Update

So since I last posted, here's some news

• the boys had three more weeks of school holidays, which was mostly hanging out and playing computer games
• they also tidied and decorated the lab, so that it is now a thing of beauty and geekiness (including a motion sensitive welcome sign, and remote controlled colour lighting)
• Callum has had three year 12 maths exams already (2 unit, 3 unit and 4 unit). He did very well relatively (2nd, 3rd and 2nd, I think) but the marks got lower and lower the harder you got
• Declan has started Japanese, which he loves, and has added a friend, Danny, to his group
• The boys took two days off school last week to be filmed for a new ABC TV show called This is me which is a series of 5 minute programs showcasing kids their age and the cool things they do
• Both boys are planning out projects for Young ICT Explorers and the STEM video game challenge this year, probably at least one entry each, and possibly a joint one
• we tried out snorkelling at Balmoral this weekend, and Declan decided he wasn't as terrified as he thought (despite the extreme murkiness)
• we have been looking after Harvey (Martin and Kevin's dog) who has agreed to go for walks with only Declan (having previously only going if Evan went with them).

Hiatus

Some of our readers have complained about the lack of posting here. It was because Callum and Declan had both, recently, objected to us writing about them.

So I had a chat with them about it, and explained that this blog isn't searchable (although if you know the address anyone can see it) and they decided that that was OK. So I'll post some more. But given we have one teenager and one almost teenager, I suspect we'll say less and less to spare their sensibilities.