It's official

No more babies in this household.

We converted Tahlia's cot into a toddler bed tonight.

"I'm a big girl now" she said.

Too right! I almost had a little tear in my eye as we pulled the cot apart. The last time there will be a cot in our house. My 'baby' really truly is 'grown' up.

Expecting the worst I have just read her a book in her room and given her a cuggle and kiss. Walked out and voila! I believe she is asleep! Yippee!

We have had a quiet weekend at home. Met with the pool concreter today who marked out the pool - that's official also - we are getting a pool. They are digging in about 2 weeks.

Tossing up taking a quick trip to Townsville next weekend to watch a Cowboy's game. Would have to come home Sunday night though (even though it is a long weekend next weekend) because Michael's dad is coming over to do the double paling fencing.

Isabella had a lovely play date today with a school friend who lives around the corner. Since coming home she has been playing on the computer!

We watched two movies this weekend. Marley and Me - my gosh what a tear jerker! The girls started watching that one but both fell asleep long before it ended. And today Michael and I watched Revolutionary Road - another confronting (not happy) movie.

Well I'm about to go and read Twilight for the 3rd time. Watched the movie on Friday night with Michael. I must admit the first time I watched it I was very disappointed - but it was better the second time around.

Good night!

Reminiscing

It's been 1 year since I took a special trip with my Dad to his place of birth and:

* visited my Grandpa and Grandma, Aunty's, Uncles and cousins in Canada
* I saw and touched snow!
* I visited The Rockies (Banff especially)
* I ate Cheesies and Cinnamon Hearts and drank "Timmy's" coffee
* I experienced West Edmonton Mall
* we were introduced to 'Rita Roadgirl'
* I shopped in Walmart (hehehe)
* had my one and only helicopter ride (over the Rockies no less!)
* ate Aunty Eileen's homemade raspberry jam mmmm

Reminiscing................wish I was there right now. Eh!

Miss you guys! Miss you Grandpa xoxoxoxo

Too long....

It's been way too long since I last updated.

I've have been crazy, hectic at work and the kids have been sick with one thing or another so computer time has been very limited.

I've attached a few (ok alot of) photos which I'll explain as I go along.

Mothers Day 2009 - was pretty special (aren't they all?). I took the girls to a Wiggles concert and even though we were in the very back row of the theatre we had a fantastic time. In fact, when the Wiggles did a lap of the theatre we were really up close and personal.

Michael and the girls had bought me some roses for Mothers Day so of course we had to take a couple for Dorothy. I must admit I was singing right along - it was a great show!

Michael was busy at home all the while and I came home to a fully cleaned house and all the ironing done too! Mwwwwaaaahhhh!!!

Isabella made me some beautiful things at school (I've attached a scan of one - isn't it a gorgeous photo of Bella?). Tahlia did too, although she was reluctant to give them to me!

Michael and the girls also bought me a dishwasher!!! What a great invention - this thing not only washes the dishes but also hides the dirty dishes from benchtops!

On Mothers Day evening we went out for dinner with my Mum, Michael's parents, sister, brother and nephew! We had a lovely meal.

Mothers Day night (10.30pm) I ended up having to take Tahlia to emergency after hours doctor! She had woken up coughing oddly and having difficulty breathing!

The doctor decided it was a viral infection - but by Wednesday it had developed into something else and back to another doctor to be diagnosed with bronchitis. Poor Tahlia was pretty sick for a while there. She is much better now though.

Today is my first Thursday off in a few weeks as it's been so busy at work I've been working on my days off - Saturday's included. It was worth it though because I finally feel on top of things workwise again.

Tahlia and I are going to have lunch with Michael today - that will be fun!

Until next time.....have a great day!

Some photos from our weekend

Tahlia and Isabella 26/4/2009

It is rare to get these two in a photo together.

Even rarer to have them both with a smile!

Tahlia makes a mess in Bella's room.

Note the lump under the white and yellow blanket?

That's Tahlia's baby - asleep :-)

Tahlia enjoying a sausage on a stick and some red drink!!! Mmmmmmm!
Now that's some good parenting!

Isabella solemnly marching with her school at the local ANZAC Day parade.

Lest We Forget.

Toilet training

You know I really can't remember much about toilet training with Bella. I do recall that I mostly gave thanks to Kindy for training her. I have absolutely no recall on how the "number 2" training progressed.

We are in the midst of toilet training Tahlia (as if you can't tell!).

She has been in knickers to Kindy every day this week (except Thursday when she was with me). The first two days weren't so hot but Wednesday and Friday she didn't have one accident!

Thursday (with me) she also did great. We were out and about with various things and I had her in pull-ups. No accidents (except for #2's).

Don't read if you are easily grossed out.....it's the #2 in the knickers that are doing me in. Seriously that is DISGUSTING! I have absolutely no memory of ever having to deal with them with Bella, but of course I would have.

Oh the joys of parenthood!
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Michael has taken Isabella to march in the ANZAC day parade with her school this morning. There seems to be some miscommunication as to which uniform she was to wear. Her teacher apparently told her to wear her sports uniform, but the news letter expressly states no sports uniform! So to cover all bases I have sent Michael a bag with her sports shirt and white shoes.

So if you are reading please take a moment to remember those Australians who have served (are serving) our country. Lest we forget.

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Wii Fit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Need I add any more exclamation points to express how much fun I'm having with this?

Last night after both girls had gone to bed and Michael had fallen asleep on the couch I 'played' it.

Today my body is aching! I really must remember to do some warm ups.

My favourites are: hula hoop, step, boxing can really get some frustrations out with this!) and this balancing bubble one.

I have learned that I am pretty good at yoga, not too bad with aerobics, ok with muscle workouts but TERRIBLE with the balancing games - TERRIBLE.

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Not much more to report for now.

School holidays are nearly over!

Tomorrow is a pupil free day for Isabella.

Now tell me why is it they need so many pupil free days? In my day.......

Seriously I don't recall having one every single term! As a student it probably rocks - but as a parent it's just another day of juggling how on earth to combine work and a child who no longer attends daycare.

Michael's mum and dad were happy to help. We dropped Bella out there tonight and I will finish work early tomorrow to collect her.

Then back to school on Tuesday.

Unfortunately the weather was pretty awful for her week off with Michael. They did go and see Monsters vs Aliens at the movies and played many many games of Uno though!

Thursday (my day off) was the first sunny day in a week. So Tahlia played hookey from daycare and we all went to the Lagoon for a swim. Although the sun was shining and it was pretty hot, the water was a little chilly but the girls didn't seem to mind.

Yesterday was another hot(ish) day so we pulled out the shell pool and filled her up. The girls took their swimming babies in and had a ball. These are the photos I'm hopefully attaching to this post. We are seriously considering getting a pool at the moment so hopefully when summer comes again we'll be ditching the shell pool for something a little bigger. Stay tuned!

Tahlia spent the day in knickers (or knickies as she calls them) yesterday and not one accident! I've labelled her a few pairs to take to daycare tomorrow - so fingers crossed she'll be easy to train.

I've got to say it's pretty quiet with only 1 child in the house. Tahlia is behind me on the girls desk which is set up with the broken computer flat screen and old keyboard and mouse. She is tapping away earnestly. Of course the TV is going in the other room - Dorothy and the Wiggles and Tahlia is wearing her Dorothy tutu.

Well its just past 8pm - time to get this bedtime show on the road.

Until next time!

PS this formatting crap on this blog is FRUSTRATING! If anyone can point me in the direction of a html for dummies website that'd be great...

Easter 2009

Well that about sums up Tahlia's Easter.

Within half an hour of waking Easter Sunday morning she had devoured more chocolate than in her entire life!

Her vocab has a new favourite word......................'chocolate'

Isabella and Tahlia 'hunted' for Easter eggs. Isabella was a little disappointed that there weren't many eggs to be found and none at all outside.

I explained to her that it was too wet for the bunny to leave any outside and furthermore, I had asked him (her?) not to leave too many because I knew that there would be plenty of chocolate.

And boy was I right!

Pity I've given up chocolate - I could be having a FEAST right now.

Michael suggested we just let them eat and eat and eat to a) get rid of the chocolate and b) let them get a belly ache so they may want to give up chocolate for good! Hehehe!

Kia: the photo shows the girls getting stuck into the Easter chicks you gave them. Thank you!

In other news:

• I've set up our new laptop and we are all systems go! Just have to check/learn how to burn. How wonderful to have a working burner again!
• I've got a new mobile ringtone "Blame it on the Boogie" - blue toothed from our laptop. Cool!
• It has been raining pretty much non-stop the entire long weekend :-(
• My baptism/confirmation/communion was great!
• About to go make lamb roast for dinner - yummy!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter.

Love Suz

PS GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I can't get the spacing to work!