Sarah Starts School

It was all action in the house-hold this morning as Sarah was starting School. (Kindy). The Kindy is attached to the School - so it gets the kids into the school routine straight away. Today, Sarah just did a half day....and next week will be two half days. But from then on she will go for 2 x full days and 1 x half day.

She got all ready in her school uniform, play-lunch and bag packed and off we went. She was quite excited.

When we got to school - the Teachers were there to greet us. Mrs Hewton & Mrs Olejnik.

The children were allowed to play in the room for a little bit - while everyone arrived. Sarah asked me to stay for a bit - so I took a seat while she discovered the room.

Then one of the little girls that she went to Daycare with came in.....so they chatted together. Then Sarah came over and said "You can go now Mummy" So I gave her a kiss and off I went.

As I left - the Teacher handed me a survival kit.

Inside was a note that said.....Here is a little "gift" for you as you leave your precious one with us on the first day of school. The soft cotton ball will help you to remember the gentle spirit of your child. After you've gone home and dried your tears with the tissue, make yourself a hot cup of tea. Enjoy the Mintie, because it's "Moments like these" you need them. Put up your feet and relax.

It made me laugh....but that's not what I did when I got home!

H H H Hot!!

Man it's hot! We've had a couple of days at about 43 degrees. AND last night's overnight Low was just over 27 degrees!

So we have been hibernating inside....with the AC going. And we have been swimming when ever we can too.
We had a friend come swimming at our place too in our little blow up pool.

Mr Frog decided he needed an over night swim. I emptied out most of the water and the next night he hopped away.

Split Chin

Sssssst sore! Sarah split her chin open the other day. She was climbing up on the lounge chair (from the back) and as she came over the top the cushion folded and she fell forward - whacking her chin on the edge of the bench.

So we quickly held it together with a sticking plaster - and went off to the doctors. They put a Cris-cross steri-strip and some super glue on it to hold it together.

Hence - she has not climbed up that way again. Sometimes - they have to learn these things for themselves......no matter how many times you tell them!!

Slippin' and Slidin'

Sarah was given some great gifts at Christmas time. She is still discovering them. One of the things she got was a Slippery Slide from Grandma. Here she is having a go on it.

She's quite funny though - cause she has not got the idea to run up to it and slide yet. She just sits at the top of it - and you have to push her down.....once she's going down she laughs and laughs.....it's great fun. The bottom of it is shaped like I shark mouth - and the water pools in the mouth bit - so it's like a little pool.

Our Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all have had a happy and festive time. We had a lovely Christmas Day – it was HOT so there was lots of swimming, eating and lounging around.

Before Christmas we had several visits with Santa. First up we went to Sarah’s Day Care Christmas Party. It was at Whiteman Park which is a huge park about 15 mins away from our house. There are heaps of things there – pools, play grounds, craft places, traffic museums, RC Parks even a Wildlife park. Anyway – the Day Care put on a Sausage Sizzle and Santa came to see the kids.

This is Sarah sitting with one of the ladies from her Day Care - Kiarma. Sarah loves her.

Sarah waited and waited to sit on his knee......finally her name was called and she went and posed with him. Can you tell she’d dressed herself??

A few days later – Santa came to the Christmas Party that we had at Wednesday Play Group. We had a lovely party and the kids all sat on the mat and waited for Santa. On this day Sarah did not want to sit on his knee. She just wanted a present!!!

Sarah with her friends. (L to R - Sarah, Chloe, Lauren, Lilli-anne)

Waiting for Santa.

A few days later again......Sarah went to see Santa at the mall. He asked her what she wanted for Christmas....she said – "A present". So he said "Is there anything else you’d like"?......she said....."Ummm another present".

As Christmas got closer and we put up the tree, hung lights and put gifts under the tree – Sarah got more excited. When we put up the Tree and decorated it – she spent about 40 minutes walking round in a circle singing....Santa Santa Ho, Santa Ho Ho Ho. I’d hidden the gifts away as I thought if we put them under the tree too early she would get into them. So on Christmas Eve I got her to help me get them out one by one and put them under the tree. Every time we put a new present underneath she would scream and squeal with excitement. Christmas seemed to be taking forever to get here for her.....and I think she was beginning to think it would never come.

On the 23rd I said to her.... Santa will be coming in a few days. And she said....But it’s not snowing yet Mummy. Then she was concerned because we did not have a Chimdey (that’s what she calls it). So we went outside and showed her that we did have one. But she was very concerned with the size of it as it’s not that big.

Anyway – we left out some Biscuits, Fizzy Drink for Santa and some Water & Carrots for the Reindeer and she went off to bed nicely. The next morning – I think she had forgotten about it all cause she took a bit of coaching to get up and out of bed. I think when she got to the lounge she was still half asleep.

Santa had been to our house...and it did not take long before the lounge was covered in Christmas paper and gifts. We then spent the next few hours discovering all the gifts. Neil painted Sarah’s fingernails with her new Nail Polish. The bubble machine was a big hit too. She had a spin on her new bike....but will need a bit more encouragement before going alone.

We got all cleaned up, dressed up and went round to Nana’s for another round of spoiling. By now Sarah was an expert at ripping into presents. She was given (among other things) a lovely little dolly and a flash pushchair. She loves them and has taken then everywhere.

In the afternoon we went to Neil’s sister’s house – where we were spoilt again..... and ate the rest of the day away. It was pretty hot – just over 35 degrees – so we had a few swims too. We had to tag team in the pool – because Sarah loves the water and would stay in the entire time.......as one adult got out – she would go to the next person and ask....Do you want to go for a swim with me.

Here she is relaxing in the sun with her cousin Cody – who got a Hammock for Christmas.

We had a great day – the words HOT, eating, swimming and relaxing sum it up.

Our New Ride....

As some of you know, our car died recently so we have been looking round for a new car. We found one.....we picked it up yesterday.

It's a 2008 Toyota Aurion - Dark Silver. It's got all the bells & whistles that we need.....plus a few others probably, so we are motoring again.

Shower Ready

I just thought I would pop in here and share this cute pic I took of Sarah tonight.

Sarah has decided that she can't have a bath any more. She said "My baths too big and I can't fit". I know that does not make sense....but she means she thinks she has grown to big for the bath now and can't fit in it any more. At one stage she said......"My bum will get stuck"!

Anyway - when she was at Nana's the other day she found this in the draw and has decided it's her Shower Cap. She loves it. The cap thing she has is actually a food cover thing.....but it's a good size for her head.