Benjamin's First Hair cut!!!

My baby just suddenly grew up.. he had his first hair cut. and looks like a big boy.

quick update.

Well.....

I posted earlier that my foot was sprained.. well last week I found out it is infact broken.. so now I have a stupid boot to wear, that is like a cast.. horrible thing.

I put in an application for work at the local nursing home... got a call today, and have an interview on Wednesday.. so I'm nervous about that.

We are still waiting to hear back about another house.. doubt we will get it tho. Will be like all the others.

Benjamin is now 17mo... he loves to kick the ball around, and thoroughly enjoys being outside. Such a boy LOL

thats about it
Catch ya later
OXOXOX

WE ARE SO PROUD!!!

Our Melanie was voted by ALL her class mates to be the Student Representative for her class.. this is a big honor, as she has a special task ahead of her... She has meetings every Monday lunch time, and takes ideas from her class, to the meetings.
she gets to wear the Special badge on her uniform and all..
She was so excited this morning that she got her uniform all ready, all the way to hair ties and the style of hair she wanted, as she wanted to look her best infront of the school..

new pics

got some pics of the girls today.. Benjamin has been a grump.. so he was here whinging away. i love the pics tho :)

OUCH

Oops... I stacked it on the way home.. sprained my ankle.. the dr was concerned about ligament or tendon damage. so we wait for it to heal.. and I get to sit on my butt for a bit longer.. but there goes he gym for a week or so.. :(

Benjamin Is 16mo..

Can you believe Benjamin is 16mo already? I can't.

He is such a little boy now. and cheeky as..

he runs after all the girls.. and can say Nat.. and plenty of other words.. his favourite is "look" but sometimes it souds like dog..

He is mastering the art of kicking a ball.. and loves it. He also loves to thow the ball and make a noise/grunt at one of us to get it for him, when he is quite capable LOL

My baby is growing up!!!

Come Check it out!!!!

Hey Guys, come check out my fav scrapping sites blog.. Memories and More.. They have heaps of fun comps each month.. and lots of inspiration..
If you are a mad scrapper, you will love it, and even if you are a beginner... you will love it :)

busy times...

Howdy howdy howdy!

wow we have been busy this last little while.. thursday we picked up the loan car while ours gets fixed.. its toooo nice to give back. Friday we went to sydney, I had my 6wk check up and am cleared for normal duties, but still take it easy, as the internal stitches still pull sometimes and that can be for as long as 6mo.. then after my appointment, we headed down to Kearns and spent the afternoon at my family's place.. the kids had heaps of fun, and it was nice to sit back a bit, and be in a tidy house that isn't destroyed as soon as i do something else LOL

We came home saturday afternoon, and got kids fed, then our good friends Rosemarie & Andrew from QLD came for a visit.. let the boys get to know me a bit before I babysat them on sunday.. So great seeing them again.. wish they were closer.. anyway.....

Sunday we did.. ummm cleaning in the morning.. then at 130 the boys came around.. Rosemarie & Andrew rushed off to the wedding.. and Kyal(2) slept, while Damon(4) played hard with the girls..

Not long later I came in to check on the others, Glenn had taken Benjamin for a walk, and Kaitlyn went too.. And the quiet outside worried me.. so mel checked on them. THEY WERE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Mel & Nat checked out the back, in the cubby and all around until i noticed them on the other side of our back fence and running down the other people's driveway, which leads to a main road!

I jumped in the car, told glenn where i was going (he was nearly home from the walk) and drove down the people's driveway until i got to them... they had climbed THROUGH a barbed wire fence to see a.... wait for it...... HORSE!!!! Oh one detail i forgot.. they were stark NAKED!!!!

A couple of very small scratches, and lots of dirt later.. they climbed into the bath.. phew

the boys went home at aroun 9pm.. :( and left for QLD the next morning.

now we are on our 2wk of holidays.. we are looking at finding a new rental. something bigger.. but it hasn't looked too good for us yet.

I'm looking at going back to work soon.. which scares me... we need the money.

and that is about it...

take care

xxooxoxox

My Poor Car...

The photo doesn't really do it justice..

Thursday night, after procrastination, I decided to go to the shops to get the present for Glenn, it was his birthday after all (22nd march) get there, and the shop is closed. Found something else, and when leaving decided the kids were good and could have an icecream..

waiting in the drive thru of Macca's... a large 4wd, with a large bull bar, rammed up the back of us. They weren't watching I guess..

We are ok, I am sore, and its effected the recovery from surgery.. but thankfully the kids are fine, and the other people have insurance, so we have no out of pocket expenses..

maybe its a hint to stay away from the shops LOL

Take care

C

xoxoxox

What a weekend!!!

Natalie tried out her new snorkelling gear, and loves it!!!!

we went to the reptile park, and had a heap of fun... Held the big python, and got a pic taken, as well as had personal introduction to 2 very cute Koala's.

Benjamin wasn't impressed with the snake, although he shouldn't have a fear of them yet, and the one who runs in the house yelling "snakes" grabbed the head/neck of the huge python!!! Weird kids LOL

We went with our good friends Marlene & Jonathon, and really enjoyed their company

**thanks guys**

Im off to recover from yesterday LOL

Catch ya

xoxoxox

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAT NAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday to our Natalie... she is 8 Now... can't believe it!!!
She took 3doz cupckes to school on her birthday, and opened pressies before she went to school.. then came home, mucked around, and Nanny & Poppy came over fo a visit.. Nat loves her nanny and popppy and didn't want them to go home.
Last night as Glenn was home we had her birthday dinner...... HOT DOGS. and her #8 cake for dessert.
She had heaps of fun and thats all that matters.

C

New Look...

here is Miss Mel, with her new sophisticated look.. We finally picked up her Glasses.. they are just for reading tho. At first she was worried about being called "four eyes" but now she is happy. She knows tshe looks good LOL

Day 13 post op

well its day 13 post op.. wow time does go fast!
I am not recovering as well as i thought. and spend most of the time in pain. So im ringing the dr today to ask for more meds as i am nearly out of these ones.

The kids are going well.. Natalie is on an excursion today to Glenrock Lagoon.. Not sure whats there other than a hike for them LOL and she is of course on a count down to her birthday.. 1wk today!!!

I have booked Kaitlyn and Rachel into preschool again for tomorrow. g will be at work 10-4 and I am hoping to get to Rhodes for a meet of lovely ladies. So today will be another day of rest.. at least i hope it will be.

Im off to continue my Alias seasons LOL

C

what a slack blogger i am

its like a month since our last post.. oops.
I guess so much has happened.
Girls started back at school and love it.
twins birthday.. they are now 3 WOWSER we had a bbq dinner with friends for them. I made 2 number 3 cakes. went well..
They continue to enjoy preschool, they take turns with who is the grumpiest to be left, but that lasts a whole 5mins after we leave.

biggest news is i guess, i was scheduled for a hysterectomy on march 5, and then it was moved forward. so on feb23 I had my guts ripped out, ok well just the uterus & cervix. definately no more babies for us now. :(
and a long recovery ahead :(

Natalie's birthday is next. I hope i will be up to it

Im off for a sleep.. i go home tomorrow from hospital. And I guarantee this isthe best hospital to be in :)

take care
C

Camping Weekend Away

this past weekend, a long weekend for us, we went to seal rocks for the weekend. took our camper trailer. and it was a HOT weekend. thankfully as evening set in so did quite a cold wind and we could still snuggle in bed.

Friday afternoon after we set up, we haded for boat beach, and the water was like ICE. the kids played around heaps.. digging holes, and burying each other. Benjamin just ate the sand LMAO

Saturday, we took a picnic lunch to foster, and after lunch we went to the beach there where there is a cement pool. the kids loved it. and I was pretty much the only one that got burnt Sigh

Sunday we went back to boat beach in the morning where Im sure the water was colder than the previous time. came back to our site for lunch then headed to swan bay.. was lovely there. We stayed there for hours and all the kids had a great time playing in the water. It was shallow enough for Kaitlyn and Rachel, and Benjamin played in the shallows as well.. and the big girls could also go out deeper (where we couldn't touch)

we came home and showered, cleaned up for the night, and vegged out.

the 3 little ones slept well most nights. and we were thankful for that.

we packed up on Monday at came home (check out was at 1oam) got home around lunch time, packed everything up and washed.. I think i had a bit of sun stroke? as i felt so yuc that night. Glenn went off to work monday night, and we are getting ready for school now, and back into the normal routine..

thats about it from me

take care

xoxox

My Blue Smurf

Don't ya just love it... Rach decided to put blue eyeshadow (of mel's) all over his face LOLOk so other than our son turning blue, its holidays.. and Mel & Nat have been having a heap of fun.. Yesterday we went to the movies and saw Happy Feet... such a good movie. we also got everything we need for Kaitlyn & Rachel to start preschool (next wednesday) so they have a bag, and lunch boxes... they are excited.. So i think that day we will take the big girls out, just with Benjamin.. will be good :)

Catch ya

xoxoxo

Xmas Pic

here is our family xmas pic.. normally g & I aren't in it but well kaitlyn & Rachel wouldn't sit..

the other pic we got was a better one of me, but well.. the others look better in this one.

Went and saw santa at the shops yesterday, and well, Benjamin pulled his beard (i warned them) and.. K & R screamed... it really is a chore getting 5 kids happy for the pic LOL

We only have a little bit of shopping left to do and we are finished YAY

I will be up loading a heap of pics to our site soon :)

have a great day

C

PROUD PARENTS

we are proud parents .. last night was the schools speech night, and I got a call from one of the teachers saying we had to go..

Natalie was awarded with the"Citizenship Award" for year 2 and Melanie got the "academic consistency & effort" award.. not just a piece of paper but an actual trophy..

So we are very proud of the girls.

PARTY TIME!!!!!

Today was our Benjamin's 1st birthday party. we had a fun time with family and friends over.
he had a lightning Mcqueen cake, lots of pressies, but im not sure who had more fun LOL him or the bigger girls.
we rode the quad bike, and all the bubs had a go... and there was a water fight.. kids played in the pool, and had heaps of fun.

Mr. Benjamin crashed tonight. And so did half the others :)
in saying that I think i will too LOL

xoxoxox
HERE are the pics

11mo TODAY!!

Ahhhhhhh Today Benjamin is 11mo.. Only one month and counting til he is ONE YEAR!

He is standing up and cruising the furniture.

As for the others... Melanie is doing really well in school.. Not long til they finish for the year..
Nat is also doing really well.. won a math game against the whole class last week.. SO proud.
Kaitlyn & Rachel are Potty trained during the day, which saves us heaps of money.
Not too much else happening. really Looking forward to xmas. Can't wait to get into it this year :)

Im off to feed kids lunch and hit the housework :)

xoxoxoxox