I just paid $40 for...

photos of S from Kinder.

So so so disappointed.

(and considering our lack of funds and the moment, annoyed as well).

My thinking was "It's a once in a lifetime thing...and she'll never be in 3 year old Kinder again...so I SHOULD really buy them regardless of how they look. I got them home and put them on the computer and felt SO ripped off.

11 photos, none of which she is actually looking at the camera, all taken using on camera flash. You can't necessarily identify them as being specific to Kinder either...she could be anywhere really.

On a nicer note...we had a little Christmas Party for the last day of Kinder last Friday and the kids put on a bit of a concert and we all had morning tea together

...and Santa visited.

Very exciting for the kiddos. Even C thought Santa was okay. She looks a little weirded out in the photo...but she went willingly. They both received a book which they were very happy about. My girls LOVE books.

I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. 3 year old Kinder is over...on to 4 year old Kinder next year. I wonder how she will cope with going from only 2 and a half hours once a week to 10 hours spread over 3 days?

I can't believe...

She's 2

This year especially has flown by...

We had a little family get together to celebrate...Pizza and cake...

Happy Birthday Tiny Pixie...Mummy loves you.

This Does Not A Merry Christmas Make...

So Mr Pixies had a little accident last week!! He's fine. The car is not.

I am truly thankful that it is still driveable, thanks to the lovely addition of 100 mile an hour tape (put on by a heavily pregnant me...with much grunting and puffing). We can't get in to the insurance to have it assessed until the 8th of December, which means it's highly unlikely to be repaired before the New Year. I have this overwhelming feeling that I will go into labour while we are carless. Note to self!! Take out the extra insurance to get a hire car.

So this means, because Mr Pixies was at fault (unfortunately sliding on a wet road into a roundabout and into the path of another car) we are down $450. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Looks like we will be scaling back our Christmas present list.

Why on earth do these things happen before Christmas?

Why do all the utility companies insist on sending bills that are all due in the 2 weeks before Christmas?

Why does my dentist tell me I need a filling...another $200.

It's a conspiracy I'm sure!!

At least the insurance company are nice enough to allow us to pay the excess after the car is repaired.

Hope you are having a better week than I am!!

Bad Blogger

This blog has been so neglected in the past 8 months or, and not necessarily because I don't have anything to share, but just because other things have been taking my time...like naps and housework avoidance...which is where I sit down and look at everything that needs to be done and then don't do it.

I have been counting down to different things since May...Metallica concert, C's 2nd Birthday, Christmas, I think it is all serious denial about baby number 3 arriving.

Two weekends ago we were struck down by the dreaded gastro...S had it Saturday night, this is her on Sunday afternoon catching up on some much needed sleep...if only this would happen more often (NOT the gastro, of course...the nap). Then Mr Pixies was up ALL night Sunday and C started throwing up early Monday morning. I managed to avoid the worst of it, although I spent a good 3 hours at the hospital hooked up to CTG machine after vomiting and having abdo pain. Baby is fine...Mummy may have been a little hungry after avoiding food in the fear that it would inevitably be coming up again. Feel a bit silly really.

So thankful that it didn't strike this weekend...We have been waiting 6 months to see Metallica in concert. Being 32 weeks pregnant certainly wasn't going to stop me from going...gastro and early labour may well have though.

We were lucky enough to get tickets to Metallicas final show on their 2 and a half year Death Magnetic tour. Our hotel was only a 10 minute walk from the venue and the weather was perfect. Sadly it was no SLR cameras in the venue...but below are a couple of shots from our balcony, on the 9th floor.

I stood for just over 2 hours (with my shoes off)...we were way up in the stands but we still had a fantastic view and the sound was amazing...could have done without the 2 support acts....definitely not my cup of tea (Baroness sludge metal followed by Lamb of God groove metal, neither of which I could understand a word of).  James promised that it wouldn't be their last concert ever...so I live in hope that I will see them again (as a non pregnant 40 something) the baby slept through most of the concert, only waking up for the last half hour and the walk back to the hotel, turning some very painful somersaults that stopped me in my tracks at times. 

The two pixies spent the night at their Gran and Grumbles...first sleepover since last December. All went well with them.

Now begins the countdown to this ones 2nd birthday...in 15 days. I have nothing organised, no birthday presents bought or made. Better get my butt into gear.

Same goes for Christmas...I am starting to get very nervous with the appearance of Christmas decorations.

Just a little update of our goings on...hopefully I will blog again before this baby is due...8 weeks and counting.



At Last...

I have achieved something...

I have had a serious case of the "can't be bothered's" for the past few weeks.

I am feeling fat and heavy and oh so tired. On top of that I have had a cold for 2 weeks. Feeling bleugh!!

So it was nice to actually finish something on my "to do" list.

Granted, finishing this Warhol dress (using a tutorial from Made) has barely made even a 1% dent in what I need to get done in the next few weeks...but it was fun and it looks cute on Miss C. I did use the small size, for a 6 to 12 month old...eek!! will this kid ever grow (as you can see, it is a little tight around the arm). She will be 2 in a few short weeks.

Anyway, the to do list just keeps on growing and growing. It includes cleaning, gardening, sewing, renovating, rearranging furniture, painting furniture, photo shoots...It's just overwhelming.

Where is the nesting instinct? All I want to do is lay down and have a nice long sleep.

Enough complaining...I just need to get into gear for the next 10 weeks and prepare for arrival of our sweet bub, who I'm sure would prefer to enter a household of relative calm rather than chaos (which is where we are about now).

So, here's to achievements...may there be many in the next few weeks!!