Kids say the "darn-dest" things ! :P

This is a conversation I overheard at breakfast :

Madi : "Guess is my brudda from another mudda" (imagine this being said with an Amercian rapper slang!)

Michaela : (looking puzzled) your WHAT?

Madi : Oh ! Whatt is my brudda from another mudda too ! (big grin on her face!)

Michaela : soooo...like dont we have the same mum if he is my brother? (still looking confused)

Madi : NAH ! They are like : both FURRY budda's from another mudda ! (she is trying VERY hard to keep a straight face at this stage)

Michaela : I dont get it?! (and she seriously doesnt at this stage)

Madi : Well DUH Michaela, they come from FURRY mudda's cos they are puppies and kittens! DUH?! (at this point she is rolling her eyes and cackling)

Michaela : oh. yeh. right. (embarassed faced)

Madi : (pointing to Julian) he's my brudda from the SAME mudda! (more cackles of laughter here)

Michaela : I doubt that !

I LOVE MY GALS ! They make me laugh every day ! :p

Madi & Michaela

ps. In case you havent figured it out yet : Guess is the puppy, Whatt is the kitten, Julian is their 11yr old sibling ! ;)

All Grown Up...

WOW ! TWO blogs in one day...I thought Madison deserved a blog all on her own...

December was also the month Madison graduated primary school ! Yes, Mum was a "little" emotional about her little gal being all grown up. (I cried at Josh's and Michaela's graduations too...must be tradition?) Madi did us proud by winning the school "Art Award" for her graduating year. She is now almost ready to head out in the big, wide, world of HIGH SCHOOL !

Madi is a bubbly person who amazes us with her talents. She is  usually helpful and has a wicked sense of humour. I was presented with an amazing scrapbook that she made and dedicated to me. I had another "moment" when it was presented and Mr Mattock (her year 7 teacher) said "Oh no! It wasnt that bad was it? I edited her spelling mostly!". Ha ha ha ! I had to explain that ONE DAY when he got to be a dad - he would understand.

The FINAL assembly item was themed "I'm On My Way". Each class/group presented an item from somewhere around the world. The idea was that the students would  one day, have the opportunity to travel and see the world and explore life. What fantastic costumes! Some of the more talented mothers (not me cos I cant sew a straight line) made the most colourful and bright costumes from around the world. It was truly a spectacle and all the students did their families proud. The closing song was dedicated to all their families was titled "On My Way" by Phil Colins. Beautiful. Not a dry eye on any mother and some dad's too!

That night, Madi went to a special graduation dinner. More presentations - this year the group were given professionally bound "Year Books". Very swish ! Dinner and dancing WITHOUT the parents after the presentations.

Sigh, where did all that time go? Here are some photos of her big day....(If I'm clever enough...I'll add a video I took on my camera of her item too)

Receiving her art award from Mrs Barrett, her art teacher.

With her BFF's, (LtoR) Evy, Frieda, Taleah.

Her costume for the FINAL assembly of the year....She did a "bollywood dance" !



Christmas

We had a quite Christmas this year. Mum and dad had their usual Christmas Eve "do" at their place and Michael kindly allowed the children to go - even though it was his weekend with the children. Mum and dad had mostly church members as guests and we had hilarious fun doing karaoke...

Michaela decorating.

Christmas day was an early start - and not because of the children! Harvey had volunteered us to be chauffeurs to Wanita and Lee who were off on holidays to Brisbane. At 5:15am..the banging of the door woke us up with a fright ! (they weren't due for another 15mins and the alarm hadn't done off yet!) They were very excited to get going so within 15mins we were setting off for the domestic airport. Lee taught Harv a new short cut via the international airport. Pity their plane was delayed another 2hrs !



Santa Harvey



JB got a camera & cover for it.

Back at home, "Santa" came to visit and the children excitedly opened their gifts. Santa was extremely kind to all with many happy smiles and excited giggles all around. Even Guess and Whatt joined the excitement - with all the ripped wrapping !

We LOVE each other...truly we DO !

LOOK what Santa brought us for Christmas !

Breakkie was waffles with all the yummy toppings. By 9:30am we got our first phone call of the day...Lindi and co were wishing us a Merry Christmas! Yay ! It was lovely to hear their voices. Then it was back on the road again...to take the children to their fathers place. By the time we turned around and headed home again, the traffic was building as all the Christmas revelers hit the highways.

Harv and I spent the day watching movies and eating junk food til 5:30pm. Then it was off to mum's to drop off a few things and then onto Ben and Leonie's for Christmas bbq dinner. Awesome food again ! Dominic had a blast.

Boxing day was HOT. Harv and I headed off to church and hung around chatting. The children met up at home again. It was too hot to venture out much so we turned on the air con for the first time this summer and watched DVD's and drank lots of liquids in an effort to remain cool.

All in all, a quite and uneventful Christmas. Time for all of us to reflect and enjoy each others company. :)

The Countdown Begins !

Only FOUR days of school left ! EEEEEKKKK ! Only TWO weeks til Christmas!!!! EEEEEEKKKK !

Its with a little sadness as I begin my good-byes to those I have worked with for four years. The tears have been ever-so-close with each "see-ya" and "I promise to come visit". I look at my students and see how far some of them have come and I feel proud of the many long days and sometimes sleep-less nights I have shared with them. It's been a long journey for some. I feel like a proud "mama bear" who is letting her cubs go...I've written copious notes to hand on and then in four days it will be all over...:( Most of the boxes are packed and I'm good to go !

Today, is Julian's 11th birthday ! I cant believe that my "baby" is 11 ! How time flies !  I think he's grow a few centimeters just this week alone. Being the un-organised mother that I am, I had to swap his Christmas and birthday presents around....So today he got to unwrap his new camera! He was most thrilled ! He's taken it fishing with his dad today - he's hoping to capture the "catch". More cake for him tomorrow when we go to grandma's house! Yay !

So time is marching on...Christmas in two weeks ! Woo hoo !

Furry Tales...

While everyone was busily sorting themselves out for the day's work...the furry children decided to fit in some playtime...I was walking past the games room when I saw Whatt climbing the curtains. He was looking around and just "hanging" there waiting...just as Guess ambled past....POUNCE ! What a crack up !

Madi came hurrying into the games room when she heard the raucous - she witnessed   the two babies tumbling about on the floor... I explained why I was laughing so hard and then said : " I guess that GUESS didnt know WHATT hit him!"  It was SO funny ! Madi thinks I'm slightly mad but I thought I was pretty witty at the time !

Stay tuned...more funny stories to follow ! :)

ps. Whatt got a cat scratching post today...in an effort to save my curtains...got a bargain...price sticker said $30...but scanned at $20 ! WOO HOO !