A Big Day.

As I typed that title, the way I said it in my head reminded me of the mice announcing the chapter titles on the movie Babe!

Moving on!

Today was a big day!

My boy had his first school excursion of the year. He was not too excited earlier in the week until he was told he would get to milk a cow! I picked him up from the bus, they got back an hour later than scheduled, which put our afternoon behind just as far.

I went to town today. And you know what else? I got to go by myself! I know, what a privellage! Little Miss 4's best friends mother invited her over for the day, and she happily obliged! Mind you, as I was driving away after dropping her off, I did feel a pang of jealousy that she chose to stay instead of come shopping with her Mummy! Oh well. My trip to town flew by, and before I knew it I had to leave for school pick up.

I made it back just in time, to get told the bus was running late, so I raced home with Little Miss 4 now back in tow, unpacked the groceries, quickly packed a bag for Master 6, picked him up and drove off to town. There, Master 6 had a haircut, went straight to touch footy for the next hour, after which we came home and the kids went straight to bed (after a shower and teeth brush!).

As much as I got to sit down and eat lunch by myself (with a nice little chat with a friend I bumped into first!), it was a very busy day.

Failed plans.

Today we planned to go to a nice looking river area about 1hour from home. This is not the first time we have 'planned' to go here, but due to wet weather we have not made it to date.

Today is a beautiful day here, I even hung the washing on the line for the first time in a week, without checking the sky first! So, it should have been the perfect day to get away. Unfortunately it was not to be our day to get away just yet.

Last night, Little Miss 4 had a temperature. I thought it may have been a little heat exhaustion from the days antics, but the night turned bad. Around midnight she started vomiting (and unfortunately she is still going 16 hours later). The temperature has settled, but she still can't stomach anything. So, the days plans were foiled again.

Thankfully the past few months Little Miss 4 has been eating better and put on a little weight. I am now hoping a good sleep will see her wake up her usual self in the morning.

Time to get some dinner for Master 6 and I, DH is at work, so a quiet night of ironing I have ahead of me!

Feathers.

A few days ago one of my children said something about the Feather Fairy. Thinking it was just a game they were playing, I nodded and agreed and let them continue with their conversation.

Yesterday, Little Miss 4 was slightly disappointed cause the Feather Fairy had not come!

What the??????????????????

Ok, it was time to start asking questions!

It turns out the Feather Fairy is like the tooth fairy and she gives you a 'reward' for leaving feathers under your pillow for her.

Wow, that was a new one! So, I asked Master 6 where on earth he heard about the Feather Fairy?
The simple answer, Bugs Bunny.
Thanks Looney Tunes! I seriously have not seen that episode!

So, to keep their imaginations alive and their dreams real, the Feather Fairy collected her feather last night from Little Miss 4's pillow and left a little thankyou note.
I asked her this morning if the Fairy came last night, and she said no, almost as if she had given up hope. Not saying anything, I left her to her devices. Late this afternoon, Little Miss 4 came out so excited from her bedroom holding up her little note, which sparked a feather hunting adventure this afternoon.
There are now more feathers under the pillows...........................
Let's see how long this saga continues!

Learning for Life.

Today was a memorable occasion. Something I had never imagined I would do with my children. Especially not at their ages. But they had fun, and I loved watching them, and love that I was there for them, and I love that my Husband allows me to be a stay at home Mum to pursue these opportunities for our children.

Well, I will get to what we did in a minute. First I want to tell you what we got up to during the week.
Master 6 started playing tennis at the beginning of the school term, and he loves it. As he would! I think it is more alluring for him because he watches his Daddy go and play tennis also, so to be able to do something just like Daddy is a big hit with a little boy.

The only problem with doing after school activities is my boy wears down quickly. And gets really cranky. With everyone. So, our post tennis afternoons have been pretty horrid, until this last week. Master 6 asked to play touch football, which is an hour after his tennis lesson. I thought about it for a week before agreeing to let him do it, and I am so glad I did. He is so occupied the whole afternoon, by the time we get home, Master 6 has a shower and goes straight to bed, no more arguements! It worked out perfect, fingers crossed we can keep it up!

So, in my endeavour to keep my children occupied and have a rounded up-bringing, today they played their first ever round of golf! Nope, definately not something I would have told you 5 years ago my little children would be doing. I have nothing against the sport, it has just never been something on my agenda of things for them to do.

And they loved it! It took 2 hours to play 3 holes, and Little Miss 4 had blisters at the end (she had 3times as many mis-hits as her brother!), but they perservered and I couldn't be prouder. It was a great lesson for them both, the game requires so much concentration, for both of them to stick out all 3 holes was an achievement on their little minds. Hopefully this new sport will teach Master 6 to settle down, though I think that is a kid thing, being so excited about new things!

Growing Up!

To save money the past few years, I have been plucking my eyebrows with tweezers, or using home wax etc. The past few months though, I have managed to find time to get to a hairdresser to have my eyebrows waxed. Now, that may not seem like such a big deal, but to a mum (ie. ME!), the ability to close my eyes for 5minutes during the middle of the day is such a blessing, even if it is only once a month!

In doing such a thing to my face, I have to admit Little Miss 4 accompanies me on these outings. And I must tell you, she has picked up a thing or two....

Yesterday Little Miss 4 found a blob of blue tack. Cool, I thought. We had been talking about mediums like modelling clay and playdough to build her finger muscles and she thought this was just perfect to squish between her fingers.

Later in the afternoon however, she found a new use for her blue tack.

I found her in the dining room with her baby. She had set up her dolls high chair, sat her baby down and began to 'wax' baby's eyebrows. She was very professional, waited a minute for the wax to dry before touching it to pull it off. Upon the 'rip', she was disappointed that baby's eyebrows were still on baby's face! Oh dear, she pondered what to do next, luckily 'Mummy' was there to smooth things over or I think it might have been the first baby to meet a pen!

My children are growing up so fast, and I am proud that I can be there to witness these beautiful going-ons. But it does make me wonder how much of what we do, or they witness, impacts them???

Good food!

Yum!

I just had breakfast (I know, a little late in the day, its 11.30 already), and it was YUM!

I have started having a late breakfast cause I find it easier to work out in the mornings after school drop off, which means I don't have enough time for my food to settle before my exercise (we don't get up until 7am, and I really can't drag my butt out of bed any earlier), hence I eat later.

So, this morning I wanted some scrambled eggs. Sure I thought. We have plenty of eggs (thanks chookies), and looking in the fridge, we have heaps of mushrooms thanks to my home delivery of 'fresh stuff'. Remembering a recipe from a while ago, I decided to have sauteed mushrooms and scrambled eggs.

First, I sauteed a small onion with a clove of our favourite garlic in some olive oil, and later added a dash of worcestershire sauce and soy sauce. When that was nice and soft, I added some chopped button mushrooms until the were warmed through. Served with scrambled eggs and a dollop of creamed cottage cheese, it was the perfect way to start a good food day!

Wow!!

In my search for quality produce out here, I have come upon a few websites whom deliver.
Yes, all the way out here.
Where woolies and coles wont. Ghee, we can't even click and collect! Oh well, I think I would rather support some family companies who are 'local' anyway.

So, I logged an order the other night, thinking it was saturday and I would get my delivery this week. I woke up the next day in the right headspace and realised it was monday and I had missed the delivery deadline (saturday).

On wednesday I was in town getting some last minute things to see us through to next week when I should get my delivery. As I was going through the checkout I got a phone call which I didn't answer. I checked the message bank and it was the delivery guy with my order!

I was stoked (and a little bit of 'damn' cause I had just bought some stuff which was in my order). After unpacking all of my goodies, and they truely were goodies, my fridge was chockers! Now when I go searching for a 'snack', I have to remind myself there is so much good stuff there I want to use before it goes off. Here is the snap I took cause I was so proud of how 'fresh' it looked!