I'm an Auntie again!  This morning my brother and his wife had a girl, Isobella, 7lb 4oz

Cool!!

Emmie pointed out that i haven't blogged in a while and now i realise it has nearly been a month....oops, well here it is!

Last week , as some know, i met Arna when she came to Brisvegas for her scan.  I couldn't let a Minti Mum rattle around Brisbane for hours by herself so I picked her up from the station and we went to Spotlight so we could get some 'supplies'.  That worked out good  because i was able to get some fabric to re-cover the highchair.  It's not that old but not long after i got it it ripped, yeah i should have taken it back but i didn't.....i thought something from Toys R Us would have been better quality.  Anyhoo....after that we had some lunch at the park and then i dropped her off at the hospital for her appointment.  She is really nice and it was really lovely to meet her and get to know her a bit better.

After the rellies went back to their corner of the globe we went away, over a long weekend, to the Gold Coast.  I must admit we had a shit time, and things have been a bit tense since then.  The kids are driving me nuts and i'm sick of routine....you know we all have it, no matter how many times you pick up or do dishes, laundry etc there is another pile waiting for you the next day.

Kaelan is a real handful right now, climbing on EVERYTHING and getting into EVERYTHING.  I'm forever running trying to get him down from a table or chair, or to stop him heading off down the stairs or going into the bathroom - he chucks things (my hairdryer) down the toilet!  Tahnae decided to 'help' him down the stairs yesterday, of course i'm telling him not too and he let him go.  Yes, he fell to the bottom, 8 stairs - he was OK and didn't cry for long, so very lucky! 

 Tahnae is also a handful, terrible threes or something.  I don't know but i'm over it!

Kaelan is still rather small and when we were away was pooing about six times a day, and i got worried about it but now it has gone back to two to three times per day.  He seems to be starting to fit into his size one clothes (he's nearly 15 months) so i think he is growing , albeit slowly but it is happening!  We'll see what the Dr says at the end of the month about his weight.

Zane is still not enjoying his teacher and she seems like she just does what she wants.  I talk to her about an issue and she's all agreeable but from what Zane relays back to me it sounds like a different story.  Anyway she's gone for three months at the end of this week - hallelujah! - for an operation....maybe she wont come back.  Every one says her teaching abilities are great but i feel it takes a bit more as well, she just seems so rude to the kids!  Last week Zane told me she said to him the new teacher is 'on to him' - wtf?  I was over it, so i went to the Deputy Principal and on Monday i got to meet the new teacher, who is LOVELY!  She is a retired teacher and Principal and just fills in now and then.  I'm so hoping that Zane starts to do a bit better at school with her encouragement and support.

It is so upseting when Z comes home and says he's always last for things in class or doesn't get stickers......i know better than anyone that he's not the most academic kid but aren't the ones who struggle suppose to be the ones who need the most encouragement?  Even for the little things, it just doesn't happen.

Well, that was such a cheery wee blog, now you know why i haven't for a while...lol.....

Seems we can upload pics now so here are a few of the boys when they went with their cousins to the Koala sanctuary....

The last week has been a blur really, the weeks seem to go particularly fast but I'm sure you all feel like that, right? 

Zane had a music camp this week, he is learning the Cello, so we rock up to a school which is about 20 min drive from us on Wednesday and find out it has been changed to a one day camp from a two day camp.  Oh, but someone forgot to tell me that a note was sent home and was left in a pocket and is probably very clean but unreadable right now, let alone AWOL!!  To top it off i accidentally shut poor Tahnae's fingers in the car door and had him screaming and crying.  It was rather horrid but no damage done, just a scrap knuckle...Phew!

So he arrived 1/2 hour late to school and missed out on Free Dress Day, and god knows what else because we only prepared for the music camp....lol....i had very little sympathy for him that day!  The camp was on today and it seems it was a success and he enjoyed it - thank goodness for small mercies!!

School holidays next week and it should be a busy one as i have family coming from all corners of the globe.  My sister and her crew from Japan and my Dad and Niece from NZ.  Excitement plus!  Families seem to have too many personalities in them but i'm hoping the boys get to hang out with their cousins.

Some of you know David jacked his job in a couple of weeks ago - well he has started a new one this week.  Doing the same thing but has some training in a different software so he seems pleased with that.

We have started to tidy up underneath our house putting up a retaining wall and garden. I've been getting into ebay to try and clear out some junk and get ready to sell our house.  The auction for the house i mentioned last time is on Saturday so i'm hoping to get along to it.  We wont be bidding but i'm keen to see what it reaches to see if what i want in a home is pie in the sky or not..... and as they say tha's all Folks.....