Somehow last Thursday vanished!! Wednesday came & I was thinking about all the wonderful things I have to be thankful for and could write about. Then suddenly it was Friday... I think someone may have ripped Thursday from my calendar! Luckily, there's a Thursday in every week, so I get a chance to tell you what I'm thankful for today :D
Today is a big ball of thankful string, all wound up together! It revolves around my beautiful little bubba girl (ok my whole world revolves around her these days!). I am so thankful that I have been able to spend the last 9 1/2 months with her. I have her booked into daycare 2 days a week next year and I have an official date to go back to work. In 5wks she'll have her first day at care and then after 3wks of adjustment, I'll head back to work! I am so glad that we were financially able to have me home for a year. While things have been a little tight, and the savings have taken a nose dive, we haven't missed any bills or meals!
In the time that I've spent learning to be a mum I've had some wonderful adventures! We've joined a fantastic supportive & entertaining playgroup, been to Baby Rhyme Time at the Library weekly, and this term we've taken up swimming lessons. It's such a great feeling watching your baby grow & learn right before your eyes! I never thought I'd be getting out and about AT ALL when I first brought Abz home from hospital. Now we're out almost every day :) She's helped me learn a lot about life & love, and most importantly, myself. I want to be a better person so I can teach her to be a good person too.
So thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has been part of this year! My family, my old friends who still include me in things, my new friends who have welcomed me so openly and my beautiful little girl who has opened my heart <3
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Deck the Halls
Well December is well and truly underway! That means SUMMER. And Christmas. The last few years I would cringe at the thought of the 'C' word, so much so that I made my theme song "Ho Ho F**king Ho" by Kevin Bloody Wilson (WARNING it contains pretty strong language and you may never look at me the same after listening to it...). Working in retail I was tired of hearing carols piped through the PA system from October, carols that are completely irrelevant in Australia. Then there's the influx in customers in the shops. Everyone wanting their stuff last week and thinking that they are much more important than anyone else. Don't get me wrong, I do quite enjoy my job for the most part, it's just the attitude of some people... Then a large amount of 'some people' in a cluster... well, it's enough to put even Santa himself off Christmas!! Anyhow, lets not talk about the negatives today.
This year something changed! I've had a whole year off work, I haven't had to listen to festive music ad nauseum, and I get to make things all pretty and exciting for my little girl. So really, what's not to love?! Little kids make Christmas more magical for me - seeing those little eyes light up just does something I can't describe. Abbie was certainly in aw of the pretty colours when we switched on the tree! Saturday afternoon I dug out the tree and the decorations from the store room (of doom!) and dusted them all off. We didn't bother decorating last year so it was a bit of a mission to scale the piles of random boxes and rescue the tree. I set it all up with Abbie eagerly watching from Daddy's lap. Then she helped put her very first ornament on the tree - a reindeer she chose at Kmart. We also put on a cat for Victor :)
Sunday was party day!! First off we had the kids party for Matthew's work. It was on the lawn outside the Ergon office and there was plenty of entertainment for the kids. There was a jumping castle, water slide, face painting, fairy floss and a petting zoo. Matthew took Abbie to see the animals but she wasn't too keen, especially after she got pecked by a duckling! We had some lunch then Santa came!! All the kids got called up to sit on Santa's lap then get a present. Abbie was first on the list and she was pretty impressed with her new shape sorter :) Then she decided the paper was pretty fun too...
We went home for a little rest before heading out again to our next Christmas party. All our playgroup friends got together down at the riverway lagoons and had a sausage sizzle and a swim. We also did a secret santa and Abbie was very lucky to get some toys for the bath and a cute little dress :) We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends to play with and share great memories! After a big day it was time to go home for some much needed sleep.
Monday we went to the daycare centre to have a play and get a feel for things. Abz was not shy at all! She was straight into the toys and taste tested most of them... I just hope she's happy to be there for 2 full days a week, without mummy & daddy to play with!
After daycare we went to the shops to finish Christmas shopping and pick up our toy sale layby. I think we're pretty much done on the present front, which is a huge achievement in this house! Next year I think we'll just donate gifts to the Wishing Tree...
And that about wraps things up. Ha ha, wrap....
Until we meet again xo
This year something changed! I've had a whole year off work, I haven't had to listen to festive music ad nauseum, and I get to make things all pretty and exciting for my little girl. So really, what's not to love?! Little kids make Christmas more magical for me - seeing those little eyes light up just does something I can't describe. Abbie was certainly in aw of the pretty colours when we switched on the tree! Saturday afternoon I dug out the tree and the decorations from the store room (of doom!) and dusted them all off. We didn't bother decorating last year so it was a bit of a mission to scale the piles of random boxes and rescue the tree. I set it all up with Abbie eagerly watching from Daddy's lap. Then she helped put her very first ornament on the tree - a reindeer she chose at Kmart. We also put on a cat for Victor :)
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| My little reindeer |
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| Helping daddy put it on the tree |
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| Our Christmas tree |
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| All lit up! |
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| Mesmerised |
Sunday was party day!! First off we had the kids party for Matthew's work. It was on the lawn outside the Ergon office and there was plenty of entertainment for the kids. There was a jumping castle, water slide, face painting, fairy floss and a petting zoo. Matthew took Abbie to see the animals but she wasn't too keen, especially after she got pecked by a duckling! We had some lunch then Santa came!! All the kids got called up to sit on Santa's lap then get a present. Abbie was first on the list and she was pretty impressed with her new shape sorter :) Then she decided the paper was pretty fun too...
We went home for a little rest before heading out again to our next Christmas party. All our playgroup friends got together down at the riverway lagoons and had a sausage sizzle and a swim. We also did a secret santa and Abbie was very lucky to get some toys for the bath and a cute little dress :) We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends to play with and share great memories! After a big day it was time to go home for some much needed sleep.
Monday we went to the daycare centre to have a play and get a feel for things. Abz was not shy at all! She was straight into the toys and taste tested most of them... I just hope she's happy to be there for 2 full days a week, without mummy & daddy to play with!
After daycare we went to the shops to finish Christmas shopping and pick up our toy sale layby. I think we're pretty much done on the present front, which is a huge achievement in this house! Next year I think we'll just donate gifts to the Wishing Tree...
And that about wraps things up. Ha ha, wrap....
Until we meet again xo
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