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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MD!!!
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Arte: yeah, for me this is the first time that pregnancy is actually reaching uncomfortable! i mean, i had the whole sore hips thang the last two times but only MUCH later in the whole gig (like last coupla weeks) but this time, with her head firmly wedged there is no hope lol. thankfully my IM is coming over today to drop off a tubi-grip in the hope that it might provide enough support to guide her up a bit...my poor muscles :rofl:
Marta is two....my gosh.
MD: I just read in The Age the news about Bryce Courtenay....far out.
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Thanks for the birthday wishes, ladies! Cass, did my little birthday buddy have a lovely day too?
Is the tubigrip making some difference for you? Hope it's not too bad. xxx
Arte: There's a moomin DVD?!! Awesome! I've been revisited by the pelvic-laxity fairy a few times in the years since so I'm pretty sure I'm never gonna forget that pain... LOL.
Well only 3 days until my baby turns FIVE... ah sooo not ready to make that mental leap. She'll be thrilled to get a Lalaloopsy doll (has been hankering for one for the longest time) and DH has bought her a bike which I suspect is actually too big. Le sigh. Totally unprepared to be doing parties or anything at this stage. Better get my A into G I suppose...
Re Bryce - I must be the only person on the planet for whom this is not a surprise... I had put all the pieces together already, one of the reasons I was so keen to get along to the masterclass when i did - but I hoped he had a couple of years rather than just months in him. But I knew earlier this week when I saw he was running another masterclass in Sept instead of next year that his disease had advanced . So sad. Had a little weepy watching the teev last night. :(
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Arte - good luck with your mega-party today!!
Looks like there will be sunshine out there today - FINALLY coinciding with a weekend. Yippee. A victory for all Vitamin D-deprived South Aussies. LOL
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MD I'm not ready for A to be 5 either. DH doesn't understand it when I try to tell him about it. As much as I'm looking forward to the future and having older children, I think 5 is such a significant milestone for the youngest child kwim? I'm sure Miss E is going to love her presents too and she will be zipping around on her bike in no time. What size is it? A can ride P's 20 inch bike with ease and he can even ride L's mountain bike, but he can only ride it standing up and pedalling - he cant' sit on the seat and peddle so he can't ride it too far.
We're not having a party, but I was going to make a cake to take to preschool for him. He will have a part next year. We were going to get him a bigger bike, but we thought we'd get him one next year. So he's got a new dump truck, a flatbed trailer for his tractor and an assortment of smaller things.
We had our football presentation last night so I can finally relax now that I know football is 100% over and done with for the year. Even though football had finished, it didn't feel completely over for me until the presentation was done. So now I have slightly more room in my head for other things :lol: I'm still pretty much treading water though but the end is in sight. I"m on prac atm at a pretty tough school so it's not been as enjoyable as my first one. Still worth it, but it's been a real eye opener.
Cass, I hope the tubigrip works, it sounds soooo uncomfortable to have her so far engaged at this stage. :hug:
That's really sad about Bryce. I know he could be quite polarising and people either loved him or hated him, but regardless of what you thought you couldn't deny the man has an amazing talent. I will miss there not being any more Bryce Courtenay books on my shelf.
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Hi all
Party went well, after a mega stress this morning at getting the house cleaned and food ready by myself since we forgot that DH was working mornings this weekend when we planned the party. The weather cleared for 10 minutes so we did a quick treasure hunt outside and the rest of the time they were eating or entertaining themselves.
I have just wrapped W's presents for tomorrow :)
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Oh no Arte! I would have been stressed too. Glad that it all went off well and the kids had fun. What did you get W for his birthday?
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He got a RC Helicopter, model internal combustion engine, electronics set, watch and a few little bits and pieces.
Trill, yay for end of football! I know a lot of mums here were relieved when the rugby season was over - they were totally over having to travel 1.5hours minimum every weekend for their kids to play.
Hope your placement is going o.k.
MD, there is Moomin everything apparently - ipad covers, cups, cutlery, books, diary's, pretty much anything you can think of has a Moomin version. They are finnish, so in Finland there was apparently a mega Moomin store. Even the hotel letterheads had Moomin on it. I can try to burn you a copy of the DVD. It is hideously boring and a bit painful to watch though lol
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wahoo for a great party!
and big happy birthday to Mr W for today!!! such a busy month :lol:
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Even my big 3-0 birthday didn't make me feel as old as having a 5 year old does!!
Must be Miss E tomorrow, K on the 13th and A on the 18th? Then L on the 2nd Oct?
W got his name on the birthday list scrolling over the telly on one of the afternoon shows. He was very impressed :)
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Happy Birthday W!!! What brand was the engine? L got one for christmas off SIL a few years back and it's clear blueish plastic for the outside of the engine. It was a great gift - I'm sure W and DH are going to have heaps of fun building it.
And Yep, Miss E tomorrow then K and MP's N on the 14th and then A and lucky last is L.
L had the regional finals of the Premiers Spelling Bee comp today and came 3rd. There were only 3 of them left in the last round and he bombed out on 'enamel' because he thought she said 'inamel' so he spelt it with an i not an e. He was pretty pleased with himself though - there were 40 kids in it and the other two got out right after him. So he's on the reserve list for the Sydney state final.
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happy birthday to all the beautiful kiddies. i cant actually believe that they are all 5. it has gone so so so quick.
i will pop back in later for some help with L's party planning if that's ok? i need help!
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we love to help!!! I am in a minor freakout about the girls' birthday plans. i always start out saying it is going to be small but then we ALWAYS make the mistake of asking Miss L who to invite and 14 kids later....arrghhhhhh!!!
Arte: IKWIM about suddenly feeling old lol. i cannot believe that i am a mother of a 5 year old. i mean seriously, that just happened....MD was sooo right, it goes by way too fast!
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Cass, at least you have a new baby coming soon - mine are all just turning into big kids now :(
G, the hit of our party was a bunch of planes with launchers from the $2 shop. I wrapped them and hid them around the yard for a treasure hunt and they spent the rest of the party shooting them everywhere/having plane races etc. Good value. I didn't do a booty bag, but they took their planes home with them.
Trill, it was Haynes brand. It is clear plastic to see the workings. It should be really good. Can't compete with the RC helicopter atm - lasted about 3 minutes before W landed it on the roof and DH had to get the ladder out lol, but then they went down to the school field to play with it.
Well done to L for his spelling bee!
By some miracle E has decided that DH can cuddle her to sleep so I went out to a quiz night tonight. We bombed, but it was good anyway. And on Wednesday we have a dessert night that I can go to. So liberating to be able to go out and do stuff again!
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Hi all
Happy bday to all the kids - I also can't believe they are 5! Are they going to let us keep this group?
We had noahs party on sat - we did a gym/sports party with one of his kinder friends - as always 40 kids so crazy but loads of fun. It was quite easy to arrange and all went smoothly so happy with that! He had an awesome football cake (I had it made by someone - you can see on Facebook)
Arte - that's so great you can get out, makes a massive difference hey! Enjoy!
All is well here. Noah had a bot if an accident on Friday night w his cousin that has resulted in a lot of blood and wobbly teeth. Am hoping it will all be ok...
Gotta go will try to come back later
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oh no! hope N is ok?
i might have to look for these planes arte, sounds like a great idea. maybe they might have them on ebay?
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Arte, is the talking hamster toy driving you nuts yet? LOL. Oh and you've just added to my reasons as to why I need to write a book that's so FAB that it gets translated in squillions of languages including FINNISH just so I've got a good enough reason to go to Finland and visit the Moomin Megastore. PMSL!!
Trill, yep 5 is such a significant milestone for our babies. I can fully sympathise with you re the prac in a tough school, a long time ago when I started a teaching degree I got sent to a pretty crazy school, the extra effort/multitasking required from the teachers was really noticeable, very disheartening when you've got grade 1 students who still hasn't twigged which end of the book the story starts at (!) let alone knowing all the letters of the alphabet. BTW there will be one last Bryce book, it's due for release in November.
You must be so proud of your spelling bee champ!! How thrilling. There are a couple of spelling bee docos that did the rounds a couple of years ago, very entertaining, I always wished for spelling bees when I was younger but it wasn't really a thing in the NT.
Ginger, I'm in a world of birthday party planning pain too. I've had a couple of really full-on weeks (incl stuff happening at work) so we decided in advance that E would have to wait a couple of weeks for her party. Now it's coming and like every year I'm torn between doing something really simple and doing something fabulous (and then going overboard). GAH! Anyway, what are you thinking of?
MP - wow the teeth thing sounds so scary. Fingers crossed they heal up ok. I'm in awe as always of your prodigious entertaining capabilities LOL.
Turns out the 20" bike WAS too big, even with the training wheels she was sitting too high and overbalancing - too much potential for injury. So I suppressed my "I told you so's" and DH is collecting a smaller one this weekend.
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Hi girls!
Arte: ohhhhhh a dessert night???!!! really?!!! I wanna be there too!! om nom nom. i just want sweets and cake. i think it might have something to do with the fact that i have a cupboard full of yummy sweets for the party and i cannae touch them...oh and a yummy cake baking away.
MP: how is Mr N now with his teeth? I hope they aren't going to fall out??
Did you have the party at a gym place? or set it up at yours? 40 kids?! wow, i am impressed i am having conniptions at the 23 that are coming...i had visions of 6-12 before Miss L and DH got busy inviting all of Victoria hahaha.
MD: i always aim for a small intimate party, then end up with 2 cakes, 2 kinds of cupcakes, cake pops, 6 different kinds of lollies, 3 types of sandwiches, sausage rolls, pies, chicken pieces....i am feinting. and *of course* i had to commit to making a castle in the clouds cake...with persian fairy floss of course...oh and 'dragon eggs' :rolleyes:
thankfully Miss L made a pinata at kinder and we can use that, and we have a pin the wings on the dragon that we made....
Trill: what a great achievement in the spelling bee! you should so see that US doco on those things...totally awesome. it was on TV just recently...argh, what is the name of it??!
G: when is Mr Ls birthday party?
AFM: house full of sick people :( lots of snot and coughing. i am just hoping like crazy that it is better before the party on sunday. i think all of us will be better except that Miss L only started getting unwell 2 days ago...so that could be cutting it fine.
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hi girls
L's party is in a couple of weeks. im actually being lazy and outsourcing it LOL having a catering company come and do spit roads, potatoes and salads etc. we are having parse the parcel and a piñata. i have bought whoopee cushions lol to go in the kids' lolly bags but thats about it so far!
agggg we are actually having second thoughts about our choice of schools for L next year. typical dh decides at the 11th hour that he wants to change so now i am doing a mad scramble.
