you can still call me Ingrid

Today I was elected as President of the Governing Council at kindy.

I went to the AGM thinking that I might put my hand up for secretary but that was not to be my fate today. When it was suggested (yep thats right I didnt even have to beg) that I be nominated for the Presidents role I could think of no reason other than "I dont want to" to not do it, and I didnt want to seem like I had the same intelligence level as the little ones that we were ultimitely there for.

So for the next year, or until we maybe leave this kindy for another program, I will also answer to El Presidente.

it will probably never happen again

Yesterday the near impossible happened.

I blogged

Dee blogged

Kristie blogged

& all 3 of us contributed to the food blog as well (Kristie took the photo on the florentine post)

oh & I discovered how to link to other sites so now I'm going link crazy.

we've been busy

The kids have been busy amusing themselves with the smallest things...

drool & all


where's the disco?

its a good friends, little boys birthday party on the weekend & this is what I have been working on for him (I hope you arent reading this before sunday Em):

Olivia saw me making this over the last couple of days & would always ask "mine?" everytime I explained that is was for Lucas I felt bad that I wasnt doing anything for her so I promised that I would make her one next week. I hope she doesnt understand 'next week' cause I cant see myself keeping that promise at this stage but I will definitely be making 1 for Lolly & Xander, I just know they would love it!!!

no amount of baby-sitting will ever re-pay the debt

and all I have at this stage to re-pay the debt to my brother-in-law (Mick) is babysitting. You see he has done something that I never thought possible.... our old computer died & I thought we had lost all photos of Olivia from birth to about 1 year old. I know, I know we should have backed our stuff up but we never did. But Mick knew just what to do & now we will never have to have this conversation:

Olivia: can I see a photo of me when I was a baby?

Me or Neil (probably me): well, I'm sorry Boo but we dont have any anymore

Olivia: why?

Me: we took more photos of you than you would believe, everytime you moved we had a camera in your face but Mum & Dad were very silly and the computer broke and we lost all your photos

Olivia: I knew you didnt love me!!

THANKYOU, THANKYOU, THANKYOU Mick, I cry at the pure relief of having them back.


Olivia 6 months old:

Xander 6 months old:

Now, onto other news from our family.

I spend all day with my 2 favourite children and it takes Neil 10 minutes after getting home from work to discover that Xander is cutting his first teeth. Both of his bottom front teeth can be felt and one of them is even a flash of white if you look close enough. Again, he is such a trooper and hasnt even so much as groaned to indicate that he may be in any pain as a result of these pearly whites.

Grow little Toofys grow but please make sure you dont cause my baby any harm.

you'll always be my baby girl

with a slightly improved photo...

Its not a very good photo (in relation to the light & set up of the shot) but its the only one I took that shows how proud she was yesterday to be marching down to kindy for her first day. I was apprehensive...

how would she go around soo many new children (my girl is not always the most sociable)

would she keep all her clothes on when she went to toilet (she has a tendancy to come back from the toilet needing help to redress)

does she remember that I will come back for her (does she know that I am counting down the minutes until I can walk back to pick her up)

will anyone understand her when she finally comes out of her shell (or will the other children look at her like she is strange and walk away)

will she want to go back next week and the week after and the week after (for the next 6 *yes 6* school terms)

as it turns out she didnt miss me or need me to be there to shield her from the world but I am on guard and prepared to put my protective arm around her should she so need it at ANY time.

He's just a litle bit proud of himself...

& so are we!!

Xander is well & truely sitting by himself now & he loves it. Olivia also loves it because she now thinks he is capable of playing 'row-row-row your boat' & I let her do 1 round but then have to put a stop to it because he is not that steady yet. But it is soooo nice to see them "playing" together.

The only thing that Xander loves as much as sitting right now is trying to crawl. He gets up on his knees & hands but cant quite hold it long enough to figure out what to do next. I love watching him try.

Also, I just wanted to share this photo because Neil & I love it so much that we make Olivia show everyone that enters our home. She painted it while we were camping at Edithburgh just after new years & it lives on her bedside table.




But we just adont know what to call him, if you ask Olivia every dog is Jetty....

tampeen

Today Olivia & I were playing on the trampoline & I had a housewife moment where I was thinking of all the things I could be doing while Xander was sleeping, so I told Olivia that I had to go do other stuff. She did not like this idea at all (& she was playing so nicely with me) so I promised that when Poppy came over tonight we could eat dinner on the trampoline, she decided that this was a great deal & let me hop off.

When dinner was ready this evening I asked both the girl to take their clothes off cause we were having pasta & it can get messy, especially when you dont have a table to eat off of (& quite frankly what child doesnt like to get naked). As we were walking out Poppy kept saying over & over again "tampeen, tampeen, tampeen". I think it was a hit!!!


In other news, Xander is finally big enough to go in the Jolly Jumper, I have been waiting for this because I remember how much Olivia LOVED it & Xander did not dissapoint. It must feel so effortless and free to be up on your feet after being at foot height for 5 & a half months. Oh the joy!!

I also have to say that my little man is an absolute trooper. Every time I change something on him he laps it up & takes it completely in his stride without skipping a beat. This last week has seen him start solids & he sooo looks forward to whatever is served up to him, infact if I dare to take a break to feed myself he gets quite impatient. I also stopped wrapping him for sleeps in the last week & you wouldnt even know that anything has changed, he goes to sleep just as easily as he always has & sleeps for just as long.