Cross Clan Homepage
Welcome to the Cross Clan homepage! Primarily this website is a place that will allow extended family members and friends a place to come and keep up to date with the events in the life of the Cross Clan from downunda! In this website I hope to offer some insight into our lives and the special interests that we hold. As the site grows, I plan to enlighten you with our photo galleries, forums and web pages to share our family moments with you all. There are six of us in our immediate family and…
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Lucy in Hospital
Lucy in Hospital On the Australia Day weekend, 25th January 2008, Mum took Lucy to hospital. She had had high fevers overnight and could not move her neck and would scream if we touched it. We sat in Casualty for 6 hours before we finally got a kids bed in Casualty. They had monitorred her every hour… Read more
New Additions to the Cross Clan
Last night we picked up 2 new additions to the Cross Clan - 2 lovely guinea pigs we have names Pinky and Perky! Pinky seems to be an Albino as he has pink eyes, but is white with brown patches. Perky is also white with brown patches. They are much loved and doted on already - getting combed and cuddled… Read more
Backyard Wildlife
Backyard Wildlife These are some photos of wildlife we photograph in our yard or in our travels. Neil and Hayley both love taking photos of wildlife and here are some of their better photos. … Read more
Homeschool "Excursions"
Homeschool "Excursions" One of the great things about homeschooling is that we get to go to lots of great places as a family when most other kids are at school! Queues are shorter and nearby accommodation is cheaper! The excursions listed here have been journalised by the kids and we hope… Read more
Kidz Prayz
Kidz Prayz Performances Kidz Prayz is a group Neil and Camille De Rooy run for school-aged kids in our church who want to praise God using singing and drama and dance. They meet on Thursday afternoons at the Church and perform in various church services throughout the year. Hayley, Riley and Lucy are… Read more
Special Day with Rachael
Special Day with Rachael Riley likes to have a playday with her very special friend Rachael every holidays and this holiday Riley was the host. She planned lots of great things. They had a great day cooking, pressing flowers, climbing trees, having teaparties, playing restaurants, playing with the chickens… Read more
Jesus is risen!
Next weekend we celebrate Easter - the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus the Son of God! It is a weird celebration - a mixture of happiness and sadness that Jesus had to come to the world to die a horrible death on a cross so that we might be forgiven for all the wrong things we've done, thought… Read more
A girly day to the Theatre to see "Little Women"
Today the 4 Cross girls went to see "Little Women" at the Seymour Theatre in Sydney with our friends Kylie, Eden, Cyndi and Hannah. We left at lunchtime and arrived back very late! We had a great time. The production was amazing with only simple props but immaculate costumes and amazing performers… Read more
"School's in" 2008
First day of school 2008 Why not take photos of our first day of school even now we're homeschooling?! Our first real day of "school" this year was Monday 4th February as Lucy was in hospital the week before when most kids were back at school, (although Lucy did do a day and a half in "… Read more
We're back from Holidays
We got back last Friday from our 2 week holiday around the Central West of New South Wales. The highlights of the trip were visits to see Penny's bridesmaids Sarah and Margot and their families on their farms at Molong and near Forbes, and a visit to Penny's friend from school Cheryl and her family,… Read more
Kylie and Peter's Wedding
Kylie and Peter's Wedding, December 2007 On 15th December 2007, Kylie Fairhall (Penny's sister) married Peter Burgess, partner of 12 years! It was a lovely day at The Silos at Berry. Penny and Yvette (other sister) were Bridesmaids and Hayley, Riley and Lucy and Yvette's daughter Hollie were gorgeous… Read more
Homeschool Registration
The Cross Homeschool is up for registration in April - one year after we began our homeschooling journey. On 31st March our inspector is coming to view our school and see if we're doing OK! Hopefully all will go well and we will get 2 years registration.… Read more
Work in the Backyard
Since we got home, we've been busy in the yard - inspired by our hardworking farming friends and our desire to be more selfsufficient! Neil has rewired the openair roof over the chicken compound ready for new passionfruit plants, and made the compound more foxproof. We've done some heavy pruning of… Read more
Backyard Flora
Backyard Flora These are some photos of flowers and plants we photograph in our yard or in our travels. Neil and Hayley both love taking photos of nature and here are some of their better photos. … Read more
Illawarra Permaculture - No Dig Gardening at April's
Illawarra Permaculture - No Dig Gardening at April's The October 2007 Illawarra Permaculture enthusiasts group took us to April and Paul's place where they once again generously hosted afternoon tea and treated us to a workshop invoking the creation of a "no dig" garden. We had a glorious… Read more
Crocodile Encounters
Crocodile Encounters Riley was invited to her friend Amber's 7th birthday party. She had a man come from Crocodile Encounters on the Central Coast. He bought with him lots of reptiles, which the kids (and Hayley and Mum) all got to pat. The man taught us lots about the different reptiles - their names… Read more
Contact Us
Contact If you would like to contact us, please email us at pc@crosscraft.com. … Read more
2 Years Registration
The Cross Homeschool has been registered for another 2 years! Lucy will need to be registered in November when she turns 6. Registration went smoothly and we all enjoyed showing Mr Galbraith all the great things we've done in the last year and what we're hoping to do in the next year or so.… Read more
Penny Cross
With homeschooling, life is very busy for me—lots of time planning as well as doing! I enjoy it even though life is very busy and I don’t get a lot of time to pursue my other passions. I LOVE to work on my craft - of any kids really - patchwork, quilting, crossstitch, embroidery, beading, cardmaking… Read more
Holiday time!
Term 1 is nearly finished - I can't believe April is here already but I think we all need a break! People often ask if we have holidays when the schools do. We do as we like to catch up with friends and family who go to school and we usually need a change in routine by the time the holidays come round… Read more
Penny's homepage
Penny's homepage Well this is my spot but I always have trouble writing in this sort of a forum! I am a Homeschooling mum with 4 kids. At the moment, I'd say our homeschool "style" is "eclectic" - a real mixture of different styles. We have been homeschooling for nearly 2 years and… Read more
Darcy Cross
Darcy is now 4! Where did our baby go?! He loves spending time with Daddy building Lego or Connetrix or trains or kicking a ball or helping him with the wheelbarrowing in the yard. He keeps us on our toes this year as he is very independent, determined and outgoing, and never stops! Darcy goes to preschool… Read more
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