It's done!!

Yeehah... I just had to say .. The Squiggles Playgroup Website is up and running... woohoo.. and I've nearly managed to get most other things done too.. so hopefully I will get this blog up to date soon!!!

So have a look.. I would love some feedback!

Donna xx

Christmas Eve

OK Back to the update.. It was lovely having everyone here for once on Christmas Eve.. Sarah an Sammy helped the younger cousins to make our Christmas Cookies For Santa. The kids had a ball..

Declan, Sammy, Sarah and Brodie in the kitchen.. Notice how Brodie is holding his shirt tag.. it is his comfort.. He loves the tags on just abut anything.. but if he doesn't want to carry something around he grabs the tag on his shirt.. sticks the thumb in his mouth..and off he goes..lol.. Uncle Shane and Auntie Sue kept teasing him about 'taking himself for a walk'. pmsl. He is such a funny thing.

Declan, Lainey and Brodie are pretty impressed with the Biccies they made..lol..

Connor looks a little dangerous with that rolling pin..lol.. He was really good at helping Claire make biccies though.

Mind you Claire was a little more interested in chewing on the cutters than using them..lol..

We had a wonderful BBQ dinner that night.. And Poppy had brought down some Venison.. Well.. I was game.. I tried it..lol.. unfortunately it hadn't been defrosted properly before cooking so it was as tough as nails..pmsl.. lucky there was other food. Poor Poppy copped some ribbing about that one.. The kids then had a great time running around with sparklers.. Mind you I think Sammy and Sarah enjoyed it more than the littlies..lol.. and Brodie doesn't like sparklers any more.. he grabbed the wrong end.. won't go near them now!.

I thought I would show you the boys new decos for this year.. Every year since they were born I have brought the boys a special deco to put on the tree. Now they are bigger I take them with me to help pick as well.. So it is a very special tradition for me and my boys.

They also made these Christmas trees.. Connor did his at school.. and Brodie and Declan did theirs at Playgroup. So I put their Santa pic in there..

I decided this year as well to get a decoration each for the girls.. as we rarely get to have Christmas with them I thought it would be nice to have a little something for them on our tree every year..

Of course now Blogger is playing up and won't let me upload the pics.. I will have to do it tomorrow.. I am determined to get this finished tonight..

Sarah was lovely enough to make some special Reindeer food for the littlies (Rolled Oats and glitter)and put it into special Reindeer bags. The boys and girls loved it.. Our three put theirs out on the front lawn and Lainey and Claire did the same back at their unit.. All in all a very busy but enjoyable day.

December...

Well here is just some really cute piccies I took before Christmas..

Look who has been watching his big brothers on the sings.. lol..

Greg has always loved playing with the boys on our bed in the morning when he has time.. unfortunately with everything going on.. it hasn't happened as much as we would like lately.. so I had to take some piccies when he did.. He lifts them up and they reckon they are Super.... and then they crash into the bed.. typical boyish rough housing.. and they love to jump all over him!!

Just before Christmas Greg and Poppy took Brodie out in the boat one afternoon to put in some crab pots.. and then took the bigger boys in the morning to check them and go fishing.. well the fishing wasn't so successful but the boys were very impressed with the one legal crab they got to bring home..

Ok.... well my eyes are hanging out of my head and Greg is back at work tomorrow... So I think I will call it a night.. I will try and get the Xmas photos organised to put up tomorrow.. Nite!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Ok Ok I know I am a teeny bit late..lol.. Bit hectic around here.. and the poor blog has been neglected.. I intend to work on it tonight as long as I can keep my eyes open.. lol... and get it all updated..

I have been checking out your blogs too ..but I just haven't had time to leave any comments.. so don't think I have forgotten ya..lol..

Ok I had better get started on the epic Ramblings that is Xmas and New Years..

Hope 2009 is a year of love, joy, Family, friends and good health for you all and your families!!!

XXXXX Donna

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Just a quick note to wish all our family, friends, and all you lovely blog readers.. A very wonderful Christmas. We hope you and all your families keep safe and happy and that Santa is very generous!!! My brothers and their families arrived today and Granny arrives tomorrow night. So we will have a busy one here...

Unfortunately the boys have had a tummy bug for the last couple of days so I am so hoping that they are all better by Christmas and they don't pass it on anyone else!

So hopefully I will be back on here to update not too long after Christmas

Y MERRY CHRISTMAS Y

Sooo tired!

Well remember how I said I was glad the school hols were here...I may just have to rethink that..lol.. I love that I don't have to get up and rush around every morning.. but if these boys don't stop trying to kill each other and driving Poppy and I mad I may just run away..pmsl

Anyway so what have we been up to.. Well Poppy has done a lot of shopping.. in other words he escapes to the shopping centre nearly every day as his patience with the boys is kinda wearing thin..lol.. Mind you I wish I could join him!!

The boys have been playing with friends, trashing the house and generally being themselves..lol.. We went and saw the Christmas lights around Rocky last night. I must say I miss the gorgeous displays of Toowoomba. There are a couple of nice ones here.. and a lovely street.. but nothing compared to what we would go and see in Highfields and Toowoomba.. Oh well the boys enjoy it. And ours are getting bigger each year...lol..

We had a Street Christmas Party last Friday night.. It actually turned out to be a good night.. First time we had most of our neighbours in nearly 2 years. Hopefully it might be the start of me feeling a bit more like I belong here. temporarily..pmsl..

I have finally finished Rachel's Website. For those that don't know Rach is a friend of mine up here who is getting back into her photography after having had the kids.. and so I have spent a 'little' while setting up a website for her. Check it out and let me know what you think.. all suggestions gratefully accepted..lol..

I also think I have finally finished my Christmas cards and shopping.. just got all the wrapping and posting to do now. Have decided though that next year I will be sending most of my cards out by email..looking at the amount of resources I use I think I need to do the environment a favour..lol..

Anyway.. the kids are starting to get narky at each other so I had better go and feed them..

Chat soon..

Finally!

Well I have done it.. I have finally caught p with all the event that have been happening around here.. so thought while I was on a role I would add a bit of extra info for the rellies..

Connor.. Well Connor is very excited to be going into grade 1 next year.. and to be on holidays..lol.. Though I think he will miss school fairly quickly.. He is such a ratbag.. one minute he is polite and helpful the next he is as bad as a moody teenager..lol.. Oh and if looks could kill..lol.. He is also getting very good at delegating.. When his friends are over he take to passing off his jobs to them very quickly.. something we will have to watch..lol..

Declan.. Has only one more week at Daycare and then next year he starts Kindy 3 days a week.. I have ot admit I can't wait.. lol.. does that make me a bad mum..hmm.. He is getting rather annoying stirring the pot then whinging when things don't go his way.. Is that middle child syndrome?? lol.. I am hoping he will come into his own at Kindy next year.. Being around kids his own age.. He is rather small and the big boys have a tendency to pick on him. Which then seems to make him pick on smaller kids..

Brodie.. Also has only one week left at daycare until Jan.. There goes my sanity..lol.. He is talking really well at the moment.. and is as stubborn as a mule.. lol.. Ask him to do something and he will argue with you for over 15 min.. until he has enough and gives in ..lol.. No being his fav word. Generally if he doesn't do as he is told I put him into his room until he does.. When you ask him if he is ready he will answer no.. sooo many times.. and I have then had him say yes.. Walk out of his room, look at me and say no!. Back in he goes..lol. If it wasn't so damn frustrating it would be cute..lol..

They are all getting so tall.. except Declan lol.. I'm afraid he has really inherited my genes..lol.. Brodie is nearly as big as he is..

They love having all their friends over and Brodie has got Declan's fascination for frogs.. Whenever he sees one he has to say 'Hello Fwog". It is amazing how much his vocabulary has improved recently.

As I said before Greg has been flat out.. and I must say so have I.. We have our last week at Playgroup this week. then I get 3 weeks to recompose myself ready for next year. I have also been organising the Secret Santa on the Boxx, with 47 people.. and trying to keep up with the hundred other things I have on the go at the moment..

My friend Rachel has started her own photography business.. so I am setting up a website for her.. lol.. Now that has been fun.. I have no clue what I am doing..but I am getting there.. I must admit it has been fun figuring it all out.. I will put up a link when I get it all finished.. hopefully soon..

We will be staying home this Christmas, all my family will be coming here.. Dad has already started overflowing my house with food..

It will be fantastic. Mum is even coming up.. It will be the first time in prob 20 odd years that Mum, Dad and all three of us kids will be together for Xmas.. And the first time all the grandkids will be together.. I can't wait..

Ok.. well it is late.. and still got heaps to do.. Chat soon!