Day One Hundred and Twenty and Eight

Tonight we had a birthday dinner for my lovely sister-in-law Kathy. Monday night is probably not the best night to take children out in public for dinner (is any night?) as they were very tired, and by the end were crawling under tables and on chairs. Luckily Harry didn't seem to mind and slept through most of it. Can't wait until he is old enough to join them .. a bit of payback for my brother!! Happy Birthday Kathy!! xx

Day One Hundred and Twenty Seven

Today Mum and I started our designing and making of hair things for little girls. It took us awhile to get the knack of it, but once we sort out some designs and a method, I'm sure it will be much easier (and quicker!). We hope to eventually sell them at local markets and possibly through a Facebook page or web site. We would also like to extend into making other things such as singlets, bibs, t-shirts and any other ideas we come up with on the way .. Lucky for us we have lots of little girls to try them out on!

Day One Hundred and Twenty Six

This afternoon Jada helped me to clean the baby furniture that Trevor had brought over from Mum and Dad's. The cot set is nearly ten years old and was purchased when we found out we were having Bella. Although it is now showing some signs of age, I think they add character and hint to the childhoods past, of bottles thrown and baby teeth chewed on rails. This is the first step we've taken to prepare for the baby. I guess it's true what they say about the third; by this stage with Bella I'm sure I had bought everything she could have possibly ever needed and more and had it all set up in perfect preparation. I'm smart enough to know by now that you'll never be prepared for a baby! You will notice that the room is painted blue, and yes we did paint it before we found out the sex. Despite popular belief, we did not paint it with hopes of having a boy. It was previously a different shade of blue and Jada had used the room as her nursery. I'm not a strong believer in 'pink is for girls and blue is for boys', I often dressed the girls in blue and red and green and was often was asked "what's his name?" As we went to leave the room Jada stood looking at the cot forlornly, I think she really wanted to get in and lie down just to see what it was like. I hope that the baby likes it a lot more than she did.

Day One Hundred and Twenty Five

Today was spent carrying out one of my busy days from the calendar above! It went a little something like this:

6.45 Get up and have shower

7.00 Get myself and kids breakfast

7.15 Dress children

7.30 Make three lunches

7.45 Make beds

8.00 Put on face and do hair

8.15 Do children's hair and brush teeth

8.25 Attempt to leave house, return for jug of warm water for ice on windscreen

8.30 Leave house

8.35 Arrive at school two children in tow (no car spaces in staff car-park have to park down the side of school)

8.40 De-brief of days activities (teaching three classes)

8.50 Take Jada to front of school to meet Bree and send her off to pre-school (tired yet?!)

9.00 Bell goes for first class

11.00 15 minute recess with 10 minute briefing of next class's lessons from their teacher

11.15 Put 22 8 year olds through gruelling circuit for P.E.

11.30 Back to class - teaching 9 year old's to write a persuasive text on Recycling

1.00 Lunch time - finally get to sit down

1.30 Off to get briefed for last class of the day

1.45 Teach last class for the day

3.00 Home time (yay!!) -find Bella and Jesse to take home

3.15 Meet Mum at home to swap Jada for Jesse

4.00 Mum leave's and both girls go with her (phew!)

4.15 I fall asleep

5.30 Wake-up and have a shower to wash my hair for the first time this week (eww!)
6.15 Dad brings the girls home - put their pajamas on

6.30 Cook dinner- Friday night = Oven chips and nuggets

7.00 Eat dinner 

7.30 Hang washing

8.00 Put girls to bed-Read a chapter of "The Folk of the Faraway Tree"

8.30 Fold washing and put it away/ Get out clothes for Bella's dance class tomorrow

9.00 Sit down and watch TV with Trevor (mostly football!)

10.30 GO TO BED!!!

Sadly it would probably have been even busier if I had stayed home .. !

Day One Hundred and Twenty Four

Tonight I got to have cuddles with Harry while we had dinner at Mum's house. Dad made home pizza and all the family was there to enjoy it (except Uncle Ricky who had soccer training, and Trevor who was working, unlucky!). Harry is getting so big and now smiles and talks to you (with a fair bit of prompting!). Won't be long and he'll be sitting up having a drink and playing Euchre with all the other males in our family!

Day One Hundred and Twenty Three

Tonight I started reading the girls one of my favourite childhood books. They enjoyed the first chapter so much that Jada threw a tantrum and demanded that I keep reading, because she wanted to know what happened next.. I hope that they will grow up loving books as much as I do.

Day One Hundred and Twenty Two

Today Mum and I bought some more materials to design and make our own hair clips and headbands. Obviously I will be doing the designing and Mum will be doing the making! Here are some that Mum has made already. Hopefully we will find the time to live out this creative impulse .. Stay tuned for the results!!