moving on.. well wayy wayy out lol

househunting sucks btw.

such a good day and its fairly remarkable that a day where both peter and I got a faceful of vomit, I had to meet people with a shirt covered in someone elses vomit and I had the scariest moment in years can be considered that but there you go!!

WE GOT A HOUSE! funnily enough its a house we applied for right at the beginning but they were looking tenants without children as it is a brand new house and 'children do damage' apparently! But lol a month and a bit extra on the market all 0f a sudden kiddies were a-ok!

Jon got horribly carsick the poor little darling made a horrible noise both peter and I turned to see what was wrong and got covered in puke and then he choked a bit on the barf and the entire time we couldn't pull over as motorway scariest thing ever and almost decided me on not getting the house as baby who is carsick and a drive to well pretty much ANYWHERE? we are hoping the incredible heat the lack of aircon etc had an impact and it was a once and only event.. *please?* though does show though he does have some of me in him lol, I used to get so badly carsick a couple of times as a kid I threw up in the gutter of my LOCAL shops and any car trip longer then 20 mins occured with a heap of towels in the boot and a bucket!!

but yayyyy new house!! the move is going to be exxy and sucky but we'll be set up soon enough and then hopefully not have to think about it again for another 3 years woot!!

mushy moment

Tis the time of year to reflect and look over the year the highs, the lows and the moments that still almost 6 months or more down the track still crack you the hell up.

And heres my conclusion: I love you guys, I love that I can go to so many blogs/posts/convos and see the joy of handmaking/creating something for the kids, that you all try so hard to better your kids lives, to live natural ethical lives and yes sometimes drag me along by my bootstraps as well. Make me think, consider what is important, what changes I can make for my children and the children elsewhere. Many of you make me want to better myself as well, to be a more traditional mum and do more baking,creating, lol and yes occasionally cleaning!

I love that so many of you believed and supported me and pushed when I wanted to say hey nah f*ck it and give up.

I love the joy and understanding that every lil milestone liam has brings not only ourselves but others because they recognise the amount of work and care that went into that little moment that happens so effortlessly in others.

I love the love you all have for your children that shines so clearly, where way too many people see their children as burdens you instead enjoy (and yes sometimes endure) every phase and love them so dearly.

I hope the next year you all achieve all of your goals the children go healthy and strong and the only tears are happy ones!

its december!!

It is officially that time of year again and many mothers (and yes fathers too) find themselves running around in circles wondering what is safe, what will the kids like, what will be played with and what shoved in the toy box and forgotten (other then when you are paying the credit card bill!!)

Modern times bring new worries, chemicals, developmental impact, self esteem, pollution, materials, fairtrade/no trade, until you are ready to pull out your hair and give the kids either your entire wallet or a cardboard box because NOTHING seems to be completely worry free.

Here I am to help!!

http://www.treefrogtoys.com.au/,

http://www.honeycupkids.com/Category/Shop.aspx,

http://cheekyjunior.com.au/index.phpmain_...dex&cPath=2,

http://www.entropy.com.au/index.php

http://www.peanutgallery.com.au/catalogue/Wooden_Toys

there are heaps more but these ones are my faves =)

hope that helps!!

waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

My little baby is a baby no longer. He is now 2!! And to celebrate the day has been having tantrums all over the place lol. And wandering around going 'TWO!!!' lol which is too adorable for words. Haven't done the pressies yet have to wait till Liam gets home from school but both 'YAY! its his birthday!!' and '*sobs* its his birthday'

He is an absolute joy, a little man who is in love with his little people toys, train crazy, animal mad, loves the alphabet and runs from any thing bear his favorite foods are spinach and cheese and he loves loves loves his icecream. Both adores and torments his older brother and is so cheeky and lively its amazing.

Happy birthday my darling boy, you have brought so much love and laughter into our lives.

heatwave, circus and mummy babble

The heatwave has hit sadly and everyone is melting, the kids are cross, househunting is ongoing and much more packing needs to be done. ARGH.

but on the positive side of things, we went to the circus on saturday the kids really didn't care all that much lol but liam had a ball on the jumping castle. Was very cute. They also didn't have any fairy floss! Or popcorn! I was so surprised!!

Jon is 2 end of this week which is both amazing and terribly sad lol its flown so fast and my lil man hasn't got long left of being my baby but at least at the moment he still loves his cuddles and breastfeeds and is too cheeky for words. Hence todays photo.. jon got at the nutella one day when pete left it down lol. Wasn't much left!!! How proud of himself does he look though!

ouchhh

It's been an expensive week and sadly its not over yet *sobs*

over the weekend the car curled up and died, had RACQ come out and check it out, got it towed to the mechanics on monday $400 later we have a car again umm yay? Then of course christmas shopping, shopping for Jons birthday, the 400 teachers liam has, and medical bills.

Doctors appointment today, ultrasound tomorrow and depending on that possibly exploratory surgery in the next few weeks. Oh doesn't that just sound FUN? All this technology and it still pretty much comes down to 'we'll have to cut ya open and have a squiz!' oh YAY!!

Don't wanna!! But I'm going to anyway as I've had a lot of pain since Jons birth (and he is 2 this month!) so i know its necessary but sadly the freak outs are occuring anyway!!

I don't like hospitals i don't like doctors and i'm really not a fan of surgeries. especially since apparently you are awake through the fucking thing! *whimpers* knock me out please I don't wanna see anything!!!

Packing sort of screeched to a stop last week, and very little has been done since.. partically due to the fact we had no boxes left and of course were booked to pick up an ebay auction of them on sunday but no car = no luck.

unfortunately we managed to pick them up tuesday and still not much being done. Any hints how to get the mojo going again?? I really don't want to do the last minute freak out pack up.. specially since its almost certain we are going to do the last minute freak out clean up and repaint ;p

hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

wishlist

As many of you know I get the majority of my semi precious stones from http://www.migem.com/ incredibly high quality stones but ouch the prices!! Been looking tomorrow at the Amazonite as it is one of my favorite stones and focals and argh the wish list is growing and growing.

http://www.jancbeads.net/focal/index.htm her sea focals are amazing I just keep finding myself balking at the $30-70 price tag for a single bead.

then there is Christi Friesen's beads and sculptures, if you haven't seen her under the sea and dragon collection they will blow your mind! (see above image)