Since Hubs broke his pisiform he hasn’t been able to do up his shirt and vesto buttons. Quinn has volunteered for this job each morning and it’s the cutest damn thing.
Author: Renae
Living life as a wife, a stay at home mama of 3 kids under 5, a marriage celebrant, a craft and sewing amateur, a cooked breakfast lover, coffee enthusiast, extroverted socialite, and most recently, someone who is trying to keep a tidy house. It's tough I tell you!
Dadda Darby snuggles
While watching “Everything is Awesome” on YouTube.
Back to it
Chance had a major case of the “I don’t wanna go back to school”s this morning. There were tears. I offered a snack-sized chips in his lunch box as incentive. Crisis averted.
Me to Quinn: I’m making the boys porridge, would you like some? Quinn: no I don’t want porridge!!!!! (adamant) Me: are you sure? Quinn: mama I said I don’t want porridge!!!!!! I make porridge for me and the boys. Quinn: ooh can I have some porridge?
Darby insisted he did not want to go to kindy. Even though there was no mention of him going to kindy. He just kept telling me he didn’t want to go to kindy.
Aaahh back to school. Don’t you just love it?
Baby bumps
Tomorrow I hit 37 weeks pregnant which according to whomever makes the rules, puts me at full term. Unless the rules have changed and no one told me. But whatever. If this baby arrives before 41 weeks it’ll be a miracle. I’m here today to share some photos of me around the same stage with my previous babies.
This is me at 32 (ish?) weeks with Chance and here is the blog post it is from
And 37 weeks with Chance (Sian – it’s our favourite maternity top/dress!!!)
And this is 38 weeks with Quinny (and blog post). Yes, that’s a 2-year-old Chance, not Darby! I don’t have a lot of belly shots of Quinn as we were between houses for a month and I had other things on my mind!
And this is 37ish weeks with Darby with related blog post
And 4 days overdue with Darby, on our 7th wedding anniversary. I’m spewing that I got rid of this dress (it has pockets!) and the one above, when I “decided” that I was stopping at three kids! When will I learn, seriously!
So that’s a nice little comparison with where I’m at right now. Which is here:
Not long now little one x
Happy Easter Matey
Kate and the boys left today but not before our annual Easter Egg and Lego hunt.
And my mum gave the kids pirate hats and cutlasses which they couldn’t get enough of!
My pirate fairy
A well-placed empty rum bottle
It has been a lovely week with my lovely friend Kate and her boys staying with us. She does the washing and I do the cooking and the kids have a great time together. A great Easter tradition!
Happy Easter all!
If I didn’t know better…
(but I do) …I would have wondered if I was in labour last night. I had some crazy back pain and the baby was going completely loopy and felt like it was trying to get out. The bursts of pain were stopping me in my tracks and taking my breath away.
But it all calmed down after an hour or so, and being the expert I am (so I keep being told) I know it’s just all part of the late stages of pregnancy. Though, I would have hoped by this stage that the baby would be more engaged and still, and less flippy-floppy, making me nauseated.
Let’s see what tonight brings.
(And yes I know I missed yesterday’s blog post. Life!)
One-liners
Me: I think I’m contracting*
Hubs: Really? I think you’re expanding
*just braxton-hicks
Two hours
From blah to goddess.
Remember this pedi I had in Sydney? This is what it looked like five weeks later, aka yesterday.
Now I don’t know what the heck was is in shellac they used but damn it lasted well. What didn’t last was the smooth supple feet, so when my dear friend Sarah gave me a voucher for some pre-baby pampering I knew a spa pedi was on top of my list. Oh joy of joys I feel like such a queen after a good pedi a gorgeous colour.
Not to mention a desperately needed eyebrow wax. Thanks a million Sarah. I honestly feel like a million bucks.
11 things on the 11th
As promised.
“From then to now” – 11 things from our childhood that we are introducing our kids to.
1. Nicknames – my Dad used to call me buggalugs and this is what we call the kids. As well as luggabugs.
2. Spot books – they were some of my favourite books growing up and the kids love them.
3. Thunderbirds – this is a recent addition and I can’t believe how much the kids love the show! I look at it and think “so dodgy” but they are really getting into it.
4. Dr Seuss – Hubs grew up with Fox in Sox and all those amazing stories. Me not so much, so I’m enjoying them for the first time now! And just quietly, Hubs reading Fox in Sox is something to behold.
5. Disney movies – we make sure the kids are getting a taste for the oldies and goodies as well as the latest and greatest. Fun for the whole family!
6. Holding hands – Dad used to hold my hand and gently squish my knuckles. I find myself doing that with the kids as we cross the road.
7. Star wars – a timeless classic.
8. Lego – as much for us as it is for them, let’s be honest here.
9. Music – I grew up listening to Pink Floyd and Cyndi Lauper. My kids listen to Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift. And Pink Floyd and Cyndi Lauper. And Adele and OK Go. There’s not a lot of Wiggles being played around here I can tell you.
10. Tonka – We are always on the lookout for genuine metal Tonka trucks, not the plastic ones they are slowly being replaced with. They really are built tough.
11. Food – I love making pierogi for my kids and watching them devour it. And we are definitely a BBQ family which is a wonderful tradition to continue.
So there it is guys. A day late but a bonus item to make up for it. In other news, I haven’t missed a day of blogging this year yet! There have been a few close calls but I’m still here, 101 days in. See you tomorrow ?
A promise
Look I know today is the 10th. I have my list of 10 things I want to share with you but I have had no time today to pad that list out and make it into a blog post. Some days in these holidays I’ve had all the time in the world. Today was not one of those days.
I was going to do it this evening once the kids were in bed and the dishy was on, but instead we decided to have 8 people over for dinner (10 including us) which made for a busy and lovely evening. The dishy is only just on now and I can’t do my list justice so here’s what I’ll do: tomorrow it will be 11 things on the 11th. Deal? Good. Cos I’m knackered and off to bed.
Tomorrow morning my Woollies order will arrive sometime after 6am, the tiler will be here at 7, and the cleaner arrives around 9. Then I’m taking the kids to playgroup (aka fight club) and then mummy yoga at 1.30. Then we will wait with anticipation for Kate and the boys to arrive for the week!
Night night xx