Kelly Tarlton's Adventure

We got this entertainment book and it has heaps of deals in it. One of the was Kelly Tarlton's. I was pretty stoked that is was cheaper than normal so we went along for the day. It was really entertaining and much better than last time I went. 

 First up was the penguins and the kids loved them. Joshie just stood at the window and watched them swim for ages. We stuck around for the feeding and the kids loved it

 Gracie also loved it and was amazed at all the underwater animals. Her Favourite was seeing all the Nemo Fish. We lost the kids on a few occasions and Joshie would be found just staring at the fish.

 There was some pretty crazy fish and we ended up staying for most of the day and had lunch there.

 They had a whole tank dedicated to all the nemo fish it was pretty cool and Gracie was buzzing hard out.

 The kids couldn't last for the shark feeding so we put them in the car and I went back to take some picture for them.

I made a little video about the shark feeding, its pretty cheese but I couldn't upload 1 so I just mashed them all together. It was a really good day. Well it was more of a visual blog, Enjoy!

Houston, we have lift off!

We got a new dryer the other day and it came with a massive box.  I thought to myself "I'm gonna make something for the kids". Weeks went by and nothing haha. Until we started playing rocket ships with the toy baskets. It gave me the idea to make a rocket ship. Now it doesn't really look like one but we had to improvise. My favourite picture is Gracie balancing the sticky tape (3rd one) haha. 

It gave them house of play time which was great. It's still up in the living room so they can have endless time on it. I really love my kids and it's great to spend this much time with them.

Last week of the school holidays. Have been loving it so far. Love my family heaps.

Wright's at the Movies

Well we planned out our holidays the other day and it was all botched from all of us being sick one of the last 4 days. Movies was on the list and we decided to go and watch Monsters University©. It was a pretty cool movie. Very entertaining for all ages.

 The Kids stayed seated until the last 20mins so we were pretty happy with that. Although at a completely silent part Joshie stole Gracies drink bottle so she yelled out "Heyyy!" It was pretty crack up.

Thomas the tank engine has nothing to do with the movie. It was just a poster at the movies that the kids loved. I thought it was pretty cute anyways. Well, gotta love being a teacher. 

Best Dad In the World Award!

Well, You could be thinking from the title "what is he on about now?" I must say I am pretty chuffed. Jessie emailed me a design and said can you make this? I thought 'yeah i'll give it a crack'. When I saw these pictures I thought 'I got this!'

 As I started on the design I went into the Woodwork Room with high hopes. I let the teacher know my plans and they said 'use whatever you can find', so sure enough that was all I need to just help myself.  I pulled a piece of wood out that was big in size and cut and painted it.

 I made this a class discussion asking the kids what they thought about the ramp. There is a 90º angle, a triangle always adds up to 180º, at what angle should the ramp be so it doesn't smash at the bottom but flows right off. The kids were hard out into it. Every fitness session we would look at my design first to think about improvements and better design for my destroyer (Joshie).

As I was creating it students were so intrigued in asking me 'what is it?, who is it for? you're such a nice dad! It was honestly a time where the students watched and listened to exactly what I had to say and was doing. It's like they were in a trance with me explaining my errors, plans and success'.

 With a coat of varnish and a few stickers this is the final product. I am truly happy with it and found joy in making it. It took me about a week and any living moment at school I was in that woodwork room making a toy for our boy. Lunch time, before school, after you name it I was there. 

I am proud of this. It was therapeutic, exciting and can't wait to see Joshie's face when we give it to him. Oooooooh he is going to be so excited. I love my children and glad I didn't go to the warehouse and buy him something. Yes it could of been easier, and wouldn't of taken so long, but why would you change it? It might be destroyed, or even not played with much, but my philosophy is 'you always enjoy/love what you create!' It is definitely the case with this. Enjoy!