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Varsha is officially the 2nd tallest person in the family!

It’s strawberry season and Laxmi wore her strawberry hat to Anise’s forest themed birthday party. She loved playing with Anise’s dog Trixie. Varsha did face paint for both of them and she had green hair!

Varsha has been doing more sewing and embroidery.

We all went to the opening night of The 12th Night. Laxmi and Varsha both really enjoyed it. It was really interesting to watch the Auslan Interpreters too.

We had dinner by the esplanade before swing dancing. The full moon rise looked amazing.

Work on 12th night went into full swing. We made nine 6metre backdrops.

We went to Quinola Lakesfor a swim and a play with the Homeschoolers.

Varsha and Thiango came to Cairns and helped painting the set and props. They helped with the makeup and the costumes too. We stayed overnight at Zelda’s place and they had a lovely time in the pool with Zelda’s dog, Maxie.

We had dinner on the way home at our favourite Thai restaurant.,

Laxmi went to Ziggy’s birthday party the day after we got back from Wallaby Creek. There was a fabulous pass the parcel and Laxmi got some paint and a canvas that she started using immediately. Laxmi said she was tired for a whole week after we got back from Wallaby Creek.

Varsha and Lara started doing daily drawings for Inktober. They went to Kellie’s house too. Lara had an acupuncture treatment and they went to Cairns with her for swing dancing. They came home with Zeph and Luca. Zeph and Luca have moved into a house across our street.

The photos came out from the photo booth at the swing dancing festival. There are some lovely ones of Varsha and Luca and Thiango.

Cat and I were busy working on the set and costumes for the 12th Night and I did a mosaic workshop for the school holidays in Dimbulah.

Tim and Carly and Louie came to stay overnight and we had a big dinner with them and Cat and Will and Cosi and Thiango and George and Lara. Varsha and Thiango and Lara made chocolate brownie. Tim and Carly brought beautiful Lilies.

It’s been a busy month since Varsha’s birthday at the end of September.

We rehearsed and made costumes and props for 10 Nights of Dreams. We performed with the Masaki family and Chiko from Indonesia and Zelda and Darren and the Kerrima mob. Marc and Tomomi took photos.

It was lovely to have Lara there again. She and nature played the crying bride. The off road wheelchair Peter loaned us was great.

Varsha said this 14th birthday was the best birthday yet. It was the first night of the festival with the Sassy Cats and the fire twirling. There was a chocolate cake and presents in the evening.

The creek was beautiful to swim in. We danced to the Secret Tuesdays and Faux Mo. on the last day there was a YAK rove. The theme was bleaching of the coral reef so the kids all painted their white costumes fluorescent coral colours and put in fluorescent face paint.

Laxmi got up early for the Poet’s Breakfast. She really enjoyed it and wants to read more poems. We started reading When we were very young.

It was a big day when we packed up and headed to Wallaby Creek. The kids all fell asleep in the car on the way.

Wallaby Creek was lovely as always. It rained a little bit the first two nights. We camped with lots of lovely friends and started rehearsing 10 Nights.

Everyone helped making costumes and props. Varsha and Lara And Thiango made a big horse and girl for the show.

Chiko and Nancy came. It was the first time they had been camping. They made delicious Indonesian food. Varsha rehearsed her scene with Chiko.

John made rainbow pancakes for Varsha’s birthday breakfast.

Some new photos of Variety Night by Sebastian’s dad

Lara and George have arrived!

Varsha and Lara have started a doll makeover. They are making a wheelchair for her too.

Lara has introduced us to Blokus.

Everyone made a mosaic at our mosaic activity at Arts in the Park.

Melissa came over and cut John’s hair and Tashi and Astrid and Varsha made strawberry concoctions in the tree house. Varsha plaited Laxmi’s hair.

We all got sick with a nasty flu after the swing festival. When we started feeling better we got into rehearsing and making props and set and costumes for the Homeschoolers Austral-alien performance for the Variety night.

We went to Kurramine beach for the Homeschoolers beach camp. Varsha walked right out on the reef at low tide. Laxmi and Cosi loved the pool and the blow up slide at the campground. Varsha and Thiango did some swing dancing at the concert and Laxmi did a funny walk.

The Variety Night was lots of fun. Laxmi wants to do it again

The Sugar City Swing Dance Festival was a enormous day. Workshops started at 9.30 in Cairns and went all day. We stopped for a break and had some food at the Esplanade in the evening. Then the Bomb Shelter Boogie dance went on into the night. The Sydney Swing Cats impressed us all.

Laxmi is still enjoying Mystery Doug’s science videos

Varsha has been doing some more exploring embroidery.

Laxmi and Kiko love playing together.

Varsha altered a skirt using the sewing machine and is very happy with the result.

Thiango took this lovely photo of Varsha in a bougainvillea.

Varsha and Thiango had fun swapping clothes and pretending to be each other.