Well another busy two weeks gone by soooo fast!! Things will start to settle down around here and we can enjoy our christmas festivities together..Beau has had his yr6 farewell and graduation ceremonies, i was so proud yet a little sad that he is growing up so fast, he will head off to highschool next year which still seems a little surreal...
Beau received a end of year award for Outstanding Creative Ability and Tanieka one for Academic Excellence both were super excited as only 5 from each class got an award..
Shinaai has shone beautifully again this year and recieved multiple awards including 1st place in English out of the whole of year 8!! Geez she is a super sensible kid and sets goals to which she gives herself 12 months to achieve..The top 10 from each year go to the University for a special Ceremony in reconigtion of their outstanding work she has achieved this again this year and now has set her goal for the trifecta next year! Little Dallas has completed Kindy and cant wait to go to yr 1 and do real school work like his older siblings..lol..(his words not mine)
An overall very rewarding year academically!

Now things have settled im hoping to spend a little more time here on minti and catching up with some of my new friends
catch ya all soon

         
Shinaai and Dallas at Pelican Lake for Xmas Party... Shinaai loves getting her little Bro excited for Christmas...

Ok dont quite no where to start but boy do i need to vent! Last weekend it started with a Parents nite at my kids youth ( Youth Street) my daughter has a different biological father and it was the first time he has attended any thing she has done, although i was happy for her, secretly i just wanted to poke his eyes out..lol... ok a little dramatic but hey just how i was feeling at the time, she is so precious and i am in a way a little jealous,and annoyed that he can decide to play supportive dad after 14 years! But i pushed my own emotions down deep and soldiered on after all the night was about her not him!
Sunday we headed out to a xmas party at the lake (Pelican) it was freezing, no swimmimg just hanging about waiting for santa to come and get out of there though the kids had a blast, left there raced home to get ready for a wedding we had been invited to from a couple from the youth group my kids attend, very very beautiful event though felt a little out of place as all the guest were christians (nothing wrong with that) and we just seemed a little odd ...
Then back to work for the week, get friday off , go up to the kids school to sort out a bullying issue with my kindy kid (getting picked on by a year 5 kid!!) then my older sons teacher asks to see me and hands me a letter that she was about to send home, mr 12 has an attitude!!!! arrrgghh i see red, nearly blew a head gasket, what is he thinking???? settle down enough to talk to him in the arvo, realise is not as bad as first thought but still not acceptable...
Final event of the week and head off to Taniekas dance presentation and disco great nite till the end, she got her trophy and boogied the nite away get home and hubby decides he is going to have a meltdown!!! grrrrrrrr who knows what it was all about but couldnt be bothered with the crap last nite so just went to bed...heehee ....Today though we will be sitting down when the kids are out to figure out what? is goin on in his head....

Well enough of my ramblings but i really do feel better for it..

                      

Dallas loves this little lady beetle at the Story Book Garden in  the Hunter Valley Gardens...My kids love visiting there!

My first day off this week, and boy am i loving it! not that ive done anything overly interesting but just to be home is great..I got to be here to help the kids get ready for school and even though i am home every friday it just seems to come around slowly...My older ones dont need much assistance which has freaked me out a little bit and even dallas (6) wants to be independant and make his own lunch and do his own hair!! Makes me a little sad but at the same time proud that they are growing up...I picked up an extra shift tomorrw at work so wont be home for the best part of the day but on sunday we have a xmas party to go to out the lake which we will have an awesome time for sure but we have to cut the arvo short to be back home and ready for a wedding at 4pm...mmmmm...gonna be rushed but i figure i organise everything before hand we'll be right ( good theory anyways) well im off to mop the floors before they all get home..

Ever wanted a day where ya didnt do much at all? Well today i did just that! The Boys and Darrin went off on their motorbikes for a day out riding and there was only Tanieka and i left home alone (Shinaai was away for the weekend)...after quickly doing a suface clean through the house we spent an hour just chatting then cooked some brownies, i spent a far bit of the day on and off trawling through minti and before i now it the day is over!!! Nothing of any real value done but now i feel so relaxed and ready to go back to work tomorrow...I dont often get a day like this and really enjoyed doing nothin!

Well my first day off work for the weekend and theres no rest for the wicked!
All the kids activities had my day planned from start to finish and im finally home for some down time of my own ..
To start the day we had to head of to our primary school the younger three attend for ther annual fete, they were all sooo excited! Tanieka had to perform some dances as she is in the dance team and then Dallas sang some cute little kindy songs with his class, they were both awesome and i just so happy to be there and film there every move! Then off to spend some money and buy toffees ...yummy!
After the fete we dashed home for 30 minutes then back on the road to take Beau and Shinaai to their youth group were they were preparing a "CD Release Party" for the afternoon that we were attending later in th day, Shinaai plays Bass guitar and Beau plays Electric guitar in the Youth Band and had recorded  their song with the rest of the band and put on a CD for parents and friends to buy..While waiting the extra 2 hours befor their party we caught up with close friends i havnt seen for the last few weeks, then back off to the Party! And how awesome it was, the band played for us, had a signing table and meet and greet ..haha, it was sooo cool and gave the kids such a boost to know we were making such a big fuss of them..
I get so excited with all the things the kids do and today made me so proud with all of them having something on all in the on day...