Just wanting to wish everyone a Happy New Year for tonight. Hope everyone has a fab start to 2009 and may the fun continue on throughout the whole year!

Christmas 2008

Hello,
Just coming in for the post Christmas catch up.
Right our Christmas. Hmmm! Good stuff first. We had a fantastic Christmas. Of course the kids were all terribly spoilt! Highlights were a bike, secret diary and snorkel and flippers for Charlotte, guitar, bubble machine and books for Maggie and books and race car track for Ryan. (The race car track is actually a winner with all the kids! )
Daryl and i also got spoilt by Mum and Dad. We got a voucher for a night in a 4 star motel in Hamner Springs and tickets to the hot pools there. We've decided to use it in April for our anniversary (it's getting cooler then, so good for the hot pools).
We had a lovely breakfast at home with Mum and Dad and then went to Daryl's cousins for the rest of the day. Pretty much most of Daryl's family was there (including his Uncle and cousins from up North) and we had a load of fun as did the kids. Especially good were the teenagers there who had fun taking on babysitting duties. Kids and teenagers had fun playing together which meant i had a few opportunities to sit and relax. Yay!
Did have a kind of sad moment though, watching Daryl's Uncle Pat play with Ryan. Just thought it really should've been Grandad!!
Boxing day was then spent at MILs farm with loads more family visiting, more good food and loads more fun for the kids, especially the rides on the trailer behind the lawnmower!

On the downside now, Christmas Eve day Maggie woke miserable and was diagnosed with tonsilitis. Since then Ryan and Charlotte have come down with a nasty virus (fever, sore throat) . I had Ryan at the Dr a couple of days ago, but was just a sore throat, however on going back yesterday he now has tonsilitis too. Charlotte is still in the sore throat stage, but the Dr gave me a prescription for antibiotics to fill if she gets worse, so at least i hopefully won't have to go back (for the rest of this year!). Anyway she was feeling a bit better yesterday and has gone to Blenheim for a couple of nights with Mum.

Other than that we have been having fun around the house. Daryl has been working hard in the garden and we've been enjoying the good weather and the pool (30 degrees).

Hope everyone else is having a lovely festive season and enjoying good family, friends, food and health.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!
I hope everyone has a fabulous day tomorrow filled with LOVE, HUGS and LOTS OF MERRYMENT!

JUST WANTING TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! HOPE YOU ALL HAVE SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A FANTASTIC 2009!

The little climber strikes again!

Superhero costume party

Toddler mutant ninja Ryan.

This costume belonged to her Daddy when he was 5!

Not a superhero, but a super cute princess.

When will i learn to take togs everywhere!?!

Party food, must stuff face!

beach fun with playcentre

We had an awesome morning at the beach. The water was lovely and warm. And as you'll see in the photos i should've taken togs. Maggie had fun with her best friend jumping in the waves and Ryan just had fun shoving whatever he could in his mouth.
The only not so nice part was the amount of beach we brought home with us!

Learning to throw a frisbee at school atheltics.

Siblings

More wedding shots.

The wedding was beautiful, the bride gorgeous and even the groom scrubbed up quite well.

The Bride and Groom

Ryan and Pop

I just love this photo.

Ryan and Pop

I just love this photo.

All dressed up

for my brothers wedding.

Ryan

Yep, he's definitely a climber!!!

Maggie

Blonde haired, blue eyed princess.

Charlotte

Grown up and gorgeous.

Nice guy or Mr Super Cheeeeeeese?

Can you guess who i'm talking about? I know politics are a touchy subject, but this is my blog and it's a place for me to write my views and toy over how i'm feeling about the new government.
I am not a fan of Mr Keys. That does not mean i am anti National (although i am not a fan of their leader choices - Didn't like their last choice either, in fact John Key is an improvement), (nor does saying that mean i am anti Labour), but i just really find John Key way OTT!!
He is just too cheesy and cliched (kiss the baby on the head) for my liking and i feel that he comes across as trying too hard, which makes it all seem fake. This in turn makes me wonder who the real John Key is and do we really know who we have chosen to Lead our country?
I have to say i kinda feel that he has made it in by default. People were'nt voting him in persay, but instead were NOT voting in Labour!
However, the last few days i have heard on tv and the radio a few comments by people about how John Key really is a genuinely nice guy. Am i seeing thru the facade or am i just a beeatch and have it totally wrong? If i am wrong and he truly is the super Mr nice guy this then raises the question of whether he is the kind of person to lead the country. He has some tough calls to make and tough positions to take, can he hack it?
Time will tell and with three years minimum ahead of us i sincerely hope to be proven wrong.

School twighlight carnival

Photo of Charlotte with a candle she made and My two cuties with their faces painted. (Maggie was at home asleep on the couch with Daryl).

PARTY!

A nice simple party. Was supposed to be at Rabbit Island, but crappy weather, so we all crammed in at home instead. Still everyone had a nice time and we had some lovely mothers help clean up at the end.
Ryan had a great time. Got some lovely pressies, that his sisters are enjoying as well.
Should be doing housework today, but the plumber is here and has cut off my water. Still yippee, means my new shower will be running by the end of the day and i'll have my washing machine usuable again.

My Baby is ONE!

My Baby turned 1 yesterday. Both happy and sad about the whole thing. It is always a wonderful achievement, but it's all happened so fast!
We had a relatively quiet day at home yesterday (my poor wee man has tonsilitis), but he did thoroughly enjoy helping to bake his cake. And we are going to be having a family bbq on Sunday at Rabbit Island, which will also be to celebrate Daryls' birthday.

Our little florist

Whaddya mean paint the paper?

Places I (Ryan) shouldn't be

Chore bores!

Well, one of my most hated chores is dishwashing and our dishwasher broke last night. Argh! Needless to say DD1 had her first introduction to washing dishes last night. She loved it (don't think that will last) and i have to say it was kind of nice to spend time with her doing the dishes and me drying.
Really could have done with a little portion of the big lotto win though, just so i could get a new dishdrawer and while i'm at it i need a new insinkerator and ....

Bzzzzzz

Charlotte as a bumblebee with her class for the masked parade. Her and two friends even got their photo in tonights paper.

Sleepy? Yeah right! Cute? Absolutely!

Look at moi!

I can stand!

The typical bloke award goes to...

RYAN! Men always feel the need to butt in and take over!

A fun afternoon in the garden

So snaphappy Mum got snaphappy.

Clean up

When i was pregnant with Ryan i remember someone saying to me that boys were easier to wipe clean in the nappy compartment. I have to say i totally disagree! Girls a quick couple of wipes straight thru and you're done. Boys are so much more involved. You have to lift bits, wipe over and around bits and then add to that the fact he won't sit still!!! I've had two lovely girls who have mostly always just lain there and let me get it done, now i have a boy who insists on trying to at least turn over, but mostly he just wants to get away. I have managed to side track him of late with an empty wipes packet, but dread the day that it's no longer as entertaining as Ryan currently thinks it is.

How to keep kids from escaping so you can get a photo...

Put them in a tree!!

T-rubble

I seem to be getting an awful lot of pictures along the same theme. Hmmmm, i think we're in trouble!