Kindy time !!!! *faint*

Abbie had her first "official" day of kindy on Monday ...

She was a bit "reserved" at first but then after she saw C and K she was happy ..

.. although kept me in her sights the whole time .. and came and checked in ..

We've decided that the best approach is to do the "slow withdrawal" thing like I did with the boys .. and seemed to make them more settled. I don't mind.

     

Baking cookies

Painting a masterpiece

"Take a photo Mum!" ... the end result

 

Some car playing .. doing some puzzles

Her favourite thing (funny enough the same as the boys) .. the animals .. the end photo is her roaring like a tiger ..

Her "lock with my picture on it"

** On Tuesday she "hung" around with K and played on the "puna" (computer) with him and I read them some books and she was very vocal .. heh heh .. and then she sat with him at the kai table and ate some apple .. (it's progress as there was no way she was going to sit at the table on Monday ..)

Oooohh look

   

Now you see it .. now you don't ..

Michael's first tooth FINALLY came out after months of "wriggliness"

YAY!!!!!

He pulled it himself as it was still hanging on .. the one beside it is just about to come out too ..

I had to "tell" the tooth fairy not to come last night as he wanted it to wait until his other one was out .. so he didn't put his tooth under the pillow but in a little plastic bag up on his book self .. heh heh.

It's great how as parents we can negotiate with these imaginary people .. heh heh.

**** unfortunately the adult teeth have already grown up behind the teeth and are growing inwards (shark like) .. so we were told to try and get him to pull the "baby teeth" as soon as he can or they would have to pull them out at the dentist .. so we egged him on to pull it out .. the one beside it is a bit more "stuck" but they are so "little" it's a wonder he could grip on to it to get it out ..

Chris said his teeth were like this when he was a kid and he had to "push" them forward each night with a spoon to make them grow the right way .. urghhh!

Rippa Rugby mate!

The boys had their first "game" of Rippa Rugby today. I was sooo nervous for them .. but they were better than I thought getting involved ..
It was a tryout type of thing to lead them in to it ..
Cam was REALLY in to it and was very confident .. got in there and played 3 full games (of half an hour each) .. and was quite a staunch little mite!
Michael wasn't too keen at first as was a bit shy of not knowing the kids .. but played in the 2nd half of the first game .. and then the first half of the second game (where he even got a try!!!) .. he wasn't too keen playing in the rain as it got harder and I think he was finding it hard with his glasses getting wet .. (so we are going to have a few practise games at home with his glasses off to see how he goes) .. he sat out the 3rd game when both teams combined and they had 14 aside (they played 7 aside for the others).
They are in the T "black" team. Chris is assistant coach and so he was "helping" on field for the first 2 games .. and I think he and the coach did just as much running as the kids .. heh heh ..
Cam is keen to play again next week and told us he didn't want to stop coz it was cool... think we'll have to see whether Michael will play .. but hopefully he'll give it a go ..as he gets more confident with the other kids.
It's good too as it's pretty relaxed and they all have a turn with the ball and basically have a run around ...

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The boys get their rugby jerseys and mouth guards

    

Practicing ball handling with the team before the game

First game

     

  

 

 

Video of Cam with the ball

 

Michael sitting out the first half .. checking it all out

Shaking hands with the other team afterwards

Cam after the first game .. happy as!

2nd game

         

       

Shaking hands after the game

Michael proudly showing off his rugby clothes

 

Cam after the 2nd game ...

Michael kicked the ball around while the team played the third 14 aside game.

Cam in amongst it!

A very rare pic!!!

Gotta put this somewhere ... a moment caught in time where his brotherly love shows through for his sister

.. when you least expect it ... (they are usually on each other's nerves .. both strong personalities)

A new "round-tuit" for me .. heh heh

I chanced across this blog Our Lives

.. and in it she mentioned that she was starting back using the FLYlady techniques ...

So me being me .. and trying everything out .. until I get slack .. have decided to give it a go ..

Here was the Our Lives - 1st post about it:

FLY again

I think I am ready to FLY again. I want to make this a journey on how to get our home organized enough to function efficiently. I've found the FLYlady method back in 1999. The only thing that stuck with me at the time was the shinning sink task. Fast forward to 2002, a major personal event hit me and that was when I decided to look closer to the FLY system again. My home was organized for about two years (which were the two happiest years for me as a home maker). Another situation hit in the end of 2005 and I lost it again with the zeal of home organization. now into the new year of 2009, which is the 10th year since I found the method, I thought I would do a "refresher course" once more. So the journey begins with... you got it! The shinning of the sink! I want to regain my weekend for my family's activity, and I know if I am diligent and with prayer and by God's grace, it could happen again.

If you would like to be my companion on this journey, then roll up your sleeves and let's get started with Day 1!

Since tomorrow is weekend, I will just keep the Day 1 all the way through until Monday or Tuesday to start Day 2. At the mean time, I will continue my hot spot cleaning or de-cluttering.

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So here's my sparkling clean sink ... (ignore the grout work .. that's a big job ... lol)

 

.. and my hot spots are my benches and breakfast bar ... oh and my bedroom dresser .. my bookcase ... well OK I have lots of them .. I'm not gonna get it all sorted now huh? Just small steps .. so ... breakfast bar first!

Here's the first day thingy from the FlyLady.net

Now, here's what I want you to do today (and every day from now on, even on the weekends!):

1. Get dressed all the way to the shoes. No, I don't mean dragging out your sloppiest sweats, and your huge fuzzy slippers! I mean get dressed in your home-working clothes. Get your hair and face made up and slide on some shoes, with laces! If the doorbell rings, you are ready to answer it.
2. Make up your bed, but first wait until everyone is out LOL! (Laughing Out Loud)
3. Go shine your kitchen sink until it sparkles.

That's all! When you have done these three things, you have started to FLY!

The final part to the Gotta Orchard challenge

Phew the last week we had to use 2 different alphas for a title and then write journalling of 4 or more lines ..

Urrghhh ..  this week I found really hard as I am so not a journalling kinda gal ..
.. but anyhoo here is the result ..

Week 4
Credits:
A title using 2 separate Alpha's : AWP - A country life alpha and S J Towers - Rock star alpha
and at least 4 lines of journaling.
Journaling says
"Abbie
April 2009
Having fun on the trampoline
& enjoying the Autumn sun."
Other credits :
Week 3 requirements
* At least 4 Decorative elements
- Jen Lin Designs - Rusticana - Flower 1, Flower 5, Swirl and Flourish
*Add 1 element for writing
- Jen Lin Designs - Rusticana Frame 3
Week 2 requirements:
2 fasteners
- Jen Lin designs - Rusticana - Brad 2 and Brad 4
3 ribbons
- Jen Lin Designs - Rusticana - Ribbon 2 (twice) and Ribbon 4
1 set of stitches
- Sarah Belle - skohul Spring Denim - Blue Denim Stitched Flower
Week 1 requirements -
3 papers from - Free Kit - ppd_zgl_the_blues_2
- Shauna of Pineapple Plantation Designs
& Kami of Ziggle Designs

The coolest thing about this .. and one of the main reasons I did the challenge was

.. because I did each week I got these kits for free as a participation prize .... yahoo!!!

Week 1 ... Week 2

Week 3 ... Week 4

Bonus for completing all parts of the challenge

COOL HUH!!!!!!!