Ghost photo's

Well i hope you can all see the little girl in these photo's. She is kneeling down, has long blond hair in pigtails and is wearing a pinny fore dress

DollyGirl's naming day

phew...lots happened but also not much did

so that's my mum's visit over...she has flown to Brisbane today until the 16th when she flys' direct to Sydney then onto London from there.

it was strange to say goodbye to her this afternoon at williamtown airport as i knew she was still in Australia...

Mum's visit has been a great one...but also a strange one

for some reason...i thought that i would be having some Deep and meaningful with mum over her time here...but as i came to find out in the first week she is not in to them...

she really is not comfortable with talking about feelings...and when i think about it our relationship has never been an open one...

so we talked about the kids and my sisters and their kids...and Dad and our memories of him and other stuff

we went to the Bay for a week...saw some dolphins and Whales...they are such beautiful creatures

we had lots of coffee and banana bread!!! Bear loves his "nana" bread

we had DollyGirl's naming day...will post some pics soon

we watched DollyGirl work out how to crawl forwards...well inch worm kind of crawl

and we laughed at her silly but beautiful faces that she pulls

Bear loved nanny playing "shark" with him..and "cars" so she was a big hit with him

we now have our bed back after the last 3 weeks on a mattress on the floor in the lounge room!!!! my back is very happy about that!!!

and tomorrow i'm off to a ghost tour and Sat a very, very early morning wedding!!! 5:30am...WTF

am still alive and kicking...just too busy and tired to blog xxx

finally coming down...and getting time to blog!!!!

well mum arrived safe and sound after 21 hours of flying..she loved flying with Qantas as she flew premier class which is between business and economy..so more leg room and to hear mum tell it....wonderful due to the fact they gave you real cloth napkins!!!

So far are days have been filled with not much...

shopping

shopping

park

picnics

trips out on the harbour (boat trip over to Stockton)

washing.....

how come there is always so much washing...

oh yes that's right two kids.....

but it's been wonderful to have mum here....she has already been a great help in getting Bear out of nappies and onto the toilet!!!!

one less thing for me to worry about...

off to Soldiers point on Friday for a week...so Shell if your free let me know would love to come visit....

PS...I've created a website for my symbols..please check it out and let me know what you think...and yes please fell free to point out any spelling mistakes!!!

Count down

this is the week...mad cleaning frenzy..or not...depends on how i feel and how the kids are...but will clean bathroom and fridge....

one of my sisters put into words the other day why i have been feeling a little nervous about mum coming out...it's due to the fact this will be the first time i see mum without dad...

big thing that...cos there has never been apart from his funeral that I've ever seen mum without dad!!!!

but all will be ok

only 6 days to go....

oh no and the house still looks like a pig sty!!!!

I've been in clean-up mode for the last week trying to get the house up to "mum" standard...but then the kids got sick and well it all went out of the window!

got me thinking why am i trying to get to her standard? as her house always looks like a show home...nothing out of place....no dust anywhere!

you should see the dust in my place...hey i could draw in it at the moment and that's after I've dusted 3 times!!!

i think i don't want her to go back to England and my sisters with any ammunition, silly but that's how it's always been...me trying to not let her see what things are really like....

that's why it was so hard last time Mum & Dad came out...cos i was trying to deal with a 4 month old at the same time....

well this time I'm on anti-depression meds so i think I'll be a little bit more chilled.

am really getting excited now.....