tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14700502272357431342024-03-14T02:18:12.075-07:00marnabarnamarniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-63889965472882115492013-02-04T22:19:00.002-08:002013-02-04T22:20:58.596-08:00first day<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out my super little guy on <span style="font-size: large;">the</span> way to his first day at school. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was up and in his uniform by 6.30am before the rest of us had even made it out of bed (just like his cousin Maddie it seems). </span></span><br />
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told me a few days ago that he didn't mind at all leaving all his
Bungendore friends and starting a new school, living in all these
different houses, having all his stuff stored away "in the truck" (a
common reference around here lately), or moving to Perth because, "I can
just make new friends mum. And besides, I'm a traveller. I just like
travelling and staying in different places".</span></span><br />
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we said goodbye to him at school, he barely looked up to see us go. And
far from falling asleep in his dinner, that first big day doesn't seem
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So far, his favourite part of school is "playtime".<br /><br />But there are days and days of school to go yet and we're prepared for possible hiccups and down days and disasters. Here's hoping the triumphs far outweigh the terribles.<br /><br /><br />We love you Henry Leo McPherson, big school going boy.<br /><br />xmarnie</span></span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-55951632765683085492013-01-17T02:07:00.001-08:002013-01-17T02:07:35.153-08:00Because I care<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just 'made' dinner. I browned some beef, put in a jar of curry sauce, then because I care realised we needed some greens as well. So I tipped in some frozen peas. Job done. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel a bit dirty. Like I ought to be wearing a stained apron, fluffy slippers and have a fag hanging out of the side of my mouth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">...dinner's ready!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">xmarnie</span></span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-85100084645467430632013-01-03T06:12:00.000-08:002013-01-03T06:12:28.704-08:00floating in the city<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My poor neglected blog, it's been ages. The babies are asleep, Greg is staring at his ipad (as usual) and for the first time in what feels like ages I have the time and energy to revisit the blog, and reflect on the past few weeks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We're in Perth, we've left Bungendore and we are still looking for somewhere to live. We are having a lovely time mind you, but I am starting to panic just a little bit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just found this photo and already Bungendore seems so far away and almost as if we were never really there. It's just a shot of the kids watching as the Volvo was loaded to be taken to Perth. But look at all that sky! Perth is great but I sure do miss that sense of space.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As far as moves go it has been and is pretty cruisy. Greg's work covered the cost of everything and is still paying for the temporary accommodation. We've got a couple more weeks booked and paid for at the lovely Mt Lawley home we are at at the moment and there are safety nets available at Amy's and my Dad's but school starts soon and Greg goes back to work and it would be so much better if we were settled. The good and really exciting news is that we have got pre-approval for finance to buy our own home (whoot) but finding a place is taking so long! We are hanging out for as long as we can but eventually we may just have to give in and rent for a while.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The kids haven't missed a beat. It's all just one big holiday for them. Perth has an abundance of really amazing and free playgrounds, their Dad (who is a totally fun guy) is home ALL the time, there's fish and chips at the beach, Nona pops in all the time, as does Poppy and Lynda, their cousins are super fun, Aunty Amy is cool and brings treats and it's hot so they have spent most of their waking hours in nothing but their underwear. Plus, Mum and Dad are buying a house and that means pretty soon there is going to be....a dog!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now all we need is that thing with walls and a roof. In fact it may not be much longer until those two things constitute my entire criteria. </span></span><br />
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<br />marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-57505882730369573212012-11-19T03:34:00.002-08:002012-11-19T03:34:39.356-08:00at the dinner table<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our kids are pretty good at eating the food they are given but like most, will also try refusing stuff fairly regularly too. Most of the time they can be talked into giving it a go and this usually starts with Greg saying "don't knock it till you try it".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tonight as I put Milly's plate in front of her and before anybody had said anything, she took one look at it, looked at her father and said, "I'm knockin' it".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">xmarnie</span></span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-65639514823374369212012-11-15T04:07:00.000-08:002012-11-15T04:07:56.529-08:00a nona comes to stay<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My mum (Nona) came to stay with us for a week. It was a bit of a surprise visit, she only just came back from France after all, but we were so glad to have her! We went to the beach for the day, she lunched with her sisters, the kids got cuddled and loved that extra little bit more and I got to have my mum here...right here, to talk to and hang out with.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And she did the dishes, and cooked us dinner and folded load after load of washing and even put her own sheets in the machine and turned it on before she left. My goodness she rocks. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Milly refused to give her a kiss or a cuddle at the airport as she was leaving only to have the penny drop that Nona was really gone 5 mins later as we drove away. All of a sudden she burst into tears, big, fat tears and loud, terrifically sad crying. When Greg asked her what was wrong she replied " I just love Nona". </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So we consoled her with a spot of roller derby.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ha! In actual fact the kids didn't really 'get it' but we had fun nonetheless. I reeeally want a gold helmet like one of the teams wore. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ah, my girl does love a discussion about clothing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And purple. Sometimes several times a day Milly will declare to me and anyone who will listen, "I just love purple. Purple is my favourite colour".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This lawn, by the way, that includes a large strip at the side, a weedy, gravelly bit in front of the house as well as another decent little section at the rear. I now have it down to an under two hour job and only one and 3/4 of a tank of fuel. This is a vast improvement on the all afternoon, 3 tanks of fuel it takes if I leave it for more than two weeks between mows. Those of you without lawns just won't get what I am saying here. Those who have spent some time in the sun pushing a victa around should want to hand me a beer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">xmarnie</span></span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-59757349730785693502012-09-29T05:08:00.000-07:002012-09-29T05:08:02.465-07:00My 365 pledge<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have decided to make a 'no buy pledge'. It's a bit of 'thing' in blogland and I have been inspired to do the same. Basically I have decided to not buy any new clothes for me for a year. This may not seem like a big deal but I think it's still worthwhile. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For me it will be about avoiding spending money on low-quality items that are mass-produced in places where people are poorly paid. It'll be my little protest against all the stuff that is sent to landfill, all the environmental consequences of making it, getting it here and then getting rid of it. It's about making do with less and using my creativity to lessen my consumption.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I won't buy anything new. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I can buy stuff from second-hand shops, I can swap and I can make it myself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are some concessions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can buy underwear and tights (that sort of thing) because I don't fancy second-hand undies and I can't make tights.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can buy a pair of shoes if a pair I have wears out. But I will still try to find them second-hand first.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I will try to apply the same rule to the kids clothes as much as is possible without them looking like hobos or turning my own house into a sweatshop. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greg's opinion on shopping means that this pledge is pretty much his natural state. It would actually be nice if he DID buy something once in a while but he starts hyperventilating as soon as we enter underground mall carparks. Of course there are other places to buy clothes but even small stores engender a 'high alert' response and he either starts looking like a cat backed into a corner by a toddler or the stimulation is too much and he goes all limp. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, so that's what I'm doing. Not buying new stuff. </span></span><br />
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<br />marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-84337932482533596062012-09-29T01:42:00.000-07:002012-09-29T01:42:18.009-07:00end of an era<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The green couch is gone! I'd finally had enough. Greg had re-done the elastic webbing for the third time, one of the zips on the cushions wouldn't do up anymore, there was no fabric left under the base, it was saggy at the front and under the cushions was ripped and torn in several places.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So whilst cruising ebay I found a velvet 3 seater that matches almost perfectly with the two armchairs we already own...for pickup in Canberra?! And whilst we were carrying it out the door I made an offer on the huge red rug under the dining table (it was an estate sale) and she sold me that too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hooray, new loungeroom! For 120 bucks!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The rug is quite worn in places but it's huge and I think it has a certain faded glory thing going on. The couch is not my perfect pick but the big white cushiony one of my dreams is not really a practical choice till the kids are older anyway. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So whatever, it's not ripped and it's not saggy. Nice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Along the way we spotted this little guy munching right by the side of the road. He waddled away from us before we could get too close but it was worth pulling over and getting out just to see his bum wiggle up the hill.</span></span><br />
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<br />marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-1709764137141266662012-09-09T18:18:00.000-07:002012-12-09T19:53:34.842-08:00dogs, hailstones and broccoli <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Spring is finally making an appearance around here. Bungendore is coming alive with daffodils and freesias and cherry blossoms. Our garden seems to have quite a lot of each, which is lovely. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love seeing the kids having so much fun with the dogs. We'd love to get a pup one day and Henry is so keen but we will wait till Velcro passes on and till we own our own house. Renting with a dog is just too difficult. Once upon a time I would have turned my nose up at anything smaller than a beagle but watching Rizzo tear a<span style="font-size: large;">round</span> the yard next door, seeing the fence get built and re-built higher and higher, the jumping up and the crazy barking, and the fact that Henry goes on and on about wanting the "smallest dog there is" means that my opinion has changed. It wouldn't be a chihuahua (despite what Henry might say) but if a dog ever becomes part of the family, as much as I really do love Rizzo (and she is so pretty) it will be smaller, and quieter....and we still need to convince Greg.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">xmarnie</span></span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-87544478404033149092012-08-25T19:38:00.002-07:002012-08-25T19:38:42.137-07:00overheard in the loungeroom<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Henry: Dad can you put me in handcuffs?</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greg: No, here I'll hog-tie you. It works better.</span></span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-13067815118259718692012-08-13T04:03:00.001-07:002012-08-13T17:13:52.446-07:00Patrick<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxLb40bBSeGIxnbpUWIwXsaBI7z1FsOUfferi9-zwawUZwWgItE5uksMW9GN15Qh3M_If_4IVeMFujvO7eZV3VO2qZeAdY018E1pux8eqTzy1Klgdj4IVEEn6tN13i8ZdfbvU71EtyMY/s1600/P8133390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxLb40bBSeGIxnbpUWIwXsaBI7z1FsOUfferi9-zwawUZwWgItE5uksMW9GN15Qh3M_If_4IVeMFujvO7eZV3VO2qZeAdY018E1pux8eqTzy1Klgdj4IVEEn6tN13i8ZdfbvU71EtyMY/s320/P8133390.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week I got attacked by our rooster Patrick. I was holding one of the hens and he got all stroppy thinking she was in need of protection. As I turned my back and knelt down to put her in the hen house, he threw himself at my back and managed to tear a hole straight through the pocket of my jeans. He also gave me quite a decent scratch in the gap between my shirt and the top of my trousers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't think much of it and assumed it was probably just an unlucky one off, but then he got Henry. Poor Henry was playing in the yard crawling through bushes and inadvertedly flushed out a couple of hens at the same time. Patrick gave him several nasty scratches on his back through his t'shirt and worst of all, a big scratch right on his cheek. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poor Henry was really shook up and all of a sudden playing outside didn't feel safe anymore. Patrick is a pretty big bird now, the thump as he hit my back the other day was substantial, and in addition to normal chicken claws he has spurs that are about 3cm long on each ankle. Perhaps unsurprisingly Henry was pretty enthusiastic about condemning Patrick to the pot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But we didn't do it. Not yet anyway. We were all getting pretty tired of the poo everywhere from the chickens having free-range of the yard and having to fence off the vege patch and every plant pot was tiresome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So Greg built a fence. We gave them a big area down on the lawn and he
did it in just one afternoon. I don't know why we didn't do it earlier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Patrick gets to strut and crow for a while longer yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">xmarnie</span>marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-7936456032545827392012-08-08T04:04:00.000-07:002012-08-13T04:16:18.725-07:00the difference a day can make<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I took these photos to remind myself what a difference a day can make. To remind myself that even the worst of days can be followed by a good one. And to remind myself that sometimes all that is required to fix the mess of disappointment and doubt that a bad day brings is a good sleep, a day at home and time spent together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forget the housework and make paper crowns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just lately Henry has started coming home from preschool with a few completed projects. Some kids seem to have some sort of artwork or cardboard construction every time they walk out the door but not our boy. I'm not sure why, though I suspect he's just more interested in playing with the other kids in a more active way. He loves doing craft at home, in fact both kids do but I still can't help feeling a little moment of anticipation when I pull open his tray at school in the hope there might be something in there. I think it's just because it's a window into what he gets up to all day. The most you usually get out of the teachers is "he had a good day", I couldn't even get much of an answer out of one when I asked which other kids he played with. It makes you wonder, are the teachers smoking behind the bikeshed from 10 to 2?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He wrote his name! And you can't really see it in this photo but he also did a really good job of cutting along the line. I made such a silly mum fuss when I found this in his tray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the other day we went home with a project he had not had time to finish at school. So we took all the bits home and finished it there. This is Henry working hard at the kitchen table (in his undies of course because it's at least 5 degrees outside and probably a balmy 10 in the sunroom). Nice job buddy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh and speaking of working hard, Greg dug a new sandpit for the kids. It knocked him out so much that he had to have a nanna-nap in the afternoon. </span></div>
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marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-19084529075476221982012-07-23T03:17:00.002-07:002012-08-13T04:17:00.664-07:00Henryism number 247<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Henry</b> - (very loudly and repeated a number of times) Oh yum! You're a restaurant cooker mum. This is so good. You are like a cooker from a restaurant. A restaurant cooker mum!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is only fairly recently that Henry began drawing recognisable objects and figures. It's not something I ever tried to 'steer' him toward and I made a conscious effort to never assume he was drawing 'something'. I wanted him to find his own way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But figures and things have started to happen and sometimes they are simply remarkable. Not in a 'gee my kid is so talented' kind of way but just in the wonderful 'kids draw wacky stuff' kind of way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what he drew a couple of nights ago. I love them. The one in pink is me and the really awesome blue one with all the crazy hair is Greg.</span></div>
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<br />marniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12840905309530351732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470050227235743134.post-30537635409427638772012-07-09T22:52:00.003-07:002012-07-10T00:51:18.907-07:00Up the hill in beautiful Bungendore<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I had such a good time in Perth and didn't miss the kids as much as I thought I would! It's not as bad as it sounds, I spoke to them every day and they were having so much fun with their dad that I just didn't worry about them. It was only three days after all!</div>
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They met me at the airport with flowers, handmade cards, big cuddles and a movie-moment arms-outstretched run toward me. </div>
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Not only had they all survived, Greg had even managed to do a load of washing whilst I was away.</div>
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And I got so much uninterrupted knitting time on the plane that I have nearly finished my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/miette" target="_blank">miette</a> cardigan. </div>
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Recently my brother told me that in conversation with our cousin a little while ago, the subject of Bungendore came up. My cousin is from Canberra but hasn't lived here for many years. It seems he is somewhat aghast and dumbfounded by where we have chosen to live. I suspect his memory of Bungendore is quite different to how it is today. It's much more of a tourist town now than the hicksville dump I think it might once have been. I have never regretted making the choice to move out here, especially when the choice was between here or Canberra. I love this town. If only more people were unaware as to how good this place is we might actually be able to afford to buy a place of our own and stay for good.</div>
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Marn's gone to Perth for four days for her Dad's 60th, so I thought I had better post something at the halfway point, just so she can see we're coping ok.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way home from preschool we went for a wander in some great light along the train track</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1020055408"></span><span id="goog_1020055409"></span></td></tr>
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There were streamers and balloons, a new playhouse and a small, simple birthday morning tea that kind of blew out into a kid-crazed big bash. I suspect there wasn't enough food in the end, but we managed. There was enough sugar in her purple hippo cake to keep them going in circles for hours anyway.<br />
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Milly and Henry helped Greg build the playhouse while I set up inside. </div>
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Robbie (a favourite friend) checks out the workmanship.</div>
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Birthday song and cake. She did beautifully (code for successfully beating her brother to blow out her candles first). </div>
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A really good day. Happy birthday baby girl.</div>
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This is what the kids are doing right now...</div>
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I think it's really funny. It's a day at home, so why not.</div>
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