Men are so bloody frustrating! James hasn't spoken to me since aoubt 9.45 last night when I got home from a mystery host Lorraine Lea Linen party last night - well apart from a goodbye & kiss when he went to work this morning. The story starts yesterday when James got home from work while I was giving the kids tea...James was late....I dished up tea for us & said to the kids "are you going to be good for dad tonight?" and James said "oh, are you going somewhere?" - but he said it like he knew but didn't want me to go. I said "yes I told you everyday for the last week that I'm going to Mandy's mystery host party"....he said "well don't buy anything" and I told him I wasn't going to & he told me I always say that & I always come up with a reason to buy something. Now, the idea of the mystery host party is that you get there & write your name down & put it a bag & after Mandy shows all the stuff she draws a name out of the bag....I won this time! YAY! I ended up with about $130 to spend so I got Oscar's underlay for his big boy bed (when he goes into it) & a doona cover for him for nothing. While I was there Mandy & I got talking about how her son, Lauchie (4), has all of a sudden started getting upset when she turns into the street where his daycare is (he goes to a lady that looks after about 8 kids in her home)...she has spoken to him & to the lady that looks after him & can't work out why. I said I would have him - it's only 2 or 3 days a week & probably only for the next 6-8 weeks anyway. She said that would be fantastic, but was I sure & she would pay me to have him. I said it would be fine & the kids would love having him here. We talked about it a bit more & worked out it would be for about 7 hours a day & she will pay me $20 a day, which I think is good as it will be a little extra cash for us & someone for the boys to play with & they get along really well. So, when I got home last night I told James I won the mystery host & got Oscar's underlay (which was needed) and a doona cover for him (he doesn't have any of his own) for free & James said "but how much did you have to buy to get them for nothing!". I explained I didn't have to pay a cent as I won the mystery host & got 10% of all sales to spend...I am not sure he believes me but he was sort of ok after I explained. The I told him I am going to look after Lauchie a few days a week & he went off! He said what happens if she cancels where he goes now & I can't look after him & I told him I will be fine as he's a good kid & gets along well with the boys. He then said I have enough to do now & I said I will manage fine & it's a little extra cash & he said "fuck all for too much, why do you do these things!" & stopped talking to me! I really don't see what the big problem is, I will still be home with our 2 boys & getting things done while earning a little cash. I am not giving in this time though, I WANT to do this & I am going to do it!

Anyway, sorry for the winge! LOL! Easter was great, we went to Port Macdonald where my mum & stepdad were staying on Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon & had fun. The weather was really windy & cool on Saturday but we got to see some boats go out & have a play on the playground with the boys. Sunday was great & I set up an easter egg hunt for our boys & my 2 cousins & everyone got a bit of choccy. It was nice enough to go out in the boat - well everyone but me anyway because nobody asked if I wanted to go & I guess they just figured that I had to look after the kids but James could go, typical - and once the boat was in the water James & Mick took Jack & my cousin Shakiera for a ride. Jack had never been in a boat before & loved it, James said he wasn't scared at all & stood up & held onto the windscreen & had a ball (he had a life jacket on of course). Just as they were turning back to come in & drop the kids off so they could go drop netting for crays some kelp blocked the breathers on the boat motor & melted a relay - my uncle Mick & his wife Janine were just putting their boat in too so they had to go out & tow them in! When they got back Jack jumped out to me & said "we got stuck out there in the boat mum!", it was so cute & funny the way he said it. We loaded the boat back onto the trailer & James & mum went out in my uncle's boat with them & ended up getting 2 crayfish (which we didn't get to eat any of) and Mick took the boat back to the shack & got the neighbour to look at it to see what was wrong with it & I took the boys & Shakiera to the bakery to get a snack & then to the playground near the beach.

We went back to the shack after that & my Aunty, uncle, nan & pa came for the day & we got fish & chips for lunch then went to the beach so my other uncle & cousin could scuba dive for some abaloni & I had promised the boys I would take them to swim & play. The beaches were covered in kelp from all the wind they had had the past few days but the boys had fun anyway.

As you can see the beaches were not that nice after all the windy weather in the days before but we had a great weekend & came home late Sunday afternoon & grabbed pizza on the way then had a relaxing night.

I hope everyone had a great Easter! XXOO