and the winner is.....

This is what lazy sundays are for.................. arm wrestling?!?!?!

Surprisingly Neil was no match for the super human strength of a 3 year old

when good times go bad

Today was shaping up to be a great day, we had someone coming to fix our heater (just in time for the nice weather) so we had nothing else planned. Olivia stayed in her bed all night so, as promised, we made playdough, we even fancied it up with a bit of glitter.



We took our lunch outside for a picnic on the lawn to enjoy the nice day and then we stayed outside and played with out freshly made playdough. We opened up the sand pit and threw/kicked the ball around. It was great just to enjoy the effortless company of a contented 3 year old.

It was when we came inside to feed the little man that things turned ugly, I was feeding Xander after setting Olivia up in the same room with her beads. She was finished playing and wouldn't listen to me when I asked her to leave them for me to pack up. Of course they went flying everywhere!!!! Being the sensitive child that she is Olivia's first reaction was to drop to the ground & cry, but on the way down she hit her head on the wood of the rocking chair which of course made the situation worse. After placing Xander on the floor, giving Olivia a cuddle and finding the egg already forming on her head I ran to get a cold pack (aka frozen corn wrapped in a tea towel), only then did I grab the camera to record a terrible end to a fantastic day.

It sure is the best job in the world!!!

our royal show experience in pictures

well mainly pics of Olivia & completely out of order of actual events....

I think I need to learn how to use photobucket....

its different when its your child

I used to laugh at Rowan & Callum when i would see them engrossed & often fighting over a Toy World catalogue. Well today I busted my own child reading a Toys R Us catalogue at the kitchen table & at that moment I was grateful that she was quite content to look at all the branded merchandise (paying particular attention to Dora) without feeling the need to actually own any of it.

out with the old & in with the new

This week we finally got new carpet, YIPPEE!! We have lived in the house for 2 years now & atleast once a month Neil tells me how much he hates the carpet & wants to replace it. Although we still dont know if we are going to bulldose the house in a couple of years, the carpet is worth it just to stop groundhog day for me.

1 roll of the old carpet out the front of our house ready for Neil's mum to use as the base of her no-dig garden bed:



ahhh fresh new carpet, there are few things better in a house (new oven is higher on the list for me, I'll be sure to blog about it when/if that ever happens). This is our lounge (Kristie, can you see a bubble?):

So, whats the first thing you need to do on new carpet?? Carpet angels of course!! This is the carpet in the bedrooms:

Hoping out of bed to feed my little man at 2am has never been nicer.....

it was a B-E-A-U-tiful morning

it was such a nice morning that it would have been a shame to spend it inside, so we took to the back yard and played around with the camera...

I have come to 1 conclusion from today..... my babies are growing up WAY too fast!!!

its true...... we had a boy......

On 6th August 2009 we welcomed little Alexander into our family. He weighted 8lbs 8oz and was 54.5 cms long.

We ALL love him including Olivia. Their first kiss: