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As per a couple of comments .. yep I rambled on.. but hey it is my ramblings..lol.. I put heaps of details into some of the posts cause this is where I am gonna come when it is time to scrap .. and I got a memory like a sieve these days..lmao.. so I am using this as a way to keep alllll the info I might want.. pmsl.. soo girls.. skim!!.. ladies.. skim!! rofl!!!! Will put another huuuuge post up soon.. on our hols with heaps of pics etc. so remember to skim!!!!!!!!!

Gummy grin!!

Well last night Connor lost his first top front tooth.. Chucking a bit of a tanti while Greg was brushing his teeth and the loose tooth fell out.. and Daddy caught it! Stopped the tanti in a hurry..lol.. and yes the Tooth Fairy did come.. and boy inflation is a shocker.. I used to get 50c for a front tooth and 20c for any other tooth.. and these days its $2 for any other tooth and $5 for a front one.. Connor was impressed anyway.. more spending money for Dreamworld next week..lol.

Now Poppy came down far a couple of days last week and as we had to do some make up lessons at swimming convinced him to get in with Brodie.. So glad I did they had a ball. Now I did the obvious thing and stood on the pool side to take pics.. and this is what I got..

So then I had to hide behind their front counter.. taking pics through the glass wall and around corners etc..lol.. people thought I was a nut..pmsl.. anyway the pics aren't the clearest but I do love them..

You can tell they are having fun can't you.. Wish I could had video of Poppy singing Sizzling Sauages..lol.. and loove that hair. lol

Now as yet I had been unable to get Brodie to 'Crocodile' along the edge to the slippery slide.. he usually walks.. trying to get there as quickly as he could.. so imagine my surprise to see this.. and again they are both loving it..

I mean it is an unclear pic.. but the joy is unmistakeable.

Now Brodie is absolutely loving swimming lessons.. This week he even crocodiled for me.. lol.. and he is now knowing what to do as soon as you say it.. he waits now and jumps when he is supposed to.. kicks and blows bubbles and even leans backwards himself and is 'singing' his version of 'I'm a little pancake' with me. and when he is backwards on the side of the pool he throws himself backwards as soon as you 'chop' him in the right spot.. But this week he decided he needed a new trick.. now at one point in the class they give us sinking rings to put between our toes, put our leg straight and the kids go out to get them.. obviously with my short legs this is not much of a challange. So after he did this the first time he has since been putting the ring between my toes for me and also between his.. which he thinks is great fun.. But this week he took it one step further.. he started to throw it .. and as it sunk I 'swam' him under water to it so he could grab it.. Well.. he loved it.. and threw it again and again. each time ducking underwater, kicking and reaching to grab it.. he even tried to push his instructor Shelly out of the way cause she was standing to close to it and he couldn't get it. lol.. I am soo impressed! and so was Shelley..lol.. A real little fish he is.. He, Nicholas and Lachlan are all improving so much in the pool lately.

Well Connor has had hols the last two weeks and it has been nice to have him home..especially when his brothers are at daycare.. he is a real pleasure to be around when he is on his own.. then we pick up Declan...!! lol.. anyway we haven't done too much out of the usual.. He made a little bead flower of his own while I did some.. and he was lucky enough for Tanya to take him with Michael and Talissa to the Heritage Village yesterday for their holiday fun.. He also went on his first playdate to Tanya's last Thursday after playgroup.. she took him own and brought him home that night.. first time without Mum or Dad.. or his brothers!!.. and today we had playgroup at the Botanical gardens again and then Tanya, Michael and Talissa came over for a play.. Tanya was a wonderful help with chasing kids, tidying the house and helping me pack.. I am so lucky to have met such wonderful friends here.. I keep telling her I am going to have to start paying here.. the house always seem cleaner after she leaves..lol. I bought her and the kids dinner tonight instead... still think I got the better deal!!!

Anyway I have prob bored you enough.. hope you all have a good week next week. and catch you soon!!

Creations..

Well I am having a ball at the moment.. mind you I am lacking sleep but oh well!! used to that.. here are my latest little creations.. saw some beaded flowers and decided I could do that.. so I did.. They take me about an hour depending on the no. beads etc.. and how I am concentrating..lol. but I am really enjoying it. I have also started making scrolls and other shapes in beads as well.. I have sent most of these to the girls in my latest Ribbon Swap. I so hope they like them and can use them. Going to keep experimenting and see what else I can come up with..
Here is the page I did for Connor using this months Sketch Challenge. The same as the one I did for Declan just using different papers .. etc.. and made a different Scroll in beads.

I am going to do my first scrap class this month.. One of the girls on the Boxx is doing a class at Scrap'n Scrap. http://scrapnscrap.typepad.com/ Her work is gorgeous and I can't wait to have a go.. and even better Tanya is coming with me.. I am soo loving havin a scrappin' partner!!

Introducing Samuel Luca!!!

Well as promised here are the pictures of the gorgeous little Samuel. He is soo gorgeous and such a quiet little thing. These pics were taken when he was about 5 hours old.. what a little doll!

What a weekend..

Well what was going to be a quiet weekend ended up being quite exciting.. Got to bed about 2am on Fri night..told you I was sleeping less.. lol... and then Greg woke me at 6.15 to say my girlfriend Rach was in labour and we needed to go look after the kids.. OMG.. I threw on some trackies and rushed over.. unbrushed hair and all. OMG It has not been long enough and the memories of the pain came flooding back as I watched her have a contraction..Definitely no more kids for me..lol.. Anyway... felt totally useless.. it is really horrible watching someone you care about in pain and not being able to do a thing about it.. Even when you know it is for a good cause..lol..
Anyway sent them of to the hospital and brought Bonnie and Tom home to our place.. I was sooo full of nervous energy waiting for that phone to ring I cleaned the house.. chased the kids... I couldn't stop.. Was just lying next to Bonnie and Declan trying to get them to sleep, thinking ..I can't sleep need to get up soon, when I got the call.. It was a little boy!!! Samuel Luca.. and both were fine.. well the funny thing was I put the phone down.. told Bonnie,who just smiled and nodded, she's 2...and I reckon I fell asleep before they did.. lol..
Anyway took them up to see Rach and Sam that night.. he is soo gorgeous.. I almost got clucky..almost..lol.. but the hospital is a shocker.. she was sharing with 4 other women in a tiny room.. it was disgusting.. anyway I won't get on that soapbox.. but she came home today and both are doing well.. will upload a pic soon.. better let the mum see them first..lol..

Then on Sunday we went to the park in the morning with Tanya, Michael and Talissa and they then came over after rest time.. it was great . Tanya and I scrapped and the kids played.. everyone was happy..lol..

This morning I took the boys to get our haircuts at my friends place.. no I haven't cut Brodie's yet..lol. and then we were supposed to go to swimming lessons.. well Connor threw a toy at Declan and put a hole in his head.. a lot of blood but not too much damage thankfully.. so we cam home and had a quiet day..

So between Poppy visiting last week.. School Hols.. and everything else going on.. it is a pretty tired household at the mo.. speaking of everything else I had better stop rambling on and get off and do my playgroup work.. still hoping to scrap tonight to.. well we'll see..lol.. Hope you are all well. and hope I haven't bored you to death.. Was a little excited about the gorgeous little Sam.. chat soon!

I am on fire!

Well for me I am..lol.. I have actually done 2 lo's this week.. can you believe it I have just been soo motivated that I am sleeping a lot less..lol.. and scrappin a lot more.. I loove it.. Ok well here are the two latest..

This was a photo I took last week of the kis walking back to the car from playgroup in the park.. I couldn't resist.. I had y arms full of stuff.. juggling it all and trying to take pics..lol.. that would've been a funny pic in itself..anyway last weeks WC on the Boxx was to do something unusual with the background.. I was just about to put an orange bag in the stuff to take to school for the kids when I started thinking.. so there it is on the background of my lo.. and I made the beaded flower and painted the alphas with texture paste.. oh and I made he little alphabet words too.. that was a touch fiddly but soo glad I did.. I am really pleased with it..

and this was this month's sketch challenge.. I have never done the sketch challenge before but it was so simple and gorgeous I thought it would be perfect for the pixis photos. So I have done this one for Declan and will do another for Connor using different papers.. Had a blast with this as well. made the beaded scroll and used ink and a paint brush to get the letter stickers just the right colour.. also used the ink, paintbrush, silver glitter pen and a stencil to do the doodle.. I told you I am on fire..

and I have also won last month's technique challenge.. the lo of Poppy with the painted tape background..woohoo.. I won something..lol.

I've been Tagged..

Ok I been tagged by two lovely ladies.. the first one was Bee.. but I have already done that one - the what was I doing 10 years ago.. so if you wanna have sticky go back to past posts..lol.. and the second is the lovely Nay

Ok it is 7 Weird Random Facts about me:

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1. When I was preg with Brodie I measured around my belly. And I was about 5 cms smaller around the belly than I am high.. SO Greg had great fun with the 'as wide as I am tall' jokes!
2. I am a slight perfectionist.. When I am doing things I get very frustrated if they are not just so.. an issue I am learning to deal with now I have 3 boys..lol
3. For years when I was little I believed my middle name was spelt Marie not Maree????
4. When I did ballet as a 5 yr old my ballet teacher used to call me the baby elephant.. cause I was knock-kneed and couldn't get my legs into just the right position.
5. I don't like t0 eat anything that is looking at me.. Hate whole fish etc.
6. At school I loved to put chips on me sandwiches.. didn't matter which chips o which sandwhiches but BBQ chips on Vegemite was always good!
7. I still sleep with a teddy.. one of the soft baby ones I have had for over 10 years.. When Greg used to have a go at me I'd tell him to stop cuddling a pillow and I'd stop cuddling my Teddy.. Happy Bear is still here!!lol

OK well there are 7 things you never really wanted to know about me..lol.. Now who will I tag...

1. Tam
2. Toni
3. Kylie
4. Tara
5. Bee
6. Tatum
7. Tammy

Ok you can find their blog's down the side.. Have fun girls!!