Well the school holidays are over and I must say I do enjoy that time as there is not so much of a schedule of having to get everything done by a certain time in the morning. I can just leave the boys in bed in the morning and get off to work with no stress. I had one week of the holidays without them though when they were at their dads and the house was very quiet and at times scary. I went over James for one of those nights. I miss company when the boys aren't here.

I have got heaps of great things out of this site. I am just on here after finishing shining my sink. Yes I discovered the flylady and got rid of a bit of clutter in the kitchen too. I cannot believe I can see that bench that is generally full of clutter. All found a home or went in the bin. Amazing. I also found an old friend who I had lost contact with long ago so that was fun to catch up. Its a small world.

Last Sunday when we had the kids we took them all to the movies to see Stomp the Yard. They are all getting into that dancing now. It must be the new fad as their skateboards are starting to gather dust under the stairs. That was last years craze. Mum needs to get with the times.

Kiza and Nik are playing basketball on the same team. Their team won this week so they were feeling quite proud of themselves. I was just glad to see them co-operating and getting on so well. Kieron is giving up school to start a brick laying apprentiship. It is probably the best thing for him to do though. I am going to support him there. Red rooster did offer to take him on full time but in the long term the apprentiship has to be the best option. He has to give up his job to go to this school first though.

In the last couple of weeks I have been going on e-bay and getting a few bargains. Now that I have worked out how to pay for my stuff etc. I am getting very exciting about getting these things in the mail. It will be like a present. Cant wait.

Wow what a great weekend. Needed that break. James and I had a kid free night on Friday and went out to the casino. I even came out $60 up but that was very lucky. I had 4 $2.50 bets on number 8 and it actually came up. We spent the rest of the night watching the band and dancing. Couldn't do any drinking as I was the driver but that is probably a good thing as it doesn't take much for me to be sick the next day.
We went to my mums for the night on Saturday and took the cards. My brother and my uncle and my mum and me and the kids all played blackjack and poker til midnight. My brother brought out the matches about half way through so we all put on bets. The kids had such a great time they were playing it themselves after breaky. Mum brought out way too much chocolate after that for the kids to take home.
We went home on Sunday then made sure all was cleaned and packed away before I would allow anything to go on. Kieron and Mark decided to play monopoly with me then after dinner. Couldn't drag Nik from the  computer though. So it was another midnight bedtime. I had to stop the game as it goes forever as we all know.
Then last night Kieron had to work so I drove him all the way there. Mark wants to stay on for a couple more days so am leaving them in bed and it is off to work for me again today. Better go. Hope all had a great easter.

I finally got the chance to look around the site yesterday to see how everything worked. I actually joined a group where you have to connect with your children 3 times a day. I love the idea!
At work as an in-home carer with my little twins I find I have so much more quality time with them as I dedicate my attention to them with little distractions (plus I have a plan and routine in place). I would like to have the same at home.
I had the whole day off yesterday but NO BOYS in sight. They went off with their mates so as I have an inspection next week I spent it spring cleaning so today I dont want anybody leaving as I would like some family time this weekend.
We have to have a games night. For christmas my son got the new monopoly with credit cards which he really wanted and I played it once with him and it was good fun. Tonight I want to get all 3 boys involved as Mark is arriving this afternoon and spending easter with us. We are going to my mums for a family bar-b tomorrow night which will be good too.
In daylight savings I could get my son to come walking after dinner if we took the basketball and went to the courts to have a game too. Otherwise he will look at me if I ask him to come as if I've gone mad. Why? He asks. He also likes to go to the pool but when it cools down I will be needing to find new things to do with him.
Everything cost money and when I was having my 2 boys only every second weekend I would actually go and do things with them like bowling or pot black or playgyms or adventure world etc. Once they start taking it for granted though and you feel they expect it, it does get you down so I think just the little things that don't cost a whole lot are great.
Getting a 14 year old and a 16 year old to spend any time with me though would be great. The last week if they haven't been working or hanging out with their mates or sitting on computer games I have been grizzling for them to help clean up for the inspection. There isn't enough hours in the day and it would be great to have a hand. I even have to hound my 14 year old to get out of bed in the morning so the holidays will be a releif. At least I can just leave him in bed in the morning and get to work with less stress. And no more angry teachers. I need to contact the school and see if there are alternative courses for him. I have heard there are traineeships for children at risk. He has a bad attitude to school. He may not even be accepted there but something has to change. He has really put me through a lot this last 12 months.