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Bruggie Tales: But I'll be bored!
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But I'll be bored! Are you bored yet? On Sunday the younger children decided they would be very disobedient at bed time. We gave the first warning and received the standard reply, "Yes Dad". But talking continued after lights were out. So a direct appeal with appropriate stern footsteps down the hall and standing in the room with serious direction to go to sleep. Shortly after, we had more talking and mucking around. This was still insufficient encouragement. Right, it's now extended to a week.". Our adv...
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Bruggie Tales: Wombat Defence
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All we need is some ingenuity. Filling the wombat hole. With bricks and stones is on thing, but we needed more to stop a wombat dedicated on his mission of making a new nest. Opa looked around his "treasure trove" in the garage and came out with some steel used for strengthening concrete in trenches. These were then cut into lengths and then bent so they would fit between the supports for our under-house storage and go into the ground some distance too. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life in a Shoe.
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Bruggie Tales: Autumn is colourful
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We only have a limited number of trees that act as seasons signposts, where Red and Orange mean slow down and Green means go outside. So we get to enjoy the leaves changing colour and yelling to all of us that the great season of Autumn has arrived. I took this photo of Rose playing with the leaves at the local shop. Less than a week later all the leaves are gone. No more playing with the leaves. And we fondly remember your time in Georgia as well! November 02, 2014 4:58 am. Email us with your comments.
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Bruggie Tales: Christmas Nativity Play
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The children have grown since this photo was taken! One of the benefits of having a larger family is that you get to do many fun things more than once. Often as children grow they don't want to do what they did when younger. At least, that is what they tell you. Then one of the younger children are eager to do the activity the older ones did when they were younger and soon enough we are all doing it again. Yay! Back in 2004 I created a Nativity Play. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life in a Shoe.
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Bruggie Tales: Eric's First Car
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Just like a First Car is supposed to be. Now that he has his driving licence, Eric needed something to drive. By a great stroke of fortune, a relative of a friend had upgraded her car and was able to sell Eric her old one for only $450! It is roadworthy and runs well. The paintwork may not be premium but who cares? It is a first car and no finance was needed. Well done Eric. But cars come with other costs. Insurance (3rd party which covers damage to other vehicles and property). Costs about $300 a year.
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Bruggie Tales: Life in Show Biz
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Life in Show Biz. We have had a production company in our village filming a short movie in the hall and local shop. There was a call out for extras so we volunteered the children from Peter down and I was there to ensure Zach's compliance. It was a great day where we were able to experience all the behind the scenes work that goes into filming a scene. So much effort into such a small scene! The crew were very surprised at how well the children behaved and performed their roles as extras in the movie.
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Bruggie Tales: Wombat Defence - Success!
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Wombat Defence - Success! Oh Bother" said our wombat. But he was foiled by our Wombat defences. Opa 1 Wombat 1. You can see by the photo the wombat tried clawing away at exactly the same spot he had tried before, but the steel reinforcing meant he couldn't go an further. We are just imagining his frustration in his single minded mission. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Our adventures are all archived in monthly sections, and through labels organising our favourite posts too. But Ill be bored!
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Bruggie Tales: The games kids play
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The games kids play. A Horse Walking on a Motorbike. Over the years we have collected quite a bit of Lego. In early days we found much of it at Garage or Yard sales, especially in more affluent suburbs where the best stuff was for sale. 8 children and many years later and we have quite a collection. A young lad popped over the other day and his jaw dropped when he saw the lego in the play room. Today Clare decided to make a game using Lego, applying many of her experiences with her brothers and wargaming.
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Bruggie Tales: Dating, Courting or just Going Out
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Dating, Courting or just Going Out. As the children are growing and developing into fine young adults it is time to have "The Discussion". Not the one about the mechanics, but the one about the true pursuit of happiness and discernment of one's vocation and life partner. As in so many of these life and faith style questions we have gone back to the root and tried to determine how we handle these situations. Why did God make us? So how do you Know someone? Let's look at successful marriages, those in whic...
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Bruggie Tales: Calling each other names
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Calling each other names. Lana was on the phone. So Rose came up to Ariel and stood there waiting. Ariel raised her eyebrow in inquiry. I'm waiting for Zach and Martin because there has been name calling," Rose said. Once the boys turned up Ariel asked "What happened? Rose said "Zach called Martin Ramsbottom. Ariel paused, wondering how to respond. And then Martin called Zach Zee. We have a pretty strict policy against name calling and come down pretty hard on breaches of the peace. The games kids play.
