What a Month!!

Well April ended as a real shocker.. I was sooo glad when it was over.. now what happened..

Well... my gorgeous friend Rach ended up in hospital.. very ill.. and was in and out for a couple of weeks.. It was a very worrying and stressful time.. During the first week she was in Julie and I trook the kids so that Adrian could concentrate on Rach. I took Tom and Julie had Bonnie and Sam. Tom was such a good boy for us.. helping out and being so thoughtful.. On the 16th Brodie just did not want to settle and wanted Mummy to lie down with him. A bad habit he has at the moment. and Tom offered to lie down with him instead.. I went in aout 15 min later to check on them and this is what I saw.....

 

Aren't they sooo cute.I just had to take some pics. We eventually woke Tom up to send him to his own bed.. not that he remembered that the next morning.. Lmao!

That week was very hectic between trying to keep our life in order, visiting Rach and helping Julie out with the two younger ones. She is such an Angel.. She was sick and still soldiered on with 5 kids in the house!

On the 18th Greg took the kids out in the boat.. The boys were very impressed with the big Crab they managed to bring home.

At our usual Friday morning get together one of the girls grabbed my camera and took some pics.. they were so cute I thought I would share..

And Greg was one happy boy this month.. I had Rach up at the chemist after rushing her to the doctor and he rang to talk about going fishing on the weekend. complaining once again how our boat couldn't fit everyone in etc. and making the comment 'unless I go buy a bigger one'. Well not thinking.. and not serious I said 'Well if I can have a good flash for me camera than you can buy a boat!' Well you guessed it ... the next day off he went and bought 'Night Fury' as we have christened it.

Here are some pics of it. I have to agree that it is lovely being able to send Greg and all the boys off fishing.. (I wanted to call it 'Mummy's Freedom!) lol.. but somehow I also managed to miss out somewhere on this deal. He got a boat.. and I still haven't organised the flash I want.. and the girls were all kicking me cause I should've asked for a scrapping shed instead..lol.. Oh well.

I have designed the name to get put on it.. we now just need to get organised and get it done.

The day after we picked it up we all went out for the maiden voyage on the Fitzroy River.. the boys loved it.. catching a few little fish.. and Declan even hooked onto something quite big.. but it went straight to the bottom and even Greg couldn't reel it in. Eventually it broke the line. A bit of excitement for the morning.

Easter

We went to Dalby to Marni & Pa's place for Easter.. Poor little Brodie was sick all day Friday and Saturday with High Temps and Headaches.. He was miserable.. I spent most of the days lying in bed with him.. He just wanted Mummy.. poor little man.. luckily he got over it on Sat night and was all fired up for Easter Sunday.

The boys found lots of little eggs that had fallen out of the Easter Bunny's Basket as he hopped around the house.. They do hope he never fixes that small hole in his basket..lol.. And they had eggs and pressies on the table waiting for them..

It was really cute.. I had put down 3 little eggs each for them from Greg and I but by the time I got there they had decided that it wasn't fair that Mummy didn't have too many eggs so eachof them had put one of their little eggs in my spot for me.. They can be such sweet boys.

The boys had a great weekend.. riding the little motorbike around.. and the little red car, both of which was their daddy's when he was little.. Greg also took them out the back to give them a go at the Air rifle.. After I lectured the hell out of them..lol.. It is a bit of a shock seeing your little boys with a gun in their hands.. even if it is an air rifle.. not sure I really liked it..lol.. but then I am not off the land like Greg and his family. Even Mummy had a go.. The boys love going to Marnie and Pa's and doing all that 'boy' stuff..

They sat down with Pa on Sun night and watched a 3D movie that the Easter Bunny had given Connor.. Been a looong time since I have seen the old red and green glasses..lol..

We left Monday morning for the long trip home and ended up meeting up with Friends also traveling back to Rocky. Was good to have someone to chat to on the loo stops..lol.

We also had another little excitement..

Picture the scenario.. driving along.. oops.. flashing lights.. kids.. 'what the policeman want'.. 'Just be Quiet kids".. Policeman.. 'Sir the radar clocked you at 110 kms'.. Greg.. 'Didn't think I was going that fast' .. policeman..'What speed do you think you were going?'.. Greg. '108'.. Policeman.. 'umm what is the speed limit sir'.. Greg....'100'..Policeman.. 'fine the same for 108 or 110'.. Ticket written.. we drive off.. Kids.. 'what the policeman want Daddy'.. Mummy..'Daddy was naughty.. not obeying the rules'.. (while she cacks to herself that he admitted to a police officer that he knew he was going over the limit but had to say it anyway!! Doh!!) .. For next 10 mins.. kids.. 'You speeding Daddy?' Greg.. 'no..be quiet..' .. Connor.. 'You sure you not speeding Daddy?' .. picture Mummy.. trying so hard not to PMSL!!!

And Olivia and Grant also have quite a laugh as Greg had overtaken them about 5 mins before..lol..

Oh well.. these things happen.. don't think Greg finds it particularly funny though.. hehehe..

Well Easter is over for another year but school hols don't finish until next Tuesday.. The boys have had a great time the last couple of days playing the Wii and xbox, and generally just being kids.. Big day tomorrow.. having a few of their friends over for a play.. should be fun.. and noisy.. and tiring.. and messy..lol.. Oh well.. least I get to chat..hahaha

Hope you all had a safe and wonderful Easter..and are enjoying the school hols!

Last month we had Rylan's Mad Hatter's Tea Party for his Birthday.. The kids had to wear mad hats so as You can see I was a bit slack and just stick things all over hats we had..lol.. they had a great time and Julie put on the yummiest food.. lol..

 

As you can see even the Mummy's had fun playing Egg and Spoon Races.. lol.. and I won.. hehehe as Rach and Carien both dropped theirs at the last second.. See slow and steady.. etc..

The last few weeks of school went very quickly.. now both my school boys have got awards at Monday Assembly.. I still have to get a pic of Declan's lol.. and Connor got one for always getting his spelling right.. He not dumb that boy..lol.. He is doing a lot better and his behavior is improving.. thankfully.. 

Anyway.. Gonna finish updating and then it is time for this little girl to crash..  

Declan's Bug tank...

Well I have finally gotten organised to update my blog.. here are the pics I took of Declan's tank initially.. Looks a bit different now.. we have more plants though most of them have been eaten by the 65 caterpillars he put in there..lol.. ok maybe not that many but it sure feels like it.. The eco system is obviously working as we have had quite a few turn into moths.. the first one is in the pics.. and we have had very few casualties..lol.. I think I need to start studying entomology myself as I now have to spend hours on the puter trying to identify all the bugs etc he collects..lol

I also got motivated on a Wed Scrap day and actually did a layout.. woohoo.. and yup I did the boy and his bugs..lol.. Quite happy with the way it turned out.. The top pics are actually layered so I could fit more on.. and the journalling is on the green paper behind the pic..

A little bit of creating..

Rach and I have started getting organised and having a cardmaking night once a month.. and I mean night.. she left after 5am this morning..lol

I really enjoy our nights.. lots of laughing, chatting and the occasional card gets made..lol.. We have been setting ourselves challenges to use up some of my stuff so I got in last night and used a heap of my tags and things up last night.. Thank you to all my wondeful friends that sent me all the tags and things!!

Well I am off to have a nanna nap with the boys.. I need it..lol..

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

WELCOME RHYS!!

He's finally here!!! Jodes, Mick, Jack and Kyle welcomed Rhys to the world on Tuesday.. I went over on Thurs night to have a cuddle and catch up with them.. and he is such a cutie!!! Congratulations guys!!!

Busy as usual...

Well life has been a bit hectic as usual.. so where to start...

The kids..

Connor is trying very hard at the moment.. We have started a new reward system here where if the boys behave they get to pick a card from the reward box and they earn things such as bubble baths, Stories with Mum and Dad, Getting to choose dinner... etc... and it has been working fairly well..  They still have their moments.. but at least life isn't a misery as it was getting to..

He also hurt his ankle at school on Friday afternoon.. It isn't swollen or bruised that I can see but he is enjoying pushing himself around the house on an office chair..lol.. We will see just how bad it is when we go to a birthday party this afternoon.. If anything is gonna get him walking sitting down at a party all arvo will..lol..

Declan is absolutely loving Prep at the moment.. He is getting so involved and is settled in really well..

He took a couple of Rhino Beetles in to show his classmates and they are now residing in a small tank in class and Mr Carrington has even decided that they can study the life cycle of the Rhino Beetle rather than the butterflies they normally do..lol

We still have 3 at home and Declan and I are going to clean out his tank and set it all up properly with plants etc this weekend.. He has decided now, after 2 years of wanting to be an archiologist that he now wants to be an entomologist.. lol.. Boys and bugs.. Will put a pic of the tank up when it is finished..

Brodie is his usual active self.. I think he kinda likes the fact that he has Mummy to himself now though he does miss his brothers when they are at school.. We haven't been to playgroup much as he is prefering to go to friends place's on a Thursday morning where he get to play with just friends his own age. He can be such a good boy when it is just me and him.. But the devil does emerge after we pick the boys up from school..lol..

Greg as usual is flat out between work, home and study.. He has been going out of town a lot which the boys hate but I keep crossing my fingers that it will settle down! And he has been doing really well at uni so that is good.. he has also been getting a game or two of golf in on the occasional weekend which he is slowly improving..lol.. He is no longer on the lowest handicap you can get!! rofl! 

And me.. well.. I am my usual hectic self.. Slowly working my way through this house decluttering, and organising and the girls have been wonderful in helping me to do my Craft room/study.. Will put some before and after pics up when it is finally done..lol. It is great having Julie and Carien over on a Wed to scrap and chat.. and organise..lol. And I think we have convinced Tanya to join us as well.. I love my little bit of me time with my friends.. keeps me sane. And I have booked my flights down to Brissie for the June long weekend to go to the papercraft show!! woohoo.. get to catch up with my gorgeous Boxx friends and Tori as well.. I can see lots of shopping, chatting and fun coming up.. so looking forward to it!

Next weekend I am also organising a girls night.. We are having a tupperware party then a few drinkies and breaking out the singstar etc..lol.. I soo can't wait.. Adrian and the kids are coming to stay here with Greg and we are having it at Rach's and I am sleeping over.. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends here.. They keep me sane.. kinda..lmao..

Last weekend we went off to Brissie to see ACDC! We dropped the kids of at Mum's and stayed in a motel with Nettie and Gil.. It was a great night.. they still have it!! The boys behaved quite well for Mum which is good as she isn't feeling 100% at the moment. Even Col didn't get grumpy at them.. lmao.. I offered to sell me ticket and stay with the boys but Mum wouldn't let me.. Ain't she lubbly!!

Ok.. think I have caught up on the general news for now..lol.. Sorry for the long post.. but hey .. you used to that by now hey..lmao..

Love to all!!