mutual love

These two adore each other - can't you just see it?
 Thanks for visiting and I hope you have love like this in your life! E x

wow tiggy!

Parent/Teacher Interview Term 1, 2011
If you could see my heart, you'd know that it's almost bursting with pride.

You are so clever Tiggy.
You're right at the top with your reading, spelling, comprehension - you're getting there with your writing... Your maths is up there at the top too.

Your kind, gentle, encouraging teachers are allowing you to shine.  I mean really shine!

They commented on your impeccable manners, your eagerness to contribute (and their efforts to encourage you to let others have a turn too!). They have recognised your super quick brain and the way it's already 10 steps ahead of even them . They mentioned that you are always the one that other children want to partner up with. They are proud of you too. They love having you in their class.

Your main teacher said she nearly cried when she read your feelings about your visiting the Stations of the Cross. You drew your picture and beneath it you wrote, "Wow! Jesus died on the cross for us!". I might add that as I left you for the meeting tonight, you were playing in the garden with mud painted up to your knobbly knees, with Woo pouring a steady stream of water from the watering can over your feet. When I asked what you were doing you informed me that, "It's okay, Woo is Jesus and I'm her disciple. She's cleaning my feet!"

Lest you or any of the people who read our funny little blog think you are permanently gorgeous, Tigs, I must add that you were very cross with Woo the other day and when I asked why, you told me you could because you were "Pontius Pilate". Oh my goodness! What a spiritual and faithful little man you are! Even if you take it somewhat literally and out of context.

You bring me joy of joy, my beautiful, loving, clever boy.
Wow!
 Your forever loving Mummy X

whacky-woo

She's such a dot that she fits neatly inside my basket. She was being a baby (with a dolly's bottle), and wearing her gorgeous frilly pinny (she wears it all the time - just like her Mummy), her stripy top, "just like Mama's" and her polka dot knickers (such a shame that I don't have some!). Too cute.

 And then she asked me if she was going to kindy-creche, "Today?". "Not today Darling" I reassured her - she's really not digging it. "Tomorrow?" "No not tomorrow either." "To-yesterday?" I giggled at her cuteness, "No you didn't go yesterday either, my love." And just so I remember some of her 'funny little sayings'. She came to me with our old dog, Jessie's lead and told me with great excitement that she found a, "puppy handle". Love you Woo! Thanks for coming over to my blog to day, it's always nice to have you here. E x

let the sunshine

We have had the most glorious day here in Melbourne.  Achingly beautiful skies.  Tear inducing sunshine with the perfect ratio of heat to breeze .  Cups of tea with a great friend at her exquisite new house and then lunch and shopping with Woo and Momo.  Just the best kind of day.  It almost makes me weep.

Oh, and this song just gets to my core.  I hope it fills your day with sunshine.

Thank you for visiting.

E x

bunny tails

My babies love their "yolk eggs" in the morning.



Wooie likes hers rock hard, cool, and with the yolk removed (what?). If I'm not fast enough and leave the egg in its shell near her she, bizarrely chomps through that too. YUK!

On the other hand Tigs likes his egg barely set. He likes a 'volcano' to erupt when he stabs the yolk with his soldier.

Me, I can well live without eggs altogether. It is a testament to my love for my children that I make them at all. Of all the ways of cooking eggs, "yolk" ones would be the most repulsive to me. I almost gag at the smell. And the oozing ... oh gosh I gag even more.

Anyway at long last needle and thread found their way to cloth!
The one and only nice thing about boiled eggs for me is to cover them with something sweet.
I hope my babes will like their Easter-Bunny-Tail-Yolk-Egg-Covers.

I hope you are having a lovely and gag-free day and thanks for stopping by.

E x

co-operation

Happiness for me is as simple as two children interacting harmoniously. It's been MIA here lately. And the other day as I was trying to settle yet another dispute decided that they could both do what they wanted to do on my computer.

Woo watched Toy Story 3 and Tigs wrote a story.

How much serenity...







And for those who would rather see their faces:

I hope that today brings you serenity too.

E x

remembering

Unbearably hard to believe that it was four years ago that my wonderfully charismatic,
beautiful and adoring Meme was taken from us.

On Sunday nights I write my jobs for the next day and week, which I find an almost meditative task. Last night as I was deep in thought I heard a voice, crisp and clear.
I jumped at the interruption before recognising it.

She said, "I love you. You deserve to be happy."



And I'll love you and miss you all the days of my life, Meme.

Mem x