Taylahs report card came in the mail yesterday ... My clever little munchkin should be very proud of herself!!! She is beyond competant in most areas of prep. Maths was competant and her other subjects were all beyond competancy!!! Mummy and Daddy are so very proud of her!!! Ofcourse we made her favorite dinner lasange for her efforts over the year and Uncle Jonny bought her a choclolate ... A BIG WHOLE CHOCOLATE TO HERSELF!!! Her eyes told us how amazing it was!
Well done my precious ... Big girl in Grade one next year ... Im excited to see the more exciting things you will learn!!!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A Little bit of Hope
We have a visitor! Uncle Jonny and his girlfriend Jess flew up from Adelaide yesterday! The girls have been on cloud 9 since they heard the news, its so nice to see them interacting with family members they dont see very often, how they suddenly have a million new tricks to show off with, and Taylah so very proudly gets all her school stuff and awards and shows them off to her Uncle, and his new 'girlfriend' giggle giggle (from Tays direction) ;).
Its been nice for Dan and I too, to see him again and see that he is growing into such a young man, for someone who has quite a few dark clouds following him, done some things which might be hard to be forgiven by some, I think he has come along way, and he has done it all on his own. None of us could take the credit for the goodness in his heart. Talking to his girlfriend, Jess, broke my heart though. She is such a lovely girl, who is honestly looking out for his best interest, and it has come at a cost to herself, and yet, she is still willing to give so much more. I must say though, I am proud of the way he treats her. For someone who must feel so mistreated, he certainly shows her respect and appreciation. I do hope they are meant for each other, being so young I worry this is just lust ... I would love to be wrong, because they really are very cute together, and seem quite happy in each others presence. Something only time will tell I guess! For right now though, she is just what he needs ... She is keeping his feet on the ground, and pointing him in the right direction, and he seems comfortable with the way she does it, a change from the way we have all tried, love does amazing things I guess <3 I hope <3
I know he has made a lot of bad decisions and mistakes he will never be able to take back. He has hurt people he loves, and love him back. I hope that one day we will all be able to look beyond these things and remember where we were at his age ... What we were doing then, and who was there to continuously pick us up when we fell onto the wrong track, each time she was the one that picked us up, kicked us up the butt, and put us back on the right path ... More than once or twice, it was a constant thing she did on a regular basis, and was able to find it in her heart to forgive, each and every time, no matter how little or big it was ... When we remember who that person was for us, we will be able to see that she was absent from Jonnys crucial time of life lessons ... And others aswell ...
I just hope I wont be the only one that can see that he really is a good person, with mistakes up his sleeves, who still has many more mistakes to make, who needs to be shown love, and given love in return, who more than anything needs that forgivness that we were all given ... Even if it takes time ... I just hope <3
Its been nice for Dan and I too, to see him again and see that he is growing into such a young man, for someone who has quite a few dark clouds following him, done some things which might be hard to be forgiven by some, I think he has come along way, and he has done it all on his own. None of us could take the credit for the goodness in his heart. Talking to his girlfriend, Jess, broke my heart though. She is such a lovely girl, who is honestly looking out for his best interest, and it has come at a cost to herself, and yet, she is still willing to give so much more. I must say though, I am proud of the way he treats her. For someone who must feel so mistreated, he certainly shows her respect and appreciation. I do hope they are meant for each other, being so young I worry this is just lust ... I would love to be wrong, because they really are very cute together, and seem quite happy in each others presence. Something only time will tell I guess! For right now though, she is just what he needs ... She is keeping his feet on the ground, and pointing him in the right direction, and he seems comfortable with the way she does it, a change from the way we have all tried, love does amazing things I guess <3 I hope <3
I know he has made a lot of bad decisions and mistakes he will never be able to take back. He has hurt people he loves, and love him back. I hope that one day we will all be able to look beyond these things and remember where we were at his age ... What we were doing then, and who was there to continuously pick us up when we fell onto the wrong track, each time she was the one that picked us up, kicked us up the butt, and put us back on the right path ... More than once or twice, it was a constant thing she did on a regular basis, and was able to find it in her heart to forgive, each and every time, no matter how little or big it was ... When we remember who that person was for us, we will be able to see that she was absent from Jonnys crucial time of life lessons ... And others aswell ...
I just hope I wont be the only one that can see that he really is a good person, with mistakes up his sleeves, who still has many more mistakes to make, who needs to be shown love, and given love in return, who more than anything needs that forgivness that we were all given ... Even if it takes time ... I just hope <3
Friday, November 25, 2011
Kids xoxo
Well, it is totally official! My big little princess has survived her first year of school! And so did mum! And aswell as that, my adorable little girl won an award at the presentation night, a surprise for her as much as it was for me :) infact, she was so surprised that after being the first one called up she ner nerred all the other kids behind her as she danced onto the stage, it was a very classic moment, the audience were in stitches saying how cute she was ... Ofcourse, I already knew how cute she was ;) Just wish I caught the moment she danced up on stage proudly on the camera, it would have certainly made an appearance at her 21st!
Taylah can now very proudly count to 100, she knows all of her letters, what they each read and all the sounds they make together. She has learnt the first steps to reading, and ALOT about God ...
She has learnt to add and subtract, and is onto spelling out words like Dog and Cat. I am happy to say that she has definately enjoyed her first year at school, and learnt alot along the way, now she is excited to be in grade one next year ... And mummy is still getting used to the idea, all over again! But then again, Im starting to get used to that feeling too, hehe ;)
Felicity is loving daycare at Heidis house, and I am happy now that all the fees have been sorted out! She is lucky enough to get Heidi all to herself on Tuesdays, Heidi takes her shopping and gives her swimming lessons on tuesdays, these are probably her two most favorite things to do with Heidi, I especially like the shopping part because I always get a special little visitor <3
Felicity is able to count to 10 with ease, and goes up to 20, most times succesfully, but sometimes hits a little bump and forgets where she is at, she gets most of her ABC's, LMNOP is my favorite ... It tends to get slurred together ;).
I love these kids ... A little more as each day passes ... <3
Taylah can now very proudly count to 100, she knows all of her letters, what they each read and all the sounds they make together. She has learnt the first steps to reading, and ALOT about God ...
She has learnt to add and subtract, and is onto spelling out words like Dog and Cat. I am happy to say that she has definately enjoyed her first year at school, and learnt alot along the way, now she is excited to be in grade one next year ... And mummy is still getting used to the idea, all over again! But then again, Im starting to get used to that feeling too, hehe ;)
Felicity is loving daycare at Heidis house, and I am happy now that all the fees have been sorted out! She is lucky enough to get Heidi all to herself on Tuesdays, Heidi takes her shopping and gives her swimming lessons on tuesdays, these are probably her two most favorite things to do with Heidi, I especially like the shopping part because I always get a special little visitor <3
Felicity is able to count to 10 with ease, and goes up to 20, most times succesfully, but sometimes hits a little bump and forgets where she is at, she gets most of her ABC's, LMNOP is my favorite ... It tends to get slurred together ;).
I love these kids ... A little more as each day passes ... <3
Work!
... It officially has a great big dissapointment bubble over it!
Do I speak up, or suck it up?! Afterall, its only another 4 weeks and I need the reference, but is it really worth it all at the end of the day?
:(
Do I speak up, or suck it up?! Afterall, its only another 4 weeks and I need the reference, but is it really worth it all at the end of the day?
:(
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Just needed a Whinge ...
Just ... Need ... To ... HAVE A WHINGE ... GRRRRRR!!!
Really annoyed with everything family daycare at the moment! This was supposed to be the cheaper option, but its working out to be no different, and as well as that, they cant bloody well organise my rebate!!! So frustrated!!! Its hard enough being paid monthly as it is, and this month I have already had to pay out, 2 weeks in advance with no rebate ... $224! Plus last weeks fees with no rebate ... $112 and now they want another weeks fees, WITH NO REBATE, another $112 :( Thats over $400 in 2 weeks, and I havent even started working yet, and on top of that Centerlink have already cut my payments off because I advised of my changing circumstances straight away, grrrrr! The main thing that is annoying me is the fact that I am still not getting my rebate, my family daycarer has told me that the rebate doesnt come into affect for the first 2 weeks anyway, and I cant talk to the lady that runs the business because her husband had a heartattack yesterday ... Grrrrr, I am so frustrated. So, thanks to the help of a lovely friend that is in the business herself, I was advised to give Centerlink a call, there I discovered that they hadnt even submitted any forms claiming for my rebate. Im so annoyed! Later I discovered that they wont submit anything until monday, and now we are waiting to see if it will even happen then because the director lady is obviously preoccupied with more important things, and I totally understand that family comes first, thats not what has me so annoyed!
Im annoyed becuase I dont see why I have to be out of pocket so much :( And Dan and I are back to the bickering of daycare fees!!! Grrrrr!
Not to mention the fact that Heidi and I are friends, I do like her, and I really dont want things to be awkward between us ... If it were anyone else I would have already told them to stick it! Grrrr!
Really, I just want my rebate sorted, so I dont have to be so out of pocket, I dont mind paying the 2 weeks in advance with no rebate if thats how it works, but the rest of it is really making me mad to say the least, grrrr ... How long is this going to go on for ... grrrr ...
Bla bla bla ... I must admit ... I do feel better now ... Until monday anyway ;)
Really annoyed with everything family daycare at the moment! This was supposed to be the cheaper option, but its working out to be no different, and as well as that, they cant bloody well organise my rebate!!! So frustrated!!! Its hard enough being paid monthly as it is, and this month I have already had to pay out, 2 weeks in advance with no rebate ... $224! Plus last weeks fees with no rebate ... $112 and now they want another weeks fees, WITH NO REBATE, another $112 :( Thats over $400 in 2 weeks, and I havent even started working yet, and on top of that Centerlink have already cut my payments off because I advised of my changing circumstances straight away, grrrrr! The main thing that is annoying me is the fact that I am still not getting my rebate, my family daycarer has told me that the rebate doesnt come into affect for the first 2 weeks anyway, and I cant talk to the lady that runs the business because her husband had a heartattack yesterday ... Grrrrr, I am so frustrated. So, thanks to the help of a lovely friend that is in the business herself, I was advised to give Centerlink a call, there I discovered that they hadnt even submitted any forms claiming for my rebate. Im so annoyed! Later I discovered that they wont submit anything until monday, and now we are waiting to see if it will even happen then because the director lady is obviously preoccupied with more important things, and I totally understand that family comes first, thats not what has me so annoyed!
Im annoyed becuase I dont see why I have to be out of pocket so much :( And Dan and I are back to the bickering of daycare fees!!! Grrrrr!
Not to mention the fact that Heidi and I are friends, I do like her, and I really dont want things to be awkward between us ... If it were anyone else I would have already told them to stick it! Grrrr!
Really, I just want my rebate sorted, so I dont have to be so out of pocket, I dont mind paying the 2 weeks in advance with no rebate if thats how it works, but the rest of it is really making me mad to say the least, grrrr ... How long is this going to go on for ... grrrr ...
Bla bla bla ... I must admit ... I do feel better now ... Until monday anyway ;)
Friday, November 4, 2011
Felicity Finally Learns to Sleep!!!
Finally, Felicity is going to sleep in her bed, by herself! It has only taken just over 3 years, but I finally decided to give it another try. The first night didnt work so well, with me giving in to the nonstop crying for just over 2 and a half hours, daddy let her fall asleep cuddling up to her. I was relieved to say the least but also knew that we had just made it an even harder task for the next night. So, the next day I talked about it with her ALL day! We played in her bed, LOTS! We read LOTS of books, IN bed! Pretty much my whole day was dedicated to how awesome her bed was, and to my surprise that night was an actual success, with barely any tears! We found a new rule that seemed to work a dream. She was aloud to read books in her bed, for as long as she liked, but she was NOT aloud to hop out of her bed. She came out to us once! ONCE!!! Yes, honest truth ONCE!!! It probably took her about half an hour to actually go to sleep, but she did it, without us nearby, and with barely any tears. And, she now sleeps in her own bed ALL night. WOW, I had started to forget what it was like to have one entire bedroom in the house that belongs to me and my husband. A kingsize bed that now has a whole side unused! My bathroom only has our things in it again. And finally the bedtime routine is in order again, the way it used to be :) I certainly hope this routine sticks around, I am loving the freedom of my space again!
We Will Always Love You Rusta ... and Welcome To The Family Charli
Happy Happy Happy ... And a tiny bit Sad ... All at the same time !
Im getting a new puppy ... She is the opposite to everything I thought I wanted, but she has already stolen my heart <3 ... At just two weeks old, she is a GIRL and she is BLACK AND WHITE!!! For someone that was convinced she wanted another just the same as Rusta, a boy and black and tan, I think this little girl will fit right in ... And in the hope that Rusta does return one day, I would like to think he wont feel like he has been replaced, and see her as a little friend for him instead.
Sad that Rusta still hasnt been found, I always knew that one day this day would come that he would run away and never be found again, I just didnt know how to stop it. I still feel guitly everyday that we didnt give him the training that he needed and deserved right from the beginning.
I have definately learnt my lesson though, this time things are going to be different. Its certainly helping that I am no longer a sleep deprived walking zombie, its a help that Felicity is no longer permanantly attatched to my hip, and we are getting her from a breeder this time ... Not a pet shop! The breeder will have her toilet trained before she gets here, fewe, although, I wont be surprised if she does have a little accident here and there. The girls have picked out a small fluffy toy of theirs each that they will sleep with for the next couple of nights and then they will be sent up to her so our scent is familiar to her when she gets here! So many little things Rusta wasnt so lucky to get :(
Her name is Charli ... With so much sentiment behind her name, I have a feeling she is going to have a few extra eyes looking over her. Charlie was my grandads name, one of the most precious people that I hold close to my heart. We also always thought that Cody was grandad reincarnated, for so many reasons, he refused to eat a scotch finger biscuit unless it was broken into 2, just like grandad did, and every new truck, or car we ever got, Cody walked around it as if he was inspecting it just like grandad would have, this was also something none of our other dogs ever did, just Cody. And for Rusta ... Nearly everytime he went missing, the people that found him that didnt know his name always said "we have nicknamed him Charlie for the night, he looked like a Charlie" ... So, thankyou to my very special four legged friends and my grandad I think I have found the most perfect name for my new little friend, Charli ... Who knows, maybe I have just found my grandma reincarnated ... Crazy?! Maybe! But no matter what, I cannot wait for my new little friend to get here and join my crazy family ...
And as for Rusta ... You ARE and ALWAYS WILL BE the BEST thing I have EVER brought home from the shops! Nothing will ever change that ... And nothing will ever change how much I miss you EVERYDAY!!! xoxo
Im getting a new puppy ... She is the opposite to everything I thought I wanted, but she has already stolen my heart <3 ... At just two weeks old, she is a GIRL and she is BLACK AND WHITE!!! For someone that was convinced she wanted another just the same as Rusta, a boy and black and tan, I think this little girl will fit right in ... And in the hope that Rusta does return one day, I would like to think he wont feel like he has been replaced, and see her as a little friend for him instead.
Sad that Rusta still hasnt been found, I always knew that one day this day would come that he would run away and never be found again, I just didnt know how to stop it. I still feel guitly everyday that we didnt give him the training that he needed and deserved right from the beginning.
I have definately learnt my lesson though, this time things are going to be different. Its certainly helping that I am no longer a sleep deprived walking zombie, its a help that Felicity is no longer permanantly attatched to my hip, and we are getting her from a breeder this time ... Not a pet shop! The breeder will have her toilet trained before she gets here, fewe, although, I wont be surprised if she does have a little accident here and there. The girls have picked out a small fluffy toy of theirs each that they will sleep with for the next couple of nights and then they will be sent up to her so our scent is familiar to her when she gets here! So many little things Rusta wasnt so lucky to get :(
Her name is Charli ... With so much sentiment behind her name, I have a feeling she is going to have a few extra eyes looking over her. Charlie was my grandads name, one of the most precious people that I hold close to my heart. We also always thought that Cody was grandad reincarnated, for so many reasons, he refused to eat a scotch finger biscuit unless it was broken into 2, just like grandad did, and every new truck, or car we ever got, Cody walked around it as if he was inspecting it just like grandad would have, this was also something none of our other dogs ever did, just Cody. And for Rusta ... Nearly everytime he went missing, the people that found him that didnt know his name always said "we have nicknamed him Charlie for the night, he looked like a Charlie" ... So, thankyou to my very special four legged friends and my grandad I think I have found the most perfect name for my new little friend, Charli ... Who knows, maybe I have just found my grandma reincarnated ... Crazy?! Maybe! But no matter what, I cannot wait for my new little friend to get here and join my crazy family ...
And as for Rusta ... You ARE and ALWAYS WILL BE the BEST thing I have EVER brought home from the shops! Nothing will ever change that ... And nothing will ever change how much I miss you EVERYDAY!!! xoxo
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