Mmmm cake...

Here is a picture of the girls helping me make a yummy chocolate cake on Sunday afternoon. As soon as they hear the glass mixing bowl hit the kitchen bench, they come running. Isabella does a pretty good job of getting into her mouth but Piper is still trying to master the "the beater lick". 



For some reason Piper has been doing a lot of dribbling lately to the point she is getting a little rash below her bottom lip? I am assuming it is due to her getting another 2 teeth including another molar and the constant putting of things in her mouth, but she has never been a dribbler with her other teeth???
   

Below is a picture of my girlfriends little boy Nicholas. Isn't he just so cute? This photo was taken while I was baby sitting him at my place the other day, and as you can tell he doesn't have a care in the world. Isabella has become a real mother hen with Nick and as soon as he comes through the front door, she has collected all the baby toys for him to play with and sits there stroking his head and goes all goo gaah over him? It really is a cute thing to watch.



talk soon, Caroline

P.S - Only 4 sleeps to go until the christmas tree goes up. Yay

Update...

Well not too much to report which is why I haven't posted anything earlier.

Brett headed back to work this week :( I actually didn't want him to go back as it is so much nicer having an extra pair of hands around the house and being able to do things on your own and not having to drag kids out of the car and around the shops. I honestly thought that I would be pushing him out the door so that I could get my routine back, but no chance? Brett to is taking part in Movember this year. Most of his office are sporting some very lovely mo's and beards and the company have so far raised $1400 for one of the boss's to shave off his current mo which he has been growing since 1978 and start again. Good effort boys!

My job is going well. I actually started on the register last night and served a few customers which was good. It is so nice having to use my brain again with learning new things and a welcomed changed to come home to the kids in bed and my hubby meeting me at the door with a kiss and saying "How was work?"). Mind you the girls haven't let me do a thing today. They have both been very clingy and won't leave my side, but hopefully that will soon change as it is very hard to get anything done around the house.

Well that's about it for the moment. See I told you it was very boring and nothing much to report.

Talk soon.

Caroline

Family Holiday to Bright...

Well after a long 7.5 hour road trip on Monday we finally made it home from our 4 day family holiday to Bright. (As you can tell the driving got a little too much for the girls)  It would honestly have to be one of the most beautiful places in Victoria and would love to do the trip in the winter to see how different it looks. Brett and I have done this trip for the past 6 years and Brett has been going even longer then that, and every year it gets bigger and bigger with this year topping 1000 cars.



This year we entered the car for the weekend and took part in the annual Poker Run which was a 98km round trip through the hills and Myrtleford. We started by heading up Mt Beauty and had the most awesome view of the weather coming in which luckily only gave us a short sharp shower until a little later into the evening when it rained for approx. 1hr.

 

As nice as it is to catch up with everyone and seeing all the ace cars, I must say that it is so nice when most of the people leave Sunday afternoon and the town starts to slow down and gets back to the norm. We headed to the local playground with the kids on the Sunday evening before dinner and it was so peaceful and relaxed where as we couldn't have done that the day before as it would have been packed out. 



Unfortunately I don't think we will be going next year as the house we usually stay in is upping their price again by another 10% (They did this last year which means that in the last 2 years it has gone up $150+) and is just getting too expensive? Maybe we can look at taking our next family holiday to another destination like Tassie?

Talk soon. Caroline xxx

P.S - I finally started my new job yesterday which was exciting. I am now starting to stress that I am going to run out of steam working 15 hours a week as well as looking after the house and kids? Oh well, maybe this will help me to loose a little weight? :) (wishfull thinking hey?)

Sorry it's been so long...

I have been really slack with my post's the past week or so, but promise to try and update a little more regularly.

Last weekend I attended the "Crop for a Cure" Scrapping day at Pin Oak Receptions in Hallam (which bought back some lovely wedding memories) and had loads of fun. Most of the women there were SERIOUS scrappers so me being such a newie felt a little nerving. I managed to organise myself a little the night before but still only managed 2 pages for the day. They also had a few little classes available which were just a gold coin donation to attend, so also made a christmas peace dove made of felt and paper and a small felt book that will probably never get used? I also took part in their "Crap Scrap" which meant that we had 4.5 mins to scrap a page without a photo and they supplied all the papers and tools. It was alot harder then is sounds and you can imagine the pages that were created? It was a great day all round, especially when I won a door prize and 2nd prize in a raffle, and all the proceeds went to "The Breast Cancer Foundation".





Isabella last week finally decided to wee in a potty. Yay! I was in the laundry when she came running up to me saying "Wee's mum wee's" when I found her potty sitting on the floor full of wee. I never knew I could get so excited over urine but it was a very joyous occasion. She still insists on wearing her nappy every now and then and doesn't always make it to the potty, but at least she is now trying and tells us most of the time when she needs to wee. My baby is now a big girl :(

Well back into the work force I go. Tuesday this week I finally got a phone call from Officeworks offering me a part time job at their Chadstone store which is very exciting. It has been nearly 3 years since I have last worked, and I am a little nervous heading back. Although the adult interaction will be a welcomed change from baby babble, I am going to miss my girls terribly. Once my training is all complete, I hope to do the closing shift which is 7pm-12am which will allow me to head off to work once Brett gets home which means the girls won't need to go into any child care. Will let you all know how I go.

Well that's about it for the moment.

Take care, Caroline xxx