The last week...

We have gotten up to lots this last week.  Here it is in photos...

A trip to the doctors to get some anti-biodics for the girl's impetigo.
She hasnt even started school yet!!!

I visited my friend Bonnie and met her gorgeous little boy Charlie.  He spent nearly the whole 3 hours i was there asleep on me... it was heaven!!!  He reminds me so much of my little boy - real chubba bubba!!

It was Australia Day on the 26th January.  I started the day with Alarna and Stuart at the Speers Point Park but it got so hot we had to come home and have a swim!  Not before a nice cold ice cream first though!

We had two birthday parties last weekend, and both for 5yr old little girls.  This first photo is 4 of the kids from our original mothers group which i joined when JJ was 4 weeks old.  now they are turning 5.  Look at them aged approx 10months old.   My how fast time goes....

This photo is of the other party held down at the local park.  Its a lovely spot and we met people who travelled from Sydney for their holidays (and we live here!!!).  The hubby was happily lent their small canoe and took the kids out... J loved it but R wasnt too impressed!  Look at those dirty feet!   They had so much fun!

Yesterday, the hubby and i had a day to ourselves!  We dropped the kids off at daycare (J's last day as she starts big school next week!) and since i dont want to be very far from her when she does start school this was our last chance to jump in the car and drive to Sydney for the day.  At the Powerhouse Museum (http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/the80sareback/) they had lots of really fascinating exhibits, but the one we were most keen for was Back to the 80's.  Here are some photos...

Daddy and boy time is very special...

We found out that birds love to be sprayed with water to be kept cool and to keep them clean.  So we sprayed Tricky the other hot day, he looked like a drowned rat... and we even took him in the pool and he loved sitting on the egde.  He only flew in a couple of times LOL

Some shots of the kids playing and sleeping.. such angels..

Next week the big girl starts school - on the 3rd February.  Get ready for lots of photos!

Friendships

Last Friday me and the kids went and visited my beautiful friend Lenora and her daughter Emma.

Lenora has fought the big battle this year with Leukemia. If we are talking about people whom to admire, this chicky babe here is at the top of my list! Im so proud to call her one of my bestest buddies!!!!

We met in approx 1992 doing a hospitality course and have remained firm friends ever since. Now our kids are great friends and how wonderful is that!!!!

Brendan popped in for lunch too so was lovely to catch up with the hunk of spunk too LOL.

Rory is bonding more with Tricky lately so thats good to see.  He still wont let him on his shoulder but im sure we will get there one day...

I was so pleased the other day to see the kids reading a book together!  Not fighting or yelling at each other LOL.  I just had to take a photo.  Im glad for the photo editing so i can discreetly cover Rory's bits!!!

Meet Tricky!

We picked up our new baby boy Quarrion (or Cockatiel if outside Australia) yesterday, and his name is Tricky.

He is 6 weeks old and very tame and loves being near humans.  So far he is very quiet, not too messy and gentle with the kids.  Fingers crossed he is always like this.

I always thought it was a great idea for kids to have a pet, we dont have the proper backyard for a dog and i dont particularly like cats so a tame bird was the most appropriate pet we could think of.  I was going to get a budgie, but Tricky will live a lot longer then budgies and talk lots (we hope).  Plus, Quarrions are native to Australia!

The weekend just gone we had very hot weather so the pool was wonderful!  The MOTH bought a shade cover to go over it, it came with a flyscreen which i thought made the pool loook a bit exotic LOL.

Here is a collage i made of New Years Eve.

I love making my own playdough and paints.  Its so easy especially with little bottles of food dye.  The big girl had fun the other day  making animal shapes with the playdough.

I couldnt resist the photo of that naked little bottom...

Mon-Teece

I did an earlier post, i think a year ago of the boy sucking his thumb.  He is still a thumb sucker!    His thumb got so bad recently i had to put antiseptic cream on it all day as it was peeling and blistering.  He even tells me when going to bed that he will suck of his other thumb but when i check on him during the night its often in the mouth.  I take it out but it always end back in there.  Im crossing my fingers he gets out of the habit before school.  He doesnt do it much during the day, mostly at night or if he is tired or sooky.

BUT mostly he does it when he sees his pillow!  He doesnt mind me changing the pillow case thankfully!  As long as its flannel.
And for some reason he has named his pillow "Mon-teece"...thats the best way i can spell what he says.  Sounds French LOL.

The kids love it when daddy slides them up and down the hallway on a blanket.  They could go all night LOL.  Pity daddy can only last a couple of minutes (and he is fit!!!).

Oh dear.. something tragic must have happened like his sister telling him to go away or shock horror Master 2 got in trouble!!!!

Oh and that is little red riding hood playing on the computer!

I let my boy take some photos.  This was the most decent shot of the lot....unless you want to see some shots of the ceiling or cupboards or headless shots lol.

STOP! Daddy time...

I love daddy time.
It's good on so many levels... the kids love it for starters.  Daddy likes a bit of rough and tumble play and they do too.
It gives me time to finish dinner in peace or something as exciting as washing up!

Poor Daddy.. he is wrecked after playtime and the kids are only getting bigger!

Often daddy will put miss 5 to bed and ends up falling asleep in bed with her.  She loves it, his snoring must lull her to sleep (pity it doesnt do the same for me lol).
I like the shot of her catching flies in her sleep.  And yes they both slept through the camera and flash.

I must mention that the reason our boy is always starkers from the waste down is that he is much better at using the potty if he has no restrictions!  So i couldnt find a fig leaf so a clover is the next best thing...

Wonder what they will get up to tonight??







Did i mention that we just measured Master 2 and he is now 100cm tall at 2yrs 4 months old.  We are predicting he will get to be about 6ft7.  Not sure what to think of that, but what i do notice is that kids are getting bigger every generation, so he probably wont be that strange in 20yrs time!

Good bye 2009

wow i cant believe another decade has just finished.

This time 10 yrs ago i was in England in the freezing cold about to celebrate NYE on the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Christmas day was loads of fun... the kids got brand new bikes each.  They also got loads of cool presents like a Barbie Aeroplane (i didnt even know that existed!!!), embroided pillow cases in brand new latex pillows.  Clothes, toys, shoes.

The MOTH scored well with a remote control helicopter...

And his LX SS Torana t-shirt.

I of course got my brand new Toshiba Satellite Laptop .I love it!!!!!!!!!  4 GB memory and 500GB harddrive.  WOW.  My last computer was 80GB harddrive.  It still did the job and was a wonderful computer for years.  It's now the games computer!

Lets no forget the gorgeous new pool and slide that the MOTH spent hours perfecting, putting together and buying all the gear needed.  It was a labour of love and we love it!  Pity it hasnt really stopped raining since xmas day for us to truely appreciate it!!!  It hasnt quite finished yet, as we need some perspex on the outter rim of the pool to stop the water hitting everyone sitting in the courtyard. LOL.

With our summer comes the nasties.... lots of red-back spiders - YUK!  The stay mostly outdoors thankfully, but the MOTH sprayed all the spiders the other day and the next morning i went around sweeping up carcasses...

My gorgeous pink girl..

Kids, by the time you read my blogs i bet these are no longer in existance... corks in wine bottles.  How sad.  Sure the twist tops are easier, 

but nowhere near as classy as uncorking a bottle and hearing the 'pop'.

So it's NYE tonight.  We are heading down to the usual spot.. Wangi Foreshore.  We have been going there for about 8 years now.  I always THINK of doing something different but it never happens lol.  I will try and take some photos to put on here.  I hope the rain holds off for the fireworks at 9pm.

Birthdays, babies and fun

Well, the MOTH (man of the house) recently turned 37 so we went out for dinner to help him celebrate.  I always like to make sure we do something for him, considering its so close to xmas so they can kinda get blurred together!

How many princesses can there be in one bed i ask you?

J loves the computer.  I really have to monitor the time she spends on it.  The computer isnt on the internet (yet) so its mainly games on there.

Here is Emelia my friend Sam's new baby girl.  She was quite a surprise, Sam swore she was having a boy (her first baby was a boy, Max is 19 months old).

R is so cheeky... always closing his eyes (on purpose mind) when i go to take photos!!!!!

We love our baths!

 

We went to Carols by Candlelight on Sunday night held at our local park.  It was fun but we didnt stay too long, the natives (i.e kids) were getting restless but it was great to see our little park filled with hundreds and hundreds of people and to see friends.

The MOTH is currently outside busy putting together our gorgeous little pool and mega slide.  We will be using it for the first time this afaternoon, so will post photos tomorrow.  It's a hot one today too so we cant wait!

PS - a big hello to my mate Moira who is popping in here for a visit!!!