Blood spatter on the ceiling?

All kinds of crazy can happen when dad helps out in the kitchen. Take this afternoon for example, we were having DIY salad rolls for lunch so dad was chopping up some salad for the rolls. A simple task really but one that ended up with blood all over the place; from the kitchen bench, over the shopping, on the table, the microwave and of course the floor too. 

Further inspection also saw blood splatter on the pantry and the stove, even the ceiling. 

Seriously, there was so much blood that you would think that there had been a murder in the kitchen. Luckily it was just a tiny cut on the tip of dad's finger!
Love AJ and Milla

Santa for a Day

If you see any (wanna be) Santas wandering around the city today, you should stop and say hi to them. One of them might even be my dad.

Santa for a Dad

See dad wore a Santa suit to work today for Santa for a Day, to raise money for Transplant Australia.

We all think it is really important to talk about about organ transplant with your family and friends. We know it is a pretty scary topic and that no one really wants to talk about what might happen after you die but we think that if we aren't able to use something any more then someone who needs it more should be given that opportunity.  It is kind of like cleaning out your toy box and finding all of the toys that you don't need any more and donating them to someone who needs them.  It is better that they are used than sitting in a box, until they are no good to anyone.

So there you go, organ donation is just like cleaning out your toys, make sure that they go to a good home when you can't use them any more, someone will love them just as much as you!
Love AJ and Milla

PS - oops we forgot to press publish on this post so we have slipped it in where it should be!

A Conversation

Dad:  I think that you were asleep when I went to say good night to you last night so I thought I would give you 2 cuddle kisses tonight to make up for it.

Daughter:  That's OK Dad, we all do silly things some times!

Linking up with Sarah for Funny Things Kids Say

The spider is back

*****WARNING, DON'T READ THIS POST IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPIDERS*****

Remember last week when mum confessed to running away from the house because of a spider, then when we got home it was no where to be seen until the next day and it was on the ceiling and we were too scared to go downstairs?  Well the spider did a disappearing act and by the time dad came downstairs to take him outside he had hidden again?  That same spider came out of hiding again today and again he was on the ceiling at the bottom of the stairs.

Mum must have been tired, she didn't notice him and went downstairs, but I did and pointed him out to her.  Mum kept an eye on him and I went to wake dad up to take the spider outside.

So dad caught the spider and put him outside in the cold, a few houses away from our house so hopefully he will find somewhere to live that isn't in our house!
Love a happy-to-not-have-a-spider-in-the-house Princess George

iHelicopter

For ages now, all I have wanted was to fly my very own helicopter, not a real one, a little remote controlled helicopter that I could fly around the house.  I even wrote it on my Christmas wish-list last year but it didn't help me, I didn't get a helicopter.  Do you know who did get a helicopter?  Dad did, for his birthday from mum, she picked it up duty-free on the way back from Papua New Guinea.  (I think mum was feeling guilty that she was in another country for his birthday, I remember she gave me extra presents when she was in India for my birthday!)

Anyway, when I came back from holidays with nan and pop, there is this helicopter sitting on top of the TV cabinet, just begging for me to play with it.  I asked if I could have a go but dad said he couldn't get it working using his iPhone as a remote, he was going to have to try it with the iPad when he had a chance to download the app.  Well apparently dad tried it with the iPad too and it still didn't work, he didn't know what to do.

That was a month ago.  Since then, it has sat on top of the TV cabinet, just reminding me of how cool it is, if only it worked.  Well today, I decided it was time to see if I could get it to work, I had nothing else to do.

AJ - Dad, can I try the helicopter?
Dad - It doesn't work!

AJ - Yeah, but can I try it anyway?
Dad - Sure, give it a shot.  (Then walks away muttering something about it being useless!)

AJ grabs the helicopter and the iPhone as Sean walks away.  Seconds later, there is a little helicopter buzzing around the room.

Sean - How did you get it to work?
AJ - I pressed the ON button!

It was awesome flying a helicopter, I even let dad have a go at flying it too before it ran out of power and needed to be put back on the charger.

Once he realised that the chopper worked, dad figured that he could throw out the box that it came in, that is when I showed him that even the picture on the box showed the ON button, I am guessing he didn't read the instructions either!

Next time something electrical doesn't work around here, I am pretty sure that I will be the person who has to fix it, not Dad!

Love AJ Pickle

PS - Mum is feeling better, she laughed at dad as much as I did.  She is a little off her game though, she didn't get a camera out in time to make a movie of the debut flight!

With Dad and Dave

I went for a lovely relaxing 'walk' with Dad and Dave this morning as we hit some golf balls around the golf course.  I wasn't hoping to have a hit or 2 as we walked around but there weren't many other people playing so I got to play most holes.  It was a pretty great way to spend the morning.

We really didn't do too much walking, Dad and Dave hired a golf cart to get us around the course.
Shhh, don't tell mum but I also got to drive the cart too!
Love AJ Pickle