Just before June passes me by too....

Another month is flying by and it's cold, cold, cold. I went up to see my friend Clare and her new baby Lenny for a couple of days and also visited my friend Kylie who lives close by, her son Ryan (Tom's little mate) and her bump (she was about 36 weeks when I saw her so..........any day now!)

It was a lovely little holiday, it's just hard with two busy boys who get bored very easily when Mummy talks for too long ( if you know me well enough, you will know this is ALL the time!) So we worked it out, but as with all aspects of life, things just happen a little different these days. I'm just grateful to all my friends who put up with the stop-start sentences and losing track of what I was saying. Being interrupted because, "Mummy, is there a toilet here?" and having a little monster who loves sticking his finger in my mouth whilst trying to say, "mouth" and sticking his finger in my eye, whilst trying to say, "eye", all while I'm trying to carry on a conversation.
We went up to Melbourne to visit Aunty Caz the other day. She comes down to visit us all the time, so I thought it would be an exciting day out for the boys to go to her house. Grandma came too, so the boys were lavished with attention and treats and it was a lovely day for us all. I'm going to try and get up to Melbourne more often to catch up with some friends and try and take Tom to see Daddy at work and also see more of Aunty Caz.
We are lucky that Jim's brother Des and his wife Olivia live just 10mins away so we get to catch up regularly. Their baby girl Molly is the same age as Angus so it's really fun to see them play together now. They are very similar in size and milestones so they make great playmates. (By that I mean, Angus can't sit on Molly and squish her or anything cause she's smart enough to get him back, hee, hee!)
We also went down to the farm to see Grandma and Grandad earlier in the month. Grandad was heading off in his motor glider for a flight so Jim and Tom went to the airfield to see him off, Tom couldn't contain his excitement!
Jim's dad has been flying gliders for a long time (more than 20 years???) and he has been buying, doing them up and then selling them for a while also. Like people do with apartments I suppose, but he does it with gliders. Anyway that's his thing and he loves it and they live in such a beautiful area of the world, it's a very picturesque way to spend a Sunday afternoon; gliding around the Great Ocean Road.

MAY - I'm back on track (just......)

May started off with Mother's Day. What a very special day it is. In Australia, there is a national Fun Run that is held each year on Mothers Day that raises money for Breast Cancer Research. So I decided that I would use the local race as the chance to get back into my running. I had been running just twice a week since April and it was only 4km (about 2.5 miles), so I thought it would be a good place to start. The photo isn't that flattering at the finish line but you've got to start somewhere! The little boy beside me is one of Tom's friends - Joseph. I did the run with his Mummy, so he was running the last little bit with us.

It was great, it was a lovely morning and Jim brought the boys down to see Mummy in her 'race'. I did it in 24 mins which was pretty good considering I have zero fitness and I felt excited about it. There is a race I'm aiming for in November now (12 km) and then if I stay on track a half Marathon in April next year, but we won't get too excited. I'm finding it very hard to even find the time to fit in a third run at the moment because running with the double pram is just too heavy. Next came THE WIGGLES! This was Angus' first concert and Tom's third. The boys both loved it and Tom was getting up and grooving around while Angus was just so excited about Wags the Dog - see the Photo.


Then was my birthday - hip, hip, hooray for me. I had a lovely day and Jim did lots of good things for me including booking me a wonderful massage at the local Day Spa and then we went out for a lovely dinner and it was all very celebratory.
And finally, my boys getting themselves into mischief.......

It's been a while.........APRIL

Hello! I'm back. After a very long time I have finally found some time to sit down and Blog. It's been a busy time but things are settling a little now - well for tonight anyway!
Let's start where we left off:
APRIL
Birthday month! Both boys had their birthdays in April - yes I have two Aries and they are true to their star sign. Tom had a very special birthday with a train trip to Melbourne, visited the Museum where a new 'Dinosaur' exhibit is showing followed by the train trip home and birthday cake with Grandma and Pa (see photos).

The museum had a 4 ft robotic dinosaur (there's a person in it) roaming around for the kids. Tom was convinced the dinosaur had come to visit him especially for his birthday as it gave him a kiss (snuffle) as it went by. He was just in seventh heaven the whole day. It was wonderful.
Next was Easter which was spent with family and generally a great weekend. Can't remember details other than it was sunny, we saw my family on Good Friday and Jim's family on Easter Sunday and it was a cruisy weekend. The boys had a lot of fun with Daddy at the farm on the 4-Wheeler!


Angus' birthday was next and we put on a bit of a show considering it was big No.1!
Invited family and some friends around, some games, presents and cake with a candle and a very happy birthday was had by my little man. Gee kids love being sung Happy Birthday to. Angus was so pleased with himself, it was just beautiful.