Out of the mouth of Bella

Isabella, after seeing the weather forecast for Queensland.

"I don't like the Sunshine Coast anymore!"

Me "Why not?"

"They get all the sun and we get all the rain. They get all the sun and we get the floods. They didn't get floods and we did. I know my friends live there and they are luckier than me because they get all the sun."

Pretties

Yesterday I took Tahlia and had her ears pierced. They look absolutely adorable! She did great really. There was crying but she had stopped by the time I got to the front counter to pay. Now when you ask her to show you her "pretties" she swishes her hair back and cocks her head to one side to show them off!

Isabella was about 12 months older when we got hers done. That involved tears from her and from me! No tears from me yesterday though. Wonder what that says about me?

The bottom photo is of Isabella's latest creation made at school. I don't know whether I love it or I'm terrified of it! What you do think?

Isabella had free dress day on Friday (gold coin donation to the bushfire appeal). There were drama's of course! Found out Thursday she had to have closed in shoes. The only closed in shoes she has are her school joggers (one white pair and one black pair).

I thought on Thursday night we had decided that she would wear a pair of 3/4 denim pants and top with her white joggers.

Friday morning TEARS! No she wanted to wear a skirt and she had NO shoes that would go with them.

Silly daddy caved and took her to Big W on the way to school to buy her a pair of closed in shoes that weren't joggers. He claims he just couldn't face having this argument with her.

Michael has been busy all weekend helping his sister move into her new house. Isabella, Tahlia and I went over to her friend's house yesterday afternoon. Isabella, Jade and Kimberley went to daycare together, but now go to 3 different schools. The girls had a gret time catching up with each other. Jade has a little brother who is around Tahlia's age so they were able to 'play' (read fight) together as only 2 year olds can!

That's about it for now...

No bath

I can't remember the last time my girls went to bed without a bath.

But tonight that's just what happened.

I worked today and Isabella was at after school care. It was pouring at 5 when I left work to pick her up - I was almost soaked by the time I reached my car. A big thank-you to Lisa for driving a few of us down the block to our cars!

By the time I got to Bella there was gushing water everwhere. I made Isabella take her shoes and socks off to run through the water to the car.

Went to pick up Tahlia from daycare and there was water about 5 centimetres above my feet in the daycare carpark!

Then attempted to drive my usual way home only to realise that the roads were closed due to flooding. So had to backtrack to Mount Pleasant to get home!

So a 15 minute journey turned into 45 minutes! By the time we got home and I made some dinner it was too late to bath the girls. If I don't have the energy or time to have a shower with them in the morning I'll just freshen them up with some perfume spray and no-one (but you!) will be any the wiser!

Michael left for a couple of nights away with work today so it's just me and the kids. Now that sounds like a great name for a book Mum!

It's now 9.45pm and both girls are sound asleep and have been for some time. I think I'll go and read my book in bed for a little while.

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!!

Praying

Please spare a thought, prayer, whatever your 'thing' is for the victims of the Victorian bushfires.

Those who have died, their families, fiends, the wider community. Those who have lost houses, belongings, pets. Those people fighting the fires and other emergency services people. Doctors and nurses treating burns victims. People giving of themselves to help in any way they can. People who have donated to this cause.

And let's not forget those suffering up north with the floods.

Name that rash...

This was Tahlia this morning :-(

I noticed she was itching the back of her legs last night and so I dosed her up on Polaramine and rubbed anti-itch cream all over her.

She had an awful night.

This morning Michael and I freaked out when we noticed little dots had spread all over and she was very itchy.

Michael took her to the after hours doctor who diagnosed her with having an allergic reaction to something. He has prescribed prednisone! So it must be a pretty bad reaction.

The welts are looking a little better this afternoon although I noticed she was still scratching when I put her to bed tonight.

As to what she had a reaction to? She was playing outside yesterday so I'm wondering if it was the grass or one of the weeds in our grass? In any case I hope it doesn't happen again, poor thing.

Now I'll have to try and convince daycare tomorrow she is not contagious!

P.S. the yellow water is from pinetarsol - it's not a big wee wee!

TAHLIA

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TAHLIA

Scholastic Fantastic!

Ok so 'fess up am I the only nerd who remembers the Scholastic book club from primary school days?

Guess what Bella brought home today? Not 1, not 2 but 4 Scholastic book club brochures! Yee haa I'm in heaven. Can't wait to place my first, erm. I mean Isabella's first order!

Michael is away with work for a couple of nights and tonight when he called Isabella excitedly told him about her day at school. "We played basketball at afterschool care!"

Tahlia's conversation consisted of "Elmo" - not sure what Michael was talking to her about but that is stock standard telephone conversation at the moment from Tarls, who incidently insists on a "hello" anytime we are on the phone.

On the subject of Tahlia - I'm very excited to announce she did 2 wee's on the toilet at kindy today. Still waiting for her to wee at home though. She is so cute, she'll strip off, pull the little step into the toilet, back herself onto the toilet and sit there with a grin on her face saying "Pshhh" (which is a wee wee noise in case you didn't know!). Then she'll get some toilet paper (that part requires supervision!) and go and wash her hands. Ah well she knows the actions I guess!

And finally a couple of princess photos. The first is Tahlia who was dancing to the Dorothy the Dinosaur DVD that Grandpa and Nonna gave her for Christmas in her pink Dorothy tutu. The second is Isabella in her 'sports' uniform.

Wet wet wet

It's raining , it's pouring, the old man is snoring, and this old girl is OVER IT!

I can barely remember the last time I saw sunlight and today has been the worst of it.

I suppose the cyclone up north has a lot to do with it. And the winds!

Tahlia is obsessed with the rain. "Raining, pouring" she'll say over and over interspersed with "wet". An observer is our Tahlia!

We have been basically stuck at home the entire weekend due to the weather.

The girls have amused themselves by playing with their babies, dancing and watching DVDs.

Tahlia needs to be doing whatever it is that Isabella is doing and babies are a favourite. Isabella had her floor full of babies (and stuffed animals) on blankets this morning. Sitting in between two of them at a time and patting them to sleep. Tahlia was in on it too.

Isabella did some drawing, cutting and sticky taping whilst Tahlia was napping today. Naptime for Tahlia means Bella can play with things that are not usually brought out when Tahlia is awake. She really is quite talented artwise (not like her mother).

Isabella starts show and tell at school this week. Her first topic 'my favourite photo of me'. Well we have hundreds and hundreds of photos so I narrowed it down to about 10 she could choose from and this was her pick:

This was from a series of photos my Mum took in May 2007 for a uni subject. Isabella and her cousins, Alishia and Lakeda all dressed up as Princesses. Tahlia was not forgotten, here is her Princess photo:

Do I make 'em cute or what?

Ok sorry if the page previews a bit dodgily - I'm still working out the photo uploading thing.

Well it's getting late and Isabella is still awake. Not for long!