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  • Grateful for hot dates

    Grateful for hot dates

    baby smiling in high chairThis week I’m grateful for:

    • Going out for coffee with The Bloke in The Shed… without children. Embarrassingly, it’s the first time we’ve done this in 11 months. How did that happen? It meant I drank a whole chai latte… hot! Every two minutes, we’d forget we were alone, resulting in a quick swivelling of the head and gasps of: “Oh gawd, we’ve lost the kids.’’
    • Another hot date on the beauty front. After last week’s rendezvous with the beautician, tomorrow I’ve somehow wrangled a date with the hairdresser. Feeling like a Kate Middleton-style princess at the moment. Please don’t hate me. If only I’d thought to run the review and giveaway of Garnier’s new beauty phenomenon, BB Cream – complete with photos of my ugly mug – AFTER the appointment. This is probably why I’ve refused to show the vlog of me putting the cream on.
    • Princess Ella teaching me good manners. She’s still oblivious to the world of swearing (thank ^&#*$), but if I say: “oh, stupid computer’’, she responds with: “we don’t say stupid, Mum’’. Or “I hate the skin on this mandarin,’’ she comes back with: “We don’t hate things, Mum’’. Sheesh.

    I’m joining with  Maxabella Loves’ Grateful For over at the LionessLady‘s blog.

  • Grateful for funny finds

    Grateful for funny finds

    girl laughing
    It's hilarious. Trust me!

    This week I’m grateful for:

    • Cleaning out the desktop folder and finding this half written blog post – Ella: “Is it tomorrow today?’’ Me: “No, it’s tomorrow tomorrow. It’s today today. But when tomorrow comes, it’ll be today again.’’ Long silence… Then: “oh’’.
    • And another: After cooking one piece of toast too many for Princess Ella, The Bloke in The Shed offers the other to me, knowing I’m always hungry (breastfeeding is sucking me dry!). He asks what I’d like on it. ‘’Marmalade jam, please,’’ I say. He heads to the fridge and a few seconds later I hear: “Is that the same as apricot conserve?’’ Me: ‘’Ah, no. That would be apricot.’’ He raises his eyebrows. Then the penny drops. “Yeah, right.’’ And who’s got baby brain?
    • Lastly, on a serious note, tomorrow I have a super hot date with a beautician and some facial, pedicure and manicure tools. That’s right, no children. I can’t even begin to imagine what that will be like. So, my only question is: “is it tomorrow today?’’ If not, HURRY UP TOMORROW! (PS. I’m using a voucher I got for Mother’s Day – yes, Mother’s Day – that had already gone past its expiry date. Thankfully the fabulous salon owner is happy to accept my voucher anyway!).

    I’m joining with  Maxabella Loves ‘ grateful for, which is this week being hosted by the lovely Brenda from Mira Narnie.


  • Grateful for a good moon

    Grateful for a good moon

    girl looking through circle

    This week I’m grateful for:

    • Grabbing your attention with a cheeky (pardon the pun) headline. OK, it’s more than just that. This week, on the way home from childcare, Princess Ella came out with: “look Mum, the moon is following us. I think it might be coming home with us’’. We then turned a corner. “Oh dear, I think the moon has gone to someone else’s house now.’’ I shared this on Twitter and was inundated with tweets from people who admitted to thinking the same when they were a child. I’m grateful she’s pretty normal for thinking like this. Otherwise, there are a lot of crazy people out there.
    • The judges of the Mentally Sexy Dad competition selecting my hubby to be honoured in the top 5 last Sunday and interviewing him this week. I know I’ve already mentioned it, but it really is an honour. Mostly because everyone has had the chance to learn what we already knew about him. He’s a wonderful dad and fabulous husband. Don’t know how I scored that one. Must have been those sexy legs of mine. *looks down at legs* Hmm, where did they go?
    • Live puppet shows. I took the girls shopping today and stumbled upon the brilliant David Hamilton Puppet Show in the mall. Ella hasn’t yet learnt there’s a reason you don’t sit in the front row. The dog puppet stole her sunglasses (temporarily), after which she refused to take them off her face. Although, she hasn’t stopped talking about how much she loved it.

    I’m joining with  Maxabella Loves’ Grateful For, which is being hosted by Kimmie at ‘a day in the life of us’ .

  • Grateful for dads

    Grateful for dads

    Dad and daughter
    The Bloke in The Shed and Princess Ella sharing a milkshake

    This week I’m grateful for:

    • My husband. Despite being under a lot of pressure at work, he took a day off this week when Baby Holly and I were particularly unwell to wipe our noses and bums. Well, Holly’s bum, not mine. We love him very much. Happy Father’s Day for Sunday, darling!
    • Being able to document Princess Ella’s first year in The Advocate Newspaper and now having documented Baby Holly’s first year here on the blog. Sadly, in exactly one month and one day, she will no longer be my “Baby’’ Holly. My li’l girl is all grown up.
    • Princess Ella’s leap in her drawing skills. Yesterday I was told: “you and Dad have oval faces and Holly and I have circle faces’’. Her attention to detail in her drawing now blows me away. As long as my nose doesn’t get any longer.

    I’m joining with  Maxabella Loves to share what I’m grateful for.

     

  • I’m grateful for arachnophobes

    I’m grateful for arachnophobes

    two sisters cuddling
    Princess Ella and Baby Holly cuddling

    This week I’m grateful for:

    • My arachnophobe husband taking care of the particularly large spider in the bathroom this week, even if it did mean there were lots of jazz hands and Tassie two-step moves from him in the process.
    • One little girl getting the giggles in the bath tonight and setting off the other one. Which, of course, then led to me getting the giggles. I love our little two-child family.
    • It’s lovely when grandparents buy the girls raffle tickets, even if the first prize is a defensive driving course and second prize a trailer load of wood.

    I’m joining with  Maxabella Loves to share what I’m grateful for.


  • Lesson for Blokes No. 2: Oh No! It’s in the genes!

    Lesson for Blokes No. 2: Oh No! It’s in the genes!

    sleep
    Ella as she was dressed at the beginning of the night.

    LET’S put it bluntly. Princess Kel, like many other wives out there I’d suggest, has a problem making decisions.

    However, it’s an affliction which only seems to affect her under certain conditions. For example, say if Kel was the President of the USA and the world was on the brink of global warfare, she’d know what to do in an instant:  She’d assess the situation, look at the button marked “NUCLEAR’’ and make the right call.

    Yet, put Kel in a fashion clothing store and ask her to go wild, she’d go through the entire store three times and still be unsure of what to do (seriously, I have spent an entire day shopping with her to see Kel buy just one item). The other day, normally a perfectly rational person, I saw her completely stress out over what to wear for a picture and change her top on several occasions.

    Well, it appears it runs in the family and, as a bloke in a family with three girls, I fear the path that lies ahead. Princess Ella has gotten into the habit of getting out of a bed  early in the evening, deciding her pyjamas are not appropriate attire and donning something from her “dress ups’’ box.

    Last night I got to tuck Ella in and here she is sound asleep wearing pink tights and her ballet dress. I tuck my tiny dancer under the covers. At 4.30am I hear a scream from Ella’s room: “Dddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddd’’. I run to her, only to be faced with a teary ballerina saying: “I can’t sleep without my pyjamas on’’.

    Despite my pleas and having woken the whole household, Princess Ella does not settle till she changes completely BACK into her PJs. God help me. Like mother, like daughter.

    Do you struggle with decision making?