My Favourite Summer Memory

is swimming all day in our swimming pool and then my mum bringing my dinner to the edge of the pool so I can eat it while still in the water. Gosh I loved doing that.

New Background

I have loved the look of the black background but after seeing Lisa's post I just knew that I wanted to change the look of my blog. I got the link from Simply Chic and it was pretty easy to do.

I am off to collect my new TV cabinet that I had custom made. I am a little nervous as to how it is going to look. Fingers crossed.

Riley this week you...

1. Had 2 sick days off school due to a nagging cough
2. Finally got to sleep at 9:30pm after coughing constantly for two and a half hours.
3. Enjoyed some ANZAC food on your last day of school including condensed milk, corned beef, camp meat, ANZAC biscuits and SAO's and cheese.

4. Wore mufti day clothes for last day of term.
5. Walked mud through the house when we got back from school.
6. Played Bratz on your DS and asked me not to tell anyone.
7. Packed your own lunch for school when I was running late, which included a large box of tiny teddies.

8. Had honey and eucalyptus lollies to try and soothe your sore throat.
9. Walked to the car with Brooke.
10. Made a whole range of guns out of textas and put them on your display shelf.
11. Had a meltdown when Cooper broke your "bestest gun ever"

12. Enjoyed playing the Wii while Grandma looked after you at Dylan and Jared's house while I did reading with Nathan.
13. Brought home your school report. Mrs Bouvet thought you worked very hard and had a "flair for writing". We were very pleased with how hard you have been working at school.

14. Wanted McDonald's for your reward dinner and loved the Ice Age 3 toys that you got.
15. Told me that you thought Daddy was playful and smart and that he was a good dad.
16. Played Runescape on my computer while the TV repairman replaced the TV. You asked me later when we got a new TV.

Another late night

I was doing some grocery shopping when I got a phone call from Darren "Mel you need to come home Cooper has split his head open in the shower" click.

So I race home to find Cooper with a clump of blood soaked hair and the other two boys crying. They were playing in the shower and Cooper got knocked onto the tile edge and had cut his head. After sweet talking Cooper we managed to lift his hair to see if he needed stitches and sure enough there was a big cut about 2cm long. When Riley heard us say that Cooper needed stitches he burst into another round of tears, he remembered his own experience of getting stitches a few years ago.

Darren and the boys took Cooper and I into casualty. We only had an hour wait til we got a bed, Cooper was happily walking around the pay area of the emergency department with a huge bandage on his head. He tried to rip off the tape holding it in place but it was over his hair so he gave up pretty quickly. Finally we got a bed in the children's section and it didn't take long for the doctor to come around and inspect his head. Cooper was so brave throughout the whole ordeal, the toughest part for him was removing the tape from his hair. We had to wait there for 4 hours after the incident to make sure there wasn't any internal bleeding. By 10:30pm Cooper was getting a little restless and we kept him entertained by reading books and playing with baby toys. Finally we got the all clear to come home by 10:45pm and Cooper was alseep within 5 minutes of getting into this carseat. Luckily Grandma came up to watch the boys so Darren could come in and keep us company.

The Good and The Bad

The Good: I finally got a good shot of the little wrens that have moved into my garden. There is about 6-7 of them and they start out the front, eating bugs of my roses then they move out the back. I can hear their little tweet when they come into the garden and I love to watch them from the dining room window. They are also very shy so it is hard for me to sneak up on them.




The Bad: Since we have had two solid weeks of rain the weeds have multiplied in my garden. I have vowed to try and do two buckets of weeding each day to try and get some control on the weeds. The vegie garden is the big culprit and I am sure it is seeding the rest of the garden. At least my rhubarb is still growing, even after Cooper got to it with the scissors.

Butterflies

Over the last few weeks I have noticed lots of butterflies flying around the backyard, really big and pretty ones. Today I noticed this one fluttering around so I grabbed my camera and went looking for it outside. It flew over the back fence then back again past me to the cumquat. I chased after it hoping to get a shot. After it flew off I noticed it had laid any egg on the tiny cumquat.

Melanie is

is trying to think of something for dinner
uploading and editing photos
is smelling the delicious Thai red curry I made for Darren for dinner. It is nearly ready and I am starving.
Phew that was hot, my tonuge is burning and my ears are ringing. Maybe a little less curry paste next time.
Finally the boys are all in bed and Darren and I can watch So You Think You Can Dance together in peace and quiet
Reminiscing about my trip to Italy 2 years ago while doing some scrapping
is consoling Cooper as he missed the garbage truck when we were taking the boys to school.
is wondering how many dinners get burnt because of Facebook
is wondering how to use spellcheck on Facebook
is happy because Darren just booked 3 weeks holidays for April.
is drooling over the Harvey Norman bathroom catalogue that came in the mail today
hears the bike, Daddy's home :)
is enjoying a peaceful house with only the sound of the computer humming and the dogs barking.
finally made the bed at 2pm and put away the huge pile of washing that has been sitting on our chest of drawers for two days.
is relieved that she has been discharged from jury duty.

I just joined Facebook this week and it is so much fun.

I have been scrapping all week long and love having everything back in one central place.