My Life. The Blogable Bits.

Has it really been over 2 months since I updated this thing? I think I need to pay more attention to my blog and use it in the way it should be used. That is, to look back on and remember things because time moves so fast it is easy to forget the little things.

Speaking of time. I need some. Does anyone have any spare they could lend me? My days are full of stuff and my nights are full of work. I originally sat down and wrote myself out a timetable. It didn’t last long because I was so caught up in doing ‘stuff’ I forgot about me and I really needed some me time. The day I almost cried because I hadn’t sat down all day was it for me. The day my timetable got turfed and well, the housework has been getting less and less each day. It is all about balance but right now I have not managed to get that right. I will. Eventually.

So, whats happened in the last 2 months? Stuff. Just same old everyday stuff. Good stuff. Fun stuff. Just stuff.

Kate finally lost her first tooth – on her 7th birthday. Yeah, I didn’t think they were ever going to come out either! LOL! The Tooth Fairy, thinking it was a special occassion to have a first tooth fall out on a birthday decided to be generous and leave $10 (because it was all the Tooth Fairy had). But alas, I was told that the Tooth Fairy was supposed to leave coins. Can’t win sometimes…..

Kate was elected onto the SRC for her class. She was so excited and is so proud to wear her badge. I was proud of her too, it is not easy starting at a new school.

Luke is going well. He has started speech therapy. That is going good (besides costing me an arm and a leg) but it will be worth it in the end when I can understand him. He started preschool in February and hasn’t looked back since!

Amy is getting so big! She is 5 months old now. She is such a cutie! She has a really annoying habit of rolling onto her stomach and then screaming the house down as she doesn’t like to be on her tummy. She does it many times during the day, the silly sausage! But yeah, she is growing up way too fast!

Steve has a new hobby. Fish. We got a fish tank and now he has become a little addicted to fish. It keeps him happy and the kids are enjoying going to fish shops and pet shops looking at stuff. It’s a thing we all enjoy together and together time is what we really focus on. So much so that we have instituted Family Fun Sundays. We have decided to do something as a family, like going somewhere, every sunday. We all put ideas forward and we choose something we want to do. We went fishing one week. To the park another week. Just being together and enjoying ourselves is really important to us as a family.

And me? Well, I got a new job at work. I will be now starting at 10pm and working through until 6.30am or so. I will have to change my sleeping pattern but it’s all good as I wont be losing out on any of the little sleep I actually do get. Oh and I am a little excited as I have been called to do jury duty tomorrow, although I hope I am not needed as it is too hard to organise kids etc.

I have a few tutes I am trying to prepare, sewing wise, so hopefully I can get them ready int he next week. I am enjoying crafting. I have only scrapbooked one page so far this year. I like the page and it is special to me and I will not tell anyone the meaning behind it because I dont want to jinx the specialness of it.

Well, thats about it really. Just stuff. Thanks for stopping by!

My week in photos.

Amy, smiling:

Christmas photo shoot. Will try again maybe today.

Chrisco was delivered. Now my cupboards are jammed packed with breakfast cereals and lollies and chips. LOL!

The training wheels came off Kate’s bike.

Steve has finished his boat! Hopefully we will go out in it on the weekend!

Little Athletics Christmas Party!

Take care and thanks for stopping by!

School Holiday Challenge!

I have decided to set a challenge for myself and the kids! The challenge is to do stuff during the holidays but only a maximum of $50 can be spent per week on activities. The money will be cummulative so if what we dont spend one week will add to the next week. I have some ideas for activities but I need to do a bit more research I think! I was thinking of things like going to Sydney Olympic Park or going to the pools type of thing. This way we can have a fun filled holiday without breaking the bank! Feel free to join in and have your own challenge!

In other news, I go back to work tonight. I have mixed emotions about this but you have to do what you have to do. The thing I am thankful for is that I love my job and what I do and that I am able to spend time with the kids during the day. It’s a win-win situation.

I had not one, but 2 family Christmas parties on the weekend. I enjoy catching up with family. Ahhh Luke is a funny bugger! At the moment he doesn’t like having his photo taken but at the same time if you are trying to take photos of others he is there saying ‘me too’! LOL!

Just a question: Where do people stand on teacher gifts and what type of things do you give them? I was planning on making the water bottle carrier thing for Kate’s teacher. I dunno. What does everyone else do?

Well, thats about it from me today. I finished altering my work pants earlier, I let the waist out a little but had to bring the legs in, go figure?! Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Another month been and gone.

Wednesday was a busy day here. It started out with playgroup for Luke, Amy and I. Luke loves going to playgroup. It is at an OOSH centre so it is well equipped for kids. There weren’t many kids there this week which was nice as it seemed a lot more relaxed. I have been to a couple of different playgroups and this is by far the bestgroup I have been to. The parents don’t all just sit around talking, but rather we get down on the floor and we play with the kids. Then towards the end we have a movement session where we sing and dance, not that Luke really likes that part, but I join in anyway! LOL!

We also put the Christmas tree up. The kids decorated it, and I have to admit, I made a few little adjustments. We started to put the lights up outside aswell but we only put out 3 sets and Steve refused to do anymore. I will see about getting him up on the roof in the morning though. I am looking forward to seeing what our house looks like with all our lights up. Goodness knows we have enough powerpoints! They went powerpoint crazy in this house!

And not only that, Amy was one month old on wednesday. I grabbed the catscratch (as it is a hump) and a blanket and took them out the back. Then I came back inside for child and camera and Steve said ‘she isn’t a doll you know’. Well, umm, right now she is and I am taking as many pics as I can! LOL! She had a quite unsettled day for some reason but ended up having a good night so that was good. Here she is…

She has the cutest little frown, although I suspect she will have a permanent crease if she doesn’t stop doing it!

On thursday STeve rang me from the school as Kate had a mufti day which I forgot about so I quickly got ready and took her some clothes. The poor thing, I felt so terrible! I then went and had Amy weighed and measured. Her weight is 4.11kgs, length 53.5cms and HC 37cms. She sure is growing quickly! I also bought myself some new clothes. I never seem to buy myself new stuff, but yet the kids are always dressed so nicely. Oh well. Then a visit with my sister which was nice to catch up.

Friday saw us going to sewing class. I am making a tree skirt for the Christmas tree. Hopefully I finish it in time! I am doing the applique and then I just have to sandwich it and bind it. We have 2 weeks left so hopefully I get it done. I use sewing to bribe Luke through the week. He really loves going there, so if he isn’t going to sleep, I just say to him ‘if you don’t go to sleep, you can’t go to sewing’ and sure enough within 5 minutes he has fallen asleep! Bliss!

Well, thats about it from me. I need to go and make some bottles up and then go to bed as I have had a permanent headache for the last 3 days! Ugh! Have a good one!

You know, the thing I don’t like about this time of the year is that it is so full on! I have so much going on and not enough time to write it all down, which is exactly why I have this blog, so I can look back and remember things we have done. Has anyone ever sat down and re-read their blog? I was talking to Kylie and Lusi about this at Paper Crafts last month. I have. I have re-read from my first post up to my last post, a couple of times actually. And you know what, it makes me smile. I think I have been spoilt by the life I have. Truely.

So, what’s been happening? Lots! I feel that I am never home during the week lately!

Amy is 1 month old tomorrow! Already! It has gone so fast. She is a great baby, she sleeps for 7 hours most nights, which is wonderful! Our transition from being a family of 4 to a family of 5 has been very smooth. It is still very surreal and I sometimes look at her and think where did the last 9 months go because it just seems like yesterday that we found out she was on her way.

I took these photos of Amy yesterday. Steve is so proud of his green grass! No photoshopping there! LOL! He was originally throwing buckets of water from the shower and siphoning out the bath water to make his grass green, but he can’t take credit for the greeness really because the recent heavy rains is what really did it! Anyway, here is Amy:

I just LOVE babies feet!!! They are just the cutest things ever! Amy has had a terrible breakout! The poor chicken has these pimples all over her face and they are even in her hair! Kate and Luke never got them when they were babies, but I have been told it is just hormonal and they wont last. I hope not as her face looks so sore!

I made the kids these water bottle holders the other week. Link here. I made them for little athletics so they can carry their own water bottle and so they dont get confused with other kids. They really like them and they were really easy to make, except Kate’s kept puckering but her material felt thin and it kept going out of shape, but in the end it looked good! And here is my model Luke fashioning his ‘Jack Sparrow’ water bottle holder. That’s what he calls it.

Kate had her Medal Day at little athletics the other weekend. As far as I am concerned, all I want her to do is have fun and try her best, she is only 6 afterall! She DID try really hard, but she was so upset that she didn’t win a medal! She was crying and I felt terrible for her! Her events and places: 200m – 5th, 100m – 6th, shot put – 4th, discus – 7th, long jump – 9th. She did PB’s in the 200, 100 and shot put. I was so proud of her. But she just bawled her eyes out and silly me said, ‘well some of those girls do train’. That was it, I have now been conned into taking her to training. She has only been once as it rained the other day, and I must say, I am quite impressed with the trainer, instead of doing running he concentrates on drills which is good for the younger kids. He is teaching them how to run properly, which is great.

I guess thats the higlights of the last couple of weeks. I am sure there is more, but I can’t remember it all. I think I might have to start a daily blogging challenge for myself so I dont miss anything! I did have a lowlight though, on the weekend I had my Christmas party for work. Let’s just say I am NEVER EVER EVER drinking alcohol again!!! EVER!!!! The best thing about getting so drunk and sick, is knowing that my wonderful husband is just so wonderful. Not only was I sick that night, Luke was too (but that’s a WHOLE other story!). He looked after us both and cleaned up after us, and ran errands and looked after the kids. And then last night, he came home with a bunch of flowers and chocolates for me. He really is wonderful, even if he did think that if I choked on my own vomit in the middle of the night the house would be paid off with my life insurance. Nice. But in all seriousness, that man deserves a medal.

Ok, well, I better go as I have to get ready as I am going to go and visit some old work friends. Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

39+2 weeks and I am still here. No niggles. Nothing. Bummer.

I had my last day of work on friday. I partook in a raffle. It was a Grog Raffle. I bought my 6 tickets for $5. There were six prizes. My name was pulled out 3 times. OF COURSE the pregnant chick is going to win all the alcohol!!! ROFLMAO! I only took one prize though. Some girlie drinks and chocolates. I am really looking forward to having them too. Mmmm.

I got totally spoilt and was given a HUGE basket with beautiful flowers in it and some baby stuff. Everyone has been so wonderful and generous and giving. Not sure if it is me they like, or if people just like babies! LOL!

Anyway, here is another photo Steve took of me last weekend…

Well, that’s about it from me today. I might scrap something this afternoon, I have to get my Journal It layout done or it might not get done at all! LOL! Or I could have a nap. I am thinking nap. I am sure I can squeeze both in! LOL! ;) Then a nice warm bath in some Clary Sage oil to see if we can get things moving.

Take care and thanks for stopping by and I will be sure to visit you all soon! I have been so slack of late with visiting peoples blogs. I will endeavour to be better! I promise!