Little Boy

A few weeks back we took the side off Nick's cot. 

He suddenly grew up. 

And of course, he loves it.

The must-have photo of falling out of bed. 

Love these IKEA cots that turn into little beds - not very far to fall!!

Just a tip

If you have a virus running through your house, don't put green food colouring in the kids' dessert and call it frog custard.

Even if they seem to be feeling fine.

You might have to rename it "Frog Custard Revisited" when it gets vomited up in one of the child's beds.

I officially have cabin fever after day 6 of sick kids.

No, that is not my photo. Thankfully I didn't capture my own image of the event.

ps. thank you Daniel for being the first to get sick, because - although you are SO fatalistic when you're sick - you are a super helper this morning taking care of your brother and sister.

Nachos

One of a few perfect lunches.

I am my mother's daughter.

Quote of the day

From Daniel today, who is home-sick-from-school-but-clearly-feeling-better. After 3 requests for apple juice to a distracted mother on the computer who keeps saying "Yes, I'll get you juice", he says, "Mum, were you leaving the cup there for the apple juice to fill up by itself?" "Haha Daniel, very funny, but I take your point. Hold on, I'll just get off my new iPhone and click back into gear..." ;)


(i know what you're thinking Lisa, but it wasn't WordWarp!!)

It's bound to be a good weekend when...

...face paint is involved

...choc custard is for dessert

...you get a warm shower after looking like this

...you get to pretend to be a big brother for a few days

...you get to hang out with friends like this

Thank you Melbourne for providing the means for another great Melbourne Cup long weekend, and thank you Tassie for not making good on the forecasted 3 straight days of rain!!

I can feel it in the air...

Summer is a-comin!!!

Rotations!

In an attempt to occupy our kids while we played a game together, one of my friends set up some 'rotations'. 4 activities, with a timer set to rotate through. Simple stuff. Kids loved it. We loved it! I still love it - it's the best after school activity - and I snuck in 'fold laundry' and they didn't even complain! Yay! And so because I think Daniel is pretty visual (he is a boy, right?!!), I printed out an oh-so-complicated circle with dividing lines, and stuck on... wait for it... Post-it Notes!! Rocket science, I know. The ride home from school has lately sounded like this: "Can we please do rotations, please?!" Good ideas, even simple ones... worth their weight in gold.

"Five.....oh, TWO!!"

Ask Nick how old he is, and this is what he says. He gets ahead of himself sometimes, but you can't blame him really, since he has no idea what FIVE means!!

Happy birthday Nick, we think you're a big kid now, even if you aren't 5 yet!!!

"N" pancake for birthday breakfast

 And of course, there were 2 birthdays on the 8th! 

Happy 60th Oma, I'll help you blow out your candles cause I only have 2!!

And a bike for his birthday, so now when he says 'my bike' it actually is his!!

Boy in blue, but then again, not.

Can I just parent some adults for a change?

I'm sure I would have coped better today if I had been in charge of 3 grownups...