Au Revoir my parentals
Mum & dad are currently somewhere over Hawaii now back to the Great Southern Land. I definitely would not have coped this winter without their assistance. After tearing my meniscus in January I was housebound for aaaages and would not have healed at all if they had not been around to do the running around necessary with 2 kids under 6.
They've been there to commiserate with us and brainstorm after we found the shower leaking into the basement and dad pruned all the major trees for us. Which means that we can look across the road into the windows of the new townhouses currently being built! Time for new curtains, hey?
Znerkie was in denial yesterday but hi new plan is to steal an army jet and bring Gramma&Grampa back to Canada tomorrow. Anerklette still hasn't grasped the idea that they won't be around every day or two. Visits from 3rd cousins for the past couple of days and the promise of Phuncle at Easter is keeping her entertained for now.
I wish I could say the same! My mood has been so down since I injured myself that even after being on the mend I don't want to move. Spending the day with my blanket over my head is not proper parenting. I found it so frustrating that instead of being on my way to fitness I wrecked my knee in the first week and went strides backwards in my health (mental and physical).
I miss Australia, there are so many of the new generation that I haven't met yet, barely even had photos recently. Seeing that mass of Mattes playing together was great and brought back my memories of the back room at Nan & Pa's and the cushion fights we'd have. There was a particular cushion, tapestry front, satin back and filled with heavy feathers that would make a satisfying THUD on the side of the target's head.
It was different in WA because we were such well-behaved little girls together (ahem) and when the boys were born I was a teen and more interested in babying the babies they were.
Must go and assist my own Not-So-Baby now.
Safe travel to everyone, seabound and airbound xx
They've been there to commiserate with us and brainstorm after we found the shower leaking into the basement and dad pruned all the major trees for us. Which means that we can look across the road into the windows of the new townhouses currently being built! Time for new curtains, hey?
Znerkie was in denial yesterday but hi new plan is to steal an army jet and bring Gramma&Grampa back to Canada tomorrow. Anerklette still hasn't grasped the idea that they won't be around every day or two. Visits from 3rd cousins for the past couple of days and the promise of Phuncle at Easter is keeping her entertained for now.
I wish I could say the same! My mood has been so down since I injured myself that even after being on the mend I don't want to move. Spending the day with my blanket over my head is not proper parenting. I found it so frustrating that instead of being on my way to fitness I wrecked my knee in the first week and went strides backwards in my health (mental and physical).
I miss Australia, there are so many of the new generation that I haven't met yet, barely even had photos recently. Seeing that mass of Mattes playing together was great and brought back my memories of the back room at Nan & Pa's and the cushion fights we'd have. There was a particular cushion, tapestry front, satin back and filled with heavy feathers that would make a satisfying THUD on the side of the target's head.
It was different in WA because we were such well-behaved little girls together (ahem) and when the boys were born I was a teen and more interested in babying the babies they were.
Must go and assist my own Not-So-Baby now.
Safe travel to everyone, seabound and airbound xx