Have you seen my new header? Look up.
The lovely Tanya at {Snapping Turtle Design & Print} designed my blog theme and kindly allowed me to bug her into updating 2 of the pictures in my header.
I cannot get over how big my kids have gotten!
Ps. If you cant see the new header hit ‘F5’ to refresh 😉
This morning Aaron asked me if 6 is old.
“No, my boy,” I said, “6 is not old but it is older than 5.”
“Why?” I ask.
“When I am 6, will I forget things? Because when you are old you start to forget!”
“Ummmmm…” Said I.
“Like you forget to make an appointment for me with the dentist!” Said Aaron.
Please excuse me while I call and make my almost 6 year old an appointment at the dentist!
Its no secret my kids are Star Wars crazy. They have lightsabers, they watch Clone Wars, they hum (and whistle) the Imperial March.
Aaron has also taken to creating fan art of his favourite characters. Im kind of proud that they are all bad guys.
Here are his drawings as well as some reference pics.
Note that he got all the lightsabers the right colours.
Not too shabby for a 5 year old huh?!
Oh, he also told me, “Mom, I accidentally used your glue.” Ummmm, pretty sure there was nothing accidental about it 😉
In less than 2 months the kids and I will be jetting off to Israel for my brothers wedding.
What the hell do I pack?
For me? For the kids?
Thank heavens the kids each get a full 20kg luggage allowance but still… what the hell do I take with?
The weather will still be pretty warm (end of Summer beginning of Autumn), so at least the clothes will mostly be light weight. Im more concerned with toys/fluffy bed companions for the kids.
Also, carry on luggage for the kids. How much stuff do they need on the plane?
I am taking the kids iPad and my iPad mini (which I am getting on the weekend). I dont know wether to take the LeapPad. I will also take some paper and crayons but what else?
Who has been on a long haul flight, with a 3/4 hour layover? Help me out here. What did you take with for your kids?
So last night Aaron discovered the joys of teasing his younger sister.
They were both sitting in the bath when Aaron saw some ants floating by. He let us all know that they were there.
Faith became quite distressed at the floating ants. I dont blame her *shudder*.
When Aaron realised that Faith was upset about the ants, he started taunting her…
“Ants on your tummmmmy, ants on your baaaaaaaack!”
Over and over.
The more he sang, the more she cried.
Ahhhhh, siblings!
4 kids in my house!
My 2 each have a friend today. I didnt plan it that way, it just happened.
And I have never been as grateful that it is my full day at work as I am right now.
All the kids are amazing. Polite, sweet, friendly.
But, OMG! Loud and active and shouty and wild!
I apologised to my nanny for leaving her with all 4 kids. She laughed and told me to go back to work and they would be fine. As I was leaving she was herding them outside to play on the jungle gym.
Hopefully my 2 are all tuckered out and go to sleep early tonight!
On our first date, Paul and I discussed a variety of topics. We both knew the relationship would probably work when we discovered that we are both pretty big SciFi geeks.
Our kids are well on their way to being little SciFi geeks too.
Its not uncommon to hear the strains of The Imperial March echoing through the house (they have it on the iPad) while two young {padawans} battle it out with light sabers (they create their own sound effects too) in the play room.
Aaron cannot wait for the new Star Trek movie to come out and loves The Avengers, he has an Iron Man figurine that goes with him everywhere.
Faith will often clutch a towel around her neck and run, fist in the air, shouting Superman, around the house. She also shows you that Superman can shoot out his eyes, she leans her head forward and squints.
These are the moments that make my geek mama heart proud.
Faith that is.
On Monday Aaron stayed home from school (he had a viral infection and was spiking nasty temps).
Faith informed us that the next day she was going to be sick so she could stay home too.
I laughed it off thinking she would forget about it.
But on Tuesday morning she woke up, coughed and told me she was too sick to go to school!
She is 2 years and 5 months old!
Needless to say, she was actually coughing and icky so I let her stay home with her brother.
I think I’m going to have to watch this child really closely. Sneaky little thing!
TV programme: You love anything super hero and Tazzmania.
iPhone App: You still play Angry Birds but you also enjoy playing flight simulators and a puzzle game called Water.
Meal: Pizza! Its still your very favourite although you dont have olives that often anymore.
Fruit: Red apples and grapes.
Vegetable: Do oven chips count?
Breakfast: You have started eating All Bran Flakes with a bit of sugar and milk, very healthy.
Drink: Cream Soda or Sparberry.
Toy: Lego and your lightsabers!
You love: School, your friends and helping to clean off the table.
Today in the car from our house to my mom, a 15 minute drive, Aaron and I had a little lesson on the ocean and the various creatures that inhabit it.
We started off talking about octopuses (or octopi or octopodes – yes there are three ways to make octopus a plural!) and how they squirt ink and have suckers on their tenticles, then moved on to sharks and their many many teeth. We spoke about whales and the fact that they have no teeth and eat plankton. We spoke about jelly fish, blue bottles, manta rays and electric eels, all of whom can hurt you with a sting or a shock. We then spoke about sea horses and the fact that the dads carry the babies.
This is where I had a small heart palpitation, cause if daddy sea horses carry the babies why do human mommies and not the dads carry the babies. Which led to how do babies eat when they are in your tummy? Ummmmmm, Im not ready for this kind of discussion. I explained about the umbilical cord and that when you are born it is cut and when the piece falls off it leaves a belly button.
We arrived at my mom then and I was saved from more questions about babies!
