Eating Machine

Big boy Jake is such an eating machine. He is up to my mouth now and will probably get taller than me by the time he finishes primary school. He eats sooo much! The other day he ate 7 pieces of pizza! He is definitely going through a growth spurt. He is trying a lot more food now aswell which is good to see. When the others see him eat new things they try it also. I think when he is a teenager he will eat me out of house and home. Jeff is a big eater so I can see where Jake gets it from. Jake still likes his cuddles and sometimes its a bit awkward to cuddle such a big boy but I still love it! He is still a mummas boy and is quite emotional at times but I guess that comes with being a sensitive kid. He has lost about 7 teeth by now and his mouth looks funny with all the new teeth coming in but it doesn't stop him from eating a lot. Love you Jake!

Cheeky Nate

Nate is now 2 and a half and the cheekiest and cutest little boy. When he smiles it lights up his whole face and just makes you smile aswell. He loves to wrestle and cuddle and jump right on top of you. He loves his friends Jesse and Kaleb and is always excited to see them. Nate brings so much fun and joy to our family. He loves eating and is the best eater out of the all the kids. He also loves Thomas and playing with his trains. He still sleeps with dummy, teddy and blankie every night and still naps every day for a couple of hours. We love our little Natey!

Kindy Girl

Maddie has started full time kindy this term. She goes 4 half days a week and just loves every minute of it. She has made some new friends but in particular she is good friends with a girl called Samantha. It has been great watching her make her own friends. She had her first play at Stellas house and her and Stella had a great time. They played really well with each other. Maddie thought she was such a big girl and I really missed her when she was there. She is growing up really quickly. At kindy she loves doing all the crafts and playing outside in the sandpit. Di gave her a speech test the other day and she still has trouble with about 4 letters but we will just work with her at home on them and hopefully she will improve. She is such an easy going happy little girl and just loves to cuddle. Her favourite thing at the end of the day is to cuddle and have back scratch and leg scratch and belly scratch. She is a touchy feely kid and I just love her to bits.

Dancing Queen

Last week Alyssa (6) competed in her first cali sub junior comps. They did clubs, skirts, and exercises. They did really well and placed 2nd in clubs and 3rd in skirts. She has a great night and loves getting dressed up and performing on stage. Her group came 2nd overall out of 5 clubs. I think next time they will perform even better. Alyssa loves cali and being in subbies. She likes to be able to do all the moves with her body and is very good at most of them. I love watching her perform.

Baby Gracie

Today Baby Gracie joined our growing family. There has been a lot of excitement about her arrival. We got to the hospital this morning about 8:30 and after a long 2 hour wait we finally got to meet her. I fell in love with her as soon I saw her. She is beautiful! I can't wait for my kids to meet their new cousin. Janny looked a pit pale but happy. I am hoping that her recovery won't be too long and painful but she was in a lot of pain already. Gracie has beautiful pink skin and gorgeous black curly hair. It will be interesting to see how she changes and grows and who she will look like in the end. Jesse just loved seeing her and holding her. He was a bit possesive and Grandma and I didn't get as much of a cuddle as we would have liked seeing big brother wouldn't let her go! So cute. As we were leaving Jesse said I just love her. I predict that he will be the protective big brother. Welcome to the world Baby Gracie!

May Days

I love the month of May! So many happy events for our family. Today we celebrated Mother's Day. I was awoken early by some excited children who couldn't wait to give me my presents that they had made and bought for me. They were so excited that they woke me up at 7am to give them to me. I had had a late night the night before at Lisas reception and couldn't even open my eyes to see what the kids had given me. I love the fact that they made things for me and put effort into what they had written. It makes being a mum all worthwhile and instead of usually feeling like a failure as a mother, today I felt loved and felt like I was doing something right:) I love my kids so much and love being a mum to them. I also love being able to honour and do something for my mum today and am looking forward to eating the roast turkey that I am making for her tonight. In our family one of the ways we show our love is by cooking with each other and cooking for each other. I am hoping to pass that down onto my children. The girls enjoy cooking and helping in the kitchen. Alyssa wants to go on Junior masterchef. We shall see if that happens! Happy Mother's Day!

A week of Celebrations

What a week it has been! We celebrated my 32nd birthday last weekend with a karoeke cruise on Friday night. Even though we missed out on seeing the wedding of Wills and Kate, we still had a great night. We even got mum up which was great:) On Saturday we celebrated the upcoming arrival of Janny's baby girl. Such a fun night and it made me a bit clucky. Monday was my actual birthday and was spent with one my of best friends Kathy shopping and hanging out. Great day. Very spoilt as usual. Today is Cara's birthday and is now half way to 50! Happy 25th Cara:) This weekend we celebrate Mother's Day and also Lisa and James wedding. Almost have my outfit ready. Bit stressed about getting it all together but am excited to get dressed up for the day. Like I said a week of celebrations!