I'm not down to a total of 14 kg's lost!
Im very happy with that however i do have about another 25 to lose :( but im well on my way.
Been raining for 2 weeks, alost none stop so im very grateful we have lots of indoor activities for the little ones, other wise they'd be so bored!
We have play group and Music class and story times at the librabry.. we did have to stay home wiht Miles for that firt week and the poor little man was so so bored, but he Christmas craft has been so good and keeping him occupied.
All our activites end this and next week - we had the last story time today at the libraby :(
Was really good though, they did singing, which Greta loves! and dancing which she is really into at the moment and can sing whole songs, mainly from the fairies and twinkle twinkle, word perfect, she amazes me with her vocab.
Erm...so a pantomime we are booked in to see next week, looking forward to that.. and of course Miles prep orientation on tuesday.
Then we have the Christmas party to go along to at Jonathans work for the kids, so quite a bit of sutff to keep them entertained until Christmas..and indoor stuff too so keep us away from this rain!
Im kinda happy its been cold cos with Miles' cast we can't let him go in the pool and if it were hot he'd want to be in he is such a little fish.
8 weeks till our holiday i am SO looking forward to that, these last 2 couple weeks have been so tiring, not had a brak all year so really looking forward to that.
I've never gone so long without a holiday - feel bad for not taking the kids anyway, its really important that they travel and get to see the world and we just havent gone anywhere all year, so glad we are going away in Jan and then hopefully to Fraser island in Aug next year then my parents will come visit in December :)
Not much else going on, just trying to keep the munchkins entertianed with lots of craft and christmas stories at the libraary and we have our playgroup christmas party, im looking forward to that next week, we are getting one of the dads to dress as Santa - so the kids will love that.
Oh i must confess to being talked into getting a santa photo of Miles.. i HATE santa photo's they're just so not me, just a bit tacky i always think and id never take my kids and stick them on santas knee if they didnt want to .. or actually i just never would anywa but Miles loved this particular santa so i had no choice!
Hope he doesnt ask again next year..
Greta is going through a grumpy phase but i think its because she hasnt slept all week during the day, i pop her in her cot and she just lays there and chats to herself but refuses to sleep - not had a day nap all week !!!
She is so so beyond tired and its tanty after tanty after tanty but she will just not give in and sleep.. so im just kinda putting her in her cot still each day at nap time and hoping one day she will start to have her nap again.
I was rumaging through the spare bedroom wardrobe and all these parcels came tumbling down on me, i didnt realise how many we actually had for the kids and Jonathan too - not a single one for me though :(
Some from us and my parents and my sister and then ones ive got for jonathan and a crafty from the kids but nothing for me :( guess it will stay that way unless i buy myself a little gift, but i kinda get myself lots of books so i guess i have them all year really! still would be nice for just one to open.. pedicure gift card! book token.. a nice lindt choccy box of something from Myer - they have the best choccy selection there especially for Christmas.. . so i might have to go and get myself something! i probably wont but i like looking in Myer at all the lovely stuff they have and DJ's too.
Ok i think thats all.. best go get her up cos she's not sleeping AGAIN!
x
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Crafting
As well as getting the tree and lights up, to get us in the mood for Christmas, we have been doing a craft activity each day to do with Christmas.. Will (try) to do one a day until Christmas day..
Its amazing how excited they get, as soon as i go sit at their table they know what we are doing some craft and come running over so excited!
Greta will sit there for literally hours and take such great pride over what she's doing, i just hand it to her and away she goes, such total concentration, its fantastic.. Miles is so like me in that he starts off really well and gets into it then all too soon i see him getting fed up and rushes the end and just goes oh that'll do.. makes me laugh cos im so like that!
Anyway here are some pics so far, this is an activity from the 1st Dec and 2nd Dec, i didn't do one today as i didn't have all the bits i needed for it, but i think i can bodge it and will do it tomorrow.
Its amazing how excited they get, as soon as i go sit at their table they know what we are doing some craft and come running over so excited!
Greta will sit there for literally hours and take such great pride over what she's doing, i just hand it to her and away she goes, such total concentration, its fantastic.. Miles is so like me in that he starts off really well and gets into it then all too soon i see him getting fed up and rushes the end and just goes oh that'll do.. makes me laugh cos im so like that!
Anyway here are some pics so far, this is an activity from the 1st Dec and 2nd Dec, i didn't do one today as i didn't have all the bits i needed for it, but i think i can bodge it and will do it tomorrow.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Arms and things...
Miles broke his arm on Monday, i keep recounting the story for people and really, i'm not sure what they are expecting, but when i tell them how he broke it they look rather disapointed, so i think i will just say he was sky diving or swimming with sharks or something! He's 4, what am i meant to say!
Anyway the truth of it is that he was simply standing in the playroom off the kitchen and was between the couch and Greta's dolls house, he was half standing on the dolls house and half kneeling on the couch and kept swapping positions, i was sitting right in front of him on the couch and he's talking to me and watching TV at the same time.. then simply tripped, not sure if he went to walk around the couch and tripped over it or if he was just standing there putting his feet on and off the couch/dolls house, but right in front of me i saw him trip over and fall, not far, as he was standing on the floor, but just fell sidewards, left arm out to break his fall and cue terrible screaming - i jumped up to say 'Miles i told you not to be putting your feet up on the couch/dolls house cos you'll trip over' but before i got to say any of that i glanced down for a quick scan of any damage and his por left arm was twisted into such a biazarre shape - i kepe having flash backs of it.. it was terrible, instantly knew he had broken it.
So said to him, and by now he was totally calm just kept saying ouch when trying to move his arm, he said it didnt hurt!! high pain threshhold perhaps - ive no idea if a broken arm hurts or not..
So i said he has broken it and needs to get in the car to go to hospital - whisked him up there - and slong story short, $500 later, an x-ray and a fantastic friend taking Greta for the night and all the next day until 9pm and he has broken both bones, radius and ulna in his left forearm - he had to have surgery, which was just so scary, holding yoru baby on your lap while they gassed him to sleep and his little body went all limp.. needless to say i lost it several times and sobbed like a baby myself.. Miles however was so very brave all the time.. and the staff were fantastic, cannot find fault with any of them.
So now we are home and he has a full arm cast that will be on for 5 weeks.
He's ok at home but gets a bit anxious when we go out and about so staying home with him as much as possible.. he had trouble sleeping but actually slept all night for the first time last night.
I've been sleeping with him though so may have to get him into bed by himself soon and see how that goes.
Ok a few pics of the brave little man:
Anyway the truth of it is that he was simply standing in the playroom off the kitchen and was between the couch and Greta's dolls house, he was half standing on the dolls house and half kneeling on the couch and kept swapping positions, i was sitting right in front of him on the couch and he's talking to me and watching TV at the same time.. then simply tripped, not sure if he went to walk around the couch and tripped over it or if he was just standing there putting his feet on and off the couch/dolls house, but right in front of me i saw him trip over and fall, not far, as he was standing on the floor, but just fell sidewards, left arm out to break his fall and cue terrible screaming - i jumped up to say 'Miles i told you not to be putting your feet up on the couch/dolls house cos you'll trip over' but before i got to say any of that i glanced down for a quick scan of any damage and his por left arm was twisted into such a biazarre shape - i kepe having flash backs of it.. it was terrible, instantly knew he had broken it.
So said to him, and by now he was totally calm just kept saying ouch when trying to move his arm, he said it didnt hurt!! high pain threshhold perhaps - ive no idea if a broken arm hurts or not..
So i said he has broken it and needs to get in the car to go to hospital - whisked him up there - and slong story short, $500 later, an x-ray and a fantastic friend taking Greta for the night and all the next day until 9pm and he has broken both bones, radius and ulna in his left forearm - he had to have surgery, which was just so scary, holding yoru baby on your lap while they gassed him to sleep and his little body went all limp.. needless to say i lost it several times and sobbed like a baby myself.. Miles however was so very brave all the time.. and the staff were fantastic, cannot find fault with any of them.
So now we are home and he has a full arm cast that will be on for 5 weeks.
He's ok at home but gets a bit anxious when we go out and about so staying home with him as much as possible.. he had trouble sleeping but actually slept all night for the first time last night.
I've been sleeping with him though so may have to get him into bed by himself soon and see how that goes.
Ok a few pics of the brave little man:
Sunday, November 27, 2011
It's begining to look a lot like Christmas..
All sorted for Chirstmas this year.
For the first time ever!
í got the bulk of the gifts in July and have just been paying them off, even the Parents gifts..
I've picked about half of it up and have gift wrapped them. Just need to collect the next lot mid Dec and then gift wrap them.
We sold j's bike, he just wasn't using it since he got his new car. I'm sure he will get a new one in a couple years.
So yeah, less than 4 weeks till Christmas and all organised! Even had a chat about what food we will buy over christmas, like extra treats and sea foods etc..
So just a home day for us, probably have a BBQ at home just the 4 of us and head off to the beach.
Then the mum in law and her hubby are coming over for 3 weeks in Jan, so that should be great for the kids to spend some time with their grandma. I'm sure they get sick of being with the 2 of us all the time!
Then we are all heading off on a holiday which is what im really looking forward to, not had once since Jan of this year and really looking forward to heading off on a bit of a road trip for a week.
So yep Christmas, and a crazy week leading up to the last week before. I have Miles' orientation to Prep at his new pre-school/ school. He's going to the Hills Grammar School and they have just opened a Pre-shcool for 4 yr olds, as a prep to the lead up to him starting Kindy the year after.. The Pre-school at the top of the street we live in now is so crappy, they just leave them to their own devices so i really don't want him to go there next year.. so we went and got his uniform and he is so excited to start in jan - 2 days a week!
SO we have orientation for that on the Tuesday the 12th, then we have Playgroup Christmas party, so have to rush over for that the same day after orentatin finishes.
WE also have his current Pre-school leaving party that same day which we just cannot attend, i've tried to work out whats best to go to and what he will enjoy the most and as much as i would like to do all 3, they just overlap in time and Greta will have to miss her day sleep, its just not possible..
Monday we have a pantomime at the library that i took the kids to last year and was really good fun, so going to that again.
Wednesday we have our Playgroup party.
Thursday is Christmas story time at our local library, stories and songs and crafts and snacks, looking forward to that.
And next Monday is Miles' music calss concert - he has to learn 3 songs, jingle bells being one, which he has mastered half of, and 2 others.. one he knows and the other is a new one we have to learn this week.
So yeah busy busy lead up to Christmas, glad we have a week off over Chritmas!
Weight loss wise im going good. im donw 12.5 kgs since mid September when i started so im happy with that.
i'd love to lose another 3.5kgs before Christmas to take me under the 15kg mark, but we will see.I'm trying really hard so i hope to make it.. still another 25 or so to go after that! But im making good progress and am well on my way so im happy.
Fitting into so many more clothes that i had got too big for, so thats great.
Its warm here at the moment, very unlike last year, it was stinking hot last year, had so many days over 40 degrees C.
This year is so much cooler, well it gets hot and then gets nice and cool again.. which is good as i do love it hot but last year was a killer as we didn;t have any air con units!
This year we have bought 2 new air con units. We have one installed in the kitchen/family room.. so thats fantastic! somewhere to cool down :) and we have 1 on the way in via courier,we orderd it about 3 weeks ago and still waiting for it to arrive!
That will go in the bedroom, the we want to get 2 fans, one for each of the kids bedrooms and just have 1 more to get then to do the rest of the house, but that will be a big one so will have to wait till next year for that one.
Least we have a couple anyway, so thats more than we had last year.
Ok all for now.
x
For the first time ever!
í got the bulk of the gifts in July and have just been paying them off, even the Parents gifts..
I've picked about half of it up and have gift wrapped them. Just need to collect the next lot mid Dec and then gift wrap them.
We sold j's bike, he just wasn't using it since he got his new car. I'm sure he will get a new one in a couple years.
So yeah, less than 4 weeks till Christmas and all organised! Even had a chat about what food we will buy over christmas, like extra treats and sea foods etc..
So just a home day for us, probably have a BBQ at home just the 4 of us and head off to the beach.
Then the mum in law and her hubby are coming over for 3 weeks in Jan, so that should be great for the kids to spend some time with their grandma. I'm sure they get sick of being with the 2 of us all the time!
Then we are all heading off on a holiday which is what im really looking forward to, not had once since Jan of this year and really looking forward to heading off on a bit of a road trip for a week.
So yep Christmas, and a crazy week leading up to the last week before. I have Miles' orientation to Prep at his new pre-school/ school. He's going to the Hills Grammar School and they have just opened a Pre-shcool for 4 yr olds, as a prep to the lead up to him starting Kindy the year after.. The Pre-school at the top of the street we live in now is so crappy, they just leave them to their own devices so i really don't want him to go there next year.. so we went and got his uniform and he is so excited to start in jan - 2 days a week!
SO we have orientation for that on the Tuesday the 12th, then we have Playgroup Christmas party, so have to rush over for that the same day after orentatin finishes.
WE also have his current Pre-school leaving party that same day which we just cannot attend, i've tried to work out whats best to go to and what he will enjoy the most and as much as i would like to do all 3, they just overlap in time and Greta will have to miss her day sleep, its just not possible..
Monday we have a pantomime at the library that i took the kids to last year and was really good fun, so going to that again.
Wednesday we have our Playgroup party.
Thursday is Christmas story time at our local library, stories and songs and crafts and snacks, looking forward to that.
And next Monday is Miles' music calss concert - he has to learn 3 songs, jingle bells being one, which he has mastered half of, and 2 others.. one he knows and the other is a new one we have to learn this week.
So yeah busy busy lead up to Christmas, glad we have a week off over Chritmas!
Weight loss wise im going good. im donw 12.5 kgs since mid September when i started so im happy with that.
i'd love to lose another 3.5kgs before Christmas to take me under the 15kg mark, but we will see.I'm trying really hard so i hope to make it.. still another 25 or so to go after that! But im making good progress and am well on my way so im happy.
Fitting into so many more clothes that i had got too big for, so thats great.
Its warm here at the moment, very unlike last year, it was stinking hot last year, had so many days over 40 degrees C.
This year is so much cooler, well it gets hot and then gets nice and cool again.. which is good as i do love it hot but last year was a killer as we didn;t have any air con units!
This year we have bought 2 new air con units. We have one installed in the kitchen/family room.. so thats fantastic! somewhere to cool down :) and we have 1 on the way in via courier,we orderd it about 3 weeks ago and still waiting for it to arrive!
That will go in the bedroom, the we want to get 2 fans, one for each of the kids bedrooms and just have 1 more to get then to do the rest of the house, but that will be a big one so will have to wait till next year for that one.
Least we have a couple anyway, so thats more than we had last year.
Ok all for now.
x
Monday, November 7, 2011
A few pics
Just some pics from the last couple of weeks.
Miles in his new pre-school uniform, he starts 2 days a week in Jan.
A couple from a trip to the beach over the weekend.
And at the Fairies concert.
Miles in his new pre-school uniform, he starts 2 days a week in Jan.
A couple from a trip to the beach over the weekend.
And at the Fairies concert.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
10 kilo's
So i've lost 10 kgs this past couple of months, just over 10 actually - really happy with that. I started in mid Sept and here we are on the 2nd day of November.
I have a few more i'd like to lose before Christmas, about 8 or so, but see how we go..
Main thing i've been doing is lots of walking, i've cut back a lot on the 'crap i eat' and have been walking walking walking...seems its paying off.
Oh and i had a little win on the Melbourne Cup ! i let Miles pick a horse for me - and it won!
No news really, had a playgroup meeting last night where i once again put my hand up to be the co-ordinator, so that will take me through till next year, and then i go back to work the year after that (2013) so may hand over the reigns to someone else then - but im happy to keep doing it another year.. good to be involved in the kids activities.
Got a secet santa gift for a Mum i am involved in a mums group with - and along with a few other little gifts a friend had made for me, i put them on the top of the car while i got the kids fastened in and drove away with it on the top of the car !! needles to say i lost the whole lot - along with some craft i had done with the kids - so so cross at myself, and now have to go get a new SS gift and not to mention the lovely hand made items i had made for me as a gift - so cross with myself!
In other news, i think jonathan has sold his motor bike - after his crazy friend messed us around, one minute he wanted to buy it, the next he didnt, then for some odd reason he thought it a good idea to bid on it ont he site we were trying to sell it on and almost messed it up for us again!! Honestly, who does that!
So anyway we have someone coming to see it tomorrow night with a view to buy it.
Other than that - just ploddind along till Christmas really - i have pretty much all the gifts bought for everyone.. Im really happy with that. Its all on lay-by, even got Miles' gift from my parents a- a bike - on lay-by at the bike shop.
Mother in law has deposited money into the kids accounts so i will go and get their presents - Miles is getting his pre-school uniform for pre-school next year.
Ok thats about it, best go get the kids dressed for Playgroup.
x
I have a few more i'd like to lose before Christmas, about 8 or so, but see how we go..
Main thing i've been doing is lots of walking, i've cut back a lot on the 'crap i eat' and have been walking walking walking...seems its paying off.
Oh and i had a little win on the Melbourne Cup ! i let Miles pick a horse for me - and it won!
No news really, had a playgroup meeting last night where i once again put my hand up to be the co-ordinator, so that will take me through till next year, and then i go back to work the year after that (2013) so may hand over the reigns to someone else then - but im happy to keep doing it another year.. good to be involved in the kids activities.
Got a secet santa gift for a Mum i am involved in a mums group with - and along with a few other little gifts a friend had made for me, i put them on the top of the car while i got the kids fastened in and drove away with it on the top of the car !! needles to say i lost the whole lot - along with some craft i had done with the kids - so so cross at myself, and now have to go get a new SS gift and not to mention the lovely hand made items i had made for me as a gift - so cross with myself!
In other news, i think jonathan has sold his motor bike - after his crazy friend messed us around, one minute he wanted to buy it, the next he didnt, then for some odd reason he thought it a good idea to bid on it ont he site we were trying to sell it on and almost messed it up for us again!! Honestly, who does that!
So anyway we have someone coming to see it tomorrow night with a view to buy it.
Other than that - just ploddind along till Christmas really - i have pretty much all the gifts bought for everyone.. Im really happy with that. Its all on lay-by, even got Miles' gift from my parents a- a bike - on lay-by at the bike shop.
Mother in law has deposited money into the kids accounts so i will go and get their presents - Miles is getting his pre-school uniform for pre-school next year.
Ok thats about it, best go get the kids dressed for Playgroup.
x
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