Happy 3rd Birthday to our gorgeous boy

I was making up your brand new big boy bed tonight and I looked at my watch.....1.15am....about the time I went into labour with you 3 years ago! and here I am making your new bed and about to wrap your presents for you 3rd birthday. I didn't shed a tear, I am ok (compared to the mess I was at your 1st birthday), i am mainly sad that your cot and baby room will be empty soon, fingers crossed not for long.

Happy birthday to our gorgeous man........we love you to "infinity and beyond".

Also happy Australia day, I am not only thankful for a gorgeous Aussie boy but I am thankful I live in this sensational country !!!!!!!

not yet 3

I had you for 1 minute today before you started to protest about having your photo taken.

today you had your 4th ever hair cut.

you love to swim underwater and can dog paddle about 6m.

you are obsessed with Buzz and Woody from Toy Story

you always say "don't matter" and "mum where's my little buzz".

you have gotten a lot more freckles this summer.

you love it when kids come over to play.

you are doing well at toilet training. you often ask if you are wearing a nappy.

you love to eat tin spaghetti, ice blocks, weetbix, jam sandwiches and cake.

you scream when I try to put sunscreen on or wash your hair. you tell me it will hurt your eyes.

you can count 1:1 to 3. I love how you try and hold 3 fingers up when I ask you how old you are going to be.

you don't let me read to you, it is a game to turn the pages when your want.

morrow is the future and yestaday is the past.

you can still throw a big tantrum. it is your way or the highway. you like to fight most rules.

you love Milly and adore our guest dog Ruby

"shu shu" means thank you, but a lady still went and got you a tissue at the cafe the other night.

you call toy story 2 "Dark Buzz". i think because bits of the story are filmed during the night.

you are still singing Jingle bells in January

you ask for Santa to come back to the shops
i love the way you say " mum WHERE are my wiggles", "mum i take my wiggles to the shop, PLEASE mum my wiggles want to come".

i just love you because you are cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January sooooo far!

I was going to post last week but I was in the worst mood. I had a sick puppy, and I made a vow "I was never doing puppies again"!!!! Our poor little pup went unnamed for several days and then finally we got Milly!!!!! She is good, but gee she was sick! She had a tummy bug and was PROJECTILE you know what ......alll over the place. After a trip to the vet she is fine!!!! and we have taught her to sit too!!!!

catch up...

we went to the beach - must get photos off water proof camera

I have scrapped and sorted millions of photos

i have caught up with friends

We bought a lounge, lowline TV stand and Max's bedroom furniture is here

we have given the house a good clean, including the HIGH window that was dripping in dust

I have watched some good and bad movies

I cleaned out my wardrobe

We celebrated at Charlotte's Wiggles birthday

i have searched HI and LOW for toy story toys for someones birthday

we have swum in the pool to LATE at night

One week of holidays left and soooo much to achieve....I must write a list.....sleep first

goodnight

The year that was 2008 - mini book

I am finally catching up on my year in review layouts as I missed 2007 as during last Summer holidays I had no scraproom!!!!

I jumped at the chance to make this little album for scraploot as I LOVE little mini books and I love documenting the year!!!!

Check it out at the Scraploot blog, plus you can also enter a raffle for the McGrath foundation to win a layout scrapped by Heidi Swapp!!!

Twas the month after Christmas

Twas the month after Christmas,

and all through the house,

Nothing would fit me,

not even a blouse.

The cookies I'd nibbled,

the chocolate I'd taste

and the holiday parties

had gone to my waist.

When I got on the scales

there arose such a number!

When I walked to the store

(less a walk than a lumber),

I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared;

The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls,

the bread and the cheese

And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt

And prepared once again to do battle with dirt...

I said to myself, as I only can,

"You can't spend a winter, disguised as a man!"

So, away with the last of the sour cream dip.

Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.

Every last bit of food that I like must be banished

Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie, not even a lick.

I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.

I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie.

I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...

But isn't that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.

Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.

today

Oh boy, today was one of those days!!!!

A wonderful trip to IKEA with Alison, Rebecca and Max. lots of cool things bought and a gorgeous salad roll was ENJOYED. plus max ate chips and I did not STEAL one!!! YAY I am doing well!

we came back home for a dip in the pool. then it was time for Max to have a nap, he insisted on sleeping downstairs and I went upstairs to iron. The phone rang and I chatted. I spoke for a while and then I wondered if he was settled or gotten up to play. Max had WRAPPED himself in a cocoon with my handmade quilt. He was TIGHTLY wrapped from HEAD to TOE, I even walked past him at first thinking he was NOT THERE he looked so small. my heart was in my mouth. IF only i was on the cordless V would have heard my panic and STRESS. He was boiling hot and with sweat DRIPPING off him, he was red and I practically flung him across the room in panic and the fact I had to UNROLL him to get him out.

I wonder if I had ironed and gotten in my own little WORLD if I would have checked for at least an hour, I thank the heavens V rang and it made me LOOK, as I was closer to the area!!!!!! He took the blanket off the lounge, maybe because the air was on downstairs and he was tired????!!!!!! I am thankful he is OK!!!!!! I was soooo shaken and scared, we talked about it tonight and he said he was hiding, I explained how he cant do that and he giggled......my voice became stern and he said "OK MUMMY, OK!!!!!"

THEN I went dog hunting again, not satisfied with the red dog I had found yesterday. I hit the jackpot I FOUND a little black and white girl.

4th dog on the right

her mother is the COOLEST staffy I have ever met. She was soooo well trained and it made me want to really put lots of work in and get this girl the same!!!!

NOW only for a name????!!!!!!!

any ideas, I will give you a prize you if I use it!!!!!

THEN (yes it was only 8.30 when we bought the dog) STILL plenty of hours for MORE adventure.....

we got home at 9 and went in the pool, WHY not it was still 28 degrees at 9 pm, and the pool was heated to 26 so really only 2 degrees cooler in!!!! We swam until 10.25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I love summer no bed times and lots of FUN, routine NO WAY !!!!! I fed my child dinner at 10.35. A WHOLESOME chicken, veges and rice, which he gulped down and he was in bed and snoozing by 11pm!!!!!

cant wait for tomorrow, a hot 40, oh don't you just LOVE SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

happy holidays

they are flying by but I am having fun!!!!!
we went puppy hunting today! I am soooo sick of looking I am IMPATIENT. We think we have found a cute one, but not really the markings/colour i wanted. We have had a red and black staffy and I wanted something different. they are just not out there. I am telling myself to wait!!! but it is HARD...any cool girl name suggestions for a staffy??

I have scrapped !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPPPEEEE

can you spot the LOVE i have for my FISKARS threading thingo punch........love it

and I re photographed the THE BAND AID layout, just cause the last one was poorly photographed and HEY gotta push the fact that there is 3 BAND AIDS on it!!! lol

gotta go and DOOOOOO more!!!!!

happy 2009!

we had a quiet one here! i wanted to scrap but a swim, a nice dinner, UNO and some street fireworks got in the way.

I am finally getting my groove back on the scrapping front! I have only done 2 layouts but I am going to keep on with this roll!!!


I am still giggling at this layout!!!! It took hours, it was like I forgot how to scrap!!!!! I procrastinated and took so much time to word the journaling!!!!! it is about if being a boy is innate!!!
and YES they are band-aids!!!! I had this idea to add these cool star rub ons to the band aids ( I had no masking tape). but NOTE TO SELF rub ons DO NOT RUB ON band aids!!!!! maybe I have started a hot trend for 09 - BAND AIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have a happy 2nd day of the year!!!!

The year that was 2008

ME!!-
Kirsten came over from England and we toured Sydney for 3 weeks, I miss her
I spent all of 2008 trying to fall pregnant
I worked a 4 day week
Max became a talkative toddler that loves sing star, the wiggles and playing cars
I did not have MUCH time to scrap but I reDID my scrap room in Jan 08 - it took 4 weeks Darren learnt to SCUBA dive - no family holiday this year.
We enjoyed our pool for the 2nd season
Max chipped his tooth
Parties - sing star, IDOL and lots of kids birthdays
2 Wiggles Concerts
Our friends knoocked down thier house and had a demo party that was COOL
I put on weight
I had a brilliant class that I adored teaching - I will miss them
I went to 2 weddings and 2 scrapbooking weekends away
I have been online at KSK for 4 years now and I joined SOL!!!!!
Darren and I turned 32

the world and at home!!!
Kevin Rudd said SORRY
the pilgrims came to Sydney
economic crisis - HIGH interests rates
we lost Heath Ledger and Jane McGrath
the Olympics in China rocked - Aussies won 17 GOLD.
Obama WINS!!!!!!
Underbelly A hit for channel 9
Pregnant man
hollywood writers strike
Nicole Kidman had a baby girl
Bart Cummings won a 12th melbourne cup

I think 2008 moved by too quickly, it feels like September. I want the year back!
Cheers to 09!!!!!

Dec 28 - a catch up!

Merry Christmas !!!!!!!!

Sadly I could not keep up with Daily blogging - December was crazy!!!!! Reports, shopping, catch ups, wrapping and work got in the way!!!

Christmas day was brilliant as we had a 2.11 month old in the house!!!!! He just lapped it all up and opened everything this year!!!

Here are some photos.

We have been so busy with visitors and cleaning and eating I just want to enjoy the next 4 weeks and scrap!!!!!! Enjoy the rest of 2008!!!!

Dec 24 - bye bye dum dums

A busy busy day but a proud moment!!!!!!

We were up and about early and I was prepping Max that we had to pack his dummies up as Santa needed them for his baby reindeers. I told him he would get a present he would LOVE in return!!!!!

All Max would say in reply was "and a lolly too????" I think a lolly would have been enough to make you hand over the dummies as you did it quickly, accepted the present and snatched the lolly and asked me to open it in a flash!!!!!!

Here is what you got for making mummy proud for handing over your dummies with

out much of a fight

I highly recommend this car to any wiggles fan, the Wiggles figurines are like little Lego men and and can can be pushed along!!!!! He loves giving them all a turn at driving!!!!!

Dec 19 - staff night out

HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!!!!!and for all of you that say we get 6 weeks....sorry it is FIVE!!!!!

I think Narelle and I really need a holiday, if I read or corrected one more report I think my head would have popped off! I am really sad as I had to say goodbye to one of the nicest and smartest classes I have ever taught! However 5 weeks to do what I WANT and sleep in, nothing tastes sweeter after a year that has been hectic and moved so fast!!!!!!

Saying goodbye to the year sixes today was also sad as they were the FIRST ever kids to receive Reading Recovery at BPS, the first ones I ever taught! thanks for a fun year to all involved ! Narelle, words cant express how I feel............I am hoping you can hear me with out saying tooo much here!!!!!

Dec 18 - meeting Heidi Swapp

A busy day.

Darren was home. Off to the doctor. Swimming then to look at puppies!

Nice cold meat and fresh rolls for lunch.

Max went to bed and I packed up my 9kgs of Heidi product.

Met Alison for a coffee.

Off to Scraploot. The shop has scrapbooking eye candy everywhere!!!!!!

It was great to catch up with old and new friends and to see and hear Heidi talk, she was such a 'pocket rocket' and great to listen too!

I copied this photo of Kim's blog

At 7 I jumped in the car and went and picked up some presents I needed from Big W and I was on my way to the year 6 farewell!!!! It was time to say goodbye to the first group of Reading Recovery kids at BPS. They all made me very proud !!!!

Maureen made me happy to when I heard her sing!!!!!(teacher at my school) I am a FAN!!!!!! Mel had to settle me down as I screamed out!!! I was very proud of Maureen for the fantastic job she did with these kids and how she taught them how to sing and perform. It was a great year 6 farewell! I got home at 11.50 to a screaming MAX and had to settle him as he was upset I was not home. I then set out to wrap many gifts for the kids at FDC and some teachers pressies, I wrote in cards and packed lunches and CRAWLED into bed at 2am, ready to start the day at 6.30!!!!!

Dec 15. use #65 for double sided tape

taping Buzz and Woody to the floor while I was in the shower!!!!!!

Max what are you doing? - "I do nothing."

Max what did you do with all my tape - "you get more mum, okay. You go to the shop and you get more ok" You can go there and I come too and you get more tape, it's ok mum, it's allllright!!!!!"

wow lucky this stuff is cheap. It trailed out the bedroom door near the top of the staircase, he even taped up my punch too! Lucky it was a short shower!!!!!!

Dec. 12

tonight Max and I hung his sign in his bedroom window. I love how he just stands and watches it. I read it to him and he nodded and said "yes Santa stop in my room, come Santa, COME ON".

He is loving all the lights and the fun of Christmas! Santa is his new best friend and I am so lucky to have his phone number as I keep him updated. One call can really change the way a boy behaves.

Dec 11 - Santa photo

i love the fact that Max adores Santa this year!!!! HE gets soooo excited when he sees him and he always tells me he loves Santa as he gives him lollies!!!!!

dec 8 - work

Work this time of the year is soooo tough! there are reports, happy and upset parents and staff, 09 class lists and staff to organise, DVDs to make, presentation day, resources to pack away, stocktakes, rooms to pack up ...... the list is ENDLESS. Today I woke up tired and was tired all day, late nights, report writing and marking are not agreeing with me and then there is my house which needs a clean and the 5 ironing baskets are wondering if they will ever see the wardrobe again. I am tired and I hate the fact I am tired, I want to party and play with my class, today we made reindeers and had fun singing Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, then it was off to more assistant principal tasks..........my legs hurt too!!!!!

It is 11.54pm. I am going to hang a load of washing out then I am off to bed.

here are some catch up pics from the weekend

dec 6 - darren's work Christmas party

it was great to have a catch up with Darren's mechanics and their wives/partners. We enjoyed a lovely meal at Rashay's (my fave restaurant) and the boys drank a bit to much.

dec 5 - 2 wees in the toilet today

YIPPPEEEEE - sorry still no photos, esp of the toilet visits today.
reports are calling!!!!

I want my life BACK!!!!!!!!!

dec 4 - a typical thursday

My day off and Max and I had a sleep in until 8.30! oops forgot to change playground duties and rang the school at 8.31 and 22 seconds....phew all under control!!!
I dashed around all morning tidying my very untidy house, washing, mail and toys. We got ready and arrived at swimming at 10.32!!! Max had a great lesson and I was happy with how he can now swim for a few metres on his back by himself. We then went to the Christmas shop, dropped in to pick a quilt up from Karen (as she was moving out of the rental).......well moving stuff as people cant live there yet but that is a whole other story!!!! We shopped at Bonnyrigg plaza and Max had a great chat with Santa and then home for lunch and lots of cleaning, more tidying, sorting, clothes folding and ironing. Before I knew it it was 5pm !!!!!!!!!!!!
a typical Thursday.........I wish they were all Thursdays

photos tomorrow!!!!