she does have other clothes, I promise

I was talking to my sister Kristie the other day & happened to mention that the dancing photo in my previous blog was taken last month, she said "thats OK, shes wearing the same top". So I thought it was just luck but then I realised that my last 3 posts with photos of Olivia in them have her in exactly the same shirt (& by pure dumb luck its the same as she is wearing today). Thinking about this I believe it is because, although she does have other shirts, she is growing so fast that I dont buy too many clothes of any particular size, so the clothes she does have are washed regularly & are in high rotation.

She is 3 and is currently wearing size 7 shirts & size 5 jeans, it blows my mind (for those without kids a general rule of thumb is that age should match clothing size or there abouts). Now I reaslise that I do need to roll up the jeans & shirts a little bit but less & less each day which makes me increasingly sad that my baby is growing up.

So here is proof that there are other clothes in her closet:

this photo was taken when her cousins came over to play & i encouraged them all to climb in a tree, Olivia went up & promptly came back down landing in the bushes (hence the scratches). Once they left we came inside & all Olivia wanted to do was lie on the couch watching Horton Hears a Who, where she fell asleep. I was a little worried about concussion but it was also around the time when we were having difficulty getting her to sleep so I was more relieved to be able to pick her up & put her straight into bed.

What else is there to do on a rainy day?

This past week saw us house bound with a couple of rainy days. I dont mind because we need the rain and it means that we have no reason to get out of our pyjamas.

These are just a couple of things (besides the TV) that we found to entertain ourselves:

Dancing....

Painting...

Beading...

ummm, drawing...

even though she sleeps I do redeem myself

we have good days and bad but every night when Olivia sleeps I tuck her in and whisper in her ear that I love her. This quite often follows the frustration that is post-bedtime. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, its the "get back to bed before I smack your bottom" repeated over & over again until her little body gives up and she falls asleep exhausted and defeated.

Some nights it lasts longer than others but each night I feel bad for losing my temper because she is only doing what a 3 year old should. But we do love her & we tell her every day as well as her subconscience every night.

I can only imagine that when this new little one arrives my temper will be shorter but I will continue to redeem myself by whispering in her ear that I love her every night.

donkey or a horse or something else?????

Its alright, I want you to tell me honestly...

I cant believe she is 3

After a rough start to the day (somebody needs to tell her that the terrible 2's are over, believe me I've tried), she finished it off as every 3 year old should, with pizza, cake, presents & lots of love & attention.

Happy birthday my baby, I love you more than you will ever know.

oh & apparently being 3 makes you allergic to pistachio nuts........

Happy Valentines Day

We spent the day at the zoo. We also got a new camera for christmas and this is the first time that I have actually downloaded any of the photos from it to my computer, here are a couple from today.

Olivia also got a camera for Christmas so every poor animal was photographed within an inch of its life:

Discussing camera techniques (neil took all the photos today):

A much needed drinks break:

I hope your day was as good as mine!

WORST MOTHER IN THE WORLD!!!!!

this is how the worst day of my life went down today, as outlined by our local paper The Advertiser:

Child rescued from locked car
A CHILD has been rescued from a locked car after being trapped inside for about 20 minutes.Police and ambulance officers were called to an ABC Learning Centre at Bedford Park where a three-year-old girl was accidentally locked in a car.
The girl's mother had placed the child in a car seat and left the keys on a seat before getting up to put something in the boot of the car.
At that point it is understood the child locked herself in the car. The mother then rang police and then the child's father who brought another set of keys to unlock the car.
Ambulance Communications team leader Dieter Scheurich said the mother was "more distressed" than the child.
"This was an accidental `lock-in'," he said.
"The mother did the right thing by calling police straight away."
Police then rang ambulance officers.
Mr Scheurich reminded parents that children should never be left unattended in cars.
"You never know how hot it's going to be (in the car) even on a (mild) day like today," he said.

I would not agree with all the facts of this report, for example, she is 2 & a half, I never went to put anything in the boot & Olivia had already pressed the lock button before I had hopped out the car but it didnt register until I had taken the keys away from her, thrown them on the front seat & then closed the door.

Olivia took the commotion quite well but who could blame a 2 & a half year old for being a little upset about being trapped in a seat, in a car while police are trying to "break into" the car & mum is also on the outside trying to hold it together.

Nikki & Jess at childcare were fantastic & I will never complain about paying taxes again because I will never get a chance to properly thank the police & ambulance staff. Oh & who can forget the knight in shining armour..... Neil!!

I love you Olivia & I'm enternally sorry that you also had the such a bad day.

(note to self: never put so much as a hair outside of the car without keys in my hand)