gruffalo

I know encouraging a love of books and learning is a wonderful to gift to give our children, but when Toby wakes at 4:11am and snuggles for 30 minutes or so and then is restless and crying because he wants to get up, and I'm INSISTENT it's too early to get up... but after about 40 minutes of that he starts saying: Gaggolo... his way of saying Gruffalo.  Seriously, he wakes up and that's the first thought in his head?? It's cruel and mean, we read this book and it's follow one, The Gruffalo's Child several times a day. Now I have to start my day after a few hours sleep reading it too?

I brought Toby out to the lounge and again insisted it's cuddle time, not reading time, he glances and sees The Gruffalo and so my day begins: A mouse took a stroll through the deep, dark wood, a fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good...

camping

This is our campsite. I survived only 4 of the intended 6 nights. Both boys sick... turns out ear infections and Toby a very red, swollen throat on top of that, and I'm cough, cough, coughing. It was BOILING hot, then raining hard, then boiling hot. I think I'm too much of a princess!!! We will try again soon no doubt, and I will try to do better. Micah was over it too, the others were loving it. Oh well.

We did alot of swimming, and swimming and jumping on the giant pillow. We were at Yamba Big4, we definitely will be back, is a great camp ground.

But for now, I'm happy to be home.

i said: bless you mummy

Scott is away in Sydney at the moment, and I know Micah particularly feels his absence, even if he doesn't quite realise it. So tonight, we turned the light off and snuggled in bed and watched some Ice Age 3. He loves Rudy the dinosaur at the end. After we watched the last few minutes, I tucked him, we talked about the day... how much he wants a drum, which is really a tambourine, but he was singing and dancing today at "school" (daycare) banging his "drum", he wants one so bad he wanted to go back to school today after being there for nearly 9 hours!!! I kissed him and gave him a "squeezy" cuddle and said good night.


Half an hour later I realised he was still awake, I went in and he says: I said bless you mummy when you said a-choo a-choo... what a beautiful, sweet boy he is. I am blessed indeed.

my little batman

Because of Scott and Zac, Micah is very much into Batman. Recently on an excursion to WetnWild that I didn't attend as I was at work, Scott bought Micah his very own Batman shirt with cape!! All very excited. At mother's group today he had it on, and he found a party hat. He looks at me after I help him put it on and said: Mum is it party time? So cute. Except of course he wouldn't take it off and there were tears and nonsense when it was time to leave. These photos were taken whilst playing and whilst sleeping in the car. He is adorable. I took the hat off before I carried upstairs to bed and there were more tears in bed half asleep because I had removed the party hat!!!!!

Micah was quite grumpy about me taking his photo. I said to him: Micah can you give your best smile for Skye... the only smile I got, he does look like he's in pain, but I swear it's a smile for Skye!

trusting

When you want things that aren't bad to want, but the wanting becomes a little on the intense side, then the wanting becomes bad. I really want my unit to sell so we can buy some land and build a house for our family to live in. I found the perfect piece of land but we had to make the contract based on the sale of the unit. Which means, if someone comes along and offers a better, more secure purchase the seller can take the other contract, and that is what happened today :(

In the middle of of all of this I have to trust that God is with us, that He will direct our paths. We have seen his faithfulness over this past year in astounding ways. Scott's job is a godsend. I am married to a man who LOVES his job. Who knew what a difference that could make? We are blessed indeed. We have a wonderful marriage, healthy, happy, vibrant children. God will take care of us.