G, we haven't set a time yet, but probably mid morning.
MP, I'm here from Monday night the 6th till Wednesday morning. FLight leaves at 9am.
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G, we haven't set a time yet, but probably mid morning.
MP, I'm here from Monday night the 6th till Wednesday morning. FLight leaves at 9am.
What about dinner on the mon night?
G could meet us too? We could even talk w no kids there!
Happy to meet near Richmond where you will be staying
Or I can do lunch in the city Tuesday as I will be at work - or coffee
Waaahhhhh! i am going to miss out!!!! waaahhhhh!
Trill, are you flying? From Wagga or from Canberra or from Sydney? In an exciting new development there's a slim chance I *might* be in Canberra that week. Too early to say, but that would be freaky if it turned out our lives intersected by an hour or two in the same location :lol:
G and Oz - Well I think it would be a great idea to move, especially because we could meet in Milton for lunch sometimes!
Cass - your trip has come up really quickly! Hope these final days of packing are going well.
Not much to report here, having a very blobby day before heading back to work tomorrow. K did two weeks of intensive swim lessons and is doing so well - can do side breathing for freestyle and backstroke. She also knows that the point of kicking is not to make the biggest splash!
wow cally- that swimming sounds really good. i don't think L is at that point yet.
we went down to phillip island today and L said he likes the beach better near grandma's (callala) lol. dh is now thinking we should rent this house out and rent his parents house off them for 2 years. would make the transition a lot easier i suppose..
i am keen to come to the botanical gardens on the tuesday trill but i wouldn't get there till after 11am? would that suit? i will have both boys with me.
Cally, sounds like K is doing really well at swimming! W is only just standing in the shoulder high water by himself and still freaks out if his head goes under.
Raining again. DH spent all of yesterday out on a search for some guy that decided to go swimming in the river after weeks of heavy rain. Idiot. He is almost certainly dead but they were checking the riverside for signs that he had made landfall. I just can't get over the stupidity of some people, why would you go for a swim in a river that is obviously in high flood!.
Seems like we are back into a bad sleep pattern for W, although nothing like we have been though in the past! He wakes around midnight and is getting increasingly harder to get back to bed. Last night took about 1.5 hours of putting him back in bed, tantrums etc. Over it. Erin slept through. Gotta be wrong that my little baby sleeps better than my 4 year old! He must be having nightmares, unless there really is a giant pizza chasing him lol.
Am watching E wriggle and roll all over the place :)
ETA, Oz, I heard about the 4 year old testosterone thing a while back and it seems true for us even though I can't find any actual studies to prove it happens. All of a sudden W muscled up and got aggressive/rowdy and competitive. He seems to be adjusting now though - the bickering between the kids seems to have subsided. We are getting a lot of meltdowns again though.
hmmm, i wonder if girls get a hormonal surge too? Leila has been really quick to meltdown :think: although i guess it could do with the topsy turvy last month or so as we get ready to go...
Arte: I do find it crazy when people just dont seem to think things through. it is especially scary how their actions can then put at risk those that are then required to help them out of dangerous situations.
G: seems like L has made his choice :lol:
Cally: that is so amazing about K's swimming! i am so so impressed. i wish that i could of gotten L into a swim class...we always struggled to find a day that she could fit in :(. hopefully in america...it is a big thing for me as i almost drowned as a 2 year old and it is ingrained in my memory how scary it was. and poor leila just sinks like a lead balloon!
MD: ahhh when galaxies collide! on your way to canberra you're not bypassing LA or Pisa are you???
AFM: ugh, i just got guilted big time by a guy from the wilderness society. i totally believe in the cause and totally LOVE the work that they are doing (and that it is a totally local organisation etc etc). but i had to tell him for like 20 minutes that i just dont have the financial autonomy to make a decision to donate monthly (which, TBH was the bit that sucked, as i wish that i did!). urgh, it was such hard work prying myself away. and of course the girls were just cracking it at having to wait around :(
urgh.
The swimming teacher told us that she will plateau shortly as her body is just not developed enough (needs more muscles!)
And she seems to be right for no nappies overnight - we had very few dry nappies in the morning, but she was really insisting that she didn't want to wear a nappy and DH was happy to deal with it if it all went pear shaped. But it didn't, she has taken herself off to the toilet each night and is all dry in the morning. Although I have likely jinxed it my telling you all......
Arte - my niece is like W, they had lessons at the same time, K was practically swimming laps and niece was sitting on steps refusing to blow bubbles and get her nose wet. It's amazing how you can jump into a pool and not get your face wet!
Man I am over hayfever! Halfway through January and my nose is blocked every night. Ridiculous.
Cally, yay for dry nighttimes!
Cass, I hate the charities that are wanting a payment plan! I often give a few dollars to a donation bucket, but I can't commit to $20 or so each month.
Just found out that DH has a work trip coming up, right after he is going away for a hunting trip. So now he is going to Fiordland for a week - hunting by day, fishing in the evening and sleeping onboard a boat - then the day he was supposed to get back he will most likely fly out again to Melbourne for another 5 days. Nice life for some! (Not at all jealous lol)
my DH is off to Indonesia for a week (and then again in a month or so) too Arte. unimpressed!
it coincides with the month my nanny is on leave. ummm yeah i am looking fwd to that juggling act.
i am also CRAZY busy at work.
loving it. not.
Cally - cant believe that swimming! Noah is still scared to put his head in. gotta ramp up some lessons methinks!
geez mp you will have your hands full that week!!
had a lovely meet up yesterday with my own self made mothers group iykwim? my real mothers group just got way too b8itchy and awful so now i meet up with a group of cool mums that I've met along the way- some from kinder, some from playgroup, one of junglemum's friends who has moved from king lake, and a coupke of friends of friends. really nice group.
ivw just booked the boys into a new swim school actually as their old one has closed. its looks pretty good so hopefully L will be swimming like K soon!!! gotta get him going good if he wants to be a surfer!
geez mp you will have your hands full that week!!
had a lovely meet up yesterday with my own self made mothers group iykwim? my real mothers group just got way too b8itchy and awful so now i meet up with a group of cool mums that I've met along the way- some from kinder, some from playgroup, one of junglemum's friends who has moved from king lake, and a coupke of friends of friends. really nice group.
ivw just booked the boys into a new swim school actually as their old one has closed. its looks pretty good so hopefully L will be swimming like K soon!!! gotta get him going good if he wants to be a surfer!
yep he is now away from the 6th to the 18th - so closer to 2 weeks. no idea how i will manage it all, but i gues i will!
G - your mothers group sounds fab!
G: it is so cool when there is a good group of chick-a-dees to hang out with with the kids. this is what i love about where we live (all us neighbours get along and hang out with the kids). makes a big difference to the week.
MP: eeek. i do freak out a bit when DH goes away. the last time he did, i escaped to QLD with both the girls and stayed with my mum lol. how's that for brave?!
AFM: bags are packed! we fly out tomorrow morning....arrghhhh!! so excited and yet terribly overwhelmed by this [temporary] life change ITMS.
i have managed to fit all my clothes in a carry on bag...i have visions of shopping :rofl:
Cass - wow, tomorrow! Are the girls excited and do you have a huge bag of goodies and treats for them??
MP - wow, that will be a tricky juggling act. Will your mum be able to help out a bit?
Well K had her first vomit last night. At least she waited until we got home, rather than during the 1.5 hours sitting at the dentists... Seems to be feeling better today, so hopefully it's just a little bug, although she did have a few runny poos last week.
how exciting cass!!!! luckily we can still speak to you on bb :)
Cass, good luck for your flights today xx. I hope everything goes smoothly. Obviously your first priority when you arrive is to let us know that you arrived safely :)
Cally, well done on making it this far vomit free. I am starting a conspiracy theory about Happy Meals and vomit bugs - considering she went so long without either and then both at once...
MP, that sounds full on. Wish I could drop by to help you out.
G, your mothers group sounds good.
Getting the house sprayed for flies today so we have to leave for 4 hours. Going to play at the daycare for as long as I can, then have lunch at a cafe. Hopefully none of the kids crack, cos we have nowhere to go lol