A Lovely Week Ending

Crikey what a day. A lovely way to end the week, albeit a bit much sugar for this little black duck! A happy thoughtful easy day to share with you . . .

My cooking turned out ok. This is what I took into little school this morning. Custard craison biscuits and caramel struesli slice. Pretty yummy and very sweet. There were compliments which is always fantastic to hear. When the bus came this afternoon dropping Caleb off, I had two little bags of this food to give to the driver and the carer - they were very pleased and were eating a piece before they left our driveway!


Caleb was pretty stoked to have us visit. There were kids and Mummy's everywhere!

After Jackie and her guitar came to sing songs with us (she always comes for music time), it was present time! Each child got out their wrapped gift - they had painted the wrapping paper, made and decorated a 'stiletto' card and the inside gift was a beautifully made canvas! I love it. Caleb was very happy with his work and happy seeing his Mummy proud of him. A fantastic thing they do is take a photo of them doing the actual artwork and this time it is attached to the back of the canvas - great idea and makes it even more special!

A delivery man dropped off a box this afternoon. I had no idea what it was . . .

My fabulously wonderful and thoughtful Mummy-in-law and sister-in-law had sent me a Care Package to brighten my day. It is the best feeling to know that someone has thought of you and gone to all this effort - I am very thankful for them and for the package. Mwah!

Short

Cripes. The night turned a bit crazy as I tried to do the normal nightly duties and bake some biscuits and a slice. I haven't tried these before so I really had to read the instructions. Not sure if I should have tried!

A special mothers day morning tea at little school tomorrow and I wanted to bring something I made. I will keep my fingers crossed that a night in the fridge will help my slice and if I have time I will attempt the biscuits in the morning - Griffy decided to stay up until 9.50pm which made my cooking night a bit hard. He sat up there in the quiet darkness kicking around and chewing his feet and smiling at me. Supposedly he was tired and I was supposedly putting him to bed so I could continue cooking. Whatever! I can't be dragging out the mixer again at 10.20pm. I have just finished my dinner of Nutri Grain and am trying to clean up the kitchen a little.

Delicious

Imagine my surprise when I walked out to hang (the 5th load of) washing and I saw a wild animal in my backyard dismembering a defenceless harmless small monkey. I haven't much experience with capturing wild animals in their natural habitat but I was able to grab my camera to photograph the attack. It was scary.



My little girl was at kindy and my big boy was at little school. Between popping the panadol for my awful headache I basically spent the day washing. Sorting. Washing. Hanging. Un-hanging. Folding. Emptying the dishwasher. Put more in the dishwasher.

I did get to spend many many many minutes snuggling, feeding, playing, tickling and enjoying this little delicious package.

Delicious.

5

5 things on my mind on the 5th day of the 5th month.

it is late and i have not stopped and i have finally got all three kids to bed, cleaned up the kitchen and sat here with my cup of tea and little griff is calling out to me. long day.

weighing hugely on my mind is a damn headache that i haven't been able to shake all day and my darling little angels just give me a strange look if i ask them to be quiet cause my head hurts or my head is going to explode. the pain.

i have no idea what the husband wants for his upcoming birthday and he has no idea and isn't really concerned when i ask him to think about it. annoying.

i forgot to charge my Nintendo DS for my nightly session of Sudoku as I fall asleep. which doesn't really matter as my head hurts tooooo much to look at a screen - much like this one as I squint and suffer. and i do mean 'as I fall asleep' cause I fall asleep playing it and it keeps counting my time . . . so after a few nights when i eventually finish the puzzle it tells me i am slow for taking 47 minutes on a basic level. whatever.

i should have called the vet today to book in bubbles for a much needed haircut. buttons is giving me the shites barking at the new next door neighbours dogs every time they suck in some oxygen. grrrrr.

3

A Big Happy 3rd Birthday to Finn M.C.A.!
(Even if he says he is 5)



Finn had opened presents from the Adam side of the family on Saturday. This morning he opened presents from the Chandler side of the family. This afternoon when Finn & Co arrived safely home he opened presents from his Mummy, Daddy and brother.

If there is a person laying on the ground . . . it could only be for one reason (rest, sleep, relaxation of course isn't even considered) . . . to be jumped on! Watch out! Uncle David did have some backup when we heard (might have been my little angel) someone say 'I'm going to sit on his head!'

5 kids and a decent shot is a tough task. Least they were clean and dressed I suppose! When the new baby cousin is born we may be needing to upgrade our seating arrangements. Zali sat squashed on the end while Caleb sprawled out casually. Campbell and Finn were happy to hold Bubby Griff . . . but can you see the pleasure and joy and cheekiness in Griffy's face as he pokes Finn? Priceless. (And I can't help but snigger . . .)

Oh, and Happy Labour Day!

Early as Usual

Up bright and early for the markets. After hardly any sleep. I had the cat on the bed at my feet - I think she was trying to stay away from all the kids. I was awake more than hourly and rarely in more than a doze as I was worried if one of the kids woke up then we would have a house full of awake cranky kids. Of course it didn't happen and they were all fast asleep at the 5am wake up time for this worrying idiot.

Griff and I at the markets. After we have done our 'work' it is sit down and have a coffee time. And snuggle time for the Griffster.



Grandma, Sheree and I took off this morning to the cinema to see 17 Again. I had a few giggles and a coffee and a choc top. When we returned home the kids were rowdily waiting for their lunch before toddling off for a nap, on the premise of a park visit later in the day.

We walked down to the park this afternoon. David and Finn returned shortly after as Finn wasn't in the best of moods. Campbell stayed and played with Caleb and Zali. Griff had a wee swing but was mostly happy sitting in his 'ride' checking out the view.

My aim tomorrow is to get a few decent shots of the kids together. Never work with children or animals. I feel this potential photo shoot will support the fact that there is little difference between the two - children and animals that is.

Penguin

Usual Saturday of groceries and other errands at the shops. Bought a few more groceries to feed the brood as there are many mouths to feed this weekend. Sheree, David, Campbell and Finn arrived late this afternoon to stay the weekend. Caleb and Zali were very excited and continually asked when they would be arriving. Next time I may accidentally forget to tell my little angels about our visitors until they just appear magically.

This morning as we unpacked our groceries, Griffy had a play on the mat in the toy room. He was being happily playful and doing lots of 'penguin flying' so I tried to capture it. Not so successful with the flying shots, but I got a few goodies.


Perhaps next time I will try and clean his face.

This is him 'penguin flying'. It is cute to see. He lays on his belly and reminds me of a penguin sliding down some ice with its little wing-things flapping at the side. But he also looks like he is flying. If I could sit him on a surfboard it would like he was enjoying some waves. This is a crazy shot - arms and legs all flapping/flying and that face is saying 'i am cheeky!'

Supposed to be 16 degrees in the morning. Looking forward to that. Off to the markets just after 5am and will need a jumper - lovely. Bring on the winter baby!

Pledge

An out of focus dodgy shot. But. The everyday moment captured is perfect. Griff (clothed by the beautiful Kate) mesmerised by Caleb (in last years way-too-short jimmies) and Zali still waking up with her messy hair wearing her new Dora jimmies.

Happy first of May. The best month of the year! I am going to blog every day this month, since I have been a bad blogger of recent times. Cripes, why did I have this brainstorming idea on a 31 day month . . . doh!

Mrs Sleep

I have a cold. Yuck.

Griffy has been out of character and upset and I think his poor little gums are hurting - more toothy pegs . . . currently good friends with Bonjella and baby panadol.

We haven't been real good friends with Mrs Sleep. She doesn't seem to like us lately, at all. The worst of it is during the day when the kids don't want to sleep, even though they need it, but I nearly fall asleep waiting for them to fall asleep. When they disturb me cause they still don't want to go to sleep, well, lets just say if my head wasn't already pounding I would be looking for a brick wall to smack myself with. Or them?

Have to go blow my nose again and get a cup of tea to warm my sad little throat. Sniff.

Toe Sadness

My left big toe used to have a halfway decent nail. Used to. Over three years ago while moving a bookcase my husband, precious dear, dropped it on my toe. It hurt. I jumped around in pain, he thought it was funny. Again, precious dear.

It took forever to come off and another forever to somewhat grow back. Obviously my modelling career is totally ruined. Hmpf.

These days, my poor big toe sort-of-nail has been in the wars. Mum stood on it, with a swinging foot. It hurt so much my poor big toe cried tears of blood. Everywhere. I think this also made the nail start to fall off . . . again. Caleb stands on it. Zali stands on it. All. The. Time.

I am sure it has a red freakin' light that screams out 'Stand On Me Please'.

Yesterday while I was setting up some folding chairs in the garage for Caleb, Zed and I to wait for the school bus, a chair fell on my toe. Not my foot, just my toe. My poor sad toe. It ripped the nail off to hang by a small thread. It was obviously fixing itself and growing a new nail.

Today it still hangs by a small thread - and it will until it works itself off as that small thread is pure pain. I just hope it doesn't take another year to grow the new nail back.

For some reason Zed thinks Caleb hurt it and keeps asking why did he hurt my toe. I think my toe needs to meet up with Sonia Kruger so they can work out how my toe can look 10 years younger in 10 days.