The build up

It's been a pretty slow week building up to the school holidays, getting things done around the house, waiting on last minute parcels etc.

Regan went for a sleepover fri night but decided not to come home till Sun evening.... she was sunburnt and very very tired...

Aaron finally got his Ghi for karate and wore it with pride to the last lesson of the year... he wasnt able to go last week as they were grading... Regan got her second stripe - yeah to her although she was hoping to move up to a blue belt...

We ran the still on the weekend - guess what the workmates are getting for Chrissy...

Talos is getting bigger and bigger.... and oh so gorgeous - he is going to be the most beautifully natured dog...

He is now quite capable of standing over Koda...

And spends most of his day with his mouth around Kodas neck...It looks uncomfortable but Koda only puts up with it so long....They are the best of buddies

and another LO over and done with.... Regan surfing at Manly...

I'm off now to take the Chrissy pics of the kids - better late than never

Till later....

Have you ever

had a time where you look at yourself and think OMG... My time was thur at the kids presentation. I, like the other mums had to skip out on work for a few hours to attend and as I was sitting on the kids bench seats waiting for the classes to be called I was joined by three mums, a lawyer, a medical receptionist and a cafe owner. As I put my legs up on the bench in front of me I noticed that out of my faded, slightly big for me cargo shorts came a pair of white hairy legs (how had I not shaved this week) looking further down I came across a pair of purple and blue striped explorer socks and work boots with a large spash of batter on them. Now overly conscious about my appearance I remembered that my eyebrows really need a go over and that hair appoint that was booked in for the following weekend was probably a week or two to late (the messy ponytail wasn't fooling anyone). This of course is all on top of the sweet smell of hamburgers and fried food. Dear me girl - get your act together....

Talking of presentations, the kids did well, they have both had a great year this year... Regan had put herself up for school captain but unfortunantly didn't make it to the committee, she was disapointed but did so well to make it to the top ten (there are 65 kids in her year)..... I am so proud that she is one of those girls that will try out for anything, but unfortunantly she also takes things personally when she doesn't get in... After a few small tears when she got home she stated that she might go for sports captain..... my golly girl will you never learn....I often describe her as the girl that puts herself down for the 100 mtr butterfly and then gets dissapointed when she doesn't win even though she only goes to the pool about 5 times a year. Although she often gets upset I think this is a great part of her personality and it will do her good as the years go by.... you never get anywhere by sitting up the back.....

The Chrissy tree is finally decorated... Aaron made us put it up on the 1st but Regan has things on until last Sun which is when we decorated it.

This is my snow globe for 2011 - must admit this is my favourite so far...

My tattoo has healed up and I love it although a lot of people are asking if it is real...

Check it out... Ive been scrapping - I even have another one on my bench at the moment...

Guess whos got one week of school left...then I think a week of sleep...

Till next time.

Another one down...

I have been trying for a while now to get a new job.... my hours where i am are fantastic but there has been a change in the ownership and staff and I think its about time I left.... and lets face it, there comes a certain age when you just don't want to be flipping hamburgers. sooooo... in the last few months I have put in 8 appplications - some of them up to 3 pages long once i answered all questions - with only two interviews, the last of which was yesterday and still no luck. I have tried admin - which is actually what I am trained for, Teachers Aide - also qualified, and yesterdays was for a school canteen - highly qualified.... I realise that I am lucky to have a job and am able to take these rejections without it effecting the family budget, I can only imagine how frustrating it is for all those unemployed out there... anyway another one is in the mail yesterday arvo so fingers crossed...

-days like this don't help to keep me motivated to stay where I am -

On the other hand Aaron had a great day at school on Wed... He came home with "good news"..
His friend Daniel had been away for two days and Aaron finds it hard to go up to the other boys in his class at lunch times so mainly hangs with a few of the girls... anyway at first lunch he was sitting on his own when one of the boys came up and asked him to sit with the group......ohhhhhhhh.... i so love Jordan at the moment. Aaron said he "listened to the boys lots and even said some things, not much" The point is that these kids like him and are very happy to include him all he has to do is join in. I am so proud of my little man at the moment he and Daniel both played cricket with the other boys in the class on Thur after Aaron got up the courage to ask if they could.

if anyone else out there has a kid with anxiety this is a great read with real life situations in it..

We have finally got rid of the old lounge out of the family room and replaced it with this...

it has made the room a bit bare but i think with a dispay shelf and picture it will be quite a nice space...

over the chrissy holidays Im going to try to make something like this for the wall. I found it here and it is made up from paint chips... I'll let you know how I go.

In other news Regan won a colouring in comp at school getting a $5 voucher from the canteen....

and we put up the tree on Dec 1 at Aarons strict instructions but haven't been able to decorate it yet as Regan hasn't been home since....

Till next time..

The week or two that was

We had a great week last week in Sydney as Aaron was back at Royal Far West again (everything went really well). Shane only stayed with us till Tue as he had to come home and look after the pup. We managed to fit in a bit of everything and I even started my Chrissy shopping... Don't you find it amazing that some people (mum) are so easy to buy for and others (mum-in-law) are so hard?!!?

sooo... I got a new tattoo (Ill post propper pics when it stops peeling), we ate way too much icecream (phishfood was my fav), drank lots of coffee and spent time at the beach...

on Thur night the kids and I went into the city on the ferry.... it was raining.... to check out the chrissy windows at David Jones... the city has changed so much since I was last there, it's all looking very up market..... i even found out the full words to the 12 Days of Christmas.

Regan had a couple of surf lessons with the guys from Manly Surf School (they were great) she had good times and not so good times and was determined not to let her Dad help get her and that huge board back over the waves... she spent a good deal of time getting pumbled and at one stage got up and said
"I thought it would be more glamourous than this"

but overall she had a ball......

and moments like this made it all worth while....

Before Sydney we were down at Kangaroo Valley for Marks 40th... it was great to catch up with everyone... some we hadn't seen for 9 years.....

Mark tried the rope swing to start of his early morning swim.... you should of seen the look on his face when he realised how shallow the water was..... they never grow up..

And in other news......
Regan had her school camp week before where she made it to the top of a rather large climbing wall - a feat not managed before.....

I had my hair died red....

and what is a post lately without a pic or two of the boys...

they are now sleeping together but at the rate that Talos is growing it wont last long...

Till later

Halloween?

Halloweens not really done here but this year Regan dressed up for a party at Girl Guides....

and then joined up with her brother and the kids next door for a quick lap of the people we know in our area on Halloween night..... I was quite suprised that everyone they visited had lollies ready although only a few groups of kids ventured out.....

Last week Yr 5 at the kids school had to organise a day for charity with all sorts of stalls.... Regan dobbed me in for her cake stall.... all I can say is lucky Shane was working away that night ... he just doesn't understand how I can get the kitchen in such a state.....

After batch of toffees then batch of lamingtons etc etc we ended up with 72 toffees ( made in a small muffin pan with half a paddlepop stick put in just before they set) and ...

32 lamingtons....

the girls did really well and made $121 dollars for charity....

More pics of the dogs of course ... how cute are these two...

can you see it???? Talos has a heart on his arse...

It took about 30 goes to get these shots .. it's very hard to get behind a pup that wants to play and the camera keep focusing on the grass because his fur is so fluffy...

and lastly, I have scrapped again.... these are pics of the girls over for Regans b'day back in Jul

Till next time....

A bit of re-arranging

We spent yesterday moving the yellow lounge from here.....

and then getting the purple ones from here...

and here...

and putting them here...

it gives us a bit more space and opens up the room heaps ....... lucky we were happy with it 'cause there was no way Shane was putting it all back....

only problem is now we have an empty room with a large unneeded lounge in it......

In other news the little fellow is growing - especially his ears and front legs...

he has had his first bath...

and has finally won over Koda..... they are now best buddies....

Till next time...