Guess who is turning two this week

She's such a special girl :)

What a difference a year makes

 

 

I had no idea that one year could make such a difference. What on earth is next year going to bring:)

What fun

None of these are my photos but have been copied off facebook from various people. Lots of fun but I must say I'm looking forward to next year or maybe the year after when the girls are just that bit more grown up. Or maybe not because they may think they are too old for the egg hunt.:)

Just a whinge from a tired mummy

It can really be so exhausting looking after little children and at the moment there is one little munchkin in my life who is tiring me out. To be honest some days she has me close to tears with her enthusiasm for life. She doesn't enjoy stillness which is a little foreign to our family. Ever since Princess and Sweetness were young I have had not too much trouble when taking them out to shops. I could even treat us to a coffee and milkshake but now that little miss loud has come into her own we literally have to run in and out of the shops. Her sisters have had to start shutting there doors just to keep her from making messes in their rooms. It can be quite funny when she is determined to play with them and she just stays outside their room and just yells and bangs on their door until they just let her in or they come out and play. I find it funny as she doesn't just wear me down she is doing it to her sisters too.

I know this is just our season in life at the moment and I know that I will miss having a toddler who has more character in her sleep than some have at their peak but right now it is just a little hard to be out 'in the world' and social.

I'm really going to miss my big girls when school starts again next week, what is little miss loud going to be like without two other people to amuse her:)

Wish me luck, or better still say a prayer for all those mums of young bubs because although I don't think it's the hardest job in the world, I do think on those bad days, it's right up there.

Emily for YouTube.mov

This is the video that I mention in the post below.

My week

Well it's been quite a week at home as such. It is funny that I am considered a stay at home mum or a housewife but sometimes I feel like I'm never actually at home. This week has been a week of mediocrity and a few lows but not very low. And one little shining light.

Sweetness got to take Daddy to Kindy one night this week and she was so excited about it. Daddy was excited too after not having the most enjoyable month at work so sharing these precious moments were just as special to him as they were to Sweetness. I've always told him that Sweetness and him are two peas in a pod and seeing her in a new environment helped him to see this too.

The rest of my week could be summed up like this.

No nothing bad has happened to us and we need to be grateful that nothing is seriously wrong with us. And I know you might be thinking awwww isn't she cute and funny, and yes I would agree. BUT would you like to clean this up right before you were meant to be heading out the door for the school run. Hmmm less cute, more of an inconvenience.

Princess is maybe becoming to much of a Princess and managed to convince me that she needed to stay at home two days this week. Am I really becoming this weak mum who is conned easily. I know its also the thought of what the other mums would think of me when she does cough that she sounds like she's coughing up a lung but then it stops and I kick myself and think she should be at school. I keep thinking it should be getting easier now that she's older but it's really just different. Having to monitor attitudes, bad influences, sibling rivalry the problems are very different from teaching a toddler to share but seem to take the same if not more forethought as it's really dealing with issues of the heart.

Parenting is a challenging job but I saw this clip done but I women who used to serve our church years ago and it really encouraged me that this is my job. It's not just something that's been thrust upon me, it's a role that God has given me and that I have chosen to accept.

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I hope this link works.

Just got in

So I managed to get one post in for Feb., pretty slack really but you were warned that I would be slack with no camera to speak of.

Well even though I would love a nice new camera, I decided I at least needed a point and click just so I don't miss keeping records like these. Although be warned quality is not too good.

I guess at some point Princess will lose a tooth, who knows when though, but I should try get a few full mouthed photos now.

Not much news to report. Our lives are busy, busy with school, kindy and forming some new friends for Happy Girl.

I'm loving this stage of our lives atm, except travelling. It's just a really enjoyable stage of life with the best husband in the world to enjoy it with and children that are great company for us and eachother.