The Nauta Family

GOODBYE OLD BLOG...you served me well !

2008-10-15T08:26:00.005+11:00

Ok I have stuffed this one blog up pretty darn good! It won't let me play with the HTML code anymore and wont even let me put a header in SOOOO I have made another blog You will now find me at

www.dirkandmelanys.blogspot.com

So ta ta for now... see you over in the almost blank & boring blog !!!

Ford Girls ..

2008-10-02T13:35:00.005+10:00

No I didn't buy these, and NO they don't wear them out ! The nice guy accross the road came over with them and thought (since we have 2 Fords in the driveway) We must be Ford people....he's right we are, but not that fanatical type in your face Ford lover ...

Anywho ...

Indi think's it's a great smock! and Rylie is now telling us when she grows up she is going to be a GIRL Race Car Driver....why does that not surprise me!!!

Sleeping Sisters

2008-09-12T17:10:00.003+10:00

I couldn't resist taking this photo. Last night Indiana was crying so much cause of the really loud wind that was hitting the house and the outside blind! Dirk couldn't get her to calm down so he put her in bed with Rylie!

I freaked of course, my little 2 year old on the top bunk, but as you see, it did the trick! she was safe, cause she was with her big sister!

P.s I made Dirk put her back in her bed once she was asleep!

Fathers Day Cupcakes...

2008-09-12T16:58:00.002+10:00

This is a little late... But these are the Fathers Day cupcakes I made the guys in the family! Rylie took one across the Rd to our neighbour who is a divorced dad living on his own, and he was sooo excited and kept saying he didn't know what to say.... It made a nice touch to Fathers Day.

Good Morning Sister

2008-09-12T16:50:00.002+10:00

I thought this was so cute ... I was sitting on the couch yesterday morning and Rylie was up before Indi. When Indi came out I didn't get a hello mummy, she sat right next to Rylie, lent her head on her shoulder and as per Indiana style, started twirling her finger in her hair !

Finishing Touches ...

2008-09-04T15:26:00.004+10:00

I didn't realise how long renovating really took. I mean of course you can't get it all done in a few weeks, but I'm getting bored with those bits in between where nothing happens, and you have to sit and look at what "NEEDS" to be done! As much as I want to get outside and get the backyard looking great and get me some drought resistant shrubs (cause I'm dang good at killing things that need watering !!) I can't... this whole pregnancy thing is slowing me down a little. I'm not a fan of the bending over bit, or the pulling out tree's bit or the moving rocks bit!....

But here is one room that is almost there. Our girls room! All I need now is carpet and their canvases on the wall and it's done! Later on The Man will make the draws to go under the bed for more storage. But since I know carpet isn't coming anytime soon! I'm going to pretend that it's all done and BE HAPPY!!!

Next room on the list... Babies Room !

Worms and more worms...

2008-09-01T12:13:00.003+10:00

On Saturday, we decided to do a bit of gardening as a family! when I say family, it was mainly the Man and I, the kids dug holes , lots and lost of holes!

But this is when it got funny! We found WORMS! Rylie at first would not touch them AT ALL... wouldn't have a bar of it! Indi on the other hand had about 10 in her hand, along with a whitchedy Grub and one of those bugs that roll up into a ball!

The kids though it would be fun to take them for a ride on the back of their trikes! so the poor worms went for a ride! then I caught Rylie sneaking inside and I yelled out in the motherly fashion (as we do you know) WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT WORM IN MY HOUSE!??? she replied...

"Mummy he is cold out here and I have to take him inside to keep him warm"

Well I'm sure you know how that ended!!! Anywho, the poor worms kept them entertained for hours! I'm not sure how many lived after their encounter with Indiana, but all in all a great worm experience!

WHY ???

2008-08-31T18:26:00.003+10:00

WHYYYY must we suffer?? Who was the bright spark that thought it would be funny to not only make pregnant womans boobs abnormal sizes, their pregnant belly resemble a watermelon or TWO, then also chuck in the added extra bonus of MORNING SICKNESS !!!????

Lucky me usually gets "Evening Sickness" but today ohhhhhh today! it had to be today, from the time I woke up to right now 6.30pm I have been talking myself out of throwing up till the cows come home! I'm quite good at it now I must say....

Almost passing out at church was not a good look, my Mother inlaw (the drug/panadol lady) didnt turn up to share with me the goods in her handbag! AND I managed to nab myself a calling as 1st councellor in Primary! Now don't get me wrong, Im excited about the calling, I'll be with a close friend sarah who is wonderful as president, but TODAY... today didn't work for me. Today I want to die... today I just want to ask Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ???

Watching Daddy

2008-08-23T21:02:00.003+10:00

My two girls have a little thing for their Daddy! They can't get enough of him, me on the other hand, they are bored with and see me all day! So this is how they spent their Friday afternoon...watching Daddy mow the lawn in the rain.... Yes in the rain, don't ask me why, I haven't an answer , I do however have a lawn that is mowed!

The Cheer Squad.... Go Daddy Go !!!!

Indiana was there first - Ready & prepared for any weather that hit her!

And that grin gets her out of too much trouble!

This Ain't No Belly Button Lint....

2008-08-23T20:46:00.002+10:00

This is the Mother of all LINT! THIS is what comes out of the dryer when one of your children chuck a roll of TOILET PAPER into your washing machine and you decide to try and dry the load hoping to suck every last piece of freakin Toilet Paper out of that load of whites!

Let me tell you.... it DOES NOT get rid of every last freakin bit of toilet paper...but it does give you a mother of a lint ball!

A little Progress

2008-08-16T15:50:00.008+10:00

Today we got new doors and handles! Very exciting if you ask me that I can now go to the toilet and lock myself in there with out little people following me asking me what I'm doing !!

It's very handy having a carpenter husband... I sit and watch, and occasionally hold a drill or better yet take one off a 2 year old...

They will get painted later on, most likely when I go away with the kids so they don't get any ideas and daddy doesn't have a heart attack...

This is the girls room! Yep that's aqua, and we LOVE it! its so happy and bright, we are still playing with furniture but all in time ...

Here is the condition it is in now. I'm still waiting for some bunks, we won't go there, it's a touchy subject :)

Our bedroom! I have to admit though, the feature wall didn't come out the colour I wanted, and I'm not happy, so when the hubby calms down about me not liking it and him having to do it again, I'll try my luck!

The wardrobe! It ain't so empty now !!!!

Here is the corner of the lounge room! I got to chose our colour and so far it has been a winner with just about everyone lovin it! Dirk wasn't on board at first but I won him over hehe

Lounge room! notice the floor coverings are not here, we can't decide what to do, so until something comes up we agree on ... raw floor boards it is!

Got ourselves a front door...

Dirk did all our new architraves and skirting, made such a HUGE difference...

Again the lounge room, not sure how this photo got in here but he can stay!

So that's it people, hope you enjoyed your little sticky-beek with whats been happening, there's so much more to do, but hey slow as she goes!

Keep on Keeping on...

2008-08-12T10:14:00.004+10:00

Well... it's been a little hard the last few weeks. I haven't felt like blogging really! I'm not even sure if it's appropriate to mention it on here but I lost a family member in the last 2 weeks and it's been a little hard to be all perky as usual.

So the house work and renovations have stood still for 2 weeks, I have had family staying with us on uncomfortable hard wooden floors! no doors on any rooms, an oven that has seen better days and a toilet that well... lets not go there!

But without getting all Molly on you... Blessings, prayers & close friends have been a big comfort and I know everything will be ok. Right now I'm concentrating on cooking a baby and renovating till our hands drop off.

So on a better note, I want my family to know I love them very much and though everyone has a little crazy in them, thats what makes us unique and all the more reason to stick together.

I'm HOME .......

2008-07-25T17:50:00.003+10:00

Well after 3 weeks of NO INTERNET I can honestly say that I have fallen apart and lost contact with every person I know! That either means I have no life and all my friends are made up and or are nerds like me! No offense guys!

So... In a nutshell... We packed (I packed) we moved (I watched people move me), Instead of staying at the inlaws for the weekend it turned into the WEEK! (I can now, not ever, be in that sunroom again), The girls had their 2nd & 4th birthdays (the slack mother I am didn't even give them a Bday cake - reasons to follow later on), we painted (Dirk painted) we replaced all skirting and architraves (again Dirk) and the carpet that was on the floor is now outside... thanks to Dirk!

I am sitting here right now with a computer in the kitchen, next to boxes of unpacked canned food and tupperware awaiting the house warming gift of a new kitchen pantry from the IL's ... I can hear kids fighting, a bit of crying and if Dirk forgets that pizza for dinner tonight there will be trouble! well not really, just that he will be hungry cause this mumma ain't cooking tonight!!!

SO now I am back in the land of blogging ... every now and then I may be able to post, I have no idea where my printer is so i can't show you any pics just yet, but don't worry, the before and afters are a comin!

I have waiting a long time for my own home, and to be able to renovate (Dirk renovate) now that it's here ... hmmmm... Did I mention my life has been saved by a dishwasher! ahhhhh DISHWASHERRRR.......I love you my dishwasher!

Where Have I Been.....

2008-06-24T09:32:00.005+10:00

You might have been popping in every now and then to see if there is anything new happening with us... then again maybe no one pops in and I'm just flattering myself with thinking people are actually interested in our lives!!! I'll go with the 2nd option! just to make me feel good today!

Where have I been... let me tell you where I have been! I have been picking out spoon fulls of ice-cream out of the Milo tin that has gone crusty & hard, I have been chipping dried Wheetbix and Rice Bubbles with a spoon from in between the tiles in the kitchen, I have been cleaning a 4 year olds undies, who thinks if she jiggles around in the one spot long enough she can hold it and get to watch the end of her show at the same time!

I have been soaking up litres of water in my laundry with 4 towls I have left out of packed boxes for us, since my washing machine does not believe in draining anymore... On top of this I have been having hissy fits over mortgage brokers, banks and loan documents, packing boxes, kids unpacking boxes, me packing boxes and kids unpacking boxes so on and so on ...

I'm positive there is someone sucking money out of our bank account when we're not looking and then you add your normal every day stuff...Cooking dinners, kinder, work, church, kids, kids that don't want to sleep when every other normal human being is sleeping, house work, dishes, dishes dishes, I HATEEEEEE dishes...

So that's where I have been, and if this doesn't seem that bad to you then WOOOOOPTYYYY - Freakin- DOOOO, come on over and take over my household....

Me on the other hand am going to make an effort to shower and actually get out of my PJ's and feed these children I created with my husband who mind you I think still lives here... I believe I feel a kiss on my cheek and a slight boob grab before he leaves of a morning... so yes he is alive & well.

Until next time, may the sanity be with you...

4 Year Old Slave Labour?

2008-05-30T21:40:00.004+10:00

It's not slave labour when they ask to help right ?!!!

Nah, it's my turn as a mother, it's my duty, my calling, like my mother and her mother's mother, generations of woman do this, tradition you might call it ...

DANG IT - IT'S MY TURN !!!!!

Hey I give rewards !!!

Her Own Style .....

2008-05-22T10:12:00.003+10:00

I promised R that I'd buy her a new pair of shoes while I was shopping the other day and I'm finding it hard to get anything decent. Along with the lack of options, R seems to only want GREEN things of late! If' it's green she'll take TWO! She wants us to paint her new bedroom green but we'll see ... that's another story!

So after looking and looking and looking a little more we found some shoes we were both happy with and frankly if they had been in my size I would have bought them too!

We even found some socks that had GREEN on them too, not that anything matches here, she thinks she looks great! and thas all that matters!

And sadly, I had to buy this shirt, it just seemed to top the day off!

The Note .....

2008-05-20T18:11:00.007+10:00

Ok, well I did something today that I don't normally do (honest) ... on the way home I thought about why I did what I did and thought perhaps I'm hormonal, no no not ME haa, maybe I was a little stressed? from what... food shopping? then I thought maybe self consciously I had it in my head TODAY I was going to grow some ... ummm exercise my freedom of speech ... in letter form of course! ... since the owner of the car was no where to be seen !

I SPECIFICALLY parked next to the pole in the underground car park at the local Shopping Centre, ESPECIALLY close to the pole (as hubby tells me it's a good place to park and since I don't have the guts yet to take up 2 car parks as hubby thinks would be safest and also funny to do...I decline the suggestion).... moving on....

So I park, go on my merry way, buy stuff I shouldn't, eat things I shouldn't blah blah blah .... Come back to find a nice looking Holden commodore basically parked SIDE WAYS! yes that's right ... ok so I might exaggerate a little ...

The back end of them was over my line and the front I don't care about, but I'm focusing on the back end here people..... to the point where I couldn't open my door to get the 2 year old in her seat, I thought it's ok I'll go side ways and slip in ... NO NO couldn't even do that, I tried numerous times to get in that door, hitting my door against their door YES I ADMIT IT I DID IT OVER AND OVER!

By this stage I was ticked ... So I got in my car found a piece of paper and wrote:

Hi, Try parking STRAIGHT NEXT TIME .... I have kids/babies you know and I couldn't get into my back door after numerous attempts ... that's right I hit your car numerous times.

Have a nice day xox

Well I didn't say xox but I almost did! So that's it people, MY BIG NOTE! I feel so invigorated and tough ... I think I like this... yeah I know I wrote a note and ran away (drove away) lol but HEY I did it and it feels GREAT !!!

My Rylie

2008-05-09T22:36:00.005+10:00

Well Mothers Day is coming up and I'm excited! For one thing I don't have to do the DISHES and I DON'T have to COOK! yussssss

But I was even more excited when I saw that Rylie had made me a Mothers Day card at kinder. Since she only go's on a Wednesday, they were originally making cards today (Friday) but they remembered Rylie and got her to make one on Wed! I had to laugh and so did her kinder teacher... on the front of my card is a picture of "DADDY"

Here are the reasons in my mind WHY she drew Daddy and not Mummy:

Mummy is so good looking that she couldn't capture the goodlookingness in her drawings!
To remind me on mothers day that it is his fault why I am a mother !!!
To express that Daddy has big ears and bucky teeth with spiky hair!
That she see's Daddy as a girl and drew him instead!
Rylie was annoyed at me that day cause I forgot to pack her ABC hat and this is how she gets back at me lol

And I get to wear this FUNKY pasta bracelet she made me and you know what ... I WILL wear it, cause my baby girl made it for ME ! not Daddy MEEEE :)

This Man .....

2008-05-09T09:54:00.005+10:00

This good lookin MAN here is my Carpenter/Builder HUSBAND... and I think I'll keep him!

He's a handy thing to have around... builds me bunk beds (like he's doing here), takes the rubbish out, he's even been known to do some housework here and there! (Please note: Carpenter Hubby does not do dishes, will do toilets, showers and change nappies but will NOT do dishes)

He downloads me all my fav shows, buys me flowers for no aparent reason at all and loves his girls like nothing else.

Now don't get me wrong, he has his floors like any man! He can't seem to see ANYTHING even if it is RIGHT INFRONT OF HIS FACE, has selective hearing and as for his skanky smelling socks and dirty mud caked pants... they never quite make it to the laundry ....

But photo's like this make me go "ohhh ahhh alright then" and that is the end of that! There's something about a hard working man in a tool belt that does me in, weakness you might say? maybe!

The New Love In My Life .....

2008-05-06T14:02:00.007+10:00

Well TODAY while I was standing at my kitchen sink, depressed, agitated, annoyed that yet again, I had let my dishes get out of control and if I didn't wash them now, they would grow mouldy legs and arms and come at me during the night .... I thought I would introduce to you The New Love In My Life ... Though we haven't yet met yet, I know we will have a close personal bond! and share in my families gross eating habits ....

Meet

"SIR SUDSALOT the First"

The FIRST dishwasher I have ever had, will have ever used and will never again look back to doing it "Old School" again. Unless for some life altering forsaken reason my

"Knight in Shining White Goods"

fails me, and I have to move on to the next love in my life ...

Yes people I DO know you cannot wash everything in a dishwasher, that I will still have to do some manual labour in my kitchen and YES I know I will eventually melt something in this beauty, but I refuse to let this shatter my "No More Washing Dishes" world ...

And that is all I have to say about that .

Melbourne's Weather Forecast ...Sunny, Blue Sky's, Showers, Storms, Gale Force Winds, Hail, Snow maybe ...

2008-05-03T16:08:00.006+10:00

Yesterday morning started out with a blue sky and the sun beaming away... then this happened!
This is the house across the street from us! don't be fooled this ain't snow! It's the abundance of hail that decided to grace itself by 1pm...

There was more hail than this, but by the time my brain kicked into gear and thought "Hey I should take photo's" allot had melted, and I reckon Indiana ate her fare share of heavens ice drops!

I guess you could say we almost had our White Christmas in July... but it isn't July is it, it's May and I'm getting ahead of myself...

It was all fun and games until I realised I didn't have any shoes on, and the immense stinging and then numbness was radiating from my skanky little toe that has no nail on it right now, was up to my knee's! Oh that's a whole other story ....

Then all of a sudden it stopped... the clouds lightened up, decided to vacate the area and leave us with nice blue Sky's again...

How nice was that of the clouds... must do it again some day!

And that was the end of that!

And she wrote her name ....

2008-04-28T18:12:00.002+10:00

I just had to post quickly before we head off to "Aunty Kerry's" birthday dinner ... Rylie wrote her name for the very first time! YAY Rylie !!!

We are very proud of her, she could always do R's, L's and i's but her Y's seemed a tad deformed and her E's resembled something of a beaten up pac-man! Anywhosies... I had to take a photo, since it was in Aunty Kerry's birthday card and we have to have evidence you see.....

Operation No Egg ....

2008-04-28T18:03:00.003+10:00

Pretty much every one knows Rylie is highly allergic to Eggs, Nuts and Sesame Seeds! Hence the Epi-Pen we carry around with us! But Rylie is a trooper! She knows she cant eat these things and when ever we go to a party or out to dinner before she touches ANYTHING she says one big breath "Does this have noeggsnonutsnoseeds" and I say yay or nay!

So when ever I can, I try to make her still feel included in all these yummy foods everyone else gets to eat like this chocolate cake with no EGG! Very nice I must say, and the Hubby doesn't even notice it's a no egg cake!

Operation No Egg - Mission Completed!

Little BIG Sister ???

2008-04-28T17:47:00.005+10:00

It has been happening more often of late that my darling sweet baby girl is a ROUGH NUT!

Rylie is still bigger than her, but Indiana is giving Rylie all she has of late and I feel some what sorry for Rylie! Being the oldest she gets "be nice to your little sister" "You should know better, you're older" and "You're bigger than her"... I think I'm going to have to start rephrasing my sentances...

It isn't all smiles all the time ....

Motivation anyone?

2008-04-24T19:39:00.004+10:00

I can't believe how much crap I have to do just to move house! I'm trying to not think about it so much and not stress out but I know I secretly am cause my bottom lip is covered in coldsores!
I have started cleaning out rooms, getting rid of junk and MAN it feels good! You should try it, it's very therapeutic! and CHEAP!

I bought a billion storage containers and am putting stuff in them that we wont need IN the house, and just chucking what ever doesn't have a home or a place! Dirk came home to a not so clean house today, I didn't do a thing cleaning wise but I did manage 4 garbage bags of rubbish and 3 bags of clothes to get rid of.

Tomorrow I'm tackling the dreaded bedside table drawers, kitchen dresser cupboard and last but not least ... my Scrap booking stash! I'm leaving that till last cause I know that's gunna be biggen! I still have the kitchen, and garage to do ... where's Dirk throughout this ... same place he always is ... WORKING! it's ok, I know it's just something that needs doing etc ... I've had my psycho days this week don't you worry! but we're all alive and that's all that matters! lol

Anywho.... right now has been a very good example of me procrastinating once again! I might go lay on the couch and make sure that still works haa

So here's some gossip for ya .....

2008-04-17T20:47:00.005+10:00

We bought ourselves a HOUSE !!!

Ok so it isn't exactly your prime estate location with your nice wide streets or neatly trimmed hedges with little white picket fences .... but it's a sweet lil town, with the primary school within minutes of walking, day care centre on the corner and its PERFECT for our very first home! WE'RE EXCITED BABY!!!!

Here we have the hideous kitchen ... no I don't like the yellow and no it's not staying (the kitchen will go in due time)! But check out that new DISHWASHER !! I would have given up the toilet for that dishwasher haa

This is the main bedroom ... The house has new carpets throughout, so only a matter of time before the kids kill it!

The lounge room ... funny how you look at things over and over and it was just then I noticed that UGLY ceiling fan! We get to keep the curtains ... and this little stepping stone comes with ducted heating and reverse cycle aircon!

The back yard! We got an overgrown vegie patch there in the right hand corner, lil shed in the middle, and behind those tree's is a dog kennel! Out goes the dog kennel and in will go a cubby house for the kiddo's (yes im dreaming away here...of course we have a "to do" list and the cubby house is probably last on the list) ...

Enough room to throw a ball around. It has a lil entertaining area there...and yeah! We'll build on eventually but right now I need to concentrate on clearing out the crap here so there is less to take there!

Over all we are really excited, It's our very first home and we have to all start somewhere right?
So that's it in a nutshell ... our offer was accepted today! and yeah I know I probably should hold off this post until I don't know when but I'm so excited!... We move in first week of July!

Just in time for the girls 2nd & 4th Birthday!

Driving Miss Daisy ...

2008-04-13T17:30:00.004+10:00

She looks cute ... but she can throw an object so hard it hits the front windscreen and bounces back to her! We have a few anger management issues to work out with little princess here ... but like everything, its a work in progress!

Just Because .....

2008-04-13T17:03:00.003+10:00

Every now and then my husband will surprise me with either doing the dishes, a load of washing here and there even cleaning the shower! But I like these surprises the most ....

Punk Tulips are my most fav flower in the world. I asked him why I got flowers and all I got was
Just Because ..... with a kiss!
I think I'll keep him ...

Easter Morning

2008-03-23T08:58:00.005+11:00

This here was Rylies attempt at staying up late to see the Easter Bunny! I don't think Daddy did a good job of staying up either!!!

This morning was funny! I'm so glad I didn't go overboard with the chocolate! The kids are bouncing off the walls now!They woke up and came out to find some goodies ....

Just a few eggs, some egg cups and keeping in tradition PJ's !!!
Sadly Rylie is highly allergic to real eggs so chocolate it will be in her egg cups!

Running around outside desperately finding the eggs before Indiana!! As big sisters do!

Tonight is Easter dinner at Nanna & Grandad Nauta's house! and the fun continues ....

Peek-a-boo Easter Gift Bag

2008-03-18T23:20:00.010+11:00

These are SO EASY and cute to make for Easter.
I got the idea out of the Better Homes & Gardens magazine for this month. If you would like instructions on how to make them, check out my scrapbooking blog ScrapDiva Style.

My Nephew Jake

2008-03-13T18:27:00.002+11:00

My sister Sally Wally is an aspiring photographer, and I just wanted to share an hilarious photo she took of her 5 year old son, my nephew Jake! Now... really no words are needed here, this expression she has captured tell's you everything you need to know about him! Too cute!

Adding A Little Colour

2008-03-13T17:44:00.004+11:00

My girls have been sharing a room for some time now! And they hardly ever wake each other up even if they take turns of crying or yelling out in the night! But I just wanted to share their new dooners, covers and sheets sets!! They actually have 2 each but this is one set they have.

Rylie chose green sheets and Indiana didn't have a choice so she got pink! Dirk made Rylie's bed there, and he is in the process of making Indiana's and then they will be bunk beds, but for now I'm sliding the matres under the bed to save room in our dodgy little box we live in!

Our Family Holiday

2008-03-10T20:53:00.003+11:00

Well I have to say it was one enjoyable holiday! We stayed on the Gold Coast in Queensland at the Villiage at Burleigh Heads. Very shmick Penthouse! There was myself, Dirk, Rylie, Indiana, Jared(Dirk's brother) his wife Catherine and their 4 month old Jayden!

We did so much stuff it's hard to tell you everything but I'm sure if you watch the photo slide that will explain enough! Though a few things that won't be there are the boys playing a day of golf, doing burn outs on the green (naughty boys), and Catherine and I shopping
(without kids!!! ) till we literally dropped at Robina & Pacific Fair!

The weather was great, we all put on weight in that one week! but we sure as heck enjoyed ourselves! Oh yeah and Dirk bought me the CUTEST hand bag for our 5th wedding anniversary and I bought him some CK boy smell haa We also went to a fantastic Italian restaurant called Salsa where the little Italian man stood out the front and sang his tunes ... it was so cool!

All up ... Dream world, Wiggles World, the penthouse, the gold coast, the shopping, the food, the spa's it was all fantastic!
A great family holiday!

HELLO HOLIDAYS .....

2008-03-01T22:18:00.002+11:00

Just in case you all miss me... (mum haa) You can think of me in QLD, on the beach, (most likely screaming at the kids) enjoying the sun, surf &
our 5th wedding anniversary!
xox

Cold Spaghetti ... Yummy Yummy

2008-02-28T22:24:00.003+11:00

Well this was sure fun for her ... not so much fun for mummy! I know I know, who lets their kids have free reign on this stuff ... too bad she can't lick herself clean huh !!! If it was Rylie that very well may have happend!

Poor Elmo

2008-02-28T22:19:00.004+11:00

This is what happens when you leave Indiana in charge of feeding herself yogurt and holding Elmo at the same time!

150 pages by Christmas ....

2008-02-27T22:15:00.005+11:00

I thought I would post this on here also, as my good friend Sandy has! she is the brains behind this idea! But in a nut shell, we have sooooo many pages to get done so we are up to date on our scrapbooking! The way it's going to happen it we have a goal, and that goal is to produce 150 pages by Christmas 2008!

So far I have done 3 lol So that leaves me 147 to go! haaa Between looking after my 2 girls, working 2 half days a week, searching for a house to buy and doing those things a house wife does ... all I can do is try right? So like Sandy Pandy .... I'm going to keep a tally along the side there and show the latest layout that has been done!

And every now and then ask me how it's going ... if it's going at all
xox

A Challenge ....

2008-02-23T13:12:00.003+11:00

I'm a member of the SIS (scrapbooking) site and I decided to do a challenge since I have never done one before. The aim of this one was a layout of goals you WOULD follow through with before your next birthday (Oct 08)! So what I had to do was list 26 things (goals) before I turn 27! And this it ....

TAGGED ...... This is for you Donna Babe!

2008-02-18T21:11:00.004+11:00

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.

B. Each player answers the questions about themselves

C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then go to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was 16 years old, turning 17. I was in Year 11 and remember thinking I really enjoy my life! old enough to do crazy things, young enough to be classed "young & Stupid" haa and to get let off on some of those crazy things!

What are 5 things on my to-do list?
for today (Monday)

Considering today is monday, I'll go with tuesday!
1.Vacuum
2.Excersize my bum off ... no i mean it, literally!!!
3. wash the dishes
4. Spend time with my babies
5. SCRAPBOOK

What would I do with a Billion dollars?

hmm ... get out of debt, get my family & probly help out a few close friends get out of debt (you know share the love) BUY A HOUSE ... with a DISHWASHER! haa oh and aircon! Make sure the house I had, has my very OWN scrapbooking room, ummm definantley have my years supply of food storage and my 72 hour packs happening .... Ohhhh a nice car! one that can fit all of us! and yeah probly family holidays anywhere and everywhere along with all the mod cons for this day in age .. OH YEAH and hire a personal chef and gym instructor to make me hot and sexy and then go on the oprah show for some fantastic thing i'll do one day !!!

5 of my bad habits:

I'm addicted to sugar
I can be a little too selfish
I tend to judge too quickly
I yell way too much
I spend too much money

5 places I have lived:

Yarrawa - NSW
Muswellbrook - NSW
Melbourne - In the City
thats a total of 3 places ....

5 jobs I have had:

Receptionst - Accountancy Firm
Receptionist/Admin Officer - Accountancy Firm
Data Entry Officer - Industrial Co.
PA/Bookkeeper/Office Manager - Website Co.
MUM - to two little whirlwinds!

5 Things people don't know about me:

I have a really bad temper - and I yell too much
I may be outgoing ... but I have self esteem probs ... I hide behind it by laughing and being dumb!
I'm lazy .... I like my "OWN" time too much
I have a small dotted tattoo on my left wrist from when I was 13 ... and no, even though the chick that did it to me said it was going to rub off with soap ...IT DIDNT!!!
last but not least .... I have 9 peircings ..... 3 of which I have kept to this day! Sorry mum haaaa

I Dont know who to tag ..... So if you read this and feel like it .... go ahead! :)

My feet hurt...anyone want to rub them lol

2008-02-11T21:01:00.000+11:00

Well today was my first day back at work since I was about 7-8 months pregnant with my eldest who is now 3 1/2! So far my job is great & seems to be just getting better! There was a bit of mucking around on baby sitting issues on my VERY FIRST DAY! but thanks to my wonderful Visiting Teacher and great friend Holly, they were able to come to my house & do a 2 hour shift each! Good on ya Gals xox

So my brain has been used in places that have not functioned in quite some time! My head is feeling a little sore, though that may be from my attempt of taking my children food shopping after work, which in every case I 99% always try and pine them off somehow...usually to the MIL! BUT today I was feeling confidant and somehow thought I was invincible ...
My food shopping is still sitting on the kitchen floor, I have peered over to notice my 99% fat free ice cream is still sitting here...hmmmm oh and look TUBES my fav chips!
So the kids are showered, in bed, the Man is in the shower, I better be off I only have a few min before I'll have to share my chips, so it's time to get serious about stuffing my face!
Until next time ... I have nothing else really that important to say!

I am ..... EMMA WOODHOUSE !

2008-02-10T14:51:00.000+11:00

You are Emma Woodhouse of Emma! You like being the queen of your social circle (small and provincial as it may be), and feel it's your duty to help those less influential than you. You often meddle in the affairs of others, though you do it with a pure heart. You are often deluded in your flights of fancy, but your good intentions and creative spirit make you someone anyone could like.

I took my sisters lead and copied off her this little quiz! Kinda fun!

My Sugar Bowl Baby ...

2008-02-07T11:55:00.000+11:00

Well I learnt my lesson today! I was so tired this morning from staying up too late with the man watching CHUCK episodes, that I laid in bed dozing in and out even though the kids were up & being a tad hyperactive & loud!

I thought as long as I can hear them I know where they are and what they are fighting over right? WRONG!

SO this is my youngest with sugar caked around her mouth from scoffing hand fulls of it with her sister under the kitchen table, who was also carting hand fulls of it to her BED !!! I am now washing bedsheets! I have vacuumed twice and just incase a GAZILLION little black ants want to pay us a visit I have sprayed insect killer to welcome them!

We are still coming down off our SUGAR high & mummy has taken some panadol!

Private Christopher G. Byers ...My Little Brother !

2008-02-02T19:46:00.000+11:00

We drove 6 hours to Kapooka NSW, to see my 21 year old younger brother Christopher graduate & see his March Out Ceremony. It was a great sight to see my once scruffy, long haired, pants hanging around his bum crack, annoying little brother all dressed up looking, If I may say, dang alright lol haaa We wont be sayign that again!

Anywho, it was great, he did so well and passed everything! he is in the RAEME (Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineer) Aparenlty they only take on 2 a year in that section so we were all pretty excited he was accepted this past year.

We stayed in Wagga Wagga, about 5-10 min from Kapooka in a little cabbin & caravan park next to the Murrumbidgee River. It was so nice there, the kids played in the water and ran around. Deffinanlty will go back for a holiday there.

The new car ....

2008-02-02T19:36:00.000+11:00

Ok ... had a couple of friends (KitKat) asking to see the new drive! Here it is! I know not everyone would be excited to see a Ford Station Wagon BUT ... after out last peice of crap! This is pretty exciting lol Soo much nicer, a tad newer and sadly now Dirk & I match! we have the same make and model car, even Colour!! except his is a One Tonne Ute & mine's a wagon!

Outside Today ...

2008-01-25T14:01:00.000+11:00

Pergola Shade thing from Golo ..... $19.95

Dry Pasta, Rice & Corn in a bucket ..... $5.00

Hunky Husbands Handy Work ..... FREE

Mums Morning SANITY ..... PRICELESS !

Didn't hear a peep from them for 3 hours! niiiiice

So I got me a JOB TODAY !!!

2008-01-23T19:56:00.000+11:00

I'm sooo excited! I got a phonecall tonight from my new lovely boss, telling me that they had decided that I was the one for their position! I can't wait to start! A little nervous! But im sure once I get into the swing of things I'll be right!

The Business is called Multi Media Art and they host & do web design! My roll will be PA/Office Manager type thing. I will be takign care of the enquiries, existing customers, data entry, & the bookkeeping side of things! Then later on when things get going and we're all happy, I'll get to start having a go at some designing myself! It's exciting ...
what better job to have than one that you can have fun & enjoy doing!

So that's today good news people! Im excited! I start early Feb & will be workign 2 half days. Mondays & Wednesdays. Rylie is in 3 year old Kinder on Wednesday so that works out great and Indiana will go to Nanna Nauta's and/or Aunty Catherines for the 4 hours, Mondays both kids will go to Nanna Nauta's! So I'm only paying for one day of child care like usual! yay!

Snaps for moiieeee lol

TAGGED ....

2008-01-21T20:32:00.000+11:00

This is how it works people ... I'll answer these questions, then at the end I'll Tag 2 people, and THEY copy and answer the questions and so on & so on ....

Jobs I've had:
Grape Picker, Checkout chick, Dish Pig (I washed dishes in a resturant lol) Waitress, Cleaner, Receptionist, Admin Officer, Data Entry Officer, WIFE, MOTHER !

Movies I watch over and over:
Fifth Element, Transformers, Mr Hollands Opus, Princess Diaries, The Notebook, & my childhood fav "The Princess Bride"

Places I've Lived:
Yarrawa(NSW), Muswellbrook(NSW), Melbourne (VIC)

Places I want to visit:
Just about everywhere...but USA would be my first stop!

Places I have visited:
hmmm, kinda sad, But QLD, NSW & Vic are about it!

TV Shows I watch:
Samantha Who?, Ugly Betty, NCIS, The Unit, Moonlight, Scrubs, Men In Tree's, hmm I'm sure there is more ...

Websites I visit:
Well all the blogs on my blog, then who ever is on their blogs! Ebay a fair bit, Essential Baby, Ikea, Pottery Barn - Even though I'll probly never get to see a store in my LIFE !!!

I TAG ... Silly Sally & Kathryn Anderson hehe :)

Today's Little Moments ...

2008-01-17T20:06:00.000+11:00

I just wanted to post a few pictures I took today! I can't take all the credit my wonderful sister sally perked them up for me ... she is going to be a great photographer ...

My little Munchkins ...

Indiana is so cheeky ... it was hard to get her to stay still !

Pondering ...

New Years Day

2008-01-12T08:54:00.001+11:00

Again I'm slow in posting but hey better late than never right ....

New years day consisted of swimming at the inlaws pool, eating all kinds of cheeses (Dutch thing) dips, biscuits and lazing around! topped of with a trip to the hospital for Rylie who ended up eating some left over indian that must have been cooked in peanut oil or something! she threw up on me numerous times and made new years day a little more interesting ...

Rylie has been doing very well with her swimming, still wont put her face under water BUT we did get goggles the other day and now she is willing to try! slooooww process !!! Indiana on the other hand, we have to watch like a hawk as she has a tendency to just jump right in and has no fear of the water!

Christmas at our house ....

2008-01-06T17:27:00.000+11:00

I'm finding Christmas more exciting every year, but I think what it is, is the excitement my kids have about Christmas! well Indiana doesn't really get it BUT its all still fun.
Dirk and I had our good friends over Laura & Stratton and their son Aston on Christmas Eve which made it nice for us! Before Rylie went to bed we left Chocoalte Milk and Choc chip cookies for Santa! said our prayers and off she went without a problem!

The girls got new bikes from Santa! Though Indiana's legs don't quite reach just yet! So she rode her old bike outside. They also got new couches! Santa thought he was smart bring TWO so they wouldn't fight over them, buuuut .... as usual! it still happens!

I made a few treats for Christmas day, my job was Apple pie and chocolates! 2 Thing I CAN do! I ended up making little paper bowls out of some scrapbooking paper and ribbon and a few eyelets for decoration! Turned out alright I think!

Ok now I have too many photo's so im going to go make a slide!

I need to vent .....

2008-01-06T16:28:00.000+11:00

I'm a little behind lately! I think I have some pretty legitimate excuses! It all started 4 days before christmas when I was on my way with the kids to a scrapbooking shop after seeing santa at daycare Christmas Party! It was a lovely day until a 12 tonne truck decided to kiss the back of my car .... Long story cut short- he didn't see that I had stopped when I WAS indicating to turn and SHMACK!

I was a little upset...like bawling! the steering wheel was bent, the back seat split in 2, kids were ok but I was just freaked! anywho story goes .... we have been without a car since 4 days before christmas (no no we HAVE had a car, a rental through their insurance co.) But we have been waiting to hear how much we get for our car so we can buy us a new crap hole!

So tomorrow is Monday and we have 3 cars to look at, wish us luck! I just want to not have to deal with finding a new car or deal with anything really ... and I just needed to vent!

So thank you for hearing me out and not talking back, or arguing or drawing on my carpet with black texta or running away from me in a BUSY shopping centre, vomiting on me or chucking a tantrum or pooing in your undies over and over and over and saying ooop's accident! Hogging the remote or making me watch cricket all day every day haa xox

I'm Ok.... I am!

The Wiggles Concert

2007-12-23T22:18:00.000+11:00

I'm a little slow in getting this posted, but here they are THE WIGGLES! and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed myself even though it was a kids concert! they are so funny and it was a great show. We wen with the same crew as usual, Melissa, Elise & Hamish! we drove into the city, found car parks, and made our way to out FLOOR seats! which mind you were PERFECT for so many reasons than one!!! Leg Room baby Leg Room!

Rylie & Elise went nuts as usual! Hamish checked everything out until he warmed up & Indiana sat there pulling the stickers off the seat until they started singing the 5 little sucks song! that's her fav! We took soooo many pic's so i'm just going to pick a few and see how we go!

Christmas Photo with Cousin Jayden

2007-12-06T19:21:00.001+11:00

Today my sister inlaw and I took the kids to Myer to get the santa pics done! Not an easy task!
I thought the kids would be alright but they seem to have developed a phobia of Santa! haa
None the less we got some photo's to prove we saw him.
We thought it would be nice to get a photo of Rylie, Indiana and their cousin Jayden for the oldies in the family!

You know how it is!

Rylie's First Gingerbread House

2007-12-06T08:52:00.000+11:00

Ok So it's not your usual house, not really a house at all! more like a BOX with air flow! BUT ... it was her first go and she is only 3! I say well done, and whats most important she had fun!

The Story of the 3 Bears ....

2007-12-04T20:52:00.001+11:00

Once Upon a time, Mumma bear decided to make Gingerbread with her 2 young bears! Thinking it was a great idea to have fun and spend quality time with her cubs she let them have free reign on the dough mix .... baaaad idea mumma bear ... bad idea!

They mixed & mixed, Licked & licked Mumma bear was a little flustered with her cubs bouncing off her walls! They seem to be possessed by some evil sugar monster ....

Mumma bear went through a few recipe's as her first one resembled something that one would find in the middle of a cow paddock! So after some adjustments she got it right! ...

So the little ones ate and baked ... a very productive day by their standard! Mumma bears word of advice, before trying to clean up, check between little toes for chucks of dough and other small things they can spread over carpet and tiles that they may be trying to save for later !!

So the little gingerbread's eventually made it to the oven, and out they came nice and warm! Rylie bear held up her love heart with such pride ... though little baby bears disappeared before mumma bear was able to take a photo ... Mumma bear asked baby bear where did your bickie go .... Baby bear replied "GONE" ohhhh GONE !!! !

Next came decorating! another not so fun thing for mumma bear as icing can be sticky and again ... sugar is not her best friend! But she got through it and the cubs had a ball! Eating them was just as fun ... Mumma bear decided to write off her diet for that day .... Mumma bear is thinking she may have to include the month of December!

So then mumma bear decided that it was time to de-suger coat her cubs ... You would think Mumma bear would be happy at this stage, but as usual her bathroom was filled with water & suds! She sat there exhausted thinking ... Papa bear better ENJOY his gingerbread or some bears gunna get hurt!!!!

You know how the story goes, they lived happily ever after ... well they are still living and that's the main thing! THE END!

My Gingerbread House

2007-11-28T21:03:00.000+11:00

Today I had a great day with the girlfriends, making & decorating our Christmas Gingerbread Houses! It was heaps of fun ... although I think i'm still on a sugar hangover! that stuff was sweeeet!!!! Friday night is the chocolate Gingerbread house making ... so we'll see how that goes!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

2007-11-27T20:33:00.000+11:00

I love this time of year! Doing the whole festive thing! We got too excited and put the Christmas tree up a week ago lol I say put em up! the shops put them up flippin October so why not!

Plus the kids get to enjoy the decorations for longer! So here is our tree!

I love Silver & blue but Dirk wont let me have just those colours! he's a red man! so I added the bows! see I can compromise haaa! Though i find it hard with little fingers around this house! I had a spastic when I found half the tree un-decorated! I threatend the tree would be taken down and packed away this Christmas if anyone touched it lol haaa Like I would! But it works!

Today I made a Gingerbread house with the help of my friend Laura! Tomorrw we go to her house and put it all together! I'm so excited! Ill post the result tomorrow! Friday night is the RS Christmas activity and we are making CHOCOALTE Gingerbread houses! wahooo!

A New Baby Nauta Cousin

2007-11-09T10:04:00.000+11:00

Jayden Michael Nauta

Born 8th November at 3.17am
Weighing 7lb 14oz

I was lucky enough to have been invited by my brother & sister inlaw Jared & Catherine to be with them during the delivery of their first child & long awaited BABY BOY!
It was the best thing I have ever witnessed!(apart from my own kids of course) watching a baby enter the world from where I was sitting was less painful lol It was so wonderful seeing him arrive, and Catherine did a great job. I don't have any pictures of him on his own yet as I was taking them on their camera for them.

But last night we took the kids in to see their new cousin and Rylie was near falling off her seat to get to him & Indiana kept saying bubba bubba bubaa and petting his feet! Rylie was telling strangers in Kmart that she was going to the hospital to see her baby cousin Jayden! It was so nice to see them all excited!

My Little Garden ...

2007-11-05T21:49:00.000+11:00

I'm very very excited to share my little garden pictures! I have a very small backyard, & we wont be here for that long so I decided to start a Vegie Garden in pots! It's not much but hey, if i don't kill this lot I may just grow more!

I now have growing Carrots, Tomato's, Capsicum, Spring Onions, Zucchini, Snow Pea's, a bunch of herbs, and a whole variety of lettuce oh yeah and spinach too!
Im so excited! I just hope I don't kill everything!

Next on the list is Pumpkin & Potato! I'm so proud of my little garden!

My Girls Night in the City

2007-11-05T20:18:00.000+11:00

This night had been planned for about 6 months and finally it came around, and all three of us girls, (Melissa, Laura and Myself) could not stop smiling from the time we woke up that morning!

It started on the 26th October, 2007. Melissa picked us up and we drove to the city where we found our 4 1/2 star FLASH hotel "The Pacific International" on little Burke st.
The Room was soooo nice but it didn't take us long to trash it with moving ma tresses around & spreading our crap around. Junk food was a necessity, not to mention Valet Parking!
We went to dinner & a movie at Crown (Don't EVER go and see "Good Luck Chuck") and caught a taxi back and this is where the most hilarious memories started that we will never forget!
Starting with 1. "THE SPA" - With 2 pregnant chicks & myself, too much water & too much chocolate turned out to be a uncontrollable fit of laughter in a really bad game of twister! I think there was more water on the floor of the bathroom then in the actual spa!

2. THE SLEEPING QUARTERS - Well we dragged that mother of a matress out & basically couldn't put it back! We stayed up till about 2 am (a record for Laura) & as far as I know Melissa & I had a great sleep but Lucky laura got to listen to Melissa talking and myself snoring haaaa Poor Laura!

4. - THE MASSAGES - I have to start with 4 cause I put the pic's in the wrong place lol But This is Martine our Masseuse! We all got 30 min. massages and I have to say it was heaven! GOOO MARTINE! you rock!

3. THE CRUISE - We went on a Yarra River cruise and it was the nicest day! sunny & warm. We just sat on the back of the boat relaxing without kids & husbands! very refreshing lol

We had an AWESOME time together. Everything we did we had a coupon for or some kind of discount ... it was the cheapest BEST overnight getaway I have ever had and what better girls to do it with than your very best friends!

No Blocks ...

2007-10-24T19:55:00.000+10:00

I had to post this, its was too funny! Tonight while I was putting Rylie to bed, we said our prayers and afterwards she asks me "Mummy why are you talking funny"?

I said " I have a cold, and my nose is blocked" Rylie - "ohhh ... I Don't have a blocked nose mummy ... see NO BLOCKS up there!!!" (while sticking a finger up each nostril)

Kids say the funniest things !

Banana's In Pajama's Concert ...

2007-10-11T20:04:00.000+10:00

Today was very exciting for Rylie! we went to a Banana's In Pj's concert!

We went with our friends Elise and Hamish and their mum Melissa! (as we do most concerts!). It was great, the kids had a fun time (although Indiana got to stay with Nanna Nauta today)

We sang, she danced, We took photo's that we shouldn't have lol You know how it is! Overall enjoyable morning, we got little finger puppets of B1 & B2 and at the end a surprise of POSTMAN PAT! Of course we got a photo with Postman Pat! We even got to see his cat Jess !! All too exciting for a 3 year old!

Catherine's Baby Shower

2007-10-09T20:12:00.000+10:00

Cat's Baby Shower was on the 21st September! I didn't get to post about it till now cause I think I was still getting over it! hehe I had allot of things to organize and this & that but overall it was a great day and best of all Catherine (my sister in law) really enjoyed her day!

Some games we played were Feed The Baby, in which both mother & baby were blind folded and had 1 min to feed their babies as much apple sauce as they could! Kiss the bear, (A good luck gesture for bubby) which was hilarious cause where ever they kissed the bear they then had to kiss the mum to be in the same place ... and it was fun to see Cat get a kiss on her bum! A few trivia questions here and there and we read out some baby advice that every one wrote down!

So it was a fun day, lots of good food and I just wanted to say a BIG thanks to Cat, and all my friends & family who helped with food and cleaning up afterwards! P.s I don't have all the pic's cause a certain Mother-in law of mine is holding on dearly to her CAMERA!!!!

Family Holiday to Echuca

2007-10-08T08:36:00.000+10:00

Echuca Steamboat Festival

Dirk I decided to take the kids on a little family weekend away since he had friday off! After searching places all day Thursday, Echuca came up! and what better time since the Steamboat festival was on that weekend!
It took up about 3 1/2 hours tog et there! The kids had their moments an so did mummy!!! haa but over all the weekend was great and we had LOTS of fun!

Some things we enjoyed was our River Cruise on the Murry on the S.S Canberra, Our Coach Ride around the town, watching the Punch & Judy Show, Visiting all the baby animals, the little stalls along the street from fresh made honey, Caramel Apples covered in chocolate & nuts, the variety of fudges and lollies, Old Book Shops, great little heritage cafe's and all the historic venues like the museum! That was my fav! We went to the movies and took the kids to the park, watched the marching band and all the amazing machines ride up and down the street, old cars, people dressed in olden day style clothing, it really was like stepping back in time!

The Murry River was great to see. I have so much to write but i'll save it for my scrapbooking !! but here are a few pic's from the weekend.

Too Funny

2007-09-24T17:48:00.001+10:00

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!Shake that thang!

Our Girls ...

2007-08-28T21:20:00.000+10:00

Here is Rylie - She asked me to make her hair like PETER PANS! We have a slight obsession!

They fight, they scream, they cry ... they also LOVE each other !!!

Whats Been Happening ....

2007-08-06T19:32:00.001+10:00

Myself, well ... I have been looking for partime work! Had a job interview today & I think it went alright! They had 60 ppl apply and only picked 3 people for the interview so even if I dont get it ... it was good for the self esteem trip! It was basically Bookkeeping and data entry & payroll stuff! but anywho .... Lost some weight recently 3.2 klos in a week! watch out QLD holiday next year... hot mumma coming to you LIVE from Melbourne! Dressed modestly of course!

Kids have been sick. Rylie with asthma, coughing her lungs up and then chucking up everywhere from coughing so much. I can tell you now I'M OVER IT! Indiana is teething but i'd like to say "SHOW ME THE TEETH!" she does have 8 teeth, but all this crapping on is well worth some show of toothy pegs by now!

Dirk is plugging along! Getting house hunting hungry! I think he has made http://www.realestate.com.au/ our home page...how sad! But things are moving along very well and soon we hope to be ripping apart a house and making it into our own masterpiece! Young Mens Keeps him busy and work is work! More nails in my washing machine, more woodchips in my shower! I Love my husband!!!

Love Us xox

Cooking with Rylie!

2007-07-29T22:09:00.000+10:00

Rylie got some great cooking utensils for her B'day off Aunty Catherine & Uncle Jared, so we decided to do some cooking and make Fairy Cup Cakes! Really all she wanted to do in the end was eat the cake mixture !!!

Pass The Sauce Please .....

2007-07-29T21:50:00.000+10:00

Ok Rylie has a little obsession with tomato sauce. I gave her some goood ol frankfurts with a bit of sauce. She asked mummy for more sauce, mummy said no, she then asked daddy for more sauce ... daddy gave her the sauce bottle and this is what happens !!!

BIRTHDAYS ALL ROUND

2007-07-21T18:53:00.000+10:00

This week was very exciting for the girls.

They had their Birthdays!

Indiana turned ONE on Sunday & Rylie turned THREE on Tuesday! We had a little party with a few friends on the Monday & a family dinner on Monday night where they were spoilt rotten!

I got to make 2 cakes (fun fun) Rylie picked out the Hickery Dickery Doc Clock & Indi got the good ol Number one!

Giggles - Laughter - Smiles - Play

sums up the whole Day!

I took WAY too many pics, so I have had to make a slide! xox

FAN-FAIRY-TASTIC !!!

2007-07-06T19:12:00.000+10:00

Today was a very exciting day for us. It was our very first concert for all 3 of us!

Myself, Rylie, Indiana & our friend Melissa, Elise & Hamish got to see THE FAIRIES! They were awsome. Rylie was so excited & Indiana was going nuts waiting for them to come out, purely from bordem, but when they did she was clapping and jigging as much as the rest of them. It was very cute!

We weren't meant to take photo's but my camera just kept jumping out of my bag and well .... So I accidently took some pics!

RED NOSE DAY

2007-06-29T22:42:00.000+10:00

Wednesday turned out to be a very fun filled & exciting day for Rylie at her ABC Daycare. The kids had their noses painted for Red Nose Day and got to eat cookies with red iceing!

I thought it was cute, but what I didn't find cute was Rylie asking for everything to be RED for the rest of the week! Like her playdough, clothes & Food !!! :)

Rylies first big hair cut

2007-06-26T20:28:00.000+10:00

This week was very exciting because Rylie got her very first all over hair cut! I had trimmed it once when she was very young but this time she got the works!!!

She was very excited for Daddy to come home so she could show him. She had been telling me all day that Daddy is going to say "Waaaooow, You had a hair cut, LOOK'S GOOD" It was very funny! I think Mummy did an alright job hehe

Say Cheesey!

A Case of the Crazy Lady

2007-06-24T23:14:00.000+10:00

I deffinantly had a case of the crazy lady today! Stayed at home with Indi and veged out while Dirk and Rylie went to church. We were up all night with Rylie who is having problems sleeping and letting every one know about it! The only one getting any sleep is Indiana who sleeps from 6pm till 7am! Good little Vegemite!

Anywho I dont really have anything to say, I'm just playing around on here waiting for something amazing to happen .... at 11.18pm I think my chances are slim!

Tomorrow I start the 4th Work & Glory Book! I'm very excited! I bawled my eyes out today reading the last one which added to my surperb, hormonal, fun filled day so now i'm up for some more drama !!!

Rylie's First BIG GIRL CD Player !

2007-06-22T22:36:00.000+10:00

Rylie has been having some trouble sleeping of late so I thought it might help if she had some music to listen to when she goes to bed! I got out the children's hymns on CD and started playing them to show her and she got VERY excited saying

"These are Jesus songs from Nursery" !!

Too Cute !!!

Some First's for Indiana

2007-06-22T22:15:00.000+10:00

Bubbles, Bubbles & More Bubbles !!!

Indiana enjoyed herself yesterday playing with the bubbles while I did the dishes!
She wasn't too sure there for a while, but in the end thought they were great fun ...

We got a TOOTHBRUSH today !!!
Indi was very excited with her new toothbrush ... it made very well as a chewing toy!

We thought it was time since she has 8 little toothy pegs with more on the way, that a toothbrush wouldn't go astray!

Congrats Melissa & Jeremy

2007-06-20T10:46:00.000+10:00

Just a quick congrat's to Melissa (Our cousin in NZ) and Jeremy! who doesn't know what he is in for haaa !!! They are ENGAGED to be married on the 17th November, 2007!

Although we can't make it, we send you both our lovin and wish you all the best!

Too bad I can't be there to sing for your wedding ... "You are my sunshine ... My only sunshineeeee" !!! :)

THERE'S A NAUTA BABY ON THE WAY... and no it's not mine!

2007-06-17T22:04:00.000+10:00

I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS to Jared & Catherine (Dirks Brother & Sister Inlaw). After a very long time (4 years or so I think) trying for a baby they have been able to fall pregnant and the whole family is VERY VERY excited! Catherine is 21 weeks and has just had her scan! hmmm I Wonder what she is having !!! hehehe shhhhh ... Jared doesn't want to know!

I'm throwing her the best Baby Shower ever ... well I hope it will be! and I think i'm having too much fun doing it! Oh well, it only happens once!

What's Been Happening ...

2007-06-17T21:41:00.000+10:00

Well, this is my first entry for our blog! Just a catch up for the last month, I was in hospital for 2 weeks where I had my gall bladder taken out. After much pain and a few too many trips to hospital, a gall stone that decided to go walkabout making me go jaundice, I was able to have things fixed up and shipped out! I'm feeling much better now! Home never looked so good.

I flew up to mum's in NSW for 5 days with the girls to visit my best friend Kathryn. That was an interesting experience. Three days after 2 operations, I found myself thinking what are you doing you idiot !!! Although I had a great time with Kat, I was very sore.

Myself & Indiana ended up with Bronchitis and we had Rylie in Maitland Hospital with Croup on our last night there! On top of all this Maitland was being flooded and we weren't sure we would make it home! We did of course and again, home never looked so good!