12 Months - 3 Years, July '05 #2

I soooo hate nits! I had to treat my eldest every weekedn for 6 months, cos she sat next to the kid who had them constantly and whose mother never treated them! it was so mean of the mum! But we couldn't stand it any longer and Arron went up the school and went off! Haven't had them here for awhile, seems like a little kid thing, Jordan is in grade 5 now and they don't seem to have them, *touchwood*

Hope you have a very successful shopping trip Kathryn, and yay at the spending money! You should get some nice stuff for that money.

Ambah- Don't be so hard on yourself, cos it's not easy to get motivated to go to the gym and you are so that's great, are you seeing some pleasing results?

Christy- things sound better with Matilda sleeping. Most mornings we only have Jemma in our bed, but on the weekends it sometimes is all 4 trying to fit, we have a queen size bed but really need a King size for 4 extras LOL. I don't mind invaders after 7ish but any earlier and they are returned to there beds. I need sleep too.

Jen- Hope Josh's bruising is starting to fade, it is terrible when people think you are doing things to your kids. Even though you're not you still feel bad don't you.


katanya- hopefully Felix doesn't get too many bugs from creche, you can only try it and see, and it is improtant for you to have some time to be you.

Hi Naomi- long time no see! ykwim.

Hello to anyone I missed

Well the flights are bbboked, I am arriving in QLD Thursday 18th Aug at about 2pm. I was hoping that maybe some of you would be free that arvo for a coffee and a chat. I am planning on getting a taxi from the airport to my sister's in Wooloowin and then as they are not home till about 6pm thought it would give me time to maybe meet up with some of you. I know it is sort of late in the arvo so if it's not possible then maybe we can try to orgai=nise something else. But my sis is planning some outings so that would be perfect as I know she's at work. I am leaving early Mon morning. Let me know if any of you can do it!

Well Jess just woke up better get her out of bed and give her lunch.

See ya
Michelle

Hi Girls

Just another quickie to let you know how it went. 3.5hrs we were shopping for spent most of the time in Target as they had stuffed reduced with another 30% off on top of that. So in target I got a pair of jean, pair of black pants, pair of new bras, a dusky pink jacket, 2 long sleeved t-shirts and 1 short sleeved t-shirt for $145.00 Most expensive thing was the jeans @ $40.00 and the cheapest the short sleeved t-shirt at $8.00, we then did all the "boutiques" crossroads, supre, bia etc etc and I only got another long sleeved t-shirt in Crossroads for $7.50 Tried plenty on but you needed to be as thin as a tooth pick and definitely not had 2 kids for it too look good.

So I allowed myself $200 and came in just over $150 so I may take myself back on Sunday to Target to have another look through, as I wasn't sure how much time the other girls had cause I knew one of them has to work tonight, and i really need to find a new black skirt too.

So not bad if I averaged everything out it would have been about $19 for each thing.

Love

Woohoo on your clothes shopping Kat!! That is a lot of clothes for under $150!!! Don't you just love the sales at Target, I have been browsing the racks at our Target for the past few weeks too, theres some good stuff there.
Now you just have to take piccies of your new outifits for us! :)

Thanks Michelle :) yeah it is pretty hard to get motivated to go... most mornings I would rather just sloth around the house and on the internet.
There hasnt been a huge weightloss, but thats probably because I eat WAY too much crap these days. But I am getting musclier, and I can feel my overall fitness improving... so I guess its worth it.
I will try my hardest to be able to make it there to meet you Michelle! Would you be thinking of meeting in the city then, or somewhere closer to Wooloowin? Are you going to post it in member meet ups? or would it be better to have a quieter one with just us baby buddies girls?

Yeah that sounds great Michelle I will try as well...its the play group day, but mum will still be here so I hope by then she can help out more wth Matilda... I mean I'm not going to down play how big a help it is to have someone sweep & mop the floors for me, but it would be great if she could mind Matilda... we're getting there :)

HI girls,

I really wasn't sure what to do about meeting up cos I don't know Brisbane much. How far from Wooloowin are you girls? the only place I really remembr near my sisters place was the shopping centre, I thnkit was Lutchswhce (bad spelling) and that didn't have much there. We also caught a train into the city and we went to the water, I am assuming that is Southbank or something similar. Thing is if I am going to catch a taxi from the airport, it doesn't have to be straight to my sister's I could catch a taxi to wherever we were meeting, as long as it's not much further away, don't want to pay $50 iykwim. I would love for you girls to come up with a plan for me as I am clueless. I am flying Virgin, arriving in Bris at approx2.15pm. I so hope you girls can meet me, cos it will be so nice to meet you.

Ambah- you don't drive, is that right? How do you get around?

Christy- it would be nice if you could get away for a second, not that I wouldn't love to see Matilda, but sometimes we need grownup time. That's what my trip is all about. I almost caved and thought about taking Jess but then you need so much stuff and I just want a break, I know I will be dying to go home on Sunday, but I have to sleep on Sunday night too. A very hard thing to do leaving the kids for days!

Arron and I are arguing, just the usual crap, so he isn't here atm, what's new is my opinion, he has hardly seen the kids for the last 2 weeks cos of being busy fixing his car and playing footy etc etc. Oh well, he says he'll be back later and originally he was sleeping at his mum's we'll see....

Have a good weekend girls, no doubt I'll be in here tomorrow.

Cheers Michelleq

oh Michelle yuck at Aaron, I hope he comes home & helps out! I don't think I would survive without having DH around to help out all the time.

I live really close to the airport Michelle...15 minute drive, so I should be able to pick you up :D

Michelle - I will probably catch the bus or train to wherever I need to get to. It doesnt really worry me cause I will have heaps of time to get there as long as I plan it and leave early enough ;)
So where should we meet?? Any ideas Christy??

I am getting excited... my trip to Townsville to see my sister is only 4 days away! I had better get organised and get packing soon I think... I am a bit worried about taking Aidyn on the plane, even though its only a 2 hr flight, I wonder how on earth I am supposed to keep an active toddler on my lap for that long!?! Has anyone else here had to fly with a toddler before?

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I am a bit worried about taking Aidyn on the plane, even though its only a 2 hr flight, I wonder how on earth I am supposed to keep an active toddler on my lap for that long!?! Has anyone else here had to fly with a toddler before?

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Nope but we are going to sydney in Sept..it is only 1 hour..I plan to..take books, get an aisle seat, have a bad of little toys I can keep bringing out so he gets excited by a new thing..IMO it's only a short flight..my friend did it from the UK with a 19 mth old 8-[ if she survivde so will we ;)

We went to Sydney in May with Matilda.... 8-[ She screamed for 20 minutes of the flight. BUT it is Matilda who hates being strapped into anything ](*,)

We are going to the US in December for Christmas, so we have to plan for the 14 hour plane flight now :-k We hope to go for a trip to Melbourne in November for practice :)

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all going well. We have had Kam throwing up this morning, but he is asleep now, so will hopefully sleep it off.

I have caught the clothes shopping bug 8-[ Just spent another $82.10 on clothes for 6 items. A black skirt was orginally $36.99, and it was meant to have been 30% off the already reduced price, so it should have gone through for just under $20.00 I got it for just under $12 YAY.

If I had pay full retail price for everything I got I would have been forking out over $190.00 !!!! :shock: So $110.00 of the original cost is a HUGE saving.

Goodluck to both Michelle & Ambah for your upcoming travels. I hope you both have a wonderful time.

Love

Omg, what awesome bargains you found Kat!!! =D> Did you end up going back to Target??... I have a feeling you're about to pass that shopping bug onto me - I still have some birthday money I havent spent yet ;)

Poor little Kam, I hope he's feeling better now...

Great Shopping Kat - you really do know how to find a bargin!!!!

I hope little Kam is feeling better soon and you dont all get sick.

I had the best weekend. Joshua made his first little friend yesterday and has been running around the house ever since.

I also started my post baby diet to loose all those extra kilos!!!!!!

We have travelled a fair bit between melbourne and tassie with Joshua and he loves flying. He especially likes flirting with all the hostesses. Our strategy has always been to fly around feeding and sleeping time, that way he is swallowing on takoff so he doesnt get sore ears and not long after falls asleep.

Goodluck on your travels girls

Love Jen

Yep Ambah all @ Target :D

Love

Woops, big catchup again. Hi everyone! :wave:

Kathryn, looking at your avatar I’m saying boob job? Lol. Those boobies must have been hiding under there all along. Poor Kam being sick & poor mummy cleaning it up. Good on you updating your look and woo hoo at Lachlan walking. And scooting on his bike too, that’s great. We got Angus one but he hasn’t worked it out yet, just keeps tipping it over to check the wheels. He does push dolly in the doll stroller though, lol. Very cute about the twinkle twinkle. I love this age too. My bedroom is actually tidy atm, except Lindsay’s side! Wow you’ve been busy. Sounds like there was drama with the shuttle launch, I have not watched any news & have no idea. Hope your new gear all looks fabulous for you, yay for the sales.

Kelly, woo hoo at Asha walking.

Katanya good luck with Felix’s MMR (when you get to it after this illness that is, we’ve just had to put Angus’ latest one off again due to a cold). There’s been some great discussion about immunisation on the Ozmid site recently. When I was a kid we all just had measles & mumps as a matter of course. I feel I should look into it more. Hope Felix has just the rash thing & not tonsillitis after all. Lol @ lipstick eating.

Michelle, sounds like Arron would be stuffed without you. Big hugs for you re recent goings on at home. Do remember to feed yourself darl. Poor Josh. My girls had chickenpox too, that must be one of the new needles. If Arron wants the house so perfect he’s welcome to do it himself! Glad you got some scrapbooking done. Morning cuddles from Jemma sound lovely.

Michelle, ouchies at the toy spending, but less pain at the end of the year. Lucky you having DH clean the house. Kimberley sounds like she’s being very gorgeous with Alex.

Welcome back Christy, still banging your head on that wall you poor love. All night is good though, at least if you can get a good night’s sleep you’ll feel better. Family day care sounds great, so glad you like her. I had Lola in it & it was great because the mum went to the same pre-school & was really nice. Yay at losing the dummy too. Good that the rego money magically appeared. I’ve been having bad luck lately with ‘extra’ money needing to be spent on bills. How lovely having someone else clean your floors, bliss.

Ambah I’ve never heard about Roseola virus, will have to ask DH the nurse about it. When Angus still had his dummy we got one of those clips to clip it to his PJs, and it was fantastic, no more looking for it in the middle of the night. Now he just tosses the bears out of the cot when he’s stroppy, lol. Very impressive with Aidyn bringing his shoes & stacking his blocks! Mmmmm, pizza! I’ve flown with a toddler once, awful for me as I get airsick & she was bouncing on my lap & I was groggy from the airsick pills. The flight attendants were really nice though.

MistyFying, another brave toy sale success story. Bugger about the headlice, I know what that’s like! At least the kids were pleased about it, lol.

Hi Jillian. Hi Melinda.

Hi Simone. Angus was a late arrival too.

Hi Jen! The same thing would happen if Angus was allowed to dip his spoon. He’s only allowed to hold a spare one while we operate the ‘real’ spoon, then sometimes if he’s cleaned the bowl I give him the empty bowl to dip his spoon into. Good luck ironing out that one last 3amish spot with Joshua. Hope his bruises settle down soon. Good on you doing it your way re immunizations. I find those who do tend to know a lot about it.

Hi Naomi. Great about Nicholas’ swimming certificates.

Well I’m so wrapped up in my pregnancy Angus is lucky to get much attention from me atm. Lucky he has his Daddy & 2 big sisters & 2 pussycats as well. He’s being exceptionally gorgeous lately, has some more upper teeth, is sleeping well at night, & one daytime nap (we try for 2 sometimes, but the extra one is often just a rest or a time out for us for a little while). He likes to ‘post’ things, so the kitchen bin is up high now, & we keep finding little toys in the kitchen drawers. And he’s just discovered he can climb on the dining chairs & get onto the table. Eyes in the back of all heads in this house now.

wow Yvette that was one looooong post......

Sounds like you have your hands full.

Where do you find all the time?????

Joshua is just learning to climb, and trys to get himself into the funniest places. The looks on their faces of such determination is priceless.

Love Jen