Because Mama Said!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

For Rose & Jean

Here's Ammon on his balance bike. Speedy!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Chicken Pox

Here's some pics of the kids welcoming Daddy home from his weekend in Adelaide. They were SO happy to see him. Plus some from chipmunks with the Bells/Prattley's.

We've had a chicken pox invasion of late. My poor Caleb has it bad. Especially on his head and groin and even has some in his mouth and on his eyeball! He's still fairly happy though. Ammon has it pretty mildly.

And here is one of Caleb. I had left him in his highchair having dinner while I went to start his bath. Leah and Ammon's noodles were cooling on the table. When I came back this is what I found. . . .

Monday, July 11, 2011

Australia

My weekend went TOO fast!

Friday I flew to Sydney for our company awards night. Normally this is a stand-around-eat-hardly-anything type affair, but this year we had a masquerade ball with 3 course sit down dinner and entertainment. I had a great night.

Saturday morning Regan and I flew to his place in Brisbane for me to spend two days with my nieces. I have 3 GORGEOUS nieces living over there. We had a beautiful BBQ lunch provided by Danielle (I love your cooking Dan!) with all the family, lots of fun play time, a visit to Ikea, lots of Aunty cuddles and a strong urge to live closer to them. I loved watching Regan and Dan with their girls, they are so fun and so.... present. What great parents you are. :)

Andre's new place is lovely and the outside space is going to be so great in Summer. I'm jealous of your pool. Enjoy having Mum and Dad to give you breaks this week - isn't it handy?

All too soon my time was up. I could easily have stayed another couple of days. I had the opportunity too but didn't think my family would survive till then .

The only downside of my weekend was my flights. I was originally supposed to fly Hamilton-Auckland-Sydney-Brisbane-Hamilton. Instead it went Car-Auckland-Sydney-Brisbane-Auckland-Bus. Got home 2 hours after I was supposed to. I think the lesson I learned here was just fly from Auckland. Both Hamilton flights had to be cancelled due to technical problems with the planes. What a kafuffle!

But I'm home and my kids are happy. My husband is VERY happy to not be a solo Dad anymore.

I went this morning to watch Emerson get her Basketball certificate during assembly for winning their division final, tried to visit Nana but she wasn't home, then took the boys swimming. It was Ammon's final swim for the term and he even did all his water safety in the cold pool today. He was great! Of course Caleb didn't want to wait to swim in the warm pool, so kept dunking himself in the cold pool too. Eventually got purple lips and we had to leave Ammon to warm him up. He was fast asleep half way home in the car. I'd love to have a sleep right now but Ammon is wide awake. Oh well. Early night tonight I guess.

Will put up photo's when I get some from Regan and Dad.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

July 2011

Well it's a busy month ahead.

Nate is off to Adelaide tomorrow till Monday 4th to visit Renee and her new baby daughter Ava and to be there for her blessing. On Friday 8th I go to Sydney and Brisbane till the 10th. School Holidays start on the 15th, then on the 22nd Nate has to work in Wellington for the weekend and then I'm off on a girls weekend from the 29th-31st to go to Time Out For Women.

Mum and Dad are in Brisbane for two weeks and Nate's Mum is in Adelaide for a few weeks during all that too. There is going to be a fair amount of solo parenting coming up!

I think we might run away to Auckland this weekend and visit the Bells if my kids are feeling healthy enough, otherwise we'll take up the option of a day off school and do it.

We discovered Caleb's 9th tooth yesterday - a molar. No wonder he's having trouble sleeping. Ammon hasn't been sleeping well either. Leah wouldn't go to bed tonight till Daddy did. She is really upset that he is going away. It's fine for her to go away but not her Dad. It's like he is her constant, she knows where he is and it really throws her when she can't picture him at home. She was the same when he went to Queenstown. I'll try to distract her with a campout in the lounge one night and taking turns with Em & Am to sleep with me in our bed.

Ok - can hear Ammon's coughing. Time to go attack him with the Baby Balsam (junior vicks) so we can all get some sleep. ;P

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

help

Does anyone in my family have a photo of Emmy's cake from the birthday we had at Dolphinz Swim School? It was at a pool at the back of a house and we had it all to ourselves. The cake was a blue number 5 I think.