You know it's bad when...

your three year old comes to you and says "i had enough tv Mama, turn it off".
Seriously i think man-flu can cross the bridge to woman. I am sure i have caught it off hubby and really need the world to stop for a couple of days while i get better.

And Todays ponderous question is...

realistically how many flus can a person get in one season? And i'm talking full blown miserable as flu! I am on to number two already and have yet to catch swine flu (with the ease that my husband and younger two catch bugs you just know we're gonna get it!) and there are still a good lot of months to go before we are out of flu season. ARGH! I haven't decided whether it is better to get it one at a time (in that you only have to deal with one sick person at a time) or whether it would be better for all to come down miserable and get it over and done with. As it stands we have been doing the first option, so it just seems as if sickness has been in our house for forever!
Oh to have a housefull of Charlotte's who very rarely get sick and when they do it's only a fraction of the miserableness that anyone else gets. I think being my firstborn she took all the good immunities from me and left little for the other two!
In fact i had to take her to the Dr last week (urine infection) and that was the first time she has been in nearly two years. Our Dr (who has been relieving for a year) didn't even know i had a third child, LOL! And needless to say i don't think Charlotte could remember ever being at the Dr, so she freaked out somewhat.
All i can say is bring on Summer Loving Fun!

Bestest Big Sister!

Charlotte just amazes me on a daily basis and has always been good with her younger siblings. This morning she just blew us away though. Apparantly Maggie had woken in the night (Mummy and Daddy never heard a thing, la dee da....snore!), but Charlotte went in to her and took her back to her bed for the rest of the night. Nawwwww, she's such a little Mummy and i think the best big sister Maggie and Ryan could ask for!

The kids

The Ultimate Battle

AAAAAAARGH, i hate hate hate them. Totally evil little creatures called lice. They make you shiver and your head itch.
We recently had a serious couple of weeks of re-occurances with Charlotte. Thankfully no-one else in the family got them, but still one child is too much. We had been using the Moov, but they say you should change things every now and then as they become immune to treatments, so we also have used some emu soap. Didn't end up killing anything, but stunned them and made the eggs easy to remove. We also gave the hair straightening a go. Charlotte loved her straight hair (and you'll see in the photo it made her look awfully, scarily grown up). Still it did kill a few, but not enough. In the end it came down to checking and removing every night religiously to get rid of them. ICK, ICK, ICK. Really hoping to not have to deal with them again

Maggie's THIRD birthday

We had her party at the local kids gym and it was fabulous. Easy, relatively cheap and a huge hit with the kids (big ones too). Fabulous time running around and the biggest hit was the big sponge pit. Just launch yourself into it for an absolute piece of brilliant fun!! Actually i think i need one at home!! It is a real workout trying to get back out, LOL!!!

Hokay, so you know it's been too long when you forget your password!!
Been told off a couple of times lately too. Have to admit kinda got lazy here. Most everyone i know is on facebook now, so manage to cover most bases there and of course i am an fb addict. Have been trying to limit my puter time of late, so to be able to just jump on fb (daily) and make little comments has been the easiest. Still you can't write loads of gabble in there (as i seem to have just done).

Anyway quick update. We're all doing okay and life ticks by...
Okay, okay here goes.
Charlotte is an absolute treasure. She is a great daughter and a fab big sister. She is loving school and doing really well at it. She is the lead for her classrooms part of the school variety show coming up. She gets to play a kiwi, has one line and a whole song about her. Can't wait to see it.
Maggie is a gorgeous little blessing, just needs to bat her eyelids and you melt. She's very cool though and it's so nice to have little chats with her now. She has just started afternoon kindy and is loving it.
Ryan is a total complete bundle of mischief and cheekiness (on a whole new level to anything experienced with the girls), but is a real Mummie's boy too and gives the most loving cuddles. He is starting to say quite a bit now too.
Nothing really new with Daryl or myself. I'm sure i could write stuff, but no need to overdo the useless gabble.