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Glorious Day

I had such an amazing day today. It was another warm sunny Spring day and we just rocked. We headed out to Playcentre at 9:15 - a little late, but never mind and the boys just loved it. At one stage they were sitting at the piano "playing" side by side. It was too sweet for words. Once home they noodled about and then cuddled in the garden while they ate ice cream. The ice cream was a reward for Kieran doing his first poo in the toilet and for Cameron taking his first 5 steps. K then followed this up with another effort - yay for my boy. Cam had a nap afterwards and Chris arrived home just before the little bear awoke. We headed out to the library and picked up a kit to teach children french. Fingers crossed! Then we headed to the playground and enjoyed the last of the day. After dinner, I tried to bath Cam but he dashed over to the potty and firmly parked his bottom on it while brushing his teeth lol. That 8th tooth is almost visible now! Happy splashings ensued and the boys are now happily snoozing, with Bandit snoozing upon K's bed, and we have had such a happy, laughing, loving day. I love my life :)

A day of firsts....

Today dawned bright and sunny and I leapt into action.... by the time 8:20 rolled around I had done a load of washing and hung it out, fed and dressed the boys, washed the dishes and we were ready to hit the road. K was dropped at kindy at 8:35 and C and I headed home to wash the floors and move furniture for Kinect purposes. It took freaking ages! Sadly, just as I got the floor by the door washed, C crawled in, paws muddy from where he had been busily digging up a pot. Within seconds the clean floor devolved into a sea of mud.... he was booted back out into the sunshine with his toys (and the doors shut this time) while I got back down on my knees and scrubbed the floor clean.... again! Luckily I had Les Mis blasting away so grumpy howls from outside didn't distract me... after all, Bandit has a perfectly good catdoor, and doesn't need the garden door open 24/7 lol. At 11:30 C pounded on my legs and shrieked like a bansidhe... his signal that he is tired and wants to sleep. I had NO CHOICE (dang it) but to collect K early from kindy. He had baked a scone and nestled it against his chest for the ride home. You should have heard the shrieks when he ate it all, and didn't share any with his baby brother. Yowsa. C was promptly tucked into bed and was asleep by 12:30.... and slept for 2 hours - nice! K stampeded up the stairs and delivered his first poo into the toilet. Much fuss was made and congratulations proffered :) Isabelle and her brood came over around 3ish - finding us at the playground, and we then had our kinect playdate... C then topped off the day by walking 5 steps - all by himself! Proud mummy moment :) The boys have been playing together so nicely recently, although this devolves on K's part in the evenings... You can definitely tell which child had the nap - that's for sure!

Bunny and Teddy and Peter the Lion

Monday was going to be visiting Emma's - alas, the packing up prepatory to the movers coming exciting than expected so we will be doing that next week instead. We headed out for a nice walk instead and enjoyed the sunshine/lack of rain. On Tuesday it was K's long kindy session - and K is now on the shortlist for the long Wednesday session - may it come soon! On Wednesday the kindy is having a photo day. Naturally K went dressed to the nines...in a Lightning McQueen jacket and tatty jeans lol. The Spring weather so far has been glorious - 3 lovely sunny days, lots of washing done, and plenty of outside time for the boys. On wednesday we sauntered up to the library and visited the pet shop. Both K and C were entranced by the budgies. I would almost have caved and suggested we buy a bird to Chris if Bandit and his "sharp sharp teeth" were not around lol. We hit up the $2 shop for balloons and an inflatable globe to teach K some geography, then headed off to the playground and blew bubbles. I also started teaching K how to sound out letters/words as the first step in reading. Cameron has not been idle. My delightful little bear is cutting tooth number 8, and is now descending the stairs with all the grace of a prima ballerina, then ascending them, then descending them, then... you get the idea lol. A new entrant to the Bedtime Buddies Team was sourced from the Op Shop... a tatty lion. K named him Peter the Lion. I have no idea why lol. So we are a happy bunch here at Chez Seal, except for Chris, who is apparently STILL jetlagged. Meh, I just say he's using any excuse to skive off the chores!

Father's Day is upon us!!

And I celebrated by sleeping in. In my defense Chris rose at 6am... and I had spent the evening getting boys bathed and in bed. A present filled with manly treats awaited Chris, along with a cup with photos of the boys on it. Both the boys had made a card for Chris at Playcentre and K wished Chris many happy Father's Days. We had been plannign on going to MOTAT but the weather was rather iffy. Instead Chris and K headed up to the shops and bought snacks and hired dvd's. We watched Gnomeo and Juliet which was surprisingly good! Isabelle and her tribe came over for a bit as she had fleabombed the house. Then later in the afternoon, when it was nice and sunny I offered Chris the choice of cooking his Father's Day dinner or wrangling the boys. The boys and I hit the playground and had a grand old time, while Chris turned a roast chicken into a meal fit for a king! Happy Father's Day sweetie!

He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

He's been missed....he'd been home 30 minutes and the house was a tip..... I heard him arrive but was tucked between 2 snoring boys. After 20 minutes or so I extricated myself and dashed downstairs to see my sweetie. Moments later a matey bellow echoed from the top of the stairs where Cameron announced that he'd like to be carried down to see his daddy, if you please mummy!! C was extremely pleased to see Chris, even more so when the fascinating suitcase was opened and clothes tossed in a heap on the floor. C surfed the laundry like a pro! But once more exciting items were pulled out his attention was diverted... and this was when K tiptoed down the stairs and dashed over to his father for a cuddle. Excitement ensued, Cars themed Duplo was sighted and swooned over, then fought over, bags were caressed, Gap hats were worn, clothes oohed over and then breakfast was eaten and we headed out to Playcentre, leaving Chris to get back into the groove of things (ie play games on his pc lol). Once at Playcentre we found K's lost bag...one of the Playcentre girls had found it on the road by PC, recognised it and brought it back - yay!! Now C can use it while K has a spanking new Cars bag. Sadly, the recently purchased Spiderman bag will have to wait in the wings until needed again. Once home the boys cavorted around their father until he had a nap... then we woke him as I was heading out to a PC meeting at 5:30 and we were planning for Chris to stay up with the boys and get then to bed.... well, Chris was asleep at 4, and the boys had to come with me. They didn't appreciate the break in routine, were grumpy as hell, and tired to boot. I was very grateful to get home at 7:30!!

Spring Showers

Winter is over!!! And Spring is here, complete with Spring showers :) However, we did venture out of the house - kindy after all, and a trip to the playground was also attempted. K and C were in high spirits which was all to the good. They are greatly anticipating their father's return tomorrow morning. The dual ear infections have cleared up nicely and sleep is settling into a recognisable pattern. Poor K had nightmare tonight though, he woke every 40 minutes or so with shrieks - which his brother happily ignored lol. Eventually I pulled him out of bed and had a cuddle in our bed as I investigated the cause.... apparently he had been having nightmares about "mummy putting the puzzles away".... hmmmm. I told him if he had a bad dream to come to see me rather than shrieking in bed and tucked him back in after a long cuddle. 10 minutes later a Lightning McQueen pyjama'd figure dashes weeping into the bedroom. I was a little surprised, especially as he recounted his nightmare of his teeth falling down his throat. Lol. More reassurances, and he slept fairly well (very excited to see his daddy) after that.... naturally he slept in the following morning hahaha.