Hello Friends!

So I kind of feel like this...

The last few weeks have been indelibly etched on my "lets not repeat THIS! list"

We have had the mumps or rather ... my house has had the mumps since it hasn't seem to really affect too much of the main house or the nursery.

But we have now had it for 15days and counting! Two by two like some weird Noah's ark thing my kids have been coming down with chipmunk cheeks and fiery fevers ... oi vey!

Mighty Mumps

That combined with a ridiculously slow internet connection at my house and a government workshop for most of last week have conspired to make it impossible to blog!
But here I am, I'll quickly post some pics so you can see what's been going on ...

This is my household. We were recently joined by the wonderful Josh, a previous TLC volunteer who was specifically recruited for the New Farm. It is such a blessing to have another grownup around and the kids are loving having a man to rough house with.

We were treated to a special dinner at the fabulous La Scala restuarant. It is at the big indoor, italian themed casino called MonteCasino.

We were treated like royalty and it was loads of fun and ... we stayed out WAY past our bedtimes!

It Murphy's Birthday today!

Our fabulous ever returning volunteers Becky and Hannah Johnson visited for a week and brought with them many treats! In particular tehre were these amazing "Vegan" bath packs from a company called Lush and they literally smell good enough to eat! The girls ... and a few boys just loved them and I must say I was rather sad to use the last piece of my soap this morning too!

We were thrilled and blessed to be able to get a solar geyser installed in one of the bathrooms at the New Farm. This bathroom had had no hot water and St John's Prep raised some "Love" for us on Valentine's day to make this possible! So THANK YOU!!!

Lastly, I happened upon some Lion Fun in the Nursery the other day ... one of the volunteers had arranged a morning out to a fun park and two others thought they'd have a laugh and instead of dressing the children in "regular" clothes they made for a fancy dress ... here we have ...

THE COW MAN

Barney

and our very own and ever sweet
Robin Hood!

We thank you all for the days we get to enjoy the children at TLC. After so many precarious moments over the last few years it has been a welcome respite to have a month or two without wondering if we were facing the end of the road or not!

We are so grateful for each and every contribution that makes its way to TLC!

We Love You all

Pippa