The cat was sound asleep!! Come on cat, wake up and GET IT!!!! Did she?? No way! I was not impressed!!! I kept nudging her until she did finally wake up and move but by then it was to late, the mouse had ran off. I wasn't going to look for it LOL  At least not at 4 in the morning!!!

Ok, so its off the get a mouse trap!!! Fingers, toes, legs, arms and eyes crossed it works!!!!!!! First time!!!!!!!

I'm getting paranoid as I walk around LOL Where's that cat??? 

Any tips on getting rid of the thing would be welcome!

Finally I can have a pic of the five of them!!! Been a long time coming!!

Of course I'll take heaps of pics and let you all know how it went!

But the thing is, SHE'S COMING!!!! LOL *doing happy dance*

Can you tell I'm excited??? hahahahaha

PS:  She'd cringe if she saw this! hehehehehehehe

Keiraleah said her first sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were looking for her drinking cup and she said................

*drum roll please* hehehehehehe

"Is it in there?"

I turned, I looked and I must of had the biggest grin!!!!!!!!!!!

She was pointing to the kitchen cupboard!!!!!

Proud mummy moment or what!!!!!!!!

Ok, just had to share that! hehehe I was soooo pleased!!!!!!!!!

And now some news..... Looks like I'm going to Perth!!!  OMG!!!!

(alishas-mummy )    Thuy has asked me to be a bridesmaid for her wedding!!!!! I am very honored to be asked!!!! I'm sooo excited!!!! So it means I need to get organized big time!!

My friend of 35 years also lives in W.A, so I'm going to visit her while I have the chance. She doesn't know yet, won't she be surprised!!! hehehe  

Hey Lynette, I can feel a minti meet coming on!!! YAY!!

Thinking of you Dannii. Come on Ashton!!!   You too Arna, not long now!!   Only six weeks Bel!!

Is it just me or is there a minti baby boom going on!!!!!! 

A bit early to wish you all a good weekend but anyhoo, have a good one! LOL

We were worried coz the rash spread so fast. Isn't it amazing how hard the heart pumps sometimes? 

Luckily Mum and Dad watched the other kids and off we went....

More luck, as we didn't have to wait at all and we were seen straight away.

No temperature, so that was good. 

The doctor said it was a viral rash and that he'd be fine. Just keep a close eye on him. 

He smiled through the whole thing, even flirted with the nurse LOL 

So now we are home, fed babies and had dinner ourselves. The three little ones are sleeping.  

The hospital are going to ring tomorrow and book an appointment for him this week. Just to make sure all is good. 

So that was my eventful day! 

Phew, I can feel a cuppa coming on!!!!! 

Btw, been meaning to say for ages....... thanks to everyone for the compliments. 

I get a massive kick outa them!!!!

Love to all and have a fantastic weekend!!!!!!!!

Her name is Karen and she was lovely. She has 8 kids of her own, so yes, very experienced LOL Some are foster kids. What a champ!!

 It was fantastic to get to do housework in peace! Ususally I'd have Keiraleah coming and messing things up behind me. Not yesterday!  While I vacumned, Keiraleah was happy to sit and read books. She really took to Karen, normally she can be very shy. A good sign! I can't believe I actually enjoyed housework.  The place was clean and tidy for a whole day hahahahahahaha 

After that, while I got to have a cuppa( in peace again!!!!!) Karen bathed the babies. I felt TOTALLY spoilt!!!! 

I'm really looking forward to next week LOL I just need to plan what I can do with out kids and babies taking up all my time. Hmmmm, maybe the giant junk pile of a garage can be started. I'm supposed to be turning it into a play room for the kids! 

Also, Sami has been given a school scholarship!!! It's not a huge amount of money, but it will go a long way towards helping with uniform etc.  I'm feeling very grateful right now!!!!!!

I haven't been on minti much the last week or so. I'm missing everyone like mad! Its just that I'm really very BUSY!! LOL LOL  It seems like there's never enough hours in the day!!  I'm trying to log in a least once a day to say HI !

PS: 3 kids under 2 is not great planning LOL Not if you want to do anything bedsides feed them! Thank God Sami is still helping out. What am I doing to do when she starts school?????!!!!!!

We must of timed things right, we got the last cubby! We also got a trampoline and 4 games. Monopoly, Ker plunk, beetles and a ducky game that is driving us nuts LOL. the ducks go around quaking and you collect the same shapes. Well Keiraleah loves it of course! Quack quack quack quack quack on and on it goes.

The backyard is trasformed with the trampoline and cubbyhouse. Had a big laugh at the look on Keiraleah's face going down the slide for the first time!

So of course, here are some pics!

Keiraleah loves to take her handbag when we go out LOL

Now we don't have to jump on the lounge hehehe

The cubby should get a big workout when the twins are older too!

So that was our weekend, bouncing and playing games. I won monopoly, much to Sami's disgust hahaha.

Hope everyone had a good one too and hope you all have a great week!!!!

We watch it on foxtel and have now discovered the web site. So now we can use this as well. You can print, sing and watch videos and play games. Pretty cool site!

Its put as all in a good mood. Sami , keiraleah and even me have been dancing around. Even Jamie got a dance as well hehehe Maybe Jackie can too when she wakes up.

Check out the web site, your little ones might like it too!

http://www.doodlebops.com/

Trying to think outside the square, I saw her logged on to Myspace so I quickly set up an account and sent a friend request LOL Soon as she added me I sent a message. hehe

The best news was she has got a job YAY. I had been hoping she would get one for ages. Its not easy at 16 with no experience. She works in a cafe doing the coffees etc. This job was a long time coming!!

I am so PROUD of her !!!!!!

Now all we have to do is organise a visit! I was really starting to miss her badly! I'm so very happy right now!!!

Here are a few new pics. I really can't believe Annabelle will be 17 in august. It does my head in!!! LOL

64,000 site hits on google!

Sami. She is becoming quite the young lady. Turning into a teen right before my very eyes. Every day is a step closer to the dreaded teen years. Talk about attitude! Not all bad, but really, I know what's coming! Help! LOL She still helps with the little ones, so that's a blessing.

Keiraleah. hehehe What doesn't she do! A mile a minute right now, into everything that isn't nailed down. She's talking all the time too. haha I should say 2, 'cause that's the favourite word. Lets see' some of what she says is - wait, there, chair, cat, TV, babies, them, blue and more(the word that is lol). Yep, I'm loving it! Her favourite thing is counting. How good is that!

The twins. Now I've been trying to remind myself not to keep calling them that LOL. So I'll rephrase that. James and Jacquelyn. They are growing, growing, growing! I swear they get bigger by the day. Eating and sleeping like little dream babies, I couldn't ask for better. They have their restless days but I call that a growth spurt LOL Trying to get photos of them with their eyes open but of course every time they keep shutting them!! Not into modelling

Me, well I've been able to get a decent amount of sleep. Mainly as Shane is still here and hasn't gone back to work full time yet. He will be soon though. That's going to put me in the deep end!! Oh, but I keep forgeting. I'm getting a volunteer for one day a week for a few hours. How incredibly lucky is that!!!! An absolute God-send thats for sure!! The lucks going pretty good right now, got my very first car last week!! I was so excited!!! Now all I have to do is learn to drive it LOL  LOL.

Here's some recent clan photos. hehehe

As you can see, Jacquelyn is interested in her hands and James likes to sit back and relax LOL. I think they are going to be spoilt by their big sisters!!

Love to all, and a special howdy hello to Marg. Thanks for asking after the kids.

Think parenting.  Think what people look up to.

The C is obvious really.

And this one LOL

First clue- no cats

Second clue- maybe its coz im a bit older.

Here is a list: bottle, bowl, chair, door, star, whats that?, baby. There's a few more but I can't think of them at the moment! Oh thats right, she counts! 1,2, 4,5,6 hahaha don't know what happened to 3!

Not just that either, She's begining to understand the wee/poo thing. The nappies keep being pulled off! Bit of a worry but it's great to know the potty is on its way YAYYYY. Only two in nappies then!!! Won't that be GREAT!!!

My older girl will soon be 12! Yikes, where did the years go?!! Growing into a horrid teen all to soon. I looked at her this afternoon and realised she's nearly as tall LOL. Does that make me feel short or what!!!!!

Oh and the oldest will be 18 next year, Gosh but that just makes my head spin.

Feeling slightly old........

I't's a Mazda MPV. 8 seater of course! hehehe. Now I'm not mechanically minded, so I won't go into details about the motor ect. As long as it goes hehehe I've got no clue about all that stuff. It has power steering and windows, and its an auto.  Oh, and its white!

Shane has to go pick it up some time this week coming.The sooner the better but probably on wednesday.It'll be the first day in a while I've had all the kids by myself. I hope he's not gone to long but he has to go up the coast to his brothers to get it and drive it home.

Now I had better get my finger out and get my P's. LOL yeah, I've only got my L's so far. Luckily I can have heaps of lessons with my dad. He only lives 10 minutes away. Shane too, when he's not working.

Ican't believe they want me to clock up 120 hours! Abit much. If I wasn't so lazy I could of had my lisence by now with only 50 hours or better yet could have done it when it was the old way  (OMG) back in the 80's or 90's when it was much easier still.

I feel like my luck has changed lately. The kids have all been good, mother's day I was spoilt rotten(brekkie, chocs, sleep),got to meet the wonderful Cass and Austin and went gold as well. The car on top of all this!!

All I need now is a magical cleaning genie!!!! lol

Thanks Cass for taking the time out to drop by my place and say hi. It was a pleasure meeting you!

This is Keiraleah, me, Cass and Austin.

Sami(who doesn't like her photo taken) keiraleah and Austin. The kids all had a good time too.

So....Happy Mother's Day to all. I hope everyone is having a great, relaxing and fun day!

We're having an early mother's day tomorrow with the family. My two aunts will be coming as well as my parents.Should be a great day! I'll post some picy after.

Something I've Been Meaning To Say - Thanks to everyone for the compliments. They really do make my day and they are all very much appreciated!

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I am wishing everyone the very best Mother's Day. Sorry I don't have the time to get around to everyone's lounges. Hoping you all have a FUN day and remember, no cleaning allowed!!!!!!