Babies Born ~ September 2007 #54

MM There should be a catholic bookshop in Perth near the city somewhere - they will have dozens of suitable books plus all the catholic paraphernalia you could ever dream of (and more). Brace yourself for lots of cheesy religious pictures, statues, etc LOL! I usually get my cutlery at Harris Scarfe, have seen them occasionally at Big W, bought the last lot at a store here called "Bevilles". Failing that you should be able to get them online at Peters of Kensington.

ETA - Arte - well you could always go for a username/avvy change to throw em off your scent??? And just because you've twigged, doesn't mean she will have...esp if your facebook settings are all set to 'friends only' and not 'friends of friends'.

Noni - I feel your pain. Take your time, the right job *will* come up and everything will click into place for you. When I went back to work after DD1, I was able to get some resume writing help from a scheme for mothers who had been out of work for more than 2 years caring for children. There was also funding to pay for some courses (which I never did) but it might be worth asking around if there's something similar in your state. Getting a professional to look over your resume gives you a head start.

We have a Harris Scarfe here, pretty good store for our little country town!

Arte - haha snooping!! Remember, MP was in the year below me at our school and I'm sure there are other school people from there on BB.

Well we are up to 6 really unsettled nights with just one stupid molar!! All her other teeth came down with no issues whatsoever, however these molars are terrible. Panadol and Nurofen don't seem to make a difference. She likes the Bonjela, but I think it is the taste of it more than anything. Will try the Brauers tonight and see if that makes any difference. DH and I have been taking it in turns out in the spare room (next to her room), but he thinks I'm a big softie and will let her hop into bed with me too easily and then we'll have that issue to deal with later.

Noni - good luck with the job hunting

Hi girls!

MM: i'd be looking for the silverware stuff at those old school style jewellery stores (you know the ones that also sell the statuettes etc). and yeah, having it engraved with the name could be nice...(can also be done at the jewelry place...

Cally: oh no!!!! 6 nights in a row is TOUGH. beh, i probably would also have her in with me, we have had no trouble getting her back into her bed before though...K generally sleeps well in her own bed yeah?

Noni: i reckon MD has the sage advice. do you have a friend that can look over your CV? one bit of advice i was given was to keep it to a MAX of 3 pages. they dont care about the really old jobs, rather they want to know the more recent stuff and how it relates to what you are applying for ITMS.
hang in there babe, something will come up, i am sure of it!

Oz: i'm sure that he will settle well over the next couple of weeks. great that you will have DH there to help with the struggles though.

AFM: well, DH is off to pick up the truck, Leila is asleep and i am on here LOL! gosh, i hope that we can get the most of it done today/tonight. i so dont want to have to be moving big stuff tomorrow. i am fine with moving stuff that can go in the car, but not truck stuff. gosh, so much crap in our lives...have put HEAPS out on the street for passers-bys and they have been snapping it up, so am happy with that at least.

thanks guys.. yeh i have dh to elp me with the resume he works in employment services lol.. he works in the disability program but yeh knows all about that stuff.. i know ill get there im just a winger lol
cally - hope that molar pops through and stops giving u so much trouble!!

hi girls
i've been so MIA!!!!!! it's hard to jump back in. been skimming......heading to big w this week to get some of those TT pants.

good news is i've got lewis into Montessori starting term 1 next year, it's absolutely divine with beautiful little environments set up. i'm really looking forward to starting him. bad news is it's exxxyyy, let's hope i can get it past DH!!! LOL

hope everyone is well, loving the warm weather here for once- we've been spending lots of time outdoors and today we went and visited my friend whose shetland pony just had a foal. gorgeous! except for the fact that lewis kept calling the poor little thing a 'whore' LOL

holy crap ladies i have a job interview on thursday!! talk about short notice! its for a company who provides in home care to people who cant access it for various reasons.. parent with mental illness or child with disabiliy, or sometimes the parents have no one to do the pick up drop off from care etc.. u become a contractor for them and they give u different jobs through them.. this ones just once a week on a saturday.. im soo nervous i think i might vomit!!

Noni - do lots of practicing with DH before the interview, I'm sure you will be great!! Good luck!

Ginger - yep, I'm definitely heading into BigW next time I'm up in Canberra. Congratulations on getting L into Montessori!

Clare - did you get all that big stuff moved? How did L go with her new room?

KMart have those bags of 100 balls on sale for $20 at the moment - any idea how many would go into a 1 metre diameter pool? Would we need a couple of bags or just get away with one (or would that be too boring?)

Cally, I think 100 would be enough, we had 50 in ours and it was o.k.

Noni, good luck for the job interview

Ginger, I didn't realise Montessori charged! Do you have to pay for all kindys there? Or is it because he is younger? Over here all 3 and 4 year olds are eligible for 20 free hours of early childhood care (kindy or daycare)

Clare, good luck with the moving. Isn't it amazing how much crud you accumulate. I have just picked up a whole heap of boxes from mums - I have no idea why I thought I would need a New Kids on the Block cassette tape lol

I can't figure out who the girl from my school is on here, so I can only assume she doesn't know it is me either. My username is nothing she would recognise and I doubt she knows my married name anyway. I guess that is what I get for being nosey.

Yesterday was a real bummer - first I called the insurance about the meat and they will only pay out what we paid for it (minus the excess) but it will cost a load more to replace it because we don't have the chance to buy cheap homekill again. So we will be really out of pocket from that. Then I called the garage and found out it is going to cost a fair bit to fix the car that is in there, more annoying because one part only needs replaced again because the mechanic put the wrong part in when he fixed it 6 months ago. Then I called the council about the resource consent we need to build on some land we have. Three of the neighbours have opposed it, so now there is going to be a hearing. I have been dealing with the whole thing and really want to go, but I would have to take A and DH would have to take time off to look after W (it is down the other end of the country near the IL's) so it is easier if DH just goes.

Arte - I can't believe the insurance will only pay you what the meat cost. That is ridiculous! And how annoying about all the other things too. Shame you can't go to the hearing, frustrating when you have been working on it up to now.

noni- best of luck for your interview, you will be great i'm sure.

arte- what are you building?
i *think* you have to pay for all kinders, well all the ones i've enquired about charge you anyway, idk? some like to charge a lot more than others too i've noticed. it's all v confusing.

cally- i'd get one bag of balls to start with. you can always add more later.

techincally it's not kinder/preschool, it's daycare run by Montessori as a feeder program for their kinder/school I would imagine because you can't start kinder/preschool till you are 3, so hence the fees. You do have to pay for all preschool/kinder but if you are working and your child is at an approved centre you can claim a fair percentage back.

Arte, that is so crap about everything that's going on for you. I hope your DH can get the council sorted.

have been busy busy busy again - it's only a short term and so much is packed into it. Plus DH is on nightshift again so I've not been near the computer during the day.

Noni, good luck with your interview, be yourself and if it's the right job they will see who you are and snap you up!!! :D

Arte - good luck re the hearing. What are they objecting against, that you're going to build, or is it something in particular. Not much good having land if you can't do anything with it. Are you gearing up for a move closer to the IL's?

Trill i was LOLing in another thread about working out how you're gonna get the cubby in and installed under the cover of darkness on Christmas Eve!!! Can you maybe take all the kids out (for dinner with family/carols/whatever) but have DH stay behind with his bro and construct it then lead the kids in the front door when you go home so they can't see it out the back in the dark? I always leave some of my parcel wrapping too late and there's always a late night in there somewhere.

I'm getting SO EXCITED about Christmas this year. Guess it's because we're back home. Made worse because I've got a few of the Christmas magazines floating around now. Anyone doing the BB Secret Santa???

Ginger - congrats on finding such a lovely preschool. Good luck getting the expense approved by DH.

I know MD! It will be delivered to Mum's place anytime after November 14, and I will take it to the IL's house and leave it there till Christmas eve then get DH to get it and we'll just do it once the kids are in bed. We had to do the trampoline that way a few years ago LOL. Luckily once they are asleep it's never been an issue to do the Santa thing. I guess being back in SA you also have the whole parade thing too.

Hi girls
Haven't read everything yet but just wanted to tell you I am here!!
Had a great trip to coast including a much too short coffee and scdumpfious muffin with cally and miss k.
Ended up home a day early as both boys were unwell unfortunately
Heading back to the coast this weekend too but will try to pop on and read and post properly before then
Hope everyone is well

MP - Glad to see you back, sorry to hear that the boys are unwell though :(

Noni - You are a natural with kids so you have nothing to worry about with your interview. Good luck. Thanks heaps for all the tt tips, I am so busy this wk but hopefully Sat I can get down to Big W for some knickers. Lots of sitting on the toilet & wiping again today.

Trill - I missed your post about the bargain cubby buy, I think I was in Bali at that point. Well done though, the kids will be so over the moon.

MD - Oh good god I am so far from religious I am gonna stick out like no tomorrow in a catholic shop.

Ginger - That sounds great for L! Well done. GL with the hubby lol. I have no idea about all this, when am I supposed to start looking for kindy etc?

Girls I took M for her appt with the ENT Dr today & he said both her ears are pretty yucky, and due to her history of earaches he is booking her in to get grommets in two weeks time. So relieved as I was worried we would have to wait. She had a hearing test yesterday & she has mild hearing loss. So he was a bit worried about that & wants to do the op asap. Such a lovely Dr so glad we went to him. The best bit is he is fitting us into a public hospital due to us having no private health insurance. He said we will notice a difference with her pretty soon after her operation. Cant wait!!!

mm - that's great that the Dr wants to do the operation straight away. One of my good friends little boy - 3 years old - just had Grommits put in and his Adenoids (sp?) out. He also had some mild hearing loss. Poor little Maddie :( I meant to say re the present for your godson - if you google my teddy, you'll see you can get a personalised teddy bear made. They cost about $70 though, so not sure if that's too much.

noni - good luck with the interview. I can understand why you're nervous - but i'm certain you will do really well :)

Mp - hope the boys are feeling better now.

Md - I'm doing the Secret Santa this year. I can't wait to see who i'm buying for!

Trill - I hear you on the short term thing!! I can't believe how full my calendar is for the rest of the term!

Ginger - that's great that you got L into a kindy for next year. (if it's too exxy, you could just stop getting the Country Road catalogue delivered to your door lol)

Clare - hope the moving is going beautifully for you. It will be so exciting setting up and decorating your new house.

Arte - What a horrible week you've had! That's three things though, so hopefully from now on you'll have only good luck.

Hello to all of you other lovelies too :)

MM - meant to say, I'm Catholic, but the way my girls ran amok at the school mass the other day you'd think we'd never been in a church!! We were sitting at the front (it was a picnic style mass) and during communion she got away from me and went up to the priest. He blessed her, but then she pointed to the bowl - she wanted some bread too lol.

Hope you all have a wonderful nights sleep .

Jaz - lol at H escaping!!

MM - that is awesome news that they can get M in for her operation so quickly. And also about the public hospital

Trill - when we were younger, mum took us for a walk around the block on Christmas Eve while dad was finishing painting off a table for us. Everytime we walked past the driveway, he would wave us on (apparently, I don't remember!!) Good luck getting the cubby up in one evening!

MP - hope the boys are feeling better. Should be a nicer weekend down here than last week.

Well I got some Hylands teething tablets (would have bought anything at the chemist yesterday!!). Dosed her up on them last night and it seems to have made a bit of a difference. DH said she slept a lot better, but that could also be because he slept on the floor next to her all night!! She was certainly in a better mood this morning. I think I can feel one of the bottom ones coming through as well which might explain why it is so bad.

Going to a workshop today at the library about reading and engaging with books and your 0-5 year old. They only got 3 interested people which is such a shame, but at least it will be a nice small group.

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hi girls
we went and visited my friend whose shetland pony just had a foal. gorgeous! except for the fact that lewis kept calling the poor little thing a 'whore' LOL

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ROFL!!!!!!!!

Hi girls!

Noni: :goodluck: for the interview today!

Jaz: ROFL at H letting the priest know that the bread was also part of the bargain! ahhh, kids!

MM: This must be a relief for you babe to have M seen to so quickly and also to know that what she has been going through is beyond the norm ITMS. did he mention that the hearing loss will be rectified once the grommets go in??

Cally: that workshop sounds good! wish i was able to go to something like that here. hopefully the 'mothers grapevine' will kick into gear and there will be more ppl at the next one.

MP: oh dear! Hope the kidlets have a speedy recovery xx

Sherie: hmmm missed the cubby thread...but one time our parents organised a 'search for santa' trip on xmas eve, so packed the kids in the car and my Opa drove us around looking for santa...star gazing basically! and a stop off for an ice-cream. we visited the train station too, so see if he needed a lift LOl! when we got back the parents were standing on the lawn waving at the sky and said that santa had just flown past (and they had put all the pressies under the tree and performed some assembly of bikes etc)! we loved it!!

Arte: that is a tough break with the housing permit stuff. our neighbours had similar issues and it can drag on...hopefully the hearing will go in your favour and they will give up!

MD: ooohh i forgot to check out the BB secret santa thread. it was on my to-do list, but then the move got in the way. am i too late??

AFM: we are in the NEW HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it love it love it!! so full of warmth and light! leila's room is DIVINE. it has a massive silky oak and iron fireplace, with the most gorgeous mantle top. so all her precious toys are having pride of place. we also have the most gorgeous BIRs. for the first time ever i am able to hang her nice clothes up! and she has drawers for all her smalls and lovely big spacious shelving for her normal clothes....not to mention the shoe compartment :rolleyes:
she is loving the floorboards and the way her wheely bug slides across...so beats the carpet LOL! we also found that the dining room is massive and have now made it so that it is dining and a study area. which works perfectly for our needs. the loungeroom is also really romantic with a massive fireplace adorned with gorgeous tiles! not to mention the ducted heating and COOLING!!! and the yard is a dream. nice and big for the dog, with well place trees for the alfresco dining area and loads of space for leila to play. not to mention the 'man's shed' at the back LOL! DH is excited. the kitchen situation for an italian is dire however. it is REALLY tiny. and obviously designed by a man with no comprehension of bench space or small people (both vertically challenged and age challenged LOL!). leila can get into cupboards a little too easily and other cupboards are soo high that i need a chair. and really no more than one person can fit. so it will push us to save harder to get the extension organised i guess. but it is all new and clean, so already beats the old place hands down LOL! nothing worse than moving into a long term rental kitchen i must say...

Clare I think you have until the end of the month for SS. Wow your house sounds divine and absolutely perfect - oh except the kitchen. Which means it will be perfect perfect once that's done, and in the meantime the meals you cook will be filled with the happiness of "home", kwim?

Jazah, LOL at Han's moment with the priest. I bet a bit of a giggle went round the congregation.

MM I'm glad you were able to get M's op booked so quickly, I"m sure it will a tough few days but then she will improve so quickly after that. I had mine done when I was a baby and when I was 8 a dr peered in my ear and accused me of putting a pea in there (can you imagine how indignant I was at that suggestion??!) then he put an instrument in my ear and pulled out the grommet....it had stayed in all those years LOL.

MP - hope your coast break this weekend is good and I hope your boys are both much better!

Wondering how Noni's getting on with her interview today, bet she blitzes it!

Trill, the chrissy pageant's in a couple of weeks (I like to think they have it earlier on account of the baking hot sun but really it's because they've pushed the christmas shopping season forward LOL). We've done the after-bed on christmas eve thing before but it got a lot harder once we started having a family dinner on Chrissy eve every year (makes for a veeeeery late night). Oh I'm so excited, I *know* it's still Oct and I should be ashamed of myself but I'm starting to feel christmassy already!!!

PMSL at L calling the pony a whore!!!!

Jaz - Hehehehehe that is so cute of H, all she wanted was the bread. They are just too cute at this age. The teddy bear is a great idea, but I have left things too late, the christening is this weekend so its not enough time. I have found so many beautiful gifts on online stores, but too late, oh well.

Clare - Ohhh I am so happy that you love your house after all the house hunting you guys did. It sounds absolutely beautiful, I love character houses. The way you described it sounds wonderful, I could picture it perfectly. Shame about the kitchen but this can be replaced, the rest of the house sounds great. So happy for you. & re the hearing loss, the way I understand it is because her ears are so fluidy she cannot hear as well as she should, so once the grommets go in they will constantly act as a drain for any built up fluid. So it will keep her ears clear obviously and she will hear normally. So its not any permanent hearing damage but if we were to leave it any longer the ear infections can actually damage the ear permanently in some way, which is why they try to fix these things asap.

MD - Wow that grommet lasted awhile in your ear!! As for Noni, her status update on FB sounded confident, just waiting on reference checks now. Good on her hey.

Cally - I find the Hyland tablets work so well, also the Brauers. I swear by either one of these. I usually give M panadol at night and dose her up on the Hylands or Brauers during the day. Poor little K, good news that one is popping through finally though. How are you handling working and late nights?

Girls after all my days off work lately with sick M, I kept saying to DH one of these days I'm gonna loose my job for being so unreliable. So you can imagine my shock when on Tues my boss told me she is giving me a pay rise 'because I deserve it', lol!! Ok I wont say no to that!!

MM, sounds like you are on a golden run! Yay for getting M in so quickly for her op and your payrise.

Clare, your new HOME sounds fantastic. Small kitchens are a pain but it sounds like that is the only downer. I am so glad you finally have somewhere. How is your Oma doing?

MD, I have to admit that I got a little tingle of excitement when the first of the christmas catalogues arrived in the mail yesterday. I am not usually a christmas person but W is at a great age for it now.

Cally, can you please pass on any tips from the library session? Sounds like a good idea, I wonder why hardly anyone wanted to do it?

MP, hope the boys are getting better

Trill, how is the sleeping going?

Ginger, hope everything is going well. So funny about the poor 'whore' lol

Ange, how is your brother getting along? My BIL just stayed for the weekend. He has depression and a few residual brain injury problems. He was actually the best I have seen him in years. He was going to throw in the towel with the uni thing a couple of months ago but finally admitted he can't do as much as he would like and talked to the uni people who have reduced his workload/gets to repeat papers until they are passed. I think he gained a load of confidence in himself by staying and sorting through it rather than giving up and going home again.

Re the resource consent, it is just a few drainage issues. Actually it is because the neighbours were discharging effluent onto our land and the council made them put in new septic systems so they are blaming us for the $20k they had to spend. I can see that would be a burden, but it isn't our fault that their systems were old and not functioning properly. So they are just grasping at any reason for us not to build but I can provide solutions to all their concerns so hopefully it will be o.k.
We are just getting the consents done and then we will try to sell it. Neither of us have any desire to go back down to Southland.

I would like to do the secret santa but I don't think it is fair for someone to have to pay the extra postage to get anything over here.

hey everyone stuffs really busy round here just thought id pop on and say the interview went well and the company is willing to offer me work as soon as i update my first aid (which im doing on sat) thanks for all ur support :)

Hello lovely ladies!

Noni: woot woo!! that is frikkin' amazing!

MM: and you too! pay rise, WTG! man, you girls rock! have you decided what to get for the christening yet? i also just remebered that for the last christening we went to, we gave the boy a first edition nursery rhyme hardcover book. very pretty, and definitely a keepsake...but maybe not enough time to find for you?

Arte: ahhhh, i see...so basically they are just peeved that their private dumping ground is actually owned by someone else LOL! ah well, sounds like you are in a good position to get it through. got my fingers and toes crossed for you.

MD: i am trying to channel your chrissy excitement LOL! it still hasnt hit me that the end of the year is looming...luckily we have already got many presents for leila (after the big toy sales...). not sure what to get her, but am hoping to adorn the yard with a cubby or maybe a slide thingy.

AFM: well today is halloween day at leila's kindy (her carer is from the US). so i have dressed her up as a fairy/bug thingy. basically whacked her in a tutu with a pair of BRIGHT stripey 'babylegs' and some fairy wings. she reckons she looks pretty spesh. her 'boyfriend' is a tiger...with built in paws!!!!

Um hello Clare, do you have to 'process' having been on hols then moving first?? Before you can mentally come to grips with Christmas!

Noni - Fantastic, congrats, see we said you'd blitz it!!

Arte - they'd picked the wrong people to mess with haven't they?! Bit less exciting for us though now you're not actually going to build anything LOL. Big huge wooohooo for your BIL, what an amazing achievement that he's stuck it out (and asked for the help he needed to do it).

MM you so totally deserve that pay rise - it's great that they appreciate you! Haha pretty funny cos sometimes taking lots of sick leave is a sign that a worker is dissatisfied, a good manager will take action to retain a good staff member - so it's prolly worked in your favour!

Well I have Missy E at home today after FDC lady was struck down with gastro. Soooo hoping the gastro fairy stays at her house :pray:.

MD - Oh I hope my boss doesnt think I am unhappy though! I dont think she would, she knows how much I like working and I am a reliable staff member apart from Maddie getting ill all the time. MD hope E doesnt get it, thats one thing we havent had this yr (touch wood) but we've definately had our fair shair of colds.

Clare - What a cool little outfit, bet she looks great. That reminds me M's daycare is doing a hat theme for Melb Cup, nooo idea what to put her in. I sorted the christening pressie thanks anyway! I got a christening certificate holder/scroll thingo & engraved it and also a little ornament thing to be displayed on a shelf in his room. Also a book of bible stories lol.

Noni - Thats great news, yayyy so happy for you! Well done!

Arte - Good news on your BIL. Wow so I guess you dont talk to your neighbours, such a shame that they are being like this.

Girls just want a bit of daycare advice. Wednesday after daycare M woke with a runny nose, Thurs it was worse again & she sounded chesty, today she is coughing/running nose/the works.She just spent two wks away & apart from getting over her last illness she was 100% healthy. Another wk at daycare and its downhill again. Is it normal for kids to get sick this often from daycare? I am just starting to get a bit fed up, I know kids get sick, but do they get sick every week? I am very close to calling & asking what their hygiene policies are - do you think this sounds like I'm looking for someone to blame & being a bit extreme? I dont know girls, be honest with me. I really dont want to have to call them but I am starting to wonder if this is normal. The worst part is last visit to the dr her ears were fluidy, the dr said next cold she will probably get an earache again. :( Forgot to add, she is a healthy eater, chows down the veges and fruit really well & I make sure she has a vit c tablet every day.

H, dont' forget that she isn't really 100% well while her ears are like they are. It if were one of my kids and they were really prone to getting every bug going around, I would be keeping her home between now and having her grommets put in because if she's not 100% well at the time they wont be able to do it because she will need to have a general anaesthetic to have it done. Go to a good health food store, get her some probiotics to boost her immunity and see how she goes.

Didnt think of that Trill. Yes I really should be keeping her home...god, how though? I dont have anyone who can look after her & I think if I were to take the next 2 wks off I would really lose my job. This sucks!!!!

MM: i was thinking along similar lines to sherie, that it is prolly the fact that she is a bit worn down immune wise from the ears...oooh and really hard when stuck in this position (been there!). how sick do you think she is? because seriously, Leila does get a runny nose ALOT from kindy (assumption here LOL!). i guess i would weigh it up, and if she is still her normal self in that she is eating, playing, sleeping normally then i would *think* that kindy would be AOK. just tell the girls that look after her to keep an extra eye on her and if she looks like she is fading, to give you a call. that would be my plan of action...

MD: yeah, think you are right. been so busy that we just havent had a chance to scratch ourselves, let alone think about the christmas festivities...give me a week and i'll get there LOL!
has missy e avoided the gastro bug??

AFM: all good here. DH and i went hard at the unpacking today and we *almost* have a functioning household! starting to take shape. am happy because Leila was really starting to show signs of being a bit frazzled what with the lack of consistent space and toy availability. now the majority of her gear is in place, i just need to put up the wall decals i bought in italy and i reckon her room is done! it is MASSIVE!!! just love it.

Well I'm hoping we've escaped the gastro thing. FDC lady just rang tho and her DD has just late today come down with it so I'm hoping that means if Missy E was going to get it we would know by now?? Keep your fingies crossed for us!

MM try not to fret...in an ideal world but you have to do what you have to do. I think the probiotic idea is a fantastic one, worth throwing some multivitamins and fresh juices at her in the meantime.

Clare, woohoo on your almost functioning household, you're probably ahead of us there! LOL

Well after all my pre christmas excitement, I didn't enter the secret santa after all. Decided I really have more than enough to keep me busy in the month before BB-Day. Going to try to knock over the Chrissy shopping this week anyway though.

Morning Hot Mumma's

MM- So glad M is getting grommets you will notice the difference in her.
Clare- Happy for you that you are all moved in.
Art- Bummer on the meat insurance would have been nice if they pay what it would cost you if you bought it today.


AFM: Well were do I start .... saturday was pretty expensive day in our household... firstly the day started out with DH putting the iron on to iron his cloths then the boys knocked it over and it landed on the carpet and burnt the carpet and the carpet burnt onto the iron so had to buy a new Iron thankfully noone got hurt and will replace carpet later on as its only a iron mark. Then in the afternoon DH was mowing and a rock hit the window and smashed it so had to get the window man out to replace it sat night. Now they have to come back today and put the tinted glass in as he didnt have it sat night.... Gosh what a weekend. Kids are all good and having a meet up today with Kate and Jazmum so very excited about that...

Have a wonderful day girls

Leanne, make sure you all give each other a Big Hug from me!!! Gosh what a run of events ... hope you have a calm uneventful week to make up for it! :hug:

cooee leanne! i guess even houses have 'bad hair days' LOL! so lucky that the iron didnt catch fire! we also had a lovely iron imprint on our carpet at the old house thanks to MIL...

MD: yeah me too. gave the SS a miss as it is way too hectic for us ATM. and will be an exxy christmas what with all the travel to QLD and the like. not really looking forward to the logistics of that i must say!

AFM: Well after being 'wonderwoman' all week and getting the majority of the work done by myself, i had a *minor* meltdown last night. just way too tired and way too stressed. not helped by DH auto-inviting 3 of our neighbours to dinner at 6pm for a 7pm start!!! managed to burl out a tomato pasta, apricot chicken with steamed beans and mango chutney as a side and dessert. it was really fun and all, but the combo of a big week, a bit of wine and i just crumbled later in the night. so DH and I have taken leila to kindy and we are having a chill day at home and might go see a movie. need to recuperate!

Clare - your place sounds so great, are you going to put some photos up? PLEASE!!!!

Leanne - enjoy your meetup!! Lucky ducks

Secret Santa - not doing it, I always struggle to think of things for stuff like that.

MD - hope the gastro fairy has kept away.

Noni - woohoo on your job, awesome news!!

MM - well done on the payrise

Arte - main tips from the library session were how important communication is with children. Keep talking to them and doing lots of reading. When reading, try and relate things back to their lives. One tip I liked which I might try is to make up cards of a sentence from their favourite book and talk about the words and the order they go in.

On a similar vein how are kiddies at understanding letters etc? Everytime K sees M or D she points and says Mummy, Daddy. She also know I (for her cousin Issie) and K for Katie plus a few more.

DH and I had our first night back in the same bed after 10 nights apart on DD molar duty in the spare room. I only had to go and check on her once and that was because she'd fallen out of bed (yay for low toddler beds).

We have a housecleaner coming around tonight to have a look around and she can start on Wednesday!!! She is the mum of one of DH's students (didn't realise until I spoke to her today). His response was 'how embarrassing, what are you expecting her to do?'. I said I'd clean K's streak marks off the toilet, but pretty much everything else she can do. I just can't wait to be able to come home to a clean place. This weekend I was getting my hair cut on Sat morning and then DH had cricket Sat afternoon and all day Sunday. By the time I did the washing and got dinner ready, there was no time to do any housecleaning so the place is a mess. Unfortunately, that is a standard weekend for us!

hey everyone still here still reading but just having a weird couple of weeks.. everythings just flying past me i kinda feel like i cant keep up.. idk weird state of mind atm.. had the real estate here this morning coz they are selling the house we are living in (but were under lease till july so they cant kick us out) but yeh i just get so anxious with weird ppl in my house and now at times they will be showing ppl through and i might be starting work soon and ahhhhh!!!!

Cally, a cleaner sounds fantastic! By the time I have a free moment to do some housework I can't be bothered and end up on BB instead lol I like the word card idea, might do that one.

Clare, you deserve a meltdown after doing all that shifting. I am such an unpleasant person to be around when we move house, I hate all the change and unsettledness that goes with it (or perhaps I just hate the amount of work involved lol).

Leanne, have a good meet up with the other girls. Bummer about all the breakages!

MD, hope Miss E manages to stay clear of the tummy bug.

Had a long week, the tantrum fairy is back again. We were quite enjoying the little break from them but alas, it was not to last.

Letters wise, he recognises them as letters but not a specific letter iykwim. He can nearly sing the alphabet.

Arte - wow, singing the alphabet, that's awesome. We talk about letters a lot but don't go through the alphabet directly (ie in the car on the way to work sometimes we will go through the alphabet and try to think of a different animal for each letter etc)

Noni, posted at the same time. I would hate people coming through the house all the time. Yay for getting the job, are you feeling o.k about going back to work?

Cally, the alphabet is a long way from perfect lol. Despite my best efforts he does the elemeno-p thing and there is absolutely no tune.

Noni: hugs babe, not fun having strangers going through your home. we had that a few weeks ago. just make sure to hide away valuables etc. :hug:

Cally/Arte: omg! that is so awesome of both the kidlets! leila isnt yet there...

Cally: woot woo on the house cleaner...so jealous. we need it.

Arte: i think it is all the above in relation to moving. the unsettledness, lack of control of my environment (i am taurean through and through LOL!) and the WORK. we are hoping this will be our forever home, so hopefully no moving! (well, when we do the extension there may be minimal moving...)

AFM: much better today. DH and I just pottered around exploring our area for good cafes and lovely stores. this suburb is brimming with local melbourne artists and designers. so all the stuff is exxy BUT really unique and beautiful. Leila is going to score some hip clothes i tell ya! ahhhh Christmas is a great excuse LOL!

hi girls, just popping on to say i'm still here. met up with ange the other day and lewis basically walked in and vomitted everywhere. he has been sick ever since. now jimmy is sick too and last night i used a different shampoo to his normal one and he's had a slight reaction, so it's all happening here! yesterday lewis even had a nose-bleed. oh well, hopefully i'll be able to jump back on soon and actually spend some time on here :) love to you all xoxo