Geodesic Fun!!

Joshua used some off his Christmas and birthday money from the past few years and bought a geodesic dome climbing frame from farmers today. It was $159 and is just awesome!! I think we will survive the holidays now hahahaha. He has been trying to climb and swing off everything so now he has somewhere to do that!!.Maia thought it was awesome and was swinging off it too. Next thing she flipped herself right over one of the bars and landed on her bum in a fit of giggles.... Wait is that grey hairs I see in the mirror? LOL

Sisterly love...

Maia shows her love for her twin brother in so many varied ways....for example the other night when we had to haul her out of the bath for attacking Xander and leaving pinch marks all over his torso!!

She redeemed herself the next day though when Xander was having a meltdown in reaction to having eaten mango. He was inconsolable and didn't want a hug but did want a hug but didn't....arrggghhh.... Maia grabbed his dummy and tried to pop it in his mouth. when that didn't work she went to his cot and got his bunny. He did accept the bunny and clung to it while screaming. Maia had obviously run out of ideas by this stage so decided to keep him company and sat so close she was almost sitting on him..Awwwww so cute.

Then later in the day when Xander was starving and screaming for dinner I offered them both a lil bit of bread to tide them over. Xander refused his and screamed louder. Maia ripped off a piece of her bread and popped it in his mouth. Xander laughed at being fed and ate it happily!!! Sister Maia to the rescue!!

How children hear things

It always makes me laugh listening to kids singing songs with slightly strange words or repeating sayings with the wrong words. This afternoon when Joshua was pretending to catch the cat (who had scratched him earlier so needed captured obviously) he pretended to throw a net and yelled "In the name of the NAKED wood I capture you" If you know Winnie the Pooh you would know that this was meant to be "In the name of the Hundred Acre Wood"
I had a good giggle.... and then I taught him the correct words....

Fraggle Rock 2008

Dear Nephew Gobo,
I went to Hawaii and I saw one of those bad silly creatures. Then it pointed a gun at me, then it shot at me so i grabbed that gun off it and shot back while I ran away.
Love from
Your Uncle Travelling Matt

Hmmmmmm this is what happens when Joshua pretends to be playing Fraggle Rock. But you know what if Uncle Travelling Matt was to visit many places in the world this would be close to reality... sad really....

Anything you can do....

... I can do better???

Yesterday afternoon Xander and Joshua were blowing raspberries on my tummy (great family fun LOL) and they both went to take a turn at the same time and clashed heads. So I had both boys on my lap crying their lil hearts out. Now Maia had seen all this happen and stood looking at the situation sort of quizzically. Then she started to approach Joshua. I thought 'maybe she is going to give him a cuddle' But then as she approached she suddenly sped up and planted a huge head butt right on Joshua's forehead where Xander had hit!!!! She looked at me and burst into tears and joined the pile of sobbing children all now jostling for a space on my lap???!!! Why why why on earth did she do it?? I was so shocked I couldn't help laughing out loud and that didn't impress Joshua much. In fact I had no idea how to console the three of them as they seemed to be feeding off one another and crying louder and louder so eventually I just yelled in a funny voice "Stooooooop crying" They all looked at me and got up and went on their merry way??? I am still shaking my head..... Children I don't get them!!

Domestic Goddess

If you had told me 10 yrs ago that by the age of 34 I would be a stay-at-home Mum to three kids and cooking all our own food from scratch I would have laughed at you... okay so I am not a domestic goddess yet (and may never be one since I HATE ironing so much that Joshua actually notices that I have ironed his clothes and thanks me LOL - I know I have scarred him for life!!) but maybe I can qualify as a demi-goddess.

Today i baked our own bread, made water crackers and vanilla biscuits. I also made a litre of yoghurt. Dinner was left-over stew from last night (made without additives) and home-made stewed apple and custard (made without using custard powder - yes it is possible). I never knew how much we take our food for granted!! And am amazed that there is soo much junk in our crackers etc when really they need only contain simple ingredients. My pantry is soooo different this week compared with last week. It is a lot less colourful and contains a lot more dry ingredients. i still have a lot to learn but it is really qite fun learning how to make foods that I had never stopped to ponder. I am excited about learning how to make my own lollies LOL (no-one said all our food had to be healthy as well as colour-free hahaha)

It is so worth it though - Xander is spot free again today and seems to be sleeping better.

How hot chocolate kills bugs....

This morning Joshua gave me a small insight into how the mind of a 4 yr old works. He told me he had a sore throat when he was eating breakfast so I got him some pamol for the pain. He sat quietly eating his rice bubbles and drinking his hot chocolate. Then he turned to me and said "The rice bubbles tickle the bad bugs in me so the pamol can catch them and put them in jail. And then when they are in jail the hot choclate pours over them so all the bad bugs are gone" Wow.. so this is what 4 yr olds think about???? Profound!!