Melb and adelaide weather is just horrid at the moment, i hope your all keeping as cool as possible.
we got a split system 2wks ago makes things so much more bareable on the extreme days thats for sure!
Nixon had a ball at day care, he was on a high when i picked him up, had been playing in water was was all wet, and he was just so chatty couldnt wait to get hom to ring daddy and tell him how he was all wet LOL!
i thoroughly enjoyed the day with tyron also, i did some work but then went shopping with him, took him to the pools, he loved it too.
we have the go slow here too Mel with tt, he will sit on the toilet but yet to do anything in it.... had a few acco's on the carpet.
Well girls its 12.15am and still 35 degrees outside! Its so damn hot, thought I would put off going to bed for a while. We have had our split system cranked up all day and thankfully that has helped alot. I am still contemplating leaving it on overnight. Kids have been for 3 swims at MIL today, so at least they could cool down. I feel so sorry for the poor kids going to school tomorrow, they are going to be so hot just going to school. Thankfully their room is airconditioned. DH and I have the day off tomorrow and no kids So we are taking ourselves off to the movies. Going to see either Slumdog Millionaire or Seven Pounds. Who cares, it will be nice and cool inside.
Bath - hope Wade enjoys his first day at school - whenever that is?? All the schools have different start dates, gets very confusing.
Nic - gotta love a split system. I could not bear it if we didn't have ours in this heat. I would move to a hotel! Sounds like Nixon had a ball at day care. He'll be super excited to go next time. I love being home with just Marley, we have so much fun and no sibling fights! Enjoy your time with Tyron - I'm sure he loves having his mum all to himself. Glad I am not the only one who is on go slow with TT!
I hope I can sleep tonight..don't want to be bleary eyed tomorrow morning.
how was the movie mel?! and what did you see!
Nixon did a poo in his pull up today and also another poo & wee in his undies..... he is coming to tell me he wants to go do wee but that seems to be when he has already done it... and Tyron wants in on the action! we now cant go to the bathroom without Ty coming in and having a sit on the potty or toilet, i was exhausted today with Nix coming to me every 15min telling me, but then nothing happening and Ty wanting to play toilets too...
unfortunatley have to keep the bathroom door shut atm cause Ty thinks its great to stick ur hands down there, the loo brush etc......
Nix had day car again on fri, my sis picked him up for me i was working, but apparently he BIT another boy on his forearm....bit embarrassed i wonder what the poor boys parents think of my son.
Im sure he did it cause Tyron has been a biter for some time and Nixon has coped many fang attacks from him, but he should definatley know better at almost 3yrs....i havent spoken to the owner, my sister did obviously and they had a talk to him when it happened but i cant keep going on about it for days he just wont get it... who knows what happened though, no one seen it so not sure if he did it just to be a poo or the other boy did something and he was retaliating....
Nic - we saw Seven Pounds with Will Smith. Fantastic movie, loved it. It was so nice and cool in the movies but boy did we get a shock when we got out. My car temp said 49!!! I felt as though I was melting!!! Thankfully there is finally a cool breeze tonight - pity I can't sleep outside
I have a similiar problem with Marley, she always wees her undies or wees if she has nothing on. Then asks me for the toilet. I take her, she sits for 2 seconds then says finished. My patience is not good at the best of times but this TT thing does my head in! Marley sees Chelsea go, then she wants to go. Its good for her to see but so far nothing. They have been putting her on the toilet at creche but I don't think she has done anything.
I feel for you with the biting issue. Although Marley doesn't bite, she's a pusher. The other mother will not know who bit her child, they are not allowed to say who did it so she want give you daggers when you walk past!!! It is horrible to think your child has done something naughty to another child. Last week Marley was taken out of a game for a little while for pushing a boy over. They said she seemed to understand she did the wrong thing and after a while was allowed to go back to the game. We tell her hands are for hugging and high 5's, which she repeats alot but sometimes she forgets. You sound like you have done the right thing explaining it to him and right not to go on about it. Give him time to settle in and I'm sure he'll understand that its not acceptable to do that.
Can you believe this heat we've had? It's been so disgusting but finally some relief today. Those cool winds are so nice. Actually got some housework done today as I hadn't felt like doing anything this week. 31 tomorrow which is a marked improvement on 45!!!! The city was in chaos yesterday.
Hope we have no more days like that for another 70 years!!!!
Well, Tali? Howzat? I think I was the only person around not complaining about the heat! Not that I like it that hot long-term, I just like to let it sink in and move on, just to remind me what summer is all about I mean, I can't ride my horse, in all good conscience, on days like this week, so I will welcome mild weather, if only for that reason!
Nic - Oscar is a pusher He doesn't do it with malice, he just does it for fun. He is mortified when other children are wounded by it (emotionally or physically), as he is when another kid does it to him. It usually means he's tired and can't regulate his interactions with and stimulation by the other kids. It will be interesting when he goes back to childcare on Tuesday, in the kinder room with bigger kids who will be doing all sorts of peer-based behaviour regulation! Funny, cos he can be so sweet, too. He often comes out with an un-prompted "oh, SO-rry, sorry bout dat" - a bit cute, but cuteness has worn off for the kid on the receiving end by then...!
Yes, how was Wade's first day? Did you send him, Bath?
TT - we are now nappy-free 24 hrs, and just keep an absorbent mat under him at night, in case he 'leaks' between potty trips (not a full wee, just little patches before he wakes up to realise he needs to go). He hasn't had one of these in ages and he's even woken up by himself to use the potty and resettled into his or my bed without disturbing me. I am so impressed with this EC thing that I can't wait to use it with our next one, whenever that may be. Still waiting for my body to decide it's ready to be fertilised! DP is getting antsy about it, and that's the only thing making me a bit antsy, cos otherwise, I'm loving this time with Oscar and mutual undivided attention.
From here on in I'm going to have to make a conscious decision to hold back on BB, cos I need to give on-campus study a real shot of my attention and energy this year. Last year was a close call (and is still being decided, as my last assignment will be marked in a few days when the marker gets back from leave...watch this space, Mel, there are still some requests I've made that I haven't been able to follow up because of staff leave issues...it's so farcical, except it's my transcript they're toying with!).
Night night and enjoy the cooler evenings, Melb girls!!
Good afternoon girls... sorry I've been AWOL... I get caught up in so many threads and am trying hard to limit my usage to 1 hour a day (ROFL). Yesterday I took myself to the library where you can log onto BB but it's timed and limed to 1 hour... after that you are logged off and are not allowed on (using your own membership anyhow) for 24hours. I've done that a few times now... their system is soooo much faster than ours (DH is often downloading music which slows down our system heaps)... so when i'm at the library i tend to get more read.
Anyhow I haven't been able to stop thinking about Tali and her love of the heat! hehe, warm enough for you chicky? I took the three kids into Melbourne Central again on Friday... transport was free... so didn't have to choose between an all day or 2 hour ticket... we spent 4 hours in blissful cool... Niall fell asleep in his pram... so we had a seated lunch (ie one that I didn't have to eat 'on the go')... and we managed to get home without any issues or delays (unlike previously).
Wade starts school tomorrow (Monday). We're all set. Bought his shoes at Myer on Friday... if you bought 2 pairs of school shoes you received 50% of the second pair... just as well, the ones Verity wanted were $94! Also that govt. cheque for $300 we got because we have a child starting school came in handy. Also got his hair trimmed on Sat. His boxed stationery order was on the veranda waiting for us when we got home from our holidays... gotta love that! I think he'll be fine. Monday is only for 3 hours. Same on Tuesday. Preps have every Wednesday off in term 1. Thursday will be his first "full day".
Friday I am checking out the childcare centre in at Melbourne Central. I dropped in there last week and they said they had 1 day a week available for Niall's age group. That would be really nice to have... meaning that I wouldn't have to take my "me time" on a weekend. DH is often dismayed that he just never gets to spend any time with me. Niall could probably handle 1 day a week... moreso than Wade could at the same age. Anyhow we'll see how it goes. If it works out well I might be able to increase the days and consider some study! Infact... if the CAE in Flinder's Lane offers French classes of a friday then they can count me in! I've been wanting to do that for years... would be a good way to get back into that mindspace before committing to a Dip Ed I think.
Mel: oooh how Loooovley to be able to go to the movies with just your DH!!! I hope you had a great date! For years it's just been me by myself or Verity... I thought about taking Niall and Wade to see a movie on Friday but nothing for kids was on (at MC) only a 3D thing which wouldn't have worked for Niall. My sis has successfully taken her 2.5yo to the movies (they saw Madagascar2) and Niall has a fairly good attention span... there's a cinema room at MC that has bean bags instead of chairs... maybe that could be the go? Has anyone taken their June Babies to see a movie yet? I worry a bit about the volume though... it can be a bit loud at times.
*back* after driving the car onto the front lawn so Verity can wash it. Good girl!!! AND she's going to vacuum it!!! it was sooo embarrassing... covered in cobwebs and red dirt. You'd all ROFL at how nervous I get even driving the car onto the lawn! Oh well... the kids were safe inside! Maya: I see by your FB page that you have a new car??? What's that comment about the Holden? LOL
DH is cooking dinner... turkey mince rissoles and salad... the boys are starting to run amok... better help out... they are totally feral "nature boys" running around nude... we've set up the marquee (fixed after being warped out of shape... some of you might remember a windstorm and a certain unhelpful teen DD... and the resulting Boo Hoo thread from last year!) Well DH applied brute strength and fixed the bent frame... yay! a shady place to put the paddling shells!
Stay cool everyone!
ETA: Nic: I have a biter as well... I hope that Niall doesn't bite anyone at the centre... but what can you do? It's usually just a phase... grown out of before their 3rd b'day.
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Bath - got a top deal, through a fire brigade friend. Car was his 95yo dad's, who has owned it since new (it's a 95 VS Berlina Sedan) and has...get this...45K kms on the clock!! It's like a two year old car! Except he has touch parked a lot with it...and we know someone who can work on those dings for cheap Just got to book it into the mechanics ASAP for RWC, then get insurance, then organise a tow bar...and book myself in for a dressage or showjumping comp!! It's got electric everything, which I get paranoid about (thinking of things failing in the middle of nowhere with a horse float attached...), so I'll just have to place a little faith in it. Importantly, it has ABS brakes and I think I'll like the cruise control feature, with speed alert. It's really, really fancy for my car standards! Still it's just a car and it's going to suffice beautifully for towing a single horse Oh, yeah, and it was an absolute bargain. BiL was going to sell us his car but he ran into some hitches that would have delayed the car sale and DP felt bad thinking about this other car because he'd agreed to buy BiL's car...then BiL said to 'go for it' when he heard about it, cos he can't get his own arse into gear and he was relieved to be off the hook! Worked out better for us, this car is better cos it's got ridiculous mileage.
Good idea about using the library, Bath! I'm getting into trouble around here for using BB too much. I'll go nuts on here when DP comes home, and it irks him to see me on teh puter...and all I want is to unwind while he plays with Oscar! Oh, well, better do the PR job and cut down on my visible time on BB
Got to ride my horse today with Osc, and it was his first time using the bareback pad...what a difference! Not only was he comfortable, but because he could hold onto the monkey-grip loop on the front of the pad, his position was just beautiful and correct. We had a ride together and then he started to get a bit delicate - humidity and a very sweaty head under his hard hat He had a mini-meltdown, so I had to bustamove pronto.
I wonder how Wade will go tomorrow! I hope he loves it. I think it's a great idea about care for Niall, Bath - and the CAE sounds a bit too ideal!
Mel - movies would have been just perfect this week, how nice!
Better go, I'm supposed to be researching car insurance...
So we are taking ourselves off to the movies. Going to see either Slumdog Millionaire or Seven Pounds. Who cares, it will be nice and cool inside.
He doesn't do it with malice, he just does it for fun. He is mortified when other children are wounded by it (emotionally or physically), as he is when another kid does it to him. It usually means he's tired and can't regulate his interactions with and stimulation by the other kids. It will be interesting when he goes back to childcare on Tuesday, in the kinder room with bigger kids who will be doing all sorts of peer-based behaviour regulation! Funny, cos he can be so sweet, too. He often comes out with an un-prompted "oh, SO-rry, sorry bout dat" - a bit cute, but cuteness has worn off for the kid on the receiving end by then...!
hehe, warm enough for you chicky? I took the three kids into Melbourne Central again on Friday... transport was free... so didn't have to choose between an all day or 2 hour ticket... we spent 4 hours in blissful cool... Niall fell asleep in his pram... so we had a seated lunch (ie one that I didn't have to eat 'on the go')... and we managed to get home without any issues or delays (unlike previously).
Just got to book it into the mechanics ASAP for RWC, then get insurance, then organise a tow bar...and book myself in for a dressage or showjumping comp!! It's got electric everything, which I get paranoid about (thinking of things failing in the middle of nowhere with a horse float attached...), so I'll just have to place a little faith in it. Importantly, it has ABS brakes and I think I'll like the cruise control feature, with speed alert. It's really, really fancy for my car standards! Still it's just a car and it's going to suffice beautifully for towing a single horse 
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