How many sleeps to Christmas?

I can't believe that November is almost over! What an amazing year of firsts 2009 has been.

We've been busy since I last blogged too.

The landscaping is finished (yeehaa). We had turf laid on Friday and we have been frantically watering for the last 3 days.

A few days after the landscaping was finished we had some torrential rain that washed most of our top soil into our pool. Our oasis was turned into a swamp! It took 3 visits by the pool professionals for it to look right again.

We had a big swim this afternoon. The weather has really warmed up now so I'm sure we'll be in it heaps more.

So what's been happening?

Isabella lost her 2nd tooth and I'm happy to report the replacement teeth which had come up behind the wobbly ones have 'fallen' forward and are looking great. Isabella has only a week and a half left of Prep. Grade 1 next year....

Tahlia - well neve a dull moment is true - a few weeks back we had some real constipation problems with her which necessitated the use of enemas - which was just awful for her. She is all better now, she has even taken to using the toilet for her "number 2's" - which all parents will relate to this milestone!

Michael has been very busy with work and is right back to doing heaps of travel. He has a work car now so at least he can organise his trips around us and our needs rather than having to travel with his boss when it suited him.

I think Michael is getting pretty excited about being able to get stuck into the gardens soon. Now the grass is laid we only need to have the pool fence panels installed and some concreting off the patio done.

We have dreams of a bali hut off the side of the pool in the not too distant future and the "resort" will be complete!

Tahlia's kindy have professional photo's each year and it has been a few years since we had some done. The photos turned out lovely. Look out family you'll probably receive some in the mail in the near future!





Michael and I had a night out the other weekend for his work Christmas party. The theme was 'Pirates' and we ended up winning best dressed for the night. The party was on a boat that 'drove' around the islands off our marina. It was a great night!



Until next time....

Tooth fairy's first visit

Well we are excited to announce that we are expecting our first visit from the tooth fairy!

Michael picked up Isabella today and she arrived home and I knew something was up.

She was acting coy and smiling (mouth closed).

After yabbering away at her (how was your day? etc) I noticed she was clutching a scrunched up bit of tissue.

It dawned on me....."Did you lose your tooth today?" I excitedly asked.

She proceeded to give me the details. I think I am more excited than she is.

Not sure what the going rate for the tooth fairy is these days.

Here are some photos!



her next two teeth are already almost right up...you can see them behind

First Swim

Not quite filled to the top yet. The hose has been going for nearly 36 hours now and still not full..............must hold ALOT of water.

Bits and pieces update

“I’d love to”

I love hearing myself in my kids sometimes. I have a habit of saying ‘I’d love to’ (a little sarcastically) when my kids ask me to do something I don’t want to do.

The other day I asked Miss Tahlia to come to me so I could fix up her skirt and she replied ‘I’d love to’ and to me she came.

Very cute….

“Reading”

Isabella’s reading is coming along in leaps and bounds. We are making a conscious effort to read every night and she is playing heaps on ‘Reading Eggs’ website. She is just stoked she is able to read some of the basic books in the ‘Reading Eggs’ suite.

So am I!

“Pool”

Slowly but surely the pool is coming along. The coping tiles were laid last Thursday. The pebble insert is being done today and they will be back tomorrow to acid wash it and then I believe water can be filled on Thursday.

We have temporary fencing coming on Thursday and hopefully will be able to line up the landscaper for next week.

Unfortunately we are in a queue for the proper fencing – looks like it won’t be done for 4-6 weeks!

We signed the contract in May – you can get a house built faster!

“Holidays”

Michael and Isabella are into their second week of holidays. They have been spending time at the beach, going to the movies and other various activities together. Isabella has also spent 2 days at vacation care with her best friend Natalie.

“Water Park”

The girls and I went to the Water Park on the weekend with my sister Amanda and niece Alishia. It was FREEZING!! And yet Tahlia insisted that I take her down the slide (which meant I had to get wet more than just up to my knees!). The girls obviously didn’t feel it as much as us adults and spent a good amount of time swimming and splashing.

“Pregnant”

No I’m not but a near and dear friend is heavily pregnant and another announced her pregnancy news last week. Praying for safe (pain free – ha!) delivery for Kathy and a beautiful healthy baby and for an uneventful, joyous pregnancy for Nikki.