At the moment my brain is on complete overload!!!
Wedding, children, website, housework, wedding, weightloss, webiste, children, what was I doing again???
So I am just a little preoccupied - it is no wonder then that this week alone I have had a three year old who has drawn in texta on the (thankfully glass) back door, a baby who was found scrubbing the loo and himself with the dunny brush (eeeewwww gross) and a fiance who has come home to complete mayhem most evenings!
But achievements are coming thick and fast...
The Website has been launched albeit with very limited information and pics but hey... it's a start. Check me out on http://www.milkncookies.info/
The wedding organising is well under way after a somewhat stressful glitch last week. The venue haas now been changed but it is costing us thousands of dollars less with the ceremony having a more casual/cruisy vibe much more suited to my gorgeous fiance's tastes... and the reception being held on a highly sought after roof top venue overlooking the beach! Yay!!!
My children are as gorgeous as ever. Jaz is loving 3 year old Kinder so much that she keeps asking when she can go to school!!! So I went and purchased some 'work' books for ages 3-5 and we spend between 10 and 30 minutes a day on them depending on the activity, her mood and my patience... We call it her school work and she absolutely loves it. It is quality time spent together and I am constantly impressed by the concepts she understands, it is a constant reminder to me not to underestimate her abilities.
Kayde is saying a lot more and is sleeping a little bit better. His vocabulary now consists of Mummum, dadda, bubbub, the ocassional Ta, and when he knows he shouldn't do something or wants to tell his sister off there is nahhh ah ah ah.
The housework is the bain of my existence at the moment, I am struggling to get on top of it but i will...
And my favourite news of the week..... drumroll please.... I am FINALLY under 100kgs. As of this morning!!!!! For the first time in quite a few years!!!! YAY
Ok, I am off to put a tired little man down for a nap, get a coffee and watch playschool with Jaz
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Summin it up
Arghhhhh writers block, writers block, writers block. Well not so much writers block as too many subjects to choose from.
Do you want to hear how the wedding plans are coming along?
Our mission to turn our family into one of those healthy types... you know, the type that go and DO something instead of watch telly in the evenings?
Maybe you would like to hear all about Jaz and her love of singing and dancing and driving mummy bonkers with her selective hearing and gorgeous butter wouldn't melt smile?
Or perhaps you would like to hear all about Kayde, his love of water, headbutting inanimate objects and insistence on pulling his sisters hair and laughing at the aftermath?
I guess the only thing to do is sum it up for you;
The wedding is booked, flights booked and accommodation booked. We are getting the invites sorted and should have them out by the end of the month and I simply refuse to shop for a dress until I have lost more weight! Look out Bali here we come!!! Again...
Craig and I have been working out on a treadmill loaned to us by some really lovely friends, he has been doing strength training and I have been dancing around the house like a nutter, we have started going to the pool as a family once a week in addition to Jaz's swimming lessons and endeavour to be active instead of sedentary, we have had days at the Zoo, walked, ridden bikes, visited the beach and taken to having regular picnics for dinner. I think we are all loving life just that bit more! Oh and I have lost nearly 7 kilos since the beginning of the year - Yay me!
I never get sick of telling anyone who will listen just how gorgeous my beautiful children are. I am one of THOSE mothers, you know the ones. They talk about nothing other than their kids, that's me... And quite frankly I don't care. I am their Mummy and I am darned proud of it!
At the moment Jaz has been practicing getting away with basically not doing as she's told. Craig and I both find it all insanely frustrating but have to stifle our giggles when she then cocks her head to the side and puts on what can only be described as an intentionally 'butter wouldn't melt' smile and simply states "but i not want to". Jaz loves dressing herself, wearing jewellery, dancing on tippy toes, singing songs, bossing her brother and helping mummy. Jaz loves going to creche, telling us that she wants to go and play with her friends. She has returned to swimming lessons too, where she is getting better all the time and makes me so proud when she achieves something new such as quickly ducking under the water to retrieve something without stopping to remember that she 'not like' going under the water.
I pretty much summed Kayde up in the first paragraph. He is growing up way too quickly, his favourite thing to do is pull Jaz's hair and laugh when she squeals, this is closely followed by his love of headbutting things, particularly windows and walls, doors and floors... I am not sure what he is trying to achieve but it must be something great! Oh and he is one major water baby... We had him in the pool for over an hour today and he didn't even begin to grizzle. When I hold him at the waist he flaps his arms, splashing wildly while simultaneously pushing off with his legs froggy style.
See what I mean?
Too much to choose from and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
I mean, there's also the whole 3 year old Kinder debacle, don't even get me started on that one, or do... Oh I don't know.
What about the decision of where we would like to settle before Jaz starts school in two years (seems like a long way off but it really really isn't).
Or there's the fact that the only thing stopping me from launching my new blog is the fact that I just cannot decide on a name for it that reflects the 'feel' of the blog, catches your attention and isn't a total cliche! I even know EXACTLY what to write for that one!
Do you want to hear how the wedding plans are coming along?
Our mission to turn our family into one of those healthy types... you know, the type that go and DO something instead of watch telly in the evenings?
Maybe you would like to hear all about Jaz and her love of singing and dancing and driving mummy bonkers with her selective hearing and gorgeous butter wouldn't melt smile?
Or perhaps you would like to hear all about Kayde, his love of water, headbutting inanimate objects and insistence on pulling his sisters hair and laughing at the aftermath?
I guess the only thing to do is sum it up for you;
The wedding is booked, flights booked and accommodation booked. We are getting the invites sorted and should have them out by the end of the month and I simply refuse to shop for a dress until I have lost more weight! Look out Bali here we come!!! Again...
Craig and I have been working out on a treadmill loaned to us by some really lovely friends, he has been doing strength training and I have been dancing around the house like a nutter, we have started going to the pool as a family once a week in addition to Jaz's swimming lessons and endeavour to be active instead of sedentary, we have had days at the Zoo, walked, ridden bikes, visited the beach and taken to having regular picnics for dinner. I think we are all loving life just that bit more! Oh and I have lost nearly 7 kilos since the beginning of the year - Yay me!
I never get sick of telling anyone who will listen just how gorgeous my beautiful children are. I am one of THOSE mothers, you know the ones. They talk about nothing other than their kids, that's me... And quite frankly I don't care. I am their Mummy and I am darned proud of it!
At the moment Jaz has been practicing getting away with basically not doing as she's told. Craig and I both find it all insanely frustrating but have to stifle our giggles when she then cocks her head to the side and puts on what can only be described as an intentionally 'butter wouldn't melt' smile and simply states "but i not want to". Jaz loves dressing herself, wearing jewellery, dancing on tippy toes, singing songs, bossing her brother and helping mummy. Jaz loves going to creche, telling us that she wants to go and play with her friends. She has returned to swimming lessons too, where she is getting better all the time and makes me so proud when she achieves something new such as quickly ducking under the water to retrieve something without stopping to remember that she 'not like' going under the water.
I pretty much summed Kayde up in the first paragraph. He is growing up way too quickly, his favourite thing to do is pull Jaz's hair and laugh when she squeals, this is closely followed by his love of headbutting things, particularly windows and walls, doors and floors... I am not sure what he is trying to achieve but it must be something great! Oh and he is one major water baby... We had him in the pool for over an hour today and he didn't even begin to grizzle. When I hold him at the waist he flaps his arms, splashing wildly while simultaneously pushing off with his legs froggy style.
See what I mean?
Too much to choose from and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
I mean, there's also the whole 3 year old Kinder debacle, don't even get me started on that one, or do... Oh I don't know.
What about the decision of where we would like to settle before Jaz starts school in two years (seems like a long way off but it really really isn't).
Or there's the fact that the only thing stopping me from launching my new blog is the fact that I just cannot decide on a name for it that reflects the 'feel' of the blog, catches your attention and isn't a total cliche! I even know EXACTLY what to write for that one!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
It's coming...
I promise it really is on it's way, the new blog that is!!! While I am learning how to create the exact site that I want I am also busy writing writing writing and finding inspiration (OK, reading lots of fun and wonderful blogs).
While I am endeavouring to do all of this I am left with the Mummy guilts... I think we all know what I am talking about. That feeling that instead of doing whatever it is that we are doing we should be playing with our children, reading stories, playing hide and seek and learning the alphabet, we should probably also be keeping the house looking reasonable an operating smoothly. Instead, the princess is watching Umi Zoomi quietly, in a pajama top and nothing else (not because I wont dress her but because she throws a tanti if I try to and says she doesn't want pants on *sigh*) who am I to argue? Then there is Mr 9mth old who's latest party trick is to approach anything and everything and headbutt it. He seems to love the reaction he gets from 'living things' such as parents and his sister and likes the sound it makes when he headbutts solid things such as windows, doors and walls! Hmmmm
While undertaking my research and writing i thought I would try and teach Jaz to clean her own room (just picking up toys from the floor and placing them in the toy box) but I have discovered that teaching a three year old to clean their room is somewhat akin to teaching a cat to do party tricks. I am sure it is possible but not for me and certainly not without a hulluva lotta repetition and reward!!!!
Anyway, the point of my ramblings is that I am sticking to it, it is definitely coming, stay tuned...
While I am endeavouring to do all of this I am left with the Mummy guilts... I think we all know what I am talking about. That feeling that instead of doing whatever it is that we are doing we should be playing with our children, reading stories, playing hide and seek and learning the alphabet, we should probably also be keeping the house looking reasonable an operating smoothly. Instead, the princess is watching Umi Zoomi quietly, in a pajama top and nothing else (not because I wont dress her but because she throws a tanti if I try to and says she doesn't want pants on *sigh*) who am I to argue? Then there is Mr 9mth old who's latest party trick is to approach anything and everything and headbutt it. He seems to love the reaction he gets from 'living things' such as parents and his sister and likes the sound it makes when he headbutts solid things such as windows, doors and walls! Hmmmm
While undertaking my research and writing i thought I would try and teach Jaz to clean her own room (just picking up toys from the floor and placing them in the toy box) but I have discovered that teaching a three year old to clean their room is somewhat akin to teaching a cat to do party tricks. I am sure it is possible but not for me and certainly not without a hulluva lotta repetition and reward!!!!
Anyway, the point of my ramblings is that I am sticking to it, it is definitely coming, stay tuned...
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