I listened to Kate singing the ABC song today whilst waiting For Abby to come out of class....and she sang it through without making one mistake, well done!!

On another note...biting your friend Bianca yesterday because she was trying to use the same pole as you to spin around on....!!!!....not good! Hopefully punishment served will mean this was a first and last.

Then Abby made Clarissa cry this afternoon as we were leaving school....she can be a little sensitive...but sheesh, I wonder if Bec thinks being friends with me is not such a good thing sometimes, lol. Of course Abby pointed out that Clarissa hurts her feelings at school too, so it's not just my two that do wrong but two wrongs don't make a right and it seems my two always do it when us mums are around to see....so then embarrassment for me and discipline required...something I feel I am forever doing, sigh.

The girls are loving their butterfly/dragonfly lights that I bought them. They are actually solar garden lights but I bring them into their rooms each night for them to enjoy. The lights are exceptionally bright and flash alternatively.

Abby has jumped a level in reading and is now up to level 11, whoo hoo Abby, well done sweatpea!

Over summer Abby has developed a dependency on having the fan on her at night. The other night she came out to me asking for a third blanket. I told her to put some winter pj's on but she refused. She then woke Kate up going into her room looking for a spare blanket. So I got up and went into Abby's room only to find she'd put the fan on!! She has done it again tonight...this is going to be a hard habit to break, I think!

Speaking of habits...Kate is addicted to watching Chicken Little. Before it was Toy Story 2 (or Woody 2 as she would call it). She can watch the same movie again and again and again and again and again and again...well you get the picture, lol.

Oh and I mustn't forget today's special date (lol, even after my little whinge, lol)! We had the big party yesterday of course and then Poppy and Nanny (and Trixie) can over today to celebrate and give their gift. Abby was totally spoilt with gifts this year. Will list everything later.

But for this post:

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Abby
Happy Birthday to You

Happy 6th Birthday my beautiful girl.

I love you,

Love Mummy xoxxx

Oh and while on the subject of discipline. I am so over being ignored by the girls.

I hate that it takes me going off before they will take any notice of me and do as I have asked them.

Many many times I will ask Abby to do something, eg, put her school bag in her room, and I will ask 3 or 4 times over a period of time as I see it still needing to be done but it's usually not until I blow my top and threaten punishment that it will get done.

Have to say that I am so OVER IT!!!!!

It's draining, it's stressful, it's frustrating.

The bag is only an example too, it happens with so so many things.

Sigh.

Ok, while I remember this pearler I need to get it down.

About a week ago I was telling Abby off, once again, about not running about after she leaves the classroom as I really want to just go straight away. I will occasionally talk a few minutes with my friend Bec but I want to girls to wait and then we will head off. It really isn't a long wait as we both like to take off and miss the traffic. Anyway, also after losing Kate one afternoon as she took off chasing one of Abby's class mates, I was reminding Abby that she wasn't to encourage playing tag at school break up.

To which she responded with: "Well, I don't want to stand there and listen to your chit chat!" Said with major attitude!

Oh boy....I was not happy...very cheeky Abby and one comment to look back on and smile about one day but I have to be honest, I saw red at the time (after my mouth fell open)!

Abby is on level 9 readers!!! Well done Abby!

She only moved up to level 8 last week and is now on another level already!

Kate is constantly wetting herself...has been doing this for weeks now (not sure if I blogged about it yet?). Anyway it is quite frustrating as she knows when she needs to go, she just doesn't WANT to go. I thought she had come good with this over the past week but she has started it up again...argh!

Kate and Abby both love to sing. Kate likes to walk about and sing 'cheeky monkeys', 'grey elephants balancing' etc. Just the other day in the car, Abby started singing along to The Frays 'You found me' song. She did really well and I quite enjoyed it.

Abby is right here and telling me that she is helping around the house now...well it's a new thing that she decided to do just this afternoon after she found out that one of her classmates is always getting tuckshop money and he told her it was because he helps out at home. Lets see how long this lasts, lol.

Bugger, it is pouring down with rain again! Brian was going to mow the lawn on Thursday (it is LONG) ready for the party but it was cyclonic here. So he is supposed to do it tomorrow morning now...damn, I hope it passes over and is fine in the morning.

The girls are loving the new polly pocket toy I picked up on special a couple of weeks ago.

Ice creams by Poppy. The girls love spending time over Nanny and Poppy's because Poppy loves to spoilt them with icecreams.

Buying up for the party.


Invitations



Cake helping with making the cake.




Taste testing obviously!

Outfit organised....just did the shirt today, almost forgot!

Kate helping with tidying and cleaning the house today...can you see her?

Gosh, piping is hard work!

The doll has snuck lower than I would have liked:(

Finished!!! Urgh, not quite...there is a mistake! Can you see it?

Abby is having an issue with a boy at school who has been pulling her hair, giving her chinese burns on her arm and yesterday pushed her over. She is constantly telling him NO STOP and to leave her alone.

I spoke to her teacher last week who reinforced to Abby that she needed to report this these to the teacher on duty...which is what I'd reminded her she needed to do.

Yesterday when he pushed her over, it was witnessed by two of Abby's friends. One held his arm whilst the other got the teacher and explained what had happened. I believe he was punished but am not sure as Abby couldn't say for sure.

Today she seemed to think he was 'changing' (her word) as he called out to her to play but she was already playing with some friends and didn't want to play with him. Can't blame her!

Up until yesterday afternoon she couldn't remember his name as he is in another class. But now she does know it and I will be having another chat with her teacher in the morning. I want to make sure this stops now! And even though he didn't do anything today, neither did he on Friday as she didn't see him, so it doesn't mean he has 'changed' as Abby liked to say. I will be passing his name on to Abby's teacher and making sure that this is nipped in the bud.

They have a duty of care to my daughter to make sure she is safe at school.

Something about Kate

Kate: going to playgroup on Weds morning for 2 hours

loves to sing...cheeky monky teasing mr crocodile/monkeys jumping on the bed/grey elephants balancing/and the little on said roll over roll over/ and lots more

we sing these every night at bedtime and Abby joins in. The girls (with stuffed animals) pretend to be the monkeys and I am the crocodile.

Is starting to move around a little bit on the trampoline but still only goes on if I am on, will on sit and crawl and does NOT like any bouncing at all.

Continues to make major messes in the morning on the weekends!!! argh!!! Sat gone I woke up to cornflakes all over the family room floor and kitchen floor, with puddles of orange juice and orange juice all through the dishes cupboard!!! argh!!!

Is still a dream to put to bed. Some days I will let her watch tv after her normal bedtime and it's not long before she is asking me to put her to bed. She always goes off to sleep once I close the door...with the exception of a few very very rare times where she is upset about something and wants one more cuddle or kiss. She will always cry for me to come back when this happens and never leaves her room as it's not a stalling tactic, it's a need for reassurance. Later on of course she leaves her room when she wanders down to my bed.

Is a fussy, fussy eater...hey she's a good sleeper, I guess you can't have it all!

As like last year when doing the school run, Kate must pick a flower or two or three or four on the walk to the classroom and again in the afternoon. I'm sure the garden from last year is breathing a sigh of relief that we are parking on the opposite side of the school now, lol.

Wants to go to school, like Bianca. Bianca has been going to daycare since last year and this year I think Kate fully expected that she too would be going to school like Bianca. I know because that's what she asked me, "Can I go to school like Bianca?", "Am I going to school like Bianca?" I think had she gotten into 3 year old kindy she would be loving it and coping amazingly but unfortunately there was not one spot for a 3 year old as they need every single one for the pre-preps. But next year she will get it I have been assured that. She isn't missing out, Abby only did playgroup and then kindy and then prep. Actually Abby's playgroup stopped after Jeff passed so she missed out on that the year before kindy.

Is the most ticklish child that I know of. She laughs and laughs calls enough but waits for more. And how can I not tickle her with that gorgeous laugh of hers.

Is very assertive. I see her go up to other children and put her hands on her hips as she talks to them. I don't think it is all bad though as I approach one mum recently and asked she is was not being nice and was assured that she was not doing anything wrong. I think it just looks like she is arguing but it's just her stance....most of the time, but I have caught her at other times being a little bully. I recall pulling her up just recently for intimidating another child and off she took into the garden to sit in the dirt, back to me in a huff....lol.

Still loves to go as high as the boat swing can go.

Makes me feel like the worlds worst mum when I smack her. Her whole reactions is like...How could you?! How could you smack me? That is so wrong! This look flashes on her face before she dissolves into tears.

Doesn't know how to lie yet which is helpful when catching Abby out because at times it can help me confirm that Abby is lying. I may be suspicious that Abby is but once Kate pipes up with her version, I then know and Abby knows I now know and will give in.

Another post soon...about Abby

Stinky Kate

So Kate stank out Abby's classroom this morning but at the time I didn't know it was her, lol.

As soon as we arrived, Kate sat on the mat and started playing a game with Abby. I was wanted to check something with Abby's teacher and was waiting for her to come out of her office. The classroom started to fill up and then there was this awful smell. I noticed some of the other kids on the mat screwing up their noses and one was even holding his nose (lol!). Abby came over to me and told me she thought it was Kate. I didn't think so at the time because I was thinking she is toilet trained and it's not like she would have on a dirty smelly nappy. But I checked her just in case she had an accident but all was ok.

Shortly after we left.

A little while later whilst sitting on the lounge together Kate let go this almighty pop-off....more like 20 pop-offs in a row. And it stunk....and I just cracked up as I realised that it WAS her that stank out the classroom.

LOL! It's still making me laugh now....what is it about pop-offs that make us laugh :)

I might add that on the way home after school I was telling Abby what had happened at home and that Kate must of been responsible at school, Kate quite adamantly denied that it was her but I have no doubt it was.

I just had to get this cute little thing that Kate is doing written down. Every morning when I tell her it's time to get dressed her response to me is, "Where are we going?"

Lol, why she thinks getting dressed equals going out I don't know because we do get out of our pj's even when we are staying home.

We had a lovely day yesterday with Brett and Kristie and their boys Dezi and Jaiden visiting. It was great to catch up and the kids all had a great time together.

Here having chocolate ice blocks...chocolate ice cream is usually a hit.

Dezi and Abby doing a puzzle together. Later they pretended to get married and I walked in on them sealing it with a kiss!! Well I didn't see the kiss actually, I walked in just after when there was a lot of giggling about it.

Meanwhile these two went travelling on their bikes.

Kate can NOT be trusted AT ALL with pens, pencils, crayons, you name it. She will draw on the wall, the sofa and other unacceptable things....arrrrgh!!!!!! I would have thought she was old enough to be over this by now, sigh.

For some reason she has decided that wiggling and jiggling for a long time is necessary before going to the toilet. I am constantly telling her to go to the toilet but she won't until she has done the dancing about for a while...what's with that? She looks so uncomfortable but will stop wiggling when I suggest she go to the toilet but then within seconds starts up again.

Abby likes her home...that makes me happy. Leaving both Grandparents, after staying there a while, she has told me she is happy to be going home because home is the best.

Kate hopefully is over her swearing. Before going up the coast to stay for the week it was out of control.....just the F word as in F'can but just the one word is more than enough. She would swear at Abby mainly and when I wasn't around but I could still hear her. Needless to say she got into trouble but it didn't seem to deter her. But I don't recall her saying it at all up the coast. I hope she doesn't start it up again.

Abby and I had this argument in which she insisted that I bought cucumber one time and she really liked it. After trying Grandma's cucumber, which she thought was awful, she still insisted that I'd given her some once and it was nice. Mum thought maybe it was another type but I knew it couldn't be cucumber at all since I dislike it intensely and would never buy it. But Abby is the type that just won't back down, she insisted that I had bought some and refused to listen to me. Anyway, after much thought I realised what she was talking about......zucchini!

The other week while I was reading, Abby noted that I was using a plain old till receipt as a bookmark. So off she went to make me one. I thought it was such a lovely and thoughtful thing to do. On the back she wrote, "To Mumy Fom Abby"

In this photo is the bookmark and a painting that Abby did at prep and gave to me for Christmas...Abby is the largest one, I am the next sized one and Kate is the tiny one, whom she forgot to finish painting. We are at the beach, waves in the background and a sand castle beside us.

The case of the GREEN, yes I wrote GREEN, poo.

Well, they do say you learn something new everyday. Well on Friday it was that blue food colouring could make your poo go green!

Yep!

Who knew? Well, I didn't but many did, so when I needed to do a google search after Abby called out to me with concern from the toilet, I was able to work out that the triple coloured ice cream that Abby had eaten (white, pink and BLUE) had caused what I was a witness to in the loo.

Ha ha ha!

Funny now but sheesh it make me feel sick, not just the requirement to look at her poo (haha), but the thought that it could have been serious.

Thankfully not and all is back to normal now.

So there you go, blue food colouring = green poo!

Just some photos

Taken this week with my phone camera.

Out to lunch...So sweet, I wish I'd gotten this on my good camera and better quality but happy to have it still.

We had fish and chips on the beach and the girls loved giving the leftovers to the seagulls.

And Kate loved to chase them also.