A sluggish kind of day today...

Today hasn't been SO great, but we are still here and I'm still managing!
I had very little sleep last night and woke up with a massive headache and very little energy.
When I went to the toilet one of the wild rabbits was at our back door, so I came in and chopped up a carrot for him and threw them out. The girls and I sat on my bed and watched as he delicately nibbled on some carrot while holding it in his paws. We sat quietly and watched for about 20 minutes which helped me to get moving after.

We had breakky, made beds, got dressed, dishes and vacuuming done and still managed to make it to arts and crafts by 9 :o)

When the girls had finished painting the backs of their holders we took them to the playground to dry in the sun while the girls played.
Since we came back it's been a lazy one, with a DVD for the girls and book reading for mum and of course some more bubble blowing from all of us.
I think after nap time I will be well rested enough and we will venture out for another ride and exploration of the lagoon.

A wonderful start to the day :o)

I am proud as punch of my girls and myself! Last night went smoothly and the morning has been lovely! We got up had breakky, got dressed and headed to the kids arts and crafts. The girls each picked out a tealight candle holder and painted their tops.

 We will go back tomorrow morning to paint the bottom and sides.
After crafts we had a play at the playground and then went for a ride around the park. Moo is getting more confidence with each ride and Boo is blitzing it! Loo loves being pushed around on her bike and gets impatient when I stop to help one of her sissy's :o)
We are now out the front of the van, having a snack and drink, blowing bubbles and just riding in our little coldersac with some other little ones in the park!

Its now 11.40, the girls are eating lunch and watching a movie. Dinner is in the slow cooker and I am enjoying my lunch on the deck, in the shade, surrounded by nature...aaahh!
I'm so glad I made the decision to do this, the kids are happy and are having an active and fun holiday and my sole purpose is giving them exactly that.
It's not all easy but it's all manageable and makes me feel good about myself as a mum and a person in general :o)

Day 1 of Girls and I in Harrington just us 4.

Had a great day! We started off by having bacon on toast for breakfast. We then got dressed and went shopping for supplies to see me through to payday. We did a load of washing took the girls for a ride around the park and for a play on the jumping pillow!

When we got back to the van it was lunch time, we all had sangas and then settled for some quiet time. Josh went and collected the washing and folded it before he headed back to Newi. When the girls woke up we went to the Tv room to watch today's movie - Herbie. The girls got a little bored so we went for another play on the jumping pillow and stopped and chatted with a friend from the girls school. We went back to the van and collected their bikes and went for another big ride around the park, stopping for a play at the playground.
The girls are now watching a DVD while I have started cooking dinner and gathered our things to go for a bath. So far things are productive, happy and going as planned!
I ❤ my kids & bringing the magic into their lives that they bring into mine xoxo

I'm back....

I have been MIA for quite a while... I have been away dealing with some difficult decisions and in a pretty dark place. Instead of blogging what I have been dealing with I turned my back on blogging, social networks and most of the world. Well I'm back, on the other side and just dealing with the decisions I made. As a result of a major decision made I have also decided to make a few changes in all aspects of my life, basically I want to make the most of my time here, as a mother, as a wife, in my position as SAHM and as me as an individual.

I kicked off these changes with the decision to take my girls away to my parents on-site van by myself while hubby has to work. A week dedicated to my children and providing them with a fun filled memorable holiday with mum..... Here goes :o)

Painting, painting, painting!

Well I spent pretty much all of my day watching the news about the horrific QLD floods, texting back & forth with my bestie about the disaster & the news we were hearing & praying that the various people we know in the area were safe. Of course this meant a lot of "shhh mummy's trying to watch this", "just go and play", "wait mummy is just sending Joz a message" etc etc....

So when the neighbors girls came back at 2pm as requested by me earlier in the day (in my texting and news watching craze) it was time to start paying more attention to my kiddies and make good on the promises I made the day before. This resulted in me painting 6 sets of little nails - 1 x sparkly light blue, 3 x metallic blue & 2 x red. Also painting 5 little faces!!!

I practiced my sponging technique on my twins and slowly got better with our 3 visitors. Here is the bumble bee my little next door neighbor chose:

And the Rainbow Parrot her big sister chose:

And as repayment for letting me practice on her, she wanted to paint MY face....... being the good sport I am, I did:

Not a good enough sport to put a big picture of my mug on here though lol

It was a nice break from watching the devastation and feeling helpless while so many families are suffering across Australia right now. It's important to make the most of our very good situation here right now!

Face Painting...

Yay!!! My Derivian Face Painting Kit for Beginners arrived today!!

Ok, so I need to start this post by pointing out a few things:

1. I read 3 pages in the book lol

2. I always rush ahead on things and don't take my time or do them properly :0S

3. Instead of being sensible and waiting for Loo to have a nap I adopted an " I can do it, this will be fun" attitude - resulting in Loo spilling the water, dipping fingers in paint etc etc

4. I had no-one here to encourage me otherwise

5. My kids were bugging the crap out of me to get started

6. I decided against doing anything out of the book - especially the "Starter" section

7. Naturally based on the above points - I bodged it up :o)

Here is the result of my half assed, not prepared, totally harrassed effort....

Not great.... but not terrible, certainly some sort of skill there (bahaha) that can be improved with appropriate time and preparation :o)

Making the most of this weather..

We had big plans and wanted to make the most of this last week of Hubbys holidays.... But the weather is making it a little difficult. Not quite raining, not quite sunny, but windy.... just not real nice!

But yesterday afternoon we decided - what the heck - let's go fishing!!

It was the 1st time the girls had been

AND

I'm embarrassed to say they've had their rods since their B'day last year!!

SO

Glad we got to use them before the year was up :o)

The girls were very patient in the setup

But were very excited to get their hands on the rods!!

Loo discovered the upside of not owning a rod,

being able to sit and enjoy the bikkies.......

without having to share with her sissy's!

Boo caught her very 1st fish :o)

We were only there for a little over an hour before it started spitting on us,

and the girls were getting a little cold.

BUT

It was a fun and memorable hour or so

& made us feel like we were using the holiday time well :o)