Reality bites

Brushing my hair this morning...

Sarah: When I look in the mirror, I really do still see a bit of blonde left, but in pictures it's all brown. What is the deal?!!
Andrew: Well when I look in the mirror I still see a lot of hair...
Sarah: So what's the issue here?
Andrew: Probably something like residual self image. 
HA! *Sigh*
Actual conversation. 

School!!

Daniel started Grade 1 yesterday. He's so happy with his new classroom and new male teacher. He said to me, "I don't know why I was worried mum, I knew everyone! Next time I won't have to worry about it."

One very excited girl virtually ran from the car to her classroom, saying, "I can't wait mum, I can't wait, this is my first time!" Two full school days this year in Kinder (the preschool year in the U.S.). I swear she grew up overnight in preparation. She just looked so much bigger this morning.

I grabbed a quick shot of her when i picked her up in the afternoon. 

Just as happy at the end of the day as when I dropped her off!

Can't wait

Can I just say I am so excited to see my parents in 30 days. 

The kids, well they're not so happy that we are first meeting 

Grandma and Grandpa in NZ without them, but we're thrilled about it! :)

But I just can't wait to have them in my house, to spend time with them, to see the kids playing with them...

London Bus

School holiday fun on the double decker bus around town, otherwise known in our house as the London Bus. Fun!

No way!!

Okay, this is either unfair product representation, or raspberry yoghurt is not what I thought it was! I promise this was not in my fridge (yoghurt wouldn't last that long in mine!), but I won't embarrass the person who's fridge it was in... hehe :)

Oh yeah

Daniel: Mum, if you had your own Legos I'd totally play Legos with you.

Cute thinking, well, kind of...

L: Mum, are you close to dying?

M: No, I don't think so, why?
L: Because you are so much bigger than us, I thought you might be close to dying.
M: I don't really know how long I'll live, but I really hope I'm here lots more years.
L: Why?...oh, because you need to be here to take care of us when we're little!

Yes Laura, unfortunately the game you like to play with me: "I'm-17-living-by-myself-with-my-sister-and-taking-care-of-myself-without-my-mum-but-that's-okay-because-I'm-old-enough-to" is not yet real life...

Gotta love her spunk.