YAY!!! R is home!!!

Well, after 8 days of being childless - we are back to normal.

BUT in sayin that - Rinn had a ball (and I think it wore out g'ma!!) Reports from the west are that Baden also had fun, but has been rather quiet since the girls left - oh and he is worn out (which from what we hear is quite a feat!)
I will post some photos later....

It is so nice to be back to normal - that is if you could use that word to describe what happens in this house! LOL


And YAY for RAIN!!! We have had nearly 40mm.... our tank is half full. Gotta love rain water, our clothes are soft... the coffee tastes better... you can shower and NOT smell like a pool!
Oh and to add to this - we have started having the fire at night..

Love life in our house now. Love winter time!

Ho Hum..... CCOOOOOOOO EEEEEEE!

Gosh our house is quiet ... when it's just he, thee and the dog.
Don't know if I like it that way. What did we do before she came into our lives??
Because now that she isn't here... I sure miss her. Even the dog goes looking for her... and is sleeping on her bed!!! (the dog howls when R cries, that is how attached she is to her!)


Rinn has been in Perth since Saturday night - with her g'ma, cousin and aunt and uncle.
We have only had 1 phone call and I was wondering why!! Well - apparently Baden and Rinn have been thoroughly enjoying each other's company! They are both up at the crack of dawn (5am for B and 6am for R - of which R is NORMALLY up at 8am there after!!!) and they have been playing non stop till R drops at 7pm - B at maybe 8pm LOL
It wasn't until dh rang BIL to find out that the kids are healthy happy and SLEEPING LOTS!!! They have been to parks and playgrounds - they went on a boat ride and a train ride into Perth.... I cannot wait to see her photos

I think that we had best get used to this idea of R going on holiday with g'ma....

Beam me up please Scotty - it sure sounds like much more fun than here....

We have managed to achieve ZERO in the room. I am still trying to get rid of everything.... oh well.
Back to the drawing board.

Dh and I are off to Callington on Saturday... helping with a car rally (racing). We have a "finish" of a Stage.
It is a new local round... should be fun - even tho the weather forecast rekons it should rain all weekend.

Here is a link to the SA Rally site... http://www.sarally.com.au/ We will be at the Church and Courts stage finish. :)

Holidays and new fun things....

Rinn and G'ma Marg left for Perth last night... Corinne was so very very excited - we have been focused on this for 2 weeks now. I am happy and sad - happy that she is happy, sad because our life is HER life... she is such a big part of what we are about.

Yes we need to share her, but gosh things are so boring with out her around! There isnt a wake up call - Mummy, Daddy please read me a book!!! Or talking bout what we will eat for our next meal .... Its not even 24 hours since she left and I cant seem to get my head around it!

All dolled up ready to goto the air port - in her 'funky punky' out fit (Note the stance - I got told "oh Mum - do I have to have a photo?") She relented...
At the airport waiting to go - it could not have happened fast enough - she wouldtnt sit with us for a photo (she took plenty of us...)

Off go our 2 girls........ gosh she is growing up so quickly!! She nearly forgot to give us a hug goodbye!! I had to grab her to get a kiss and cuddle.... *sigh*

New Hobbies.....

We were thinking about giving Rinn a camera for her trip.. a friend suggested that instead of a disposable camera - goto Cashies and get a digital! So I did - $70 later - we have a simple and easy to use 5mp camera!! (its nearly as good as the one we have!)

Rinn has been running around taking photos of EVERYTHING including the dog and fish!!! LOL I wonder how many will die of fright (from the flash!)

Self Portrait

The things that are interesting - Barbie Stickers on the Fridge!

Her fish....

And Grandpa.......

Marg saw some of her shots that she took at the airport - she wondered where R got it from (I simply said that it was genetic and she got it from her!! Yes Marg - she is LIKE YOU!!!)

WBA

Just sharing some recent WBA - White Board Artwork.

Rinn has taken a shine to our white board - like a fish to water. She loves to make up her own stories or simply use that instead of paper! (rather expensive paper if you ask me!) It is a great way of teaching her stuff too... its larger and easier for 2 people to access (for learning new words) and often I leave it there for a few days for us to enjoy..... Here she is - the artist herself!! And her pig.

This is her cow - underneath you can see milk - cheese - icecream - and more cheese! (she likes cheese.... ;) )

Pretty self explainitory!

This is a story about a Prince that marries Rinn's bestfriend, Paige. She has a sore eye and it falls out! But her hair grows longer....

So cute !!

Memories, Reno's and Ballet.

Finally - we have started to sell some of Rinn's clothing. I have given lots of it away to friends, mostly the unisex stuff... but all of the girls stuff... *sigh*
So I listed a stack of stuff the other day and today its finished. We went thru the listings and organised stuff to go into bags, and there were times that we would look at something and either just sigh or comment bout a memory.... I still keep thinkin how cute she was in all of the various outfits, and have so much trouble giving them up.

This is all in aid of a new room. We have decided that our S and M room (shit and mayhem!) needs to become Rinn's new bedroom. She needs more space. But there are some rather large things that are just simply getting in the way of this just 'happening' - Rinn's clothing and un used furniture.
Its an easy room to reno... we only have 1 wall to re plaster (courtesy of the water damage from the bathroom - but that is from a long time ago!) - we know what colour to paint - PINK! - the boards need stripping and sanding and varnish - we need to put up a new ceiling (and not take the old one out like last time!) and Rinn needs to be out of the house for at least a few days..... so as she is off to Perth with MIL for the 2nd week of the holidays - It seems like it should start happening SOON!!

I have to say this - Rinn is in LOVE with Ballet/Tap. There is no other way to describe her atm.
Every Saturday she has a 60 min ballet lesson followed by a 30 min tap lesson. I have come to a realisation that if allowed to - she would go all day!! We got home after going out for the afternoon... and she proceeded to head to her bedroom and get out her ballet bag, put on her tap shoes, remove her mat from her bedroom floor - and put the music on and practice her moves. LOL!! Now, this is not just an event simply because its the weekend - she is beginning to do this every day... in the evening when Matt is preparing dinner... she tots off into her bedroom and puts on her shoes and the music and dances her life away.
Gosh - and over dinner tonight we asked her what she would like to do for a job and got told " Lots of ballet and dancing practice - then go home and practice some more"
This is so gorgeous. We have only ever encouraged her to do what she is interested in - boy - this one is a HUGE interest. I think we might have to find some ballet productions to go and see, I can see that my mum is going to be tickled pink with this idea!
I will have to sneak a photo! ;)

Lets try this again....

Gosh - here I am again... trying to blog.

I have had a blog set up...
I have managed to read everyone else's, forget that I have one - then realise that I do... but then discover that I have no idea WHICH email account I used to open it, then the snowball effect of not knowing which of my 6 passcodes OPENS it... *insert image of me pulling my hair out by now*

Which of course - leads to me giving in and not doing it.... and going back to playing Scramble or Scrabulous on FB!!!

:P

Ok, so tonite I have it sussed - and I can remember what n where everything should be....

No excuses anymore.