Miles

So had a meeting with Miles' preschool teachers last week and turns out they think i may be 'gifted'.. also a little worried he may have some social anxiety issues, not sure if that is just because he is smart though, he doesnt want to play with the other 4 yr olds if he has the mental age of an 8 or 9 yr old.
So anyway we had a meeting with a lady at the local Hills family clinic to chat about it and arrange testing for Miles etc.. so all thats in the process at the moment.

You hear gifted and you think oh great he's smart, nothing wrong there, but then you realise all these other issues come from it that its like feeding a monster as he has a huge thirst for knowledge, and also he cant play with others in his playgroup/mumsgroup/preschool as he is mentally twice their ago so no stimulation for him.. anyway we are going down the track of speaking to the right professionals to assist him best and im sure the school will be just fantastic with him too..

in other news. diet still going well, had a little break for a couple of weeks but will get back on that next week.  Lost 23 kgs i think now :)

J entered some contest to guess the eggs in a jar and guess correctly and won this:

Just when you finally get through the easter eggs stash haha!

Stuff the kids are doing:

Greta:

1.  sings whole songs, been doing this for months though.
2. counts to 20
3. Can sing ABC, if you say a letter, any random letter she can tell you the next one.
4. talks so well, 10 or 20 word sentences
5. still cant just but is now able to run and runs ALL the time
6. is becoming a daddys girl and will go to bed with him reading her a story, but ususally then wont settle so i have to go in and do the bedtime routine again with her
7. is obsessed with closing doors, and will walk aroudn closing cupbaords after us, adn always puts he shoes together neatly.. bit of a neat freak..
8. Stil an amazing little eater and will eat ANYTHING, still loves sultanans the most.
9. OBSESSED with the faires TV show and books and anythign to do with fairies and princesses really, pink glittery stuff etc.

AHHH battery on laptop dying will come back with Miles' list later, and more for Greta.

Potty Training Greta.

Fantastic day today. Only 1 accident.  4 wees and i poop in the potty.

She's loving the sticker chart i made her.  I got her some fairy stickers and she's been telling me when she needs to wee or poo and she hops on the potty and does one :)
Very proud of my little girl.
To think Miles was 3 when i trained him!
Greta's not quite 2 and a half yet and she's got it.  I think Miles was ready before actually but i wasn't sure what i was doing with him being my first. 

Anyway... so long nappies :)

In other news... We all have colds.  Staying home this week. Jonathan is only working till Wednesday and had 5 days off then.  So i'll just stay home on Monday and Tuesday and then go to Playgroup on Wednesday, meant to have Mums Group on Wednesday but will have to give it  a miss this week with us all being sick and not sure Greta is up to a 20 min drive in the car with only just potty training.

Weightloss.  I'm down almost 22 kgs now from Oct when i started my weight loss mission, happy with that.  another 20 or so to go yet though.

Miles is (at 4.5yrs old) :
Learning French at Pre school, loving it, says Hello, goodbuy, My name is, sit down, stand up, listen, quiet, cross your legs.. a few other words i cant remember now.

going great with his piano lessons.  He's in the advanced class now and learning a couple of songs a week, which means daily practice, he is playing with both hands too.  Just started to teach him Jingle Bells.

His eating is going really really well.  He hardly ate anything from the ages of 2-4 but recently he eats anythign put in front of him, doesn't always like it but will try most things.
His favourties are Nacho's, chicken pie, carrots, SAO's with vegemite and mashed potatoes.
Still loves his watermelon and strawberries too!

Greta is (at 2yrs and 6 months):
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Counting to 15 by herself.

can sing the ABC song all way through herself.

Potty trained (almost).

Can sing several songs by herself, twinkle twinkle and open shut them are faves.

LOVES the Faires, slightly obsessed actually i think! Has the CD playing in the car, and we read her the books at bedtime.  She has 3 of the dolls from the series too.

Taken the side of her cot down about 4 months ago now, so its like a bed really, no problems there, loves it and clombs in herself.
Has 2 bedtime stories read to her then kiss her good night and leave her too it and don't hear a peep till morning :)

Still having a day still for 2 or 3 hours.

She eats literally ANYTHING, always been an amazing little eater.  Fave things are Sultana's and rice wheels for snacks.  Loves pasta and boild eggs for meals.
She's a BIG meat eater, will always eat the meat off her plate first.  Loves ham or turkey sandwhiches.

Ok thats about it.

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Busy busy week

Monday we stayed home.

Tuesday we went to story time at the library.

Today was meant to be a trip to the shops to pay off my layby but ended up runng out of petrol so had to call Jeep assist.. they came an hour later so just had time to get to play group!
After that we went to get miles hair cut, post office and then off to the shops to hunt for hair dye spray for Miles for Preschool crazy hair day tomorrow.
Had lunch out with the kids.  I ordered this chicken pie thing i love and always used to eat, its a big plate of food and i used to eat it all and chip on top.. but today, i only managed half of it and no chips at all!
Guess my tummy is shrinking :)
21.5 kgs i've now lost.. or 3 stones in old money lol.
Still have a load of washing to put away and have to want to have a tidy up and its a bit messy.

Thursday i have to spray Miles' hair blue, drop him at preschool then go do the weekly food shop, i might take Greta to story time too while im up there at the library.. not sure how we will go without Miles there, she never does anything on her own.. the 2 days Miles is at preschool i usually just stay home with her.. but from next month she is starting ballet classes so i guess we will need to get used to doign stuff just on her own.
Have to go to collect a lay by at 2 sets of shops, really want to try on a couple pair of pants too to get something to fit me!
Then home to pay a few bills.

Friday no plans during the day but at night i am going out to dinner with friends.

No plans for saturday yet but on Sunday J is going away for work so plan on taking the kids out to some event or other in Hornsby and will get fish and chips for us all on the way home...

Then Monday next week i have tickets for the zoo so will most likely do that.

Tuseady story time.

Wednesday playgroup and we have a dinner with the principal of the kids school (which Miles is currently in the precschool of)..Need to find something to wear as nothing fits me now ive lost so much weight!

Thursday food shop and story time for Greta (Miles will be at pre school)

Friday - home, cleaning

Saturday dinner out with another group of friends.

Ok all for now.

Weigh in day tomorrow, i think i've lost abotu 1.2kgs this week but will weigh in tomorrow and see.

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long overdue update

Wow, long time no see!

In brief:

• Mum in law and her hubby visited for a few weeks, kids loved it and we had a holiday to Pambula, which was lovely too.
• Miles is going great at Preschool, he's learning French and Music and visits the school library once a week and has story time.. its just a great place..
• Booking a holiday in Sept for Bali with my parents and my eldest newphew.
• Weightloss still going great, i've not lost 20kgs since i started in Oct last year... will post a before and now photo below.
• Greta is going amazingly, she talks so so well, she can say up to 10 word sentences, knows ABC, can count to 20.. can do amazing puzzles that Miles wasn't doing till he was at least a year older than her if not more.
• Sleepts 6.15pm till 8am and has a 2 or 3 hour nap most days.
• I've joined up for PAFA at Miles' Preschool (well Miles & Greta's as Greta will start in Jan next yr)  - Its part of the school as well so its great as the pre-school is attached to the school so they will make friends at the preschool and all move up to the school together.
• Have a few things coming up.  Principals dinner, Mums group dinner and also dinner out on Friday night with Greta's mums group.  Really looking forward to a few meals out :) I've been on this diet for a few moths now and looking forward to a treat.

Ok so thats brough me up to date.  A few pics now.

So me at my fattest at the top, and taken today, 20kgs lighter, and about half way through my weightloss journey. 
I went through my wardrobe and tossed out all my fat clothes, i just have a couple left that i will throw out as soon as i have bought myself a new set of clothes, i just have nothing to wear if i throw these out now! So will keep hold of them for anothe week or so then bye bye fat clothes :)

Few pics from the in-laws visit:

Ok thats about all for now

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