22. December 2020 01:03
by Rene Pallesen
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This year both the boys played soccer for the first time.
They made some good friends while playing and did pretty good considering it was the first time.
Lucas' team won the competition in his age group. Aiden made a great effort considering he is a head shorter than all the other boys in his age group.
22. December 2020 00:03
by Rene Pallesen
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Strange year indeed, and other than a few things, it is remarkably the same.
The kids have still done a lot of activities and here are some of them.
Aiden hanging out with his friend Jake at the beach.
Mini golf with Sammi.
Doing puzzles at home.
Aiden had patience to do one of the simpler ones.
Me trying to teach them how to use photoshop...not a bad result for a first try.
Painting the old way.
One of Aidens favourite drawings. It got soaked by accident and he was absolutely devastated. I managed to rescue it somewhat and take this photo.
He went through a phase where he was obsessed with the Titanic.
He was also into Harry Potter and made a drawing of the sorting hat.
I took Aiden out for a run and he did 4.5km without a break...very proud.
Ice skating with friends
Backyard tennis
Ice cream
Karate - Lucas got to wear a black belt after doing a 3 minute plank.
Their Kumite (sparring) gear.
Aiden reading a bit. Reading is really difficult for him. He can read all the words and sentences perfectly, but it is hard for him to comprehend the stories he reads (almost like he is unable to visualise and imagine the story as he reads it.).
21. December 2020 17:03
by Rene Pallesen
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During the lockdown we spent a lot of time in our backyard having a firepit on the weekends.
One weekend I put up my old tent and I camped in the backyard with the boys...they had a blast.
21. December 2020 17:03
by Rene Pallesen
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On the other side of Botany Bay is Kamay national park.
On a very stormy day we went for a walk over there to experience the wild weather.
21. December 2020 13:03
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Aiden likes to dress up, this time like harry potter...
21. December 2020 13:03
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It is not often gets an award from school, so he is super proud when he gets a little encouragement.
26. July 2020 10:07
by Rene Pallesen
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Early in the year we made an extended weekend trip to the Gold Coast in Queensland. Main attraction here was for the boys to visit Movieworld and Seaworld.
21. June 2020 17:03
by Rene Pallesen
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Aidens birthday was during the covid lock down.
Fortunately we were still allowed to have a couple of his school friends over for a little celebration (his school was still open anyhow).
We decided to have it in the garden with a fire pit with roasted marshmellows, sparklers followed by cake.
5. March 2020 20:03
by Rene Pallesen
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Recently I had the chance to visit the shooting range at Malabar headland with a group of friends.
I used to do a lot of shooting in my younger days, so I was curious to see if I still had it in me.
On this day we were shooting on the 800 meter range (which is a very long distance) with 7.62 NATO rounds.
The distance means that you cannot see where you hit, so they have an electronic readout next to the shooter. The two circles in the middle are about 25cm in diameter at the far end.
Below is the group of shots from my round.
This photo gives a better idea of the distance we were shooting at (It was also a very windy day)
Apparently I shot the best round of the day including the regulars...
Conclusion is that, yes, still got it and I may pick it up as a regular activity some time in the future.