some lovely e-mails from some of you and promise when I get a spare week I will answer them all :) We are heading down to Lismore/Brisbane on the 7th January to visit Damians family and friends and will be back in Cairns on the 15th. We are spending new years eve with Shane, Marisol, Debbie and Jazz, we are having an early dinner, and will watch the fireworks on the esplinade before (probably) going back to the Mathewsis to put the kids to bed and have a card/game sesh. Shane (who is a cheater) has to work N.Y day so we'll see how he feels.

We all hope that you have a fantastic new years eve and stay safe and happy into 2007. Mummy is reminding those of you who are joining the 2007 challenge (or would like to) that there are only 2 more sleeps to go!!! So drink/eat/ party hard kids! Love and hugs and skishes - Kylin Jett xoxoxox

The one before christmas

Hello again everyone, hope you are all happy and well. Here's what I have been up to lately.
We went to have dinner with Filiz & Richard recently and I got to play trains with Ollie and Finlay which I just loved!! We all played very nicely together and wore each other out running around, and I went down to sleep without a peep.

We all had a really lovely night, dinner was absolutely delish and the Mortimers "special thing" was brought out in out honour.
The Saturday BBQs are becoming quite the event to attend, with even the most party weary folk struggling with the early hour, to participate with us. Jazzmin and I are here waiting for another helicopter and spotting imaginary frogs.
Here is my luscious mother in law to be, giving me a squish. It has got quite hot even early in the mornings here so mummy and I usually head straight for the lagoon pool for a swim until breakky is ready. They have aqua aerobics on when we get there, and I entertain the class inspecting the amplifyer trying to work out where the person is.

Suzanne and Nic came to stay with us for a long weekend, Nic's mum and dad looked after their kids, and Nic was soooo patient with me as I attached myself to his shadow repeating "goodmorning Nic" over and over and Nic replied every single time like it was the first time. They all went out to La Fett for dinner with about 10 other people - Nic & Sooz hadn't been here for 4 years and have been hanging out to have another meal here. Just like old times, they headed off to the chapel and dived head first into the long island iced teas. I will just leave it at that - needless to say, they all had a fantastic night. I stayed overnight with Vanessa and got to sleep in Erins room! We were all supposed to meet in town for breakky but didn't quite make it, so everyone came here instead and we had a fab bbq breaky with everyone bringing something to contribute. The weekend was filled with great food, wine, friends and lots of chances for mummy and Sooz to catch up - it was perfect.

We had another visitor from the animal world recently, it's called a stag beetle and was over 13cm long. Aparently they wont hurt you, (unless you annoy it) despite the fact it has 3 sets of pincers arranged shark like, that it seems to want to use to attach itself to you. Friendly as that might seem, mummy politely declined it's advances and captured it instead.

We have put up our chrismas tree and all the decorations, I am obsessed with the magic flashing chrismas lights and am very good at not touching anything on the tree. Mummy is very excited about having chrismas at home this year. Shane Marisol & Jazz are spending christmas eve with us, and are sleeping over so Jazz and I can open our presents together on christmas morning. Scott should be back either xmas eve or xmas day and will be with us too. Mark will be popping in at some stage on xmas day - probably only able to see from one eye having made the rounds. We are having a seafood lunch and roast turkey dinner on xmas day so by boxing day we will all be unable to move.

I hope you all have a very happy christmas with people you love and you all make it safely through the madness in the shops and the traffic beforehand. Guess what?? I just loved santa this year! Big kisses and hugs to you all - Kylin Jett. xoxoxo

Just cause I need some sillyness

King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

My fab Xmas present - OK it's a little early

My Nanny and Grandpa in Melb. helped mummy and daddy pay off this swing set for me for xmas. We were supposed to wait and put it up then, but mummy and daddy couldn't wait, I won't know the difference anyway. I just love it and want to go and play on it as soon as I wake up. I am here with Jazz who gave me lots of confidence because I was a little scared of it all at first. But once we had been on it for a while, I loved it and have learned to say "stop please" when the swinging gets too much.
My "geen swing" rocks and I will be exploring the other bits of it in time.

Love and kisses - Kylin xoxoxoxo

Our adventure to Port Douglas

Hello everyone, we have been having a fab time cruising around in our new car, it's so easy to drive, it practically drives itself! This is daddy on our way to port. (he DOES have clothes on - it just doesn't look like it) We stayed at the Radisson treetops and I went ballistic when I saw our room. I was straight up on the big bed for a bouncing test, checked out my little bed, discovered the "little fridge" which was quickly turned from a mini bar, into my own personal snack bar, I could reach all the light switches, got in and out of the bath several times, checked out the toilet, made the alarm clock do "magic music" and commandeered the remote for the telly. Daddy even made "green magic" when he put a special card in the door - I was in heaven and ran from one activity to the next with squealy noises.
Here I am making sure my carrots are safe before we went for a swim.
There was even a lift for me to play with and I pushed all the right buttons when mummy and daddy told me. On Saturday we all went to "On the Inlet" restaurant for an early dinner, I sat up in my own special chair and the pretty girls gave me crayons and paper to do drawings. Here I am, walking daddy to the car.
I slept well in my special little bed but woke up at about 5am (much to daddy's delight) I was full of beans and very excited to find myself still in the hotel with all the new things to play with, I made a bee line to the "little fridge" to grab an apple, and made sure I turned all the lights on and the telly. I then launched myself onto the bed next to daddy for a cuddle 'cause he was "schweeping"
Enough of that now daddy! It's play time!
At 7 we all went down and had a fantastic breakfast, I ate sooooo much fruit, all with a grown up spoon and I did very well too! We packed up our room and went down to check out, and they had a big white "quack quack" (all birds are quack quacks can't you know?) I just loved him and wanted to get very close to him. He made a big noise and I didn't even cry even though I got a huge fright.
The hotel is all open and the rooms are set around a big garden. There are beautiful ponds and little waterways all along the paths which end up at the main pool. The waterlillies were flowering and were gorgeous.

this is the big pool at the end where we swam, it curves around and at the end, there is a big rock waterfall. On the left hand side where the people are, is where we had our breakfast. It's such a beautiful, relaxing place to stay and I can't wait until we come back again.

In other news, mummy made me some ice blocks and she is flat out trying to keep up with demand - I loooovvvee them!! We are catching up with Scott tonight who arrived back from the UK on Friday! Our BBQ on Saturday morning was fantastic, I got into the lagoon pool, lucky mummy had a dress on and was able to follow me in. My nappy ended up weighing about 15kg though so we'll be doing swim nappys from now on. It is getting really really hot now so from next week we'll all be in the lagoon pool and just get out to eat :) I saw another helicopter and just about jumped out of my skin when I heard it coming. I hope you all got lucky for the Melbourne Cup, mummy was very busy and had no time to think about horses, but met daddy at the base in the afternoon where they had a bit of a "do". I think that's about all for now, I hope you are all happy and well, Love and hugs and "green magic" from Kylin. xoxoxo