A snap shot of life and other bits and pieces.

A couple of weeks ago I 'fessed up to the HOTH about this little blog of mine.  He took it well and has been reading through the posts and comments and one thing he said was how I had reminded him of so much stuff that happened this year so I thought today I would press pause and take a snap shot of life from the last couple of weeks.

Our House is nearly finished.  All the outside bits and pieces are done except for a bit more turf which is coming this week.  The HOTH has his SHED back.  Well sort of!! He wired it up and now has his beer fridge and lights, now comes the fun task of going through it and sorting it out as we still have stuff stored in it. 

No more dirt!!

We just had our last free weekend until after Christmas which is exciting but tiring all at the same time.  I cannot wait for school holidays as we seem to have our weeks filled with activities which is great but I think we all need a break and some down time.  All our activities swimming, play group, pre school  have a break over Christmas which means we have days filled with nothing for a few weeks.  We will have 9 days as a family before the HOTH goes back to work although he has promised to have a week off in Feb some time. I am looking forward to the 9 days it really is my favourite part of Christmas!!  We have big plans of doing nothing unless it involves the beach or pool and I cannot wait!!

The kids amaze me everyday.  They also drive me bonkers everyday.  I can now add referee/umpire to my list of parenting qualifications as all day I am breaking up fights.  They have 2 modes either playing really beautifully or fighting, there is no in between at all.   The baby has learnt the art of provocation and the big one is getting a taste of his own medicine!! 

The big one does not stop talking all day and the questions are enough to drive me wild!!  He has to know the ins and outs of a cats bottom.  He makes up crazy stories and is blessed with a wonderful imagination.  He tells tales of dinosaurs knocking down our house and eating all our apples.  The thing I am most proud of is that 2 weeks ago he started wearing undies to bed and has had only 1 accident.  He has always done things in his own time and toilet training is no different.  Part mental and part stubbornness!!  He is obsessed with going to work like his dad and loves to be busy "fixing things" all day in the yard!!

He made me take a photo and this is what I got!! 8/11/12

 The baby is just a boofhead!!  He is so placid and quiet and the exact opposite of his brother.  He is shy, painfully shy, even around people he knows and is attached to me when we go out and there are other people around.  He loves to learn and do craft.  He is always asking me what words and numbers are in his books, he points them out more than the pictures.  He can count to 5 no problems although 1 2 8 is his favourite combination!!  He has lovely manners and my favourite part of the day is when he wakes up in the morning and calls out "mummy where are you" and I go and get him and then he asks for "grain, bowl, spoon please".  He is a parrot repeating everything and can say so many words now.  He loves to copy his brother and the 2 of them drive me nuts with made up words like "cheese boona" or "friday enective"!! 

The HOTH and I thought we could have a conversation at dinner.  We turn around and the baby had fed "RARA" his fave toy yogurt!! 8/11/12

All ready for bed after "one of those days" the big one is pointing at the tv as there were giraffes in a truck and the baby is wearing pjs that belonged to his brother and that slightly broke my heart as he is getting so big and really is not a baby anymore. 8/11/12

One last thing I brought my "Elf on a shelf" a while ago and he is stashed in the cupboard ready to come out in a couple of weeks.  I was racking my brain as to what to do with him and decided as the kids are still a bit young for all the cool stuff I have seen other people are doing  our "elf" will bring a different Christmas book or dvd everyday until Christmas eve.  I got some books last year and have brought a couple of books and dvds this year so I should have 24 different things!!

Linking up for Ibot with Essentially Jess.