Sports Day

Last week the kids had Be active day at their school. Now it is not called sports day and there are no prizes or ribbons and no one wins anything. Apparently competition is not good for kids so they have got rid of it. But anyway. The kids had Be Active day and they had a blast. There were parachutes, earth balls, tug of war and fireman mats. Lots of parents stayed around to help and the weather was perfect. Here are a few photos

The Sound of Silence

Isn't silence grand, at my house at the moment the only noise I can hear is my Dishwasher going and some work men out the front. The kids are all back at school and life is getting back to normal. I like the school holidays, the fact that we don't have to rush around getting ready, we don't have to do homework or find things to take to show and tell. But I also like school days when I can drop them all off and have 3 hours of peace. Yesterday I used my time wisely, first I had to have breakfast, this consisted of a diet shake in front of the computer, then my walking buddy (Piper) and I went out for a walk together, then I had to come home and do my ironing. When I say mine I actually mean Adam's work shirts. Now I don't mind ironing, I just hate it when i forget to do it and then I have to do it in a rush or Adam ends up having to do it. My mother has set me a very good example she always made sure that my dad had a shirt to wear for work and church. This is one small thing I can do to help Adam at work, I like to contribute in small ways. Trying to make the house tidy, making sure dinner was ready, making sure everyone had clean clothes. I think that by doing all these small things I am contributing and making our lives a little bit less stressful.

Now today I am not doing much yet, it is freezing outside so I think my walking buddy will have to miss her walk today. I have washing to do but I think it is going to rain, I will still do some, but the dryer is not as good as the clothes line and it costs more. I have to admit that I hate putting clothes away, I always wait until I really have to and I am afraid that time has come.

Second week of the holidays

Well I must admit the second week of the school holidays has gone quite good. On Monday we had a public holiday so yippee I didn't have to go to work but I still got paid for it (how nice that they pay me to sleep). The rest of the day was spent organising Ashley and Joseph's bedroom, they just cannot seem to contain the mess. So with daddy's help they have minimised. I don't know how happy there were about this but I don't think they get a choice. Other than that it was a very nice and relaxing day. Also this week my mum has been having one child a night, so I have only got two kids at home. It is nice and quiet for me, probably not so quiet for her. Also this week it was my nephews birthday so we all went around to my sisters house for a family dinner. It was nice to catch up with everyone. We hadn't seen everyone for a while and all their babies are getting bigger. I got to hold my niece Addison and I have to admit I think I am her favourite Auntie on this side, she keeps laughing at me and smiling. At church the other week she burst out laughing, she just cracked up, now this is a baby who was only about 8 weeks old. I have never heard a baby that small laugh, but she did. She either thinks I am the funniest looking person she has ever seen or she just loves me so much she cannot contain her excitement at seeing me. I agree with the last statement fully. So now school holidays are nearly finished I will be happy to get them all back into school even though it is only for 9 weeks. Now is my favourite time of year Christmas preparation. I love making cards and decorating the house and cooking yummy things for people, now if I could just pass on that enthusiasm to Adam we would all be happy.

Holiday Fun

Well it is School holidays at the moment and while the children are quiet, I have decided to blog. We have had quite a busy week or so leading up to the school holidays. Last week was my sister's birthday and my mother in-laws birthday. I was doing a lot of party preparation for Joanne's birthday (mother in-law) and forgot to ring my sister. I did send her an email as an apology, so if she is reading and wondering why I didn't call her that is why, I also didn't call after that because she was quite sick and no one wants to have to sit on the phone when they are sick. So sorry Brooke hope you feel better soon!!!! Well onto Joanne's birthday. I think it was great fun, we had a 60th birthday party and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Their was dancing, food, drink and good friends what more could you ask for. Yesterday we went over to her house to open her presents. On the night Joseph had asked if he could help her and was told that he could come over another day and help her. Well we called on Monday night to inquire when a good day to come over would be and caught her in the act of unwrapping them. That was fine though she re wrapped them and Joseph didn't notice any thing wrong.

Last night Adam decided to take me on a date and we went to the drive-in, we also took the kids with us, but they had to sit outside the car. We turned the car around, opened the wagon door and put the seats down. This makes quite a large space to lie in. We put a mat down for the kids and they had pillows and blankets. It worked out quite good except I fell asleep in the second movie. We saw G-force and Up. I fell asleep in UP I had been up since 4am though so I am sure I can be excused. The kids enjoyed themselves. I am glad we went to the drive-ins to see them as they were not that good and it only cost us $30. Now Samuel is sleeping over a cousins house and my house is nice and quiet. I might go and have some lunch.