Mark and Amanda's 30th Birthday Party

Well last night we went to Mark and Amanda's 30th Birthday party and we all had to dress up as a star.. The boys were so excited .. Declan went as Speed Racer.. Brodie as Captain Feathersword and Connor as Jack Sparrow.. I could not believe that Brodie kept his hat on all night.

I decided to go as Cleopatra if she had lived long enough to get old and fat..pmsl.. and as Greg hates dressing up I managed to convince him to go as Agent K from Men in Black.. Was a bit peeved when I found that the costume shop had given me the wrong wig.. it was more of a go go wig than Cleopatra.. Oh well..

Mark and Amanda were Shrek and Princess Fiona.. Amanda decided not to go the ogre as whenever Patric looked at Mark in his costume he screamed..lol.. Nichlas was Spiderman and little Patrick came as Harry Potter as a baby..scar and all..lol.. unfortunately I didn't get a pic of him.

Joe and Zoe were Batman and Bat Girl..Ella was a fairy, Lachlan was superman and Jamie was Spiderman. Joe looked very spunky in his costume especially with the thongs on his feet..lol.. But gotta love Zoe's boots.. Nearly knee high with about a 4 inch heel.. I tried em on.. pity my calves are not quite made for them..lol..

Tanya came as Dr Cuddy and Paul as Dr House.. Tanya made these gorgeous outfits for the boys so they could come as patients.. they looked soo cute!!!

Rach came as a Movie Star going to the Oscars, Adrian was another Men in Black.. Tom came as a Vampire and Bonnie as a Princess..

Doesn't everyone look fab.. There were a heap of other great costumes there too.. We all had a great time.. except I managed to fall over on a step when I first got there.. no I hadn't had a drink yet..lol.. and i now have a twisted ankle.. So hoping it stops hurting soon.. Luckily it is not too bad.

The kids had a great time riding bikes around and pulling each other around in a big red cart.. The twins were so cute trying to follow everyone when they started dancing the Nutbush.. old aren't we..lol..

And of course Lachlan, Connor and Declan had a great time tryin to pull Batman's Pants down..lol.. Typical..pmsl..

I so hope Mark and Amanda had as much fun as we did..

There is a cyclone heading down the coast at the moment so it has been getting a bit windy and we have got a little bit of rain. Mackay got a heap of rain today so hopefully there will be no flooding up there.. So hope it doesn't cross the coast..

And I am off on Wednesday.. Can you believe it!! It is finally time for me to head to Perth on Retreat.. I am getting soooooo excited.. Sure I will have heaps of pics to bore you with when I get back..

Anyway it is late.. Think I will crash.. Still have to figure out what photos to take to retreat to scrap but might have to do that tomorrow.

cya all soon!!! x

Why does he do it??

Ever since Connor was little he has had this habit of shoving things up his PJ shirt to sleep. It started with is gugglies.. then he occasionally put cushions or stuffed toys in there.. but I couldn't believe this one!!

He has his Gugglies.. a cushion.. and the light cover up his shirt!!!! Yep Greg needed to change the light in his room but didn't have the right flouro so left the cover off.. and Connor shoved it up his shirt!!! I so do not understand that boy sometimes.. but he does make me laugh!!!!!

February..

Wow I soo can't believe another month is over.. As usual it has been a madhouse around here..

Well so what has been happening..

Had to share this pic of Brodie.. He discovered the little backpack that came with his port and in it it had an eye cover.. A wallet and a passport cover.. So he decided he had to go to work.. lol.. He got dressed up and rode up and down the hall.. every time he left the lounge it was ' Bye Mummy off to work' and when he came back it was ' Mummy I'm home..' lol.. He cracks me up. This kept him occupied for nearly an hour! And of course we ha to have the obligatory 'tag'! Always finding shirts all over the house from him!

Dad came to stay for a couple of days before he headed off down south to visit his family again..

While he was here he turned 67! As it was also Mike's birthday a couple of days before Annette, Gil, Elaine and Mike came over for Dinner and Annette organised a cake for '2 special dads'. It was lovely.

Speaking of Annette and Gil.. Here's a Pic of Harrison Adam Robert!! Born on the 24th..

Isn't he gorgeous! Looks like Gil with a squished up nose..pmsl..

What else do I have to share..

While Dad was here my Brother Shane also came down. He came over in one of the police patrol cars for Dinner.. the boys had a great time getting locked up in the back and listening to the Siren.. Don't know what the neighbours thought though..lol..

Connor is still doing really well at school.. His reading is coming along wonderfully and he is still enjoying homework.. Of course now Declan insists that he has to do homework too.. So we have to read his library book each week.. pmsl..

I was so proud of my boys when we discussed the Victorian Bushfire Tragedy. They both decided they wanted to become firemen so they could go down and save everyone.. and Declan wanted to save the frogs too..He also went to Kindy and told everyone else they had to become firemen too..

Connor actually asked me if instead of getting his pocket money one week he could give it to the Bushfire Victims.. So we took it to school where they are collecting money.. Sometimes the boys amaze me at their take on the world and where they fit and how they can help others.

Brodie is just turning into such a little man. His latest thing is 'What's that?' at everything.. and when you give him an answer he always says 'Oh Yeah'.. pmsl.. This can go on for hours.

Greg is quite pleased with himself.. He got a Distinction for his subject at uni.. Between his study and travelling around he has been pretty busy..

Well as for me.. I have been doing the usual..lol.. Reading at school with Connor.. Playgroup now is up to around 80 families!! So that is def keeping me busy.. We had a Sausage Sizzle the other week and managed to raise some great money for Playgroup and also donate $400 to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

This weekend has been a bit hectic. We had Elaine's 60th birthday on Friday night.. then I went out for a Playgroup Mum's night out last night.. I am sooo getting old..pmsl.. and this morning we had Kyle's Birthday party. I was sooo tired. lol. And I finally managed to get my hair done today.. It has been since before Christmas and was looking a shocker..lol.

Oh well I'd better go.. Dinner is ready and I have about 4 loads of washing to fold up and iron tonight. Oh the joys..

Hope you are all well..

Oh and it is only 11 days till I am off to The Boxx retreat in WA!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!

And thanks to the Gorgeous Tanya I actually have all 60 tags done..lol.

Some Creations..

Just realised I haven't put up any of my creations so far this year so here they are.. Not many unfortunately...

Some cards I recently made..


Two little owls I made for a swap..

And a beaded flower I created for the same swap.. Managed to do this all on on piece of wire.. love how it turned out..

Sheree's WC I did earlier in the year.. we had to use 10 or more pics. I managed to fit on 26..lol..

Connor's first day in Grade 1.. I finally manged to use one of the little owls I made.

I did this Lo of Brodie and I for the Dec/Jan BOY Challenge.

The hidden Journalling reads.. 'Everytime I tell Brodie I love him or ask him if he loves me I always get a Noooo! and a big grin..'

This is the Lo I created during Sheree's Class 1 of her Intermediate Classes. So glad I joined up.. we do it on a Monday night and I actually got this one done and another nearly finished.. This week we are going to do 3 lo's.. Woohoo.. I actually get to scrap.. lol Sheree is sooo talented and I loove her lo's.. and I got to do a girly one..rofl..

Well.. told you there wasn't much.. hopefully will have more to upload soon!

Update..

Ok.. so what has been happening up to today..I so cannot believe I am finally up to date..lol..

Playgroup has been busy.. We are now up to about 60 odd members.. with new ones starting every week at the moment.. It is getting very hectic trying to keep up with it all. but we are getting there..lol..

Zoe and the kids stayed over last weekend as Joe was away.. and we also had Annette's baby shower. I organised a few games for it.. Just a hint ladies.. If you have pregnant mum's coming to a baby shower.. It is not necessarily a good idea to do the melted choc in the nappy game..lol.. I made some of them feel rather nauseous.. pmsl..

Greg has been away a few nights over the last couple of weeks.. I hate it when he has to travel around for work. He is also studying and was very pleased with himself getting 83% on his first assignment.. His first exam is coming up next week so lets hope he does as well on that.

I do have a couple of lo's I have done this year to put up but I will do that soon.. Annette and Gil are due to arrive for a bbq so I had better get going.. Hope you are all having a great weekend..And thanks to the girls who have given me a blog award.. I am soo sorry I just haven't had time to do anything with them. I am very glad that not only do people actually read my ramblings but some of you even enjoy it...lol..

Ok.. don't forget to leave me some blog love. I really enjoy hearing from you! Donna xx

The start of the School Year.

Well School has started and this year we have Connor in Grade 1 and Declan in Kindy 3 days a week. OOh heaven..lol..

Connor is loving Grade 1.. His reading already is coming along fantastic.. and so far he hasn't been in trouble..lol..



Connor in his big boy school uniform. 27/01/09

Of course if there is a camera around they all have to have a pic taken..lol..

Declan started on Wed 28th of Jan.. They had part of the class start on each day.. They have one day a week for 2 weeks and then they go to the full 3 days. He loved his first 2 days. And when I picked him up last week he excitedly told me that next week he is going 3 days a week.. and "Mummy .. I get Homework!" I hope he is still excited about that fact in 10 years time.. but somehow I don't think so..lol.

Declan in his Kindy Uniform..

And again all three in front of the Camera. Love Wednesdays.. NO KIDS..lol..

Brodie did 2 days a week at Daycare for a little while over the school holidays.. he has been moved up to the Purple room and he loves it. No more of the 'Mummy feel guilty tears' in the morning.. and now he asks nearly everyday if he can go to daycare. Unfortunately since the hols have finished they have not been able to fit him in for the 2 days but hopefully soon they will have a spot for him.

Australia Day

Well the Australia Day weekend was typical for up here.. spitting.. muggy and stinking hot.. but we had fun.. lol.. Marnie and Pa came up to stay for the weekend.. so the boys were very excited to see them.. On Saturday we had a relatively quiet day. I took Marnie Shopping and the boys had a great time playing with Pa.. Greg and Pa then took Brodie out in 'Daddy's Boat' to put in some crap pots.. He loves going in the boat.. and talks about it for days afterwards!

So on Sunday Morning Pa and Greg took Connor and Declan out to check the crab pots and do some fishing.. they got totally soaked..lol.. But the boys loved it..

Meanwhile Marnie and I took Brodie to a birthday party at the Botanical Gardens...

These special boys turned two! Aren't they gorgeous!

No fish was caught on the trip but they were very impressed in these crabs they managed to bring home..

The smaller one was 1.55 kg and the larger 2 kgs..

What whoppers! So it was Crab sangers or dinner that night..lol.. There was enough meat for everyone!

I couldn't resist taking this photo of Brodie that night..

They are soo cute when they are asleep aren't they! pmsl..

Meanwhile Greg had fun beating up his Mother on the Wii..lol.. He is going to get a reputation soon..lol.

On Monday we decided that it was too hot and muggy to go to Yeppoon so we had a barbie at home instead. Adrian and Rach and the kids came as well as Annette, Gil, Elaine and Mike..

It was lovely.. very relaxing.. Gil is a pommy so we decided to teach him a thing or two about being an aussie.. Greg grabbed out his stock whip..lol.. Unfortunately I missed a pic but we were laughing so much as he managed to whip himself on the bum.. pmsl..nice friends aren't we..lol..

Elaine than decided to show us how it was done..

As well as give us girls a few tips on how to keep our men under control.. I love this pic.. talk about pressing the button at just the right moment..!

We stuck an akubra on Gil's head.. but unfortunately he still looks like a pommy git..pmsl! Thanks for a great day guys!!