We enrolled Mia into swimming lessons this past term as a replacement of the disasterous ballet class.  It was better timed with classes being after school on a Thursday at our local swimming pool (same one I train at which is very handy).

She is coming up to her last week of the term and I cannot believe how much she has learned.  She has always loved the water and has never been afraid to jump in with her floaties on or using the boogie board at the beach but now she can almost swim with no floaties.

So it was a proud mother who received the information for next terms enrolment which notified us that she has graduated to the next level of swim class.

This past weekend has seen my birthday come and go - A big 32 years of age.  Hard to believe that time has passed so quickly.  It has been a difficult change of age - one without my mum - and a dad who is somewhat distracted with new interests.

However myself and 7 friends took off to Dunsborough (3hrs south of Perth) for a long weekend.  We stayed in an amazing house 10min walk from the Centre of town.  Now when I say amazing that is probably an understatement.  It used to be a Bed and Breakfast if that can give you an idea of the size of this place.  4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, multiple wood fires and plenty of space.

Highly recommend if you are in the area.  Check out www.capeexec.com.au and search for Dunsborough Vista Lodge.

On the Saturday we went out for lunch to Flutes Restaurant which is attached to one of the better winerys in the Margaret River Region.  The food was amazing and the service was excellent.

Alcohol free flowing for the afternoon and well into the evening where we entertained ourselves with the Nintendo Wii I received as a gift, pool and dancing.  Amazing how 8 people can keep themselves entertained for 12 hours.

Sunday was a little more subdued with some shopping and afternoon naps but I gotta say it was an awesome weekend and one I wont forget anytime soon.

Mother's Day was always going to be difficult in our family, it is the first mother's day without my mum (passed away Oct 3rd).

Originally I wanted to to forget that mother's day existed and lets face it Mia is too young to realise it is mother's day by herself.

Luckily my ex husband thought mother's day was more important than that and talked to Mia about it and took her shopping to buy me a gift.  Of course then that was all Mia could talk about, so I had to come up with an idea of something we could do together.

With all the exercise I do Mia always wants to come running with me and of course I always say no it is too far, so I was very excited to see an ad for a mother's day event at Lake Monger.

3.5km around the lake (walk or run) so I registered us and bought Mia some very fast running shoes.  She was very excited and counted down the sleeps.

Its wasn't the greatest of weather - a little rain followed by humid heat but it was a great morning.  Coffee was available for the mums who got up early and there were plenty of people participating.

the idea behind the event was to raise money for breast cancer reasearch, something very close to my families heart.

I am very happy that we celebrated the day and the event was so well run I think we will do the same thing again next year.

Oh and the present she chose was fabulous - a beautiful new tea pot for all the tea I drink - I don't really drink tea :)

Hard to believe it has been a month since my last blog.  So much as happened but no time to report now.  Will post over the coming days including some cute pics.