Boy am I glad today is OVER!!

Many, many things went wrong today. I guess it was one of those days. About 5 hours ago when I was in the middle of the wrong, I was going to write a post about all of the horrible things that happened today, but in my quest to be a "glass half full person", I will now divulge the good things that happened today.

Charli started using the big toilet, not the potty, but the big girl toilet. Not only that but she used it by herself and told me she needed to go to the toilet before she did it and when she had a nappy on. How excitement.

I got to show off my Dad given talent of tyre changing. When the lovely man came to my aid, all that remained to be done was tightening up the nuts on the newly changed wheel. He was pleasantly surprised and I of course gave the credit to my wonderful Dad who taught me this skill when I was much younger. Thanks Dad.

I got to level 21 with my new Rune Keeper, although I promptly died shortly after, not once but twice.....hmm, what does that mean you ask? Well, let me just say that it was a big achievement for me.

I found my keys after Charli hid them and then J found my keys which I was convinced were lost. Yes it was a bad key day.

And finally, although we didn't make it to High School Musical 3 in the park, the girls got to go to McDonalds for dinner and pick out 2 movies at the video store all by themselves to watch tonight. I was pleasantly surprised that they picked Horton Hears a Who and Strawberry Shortcake rather than the usual Barbie or Bratz. Yay for them and me.

And now it is time for bed and some much needed sleep and maybe a little bit of reading the new book I got from the library and am loving. So here is a shout out to Paulo Coelho for the wonderful book Veronika Decides to Die.

Only 24 Hours Later

It is amazing the difference that 24 hours makes. For most of last week we have been trying to get Charli to use the potty rather than the floor, carpet, chair or whatever else she happens to be sitting on at the time the urge strikes. For the most part, it just has not worked and my cleaning arm has been getting a pretty good workout. I was beginning to wonder if she would ever get it, she is now older than Paige was when Paige was completely toilet trained. Then I also have to remind myself that they are completely different little girls, different looks, different interests, different personalities and even opposite handed (Paige is a righty, Charli a lefty). Charli will toilet train when she is ready, not when I am.

Then suddenly yesterday, she got the hang of it. We only had 1 accident all day and that was on the tiles. Between breakfast and bed, she used the potty all day, and not only when I asked her to but everytime she needed to go she would cry "I need wee" and run to the potty. So, we will continue and see how it goes. I will continue to not pressure her and try really hard not to get cross when she misses, but most of all, rejoice with her when she gets it right.

My New Precious

My favourite thing (apart from my family) is shoes and handbags ...no wait, my two favourite things are shoes, handbags and jewellery ...no wait my three favourite things are shoes, handbags and jewellery!! (and of course, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

Anyway, my lovely mother-in-law donated to the cause for my recent birthday and I have now recently acquired a gorgeous new necklace. Since I love it, I wanted to share it, well a picture of it anyhow. No idea who made it, but myself and the little ones love it, and I now find myself continually telling them not to touch it.

Time for a Fairy Concert

The girls decided that it had been a while since we experienced our last concert and as such determined that is was time for a Fairy Concert. Makeup was applied, mostly by Charli (suprised?) and dresses were found and put on and then the concert began. Whilst I don't think either of my girls will ever be a chart topper, they had a ball and that is the main thing. 

Oh what a lovely Christmas

And it was. After preparing to have a really quiet Christmas at home with just the 4 of us, it was decided at the last minute to visit friends who live in a lovely part of the country and have a small farm. Not only is it beautiful, relaxing and quiet, there are cats and dogs and sheep and even a calf. The girls have a ball and do all sorts of things that I would not normally expect of them like running through the paddocks with no shoes, not only is there bugs, but there is sheep and cow dung....they always come back with black feet. Like I said they have a ball. Paige also has a friend there so not only was she the only one that went to church with Rach, but she also got to have a playdate while on holidays. She also was lucky enough to go to the family bbq and pool party and had a blast.

Apart from relaxing, we went to the town Santa parade, a church bbq, out for dinner (where half of the stuff on the menu they didn't have and the coffee machine was broken), to the beach and berry picking. The berry picking was great, while PJ wandered around with a pretty empty bucket, Charli took great joy in pulling LOTS of blackberries off the bushes and we came home with alot of rasperries and a huge variety of black berries. Not only that but we paid for a kilo what we would normally pay for 250gms.

All in all it was lovely and we all had a great time. Now time enjoy what is left of the time before Paige starts school. I cannot believe it has gone so fast, it seems like just yesterday she was starting Kinder.