Tagged again woot woot, and 10 things about the Mr.

Christina over at luvinthislife  has tagged me! (she has the best tattoo!)

6th picture folder, 6th picture and tell the story behind it:)

( prepare yourself, cos its NOT my kids for once!)

No, thats not me. ( I aint crazy) Its my MUM!!! (mom) . We  (my gang, my sister Belbie –no thats no her actual name- and brother Steven) gave her a skydive for her 45th Birthday. My sister is a sky-diving freak ( she LIVES at a drop zone, covered in tatts, works in childcare ill have to ‘introduce’ you some time) and suggested it. Mum, shockingly was KEEN AS!!! ( sorry thats a bit of Aussie slang) oh and i mentioned Mum was 32 when she became a grandma. She was a young mummy, not as young as me, she was 19 when she had me, I was 16 when I had Cara. I have to admit, the thought of ME being a Grandma in 3 years is UNTHINKABLE, so I guess she did okay coping with it (long story,maybe later)

But, the skydiving, She was amazing and fearless, my mum rocks!

Um, Im supposed to tag 5 people, you know how I am with that. So, go nuts guys:)

Oh yeah, I was going to pass this 

on too!

1. Melissa cos I just found her blog and am loving it!

2. Julie  cos she had a whole POST complete with pictures of her (melted)tim tams!! And she sang/wrote the theme from Waynes World:)

3.Kimber  cos she did the tim tam post too!!(and ate them all in like 1 night, thats the way!!)

4.Sassy cos her blog has the best header and title

5.Jennifer cos she sticks cheerios to her kids head:) And takes photos!

 

I was going to start 10 things, like Alyson and Kimber have done. But I think Ill save it for later , this post has gone on long enough:)

Plus, I will probably have more babylegs photos later

Not Me Monday

Courtesy of MckMama 

I am one of those parents whose kids sleep through the night at 6 months ( not me Monday, remember) so I was not up at 4.46am this morning! Don't believe me? I did not take photographic evidence to prove it!

I did not see Jai head butt Luka at any stage of the week.

I was not absurdly happy that my tim tams arrived, albeit melted.I did not have the whole family reading their posts, I did not look like this!

( i do not love the fact i have an excuse to use this picture again)

Jai did not run round the house screaming “ sorry poo!!!” for no apparent reason.

I did not go to change Fatboys nappy this morning and find it full off pee and ‘dump’ as both boys call it .( Jai did not sit on the toilet when he was toilet training at yell at you if you tried to open the door “Get out, I dumping!”) The nappy was not in the FOOT of his pyjama suit, there was not feralness all down his legs and covering his right foot, it was not GREEN ( I swear,it was GROSS, too many pistachios ,the boy loves em)

I did not help Jai make smarty biscuits. And if I did, the kids definitely would not have eaten them ALL in 15 minutes!!

I did not hire out Waynes World 1 & 2 .The girls did not absolutely LOVE it and watch it about 5 times in the last week. I did not still remember huge chunks of dialogue, and i was not sorry i hired it out after about 2nd viewing.

I did not feel guilty about someone pointing out they hardly ever see the girls:) I will not force my daughters to be in more photos!I did not try and get one for this post, and if I had of I certainly wouldn't have failed. Miserably.

I was not a babylegs freak today. I did not put Fatboy in 2 pairs, his armwarmers were not adorable:)

 

(after looking at today's  babylegs photos, I did not notice that 80% were too indecent for my blog, due to Fatboys love for dressing ‘inappropriately’  Therefore that is not my very unclean screen door- nope, my house sparkles all the time, it NEVER looks like toy shop and several wardrobes full of clothes exploded)

Sweet Mickas…Rani

Baby Chapman was born 9th December 2001,a day after my brothers birthday, after a 4 hour labor barely making it into the birth suite, almost born in the hallway. Baby Chapman as i call her ( because she didnt get named for 3 weeks) was #3, our 3rd daughter.

We finally settled on Jade Rani for her name. But she was always Rani. We never called her Jade! She made Cara a sister twice, and Dakota a big sister. My 3 girls:)

rani has always been cheeky

she was my ‘pinchy baby’. She would come up and pat your arm, with that super cute smile, then, PINCH!!

Rani struggled when she started school. My cheeky, sometimes downright nasty daughter was painfully shy. She bravely struggled through 2 years, me always being told ‘she just doesn't know it’ when I had pages of proof that yes, she did know it, she was just too shy! Since we moved, and she switched schools, to a tiny country school, she has improved SO MUCH!! I am very proud of her:)

Rani loves cuddling,bug catching, tormenting her brothers and sisters, dancing, Littlest Pet Shop, baby animals and reading. She is also loving her new scooter ( i am loving it too). Right now, as I write this, Rani is running naked screaming from Jai, who is chasing her with a bread packet. Thats Rani:)

So there you go. My beautiful, photo avoiding daughters:)

Crazyhouse newsletter, of sorts

Wow what a week! Read the entire twilight series (now what am i supposed to do,huh) won not 1, not 2, but 3 of these

from the fantastically awesome bloggers Kimber, Julie, and Alyson, whose blog i just found a while ago (its great!!) So thankyou so much, I was so thrilled at each of them, I love that you like my blog:)

Alyson had a really cool post, 10 things that I thought was so great and am trying to get to that as well. Check it out!

And, I won this

from Sassy, so feel doubly (quadrupley? ) honoured.Thankyou thankyou thankyou!! Her blog has the best title, Dancing In The Rain, which is something  we should all do I think! And my sons agree.

It is raining here today, so my photoshoot is put off until next weekend, which gives me more time to prepare/stress.

The award comes with Rules of course!

(1) Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
(2) Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
(3) Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
(4) Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
(5) Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
(6) Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
(7) Leave a comment on each of the blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.

So my 7 things are

1. I grew up on a property with stables and racetrack , and my whole family lives and breathes harness racing.

2. I made my mum a Grandma when she was 32.

3. I am the oldest of 3, the 4th of my beloved Nanas 10 grandchildren.

5. I have been driving for about 2 years, before that my poor hubby did all the driving!

6. I have worked in a shoe shop, a swimming centre, a  travel agent and as a cleaner. Being mummy, although largely unpaid, is the best:)

7. I hoard. lots. I have boxes and boxes of old letters,diaries,calendars,photos,1000s of those potato people drawings (you know, the first attempt at people). It was all crammed in various spots in the old house, now my walk-in is like a mini storage space:)

  Tagging. You know Im extremely lazy awful at that. (Also at actually adding my awards to my blog page but ill get right on it) So, If you want to do this, go nuts:) I will pass on the award in a few days though so watch this space!

Tim Tams. I have introduced 2 foreigners to Tim Tams. now I am prepared for relentless hounding for more and many entries in my next comp ( oooh a few days/weeks? Ill surprise you) So happy you loved them Julie and Kimber !!!

Im up to Rani in my daughter posts. I felt slightly guilty that they are not on my blog as much as the boys, the boys are just around so much more. But I will have to try and include them in photos more (you know surly Cara will love that)

I gotta say, Im having Babylegs photo withdrawals….Are you??

Its Dakota, aka Fiddley…

 

Its the 14th of March, 1999. I am slightly older, hopefully slightly wise, when Dakota Chloe joins our little family, after a 5 hour induced labour. 

She makes Cara a big sister, and reaffirms my belief that i want to do nothing else than be ‘Mummy’ :) Dakota is a ‘Daddys girl’ loving her Daddy above all else. Dakota is oh-so-sweet, and beautiful with a big round face and curls.

Dakota matured into a loud, loving,loud, still sweet, loud, extremely intelligent but very loud 10 year old. Did I mention shes very loud?

Dakota wins awards every single week at school  I go up for interviews and the teacher says, every single time, ‘There is no problems, shes doing great,”  She inherited my love for reading too, which I love!

She is the mother hen of the kids. She will get up at 5am if she hears Luka crying before I do! 

She loves to sing, ride her bike, her friends, her sisters ( and brothers) dance, write stories and play sport. My 2nd born. When I think of Dakota i think of the note i have in my kitchen

To Mummy,

I have loved you all my life,

Love, Dakota..

my loud, fun loving babe:)

See? I do have daughters, Rani is next! Dakota is slightly more co-operative than Cara when it comes to photos, but she has a terrible posing face whenever she sees the camera:)

Meet Mullet man, sorry, Cara…

I had this ready last night and then read MckMama s twitter. Sending love to Stellan xxx

Meet Cara. Firstborn. Born in 1997. 

See that look of shock on my face? We (hubby and I) were 16. No clue how this tiny girl would rule our lives:)

When Cara is born, after a 26 hour labour , we are living with Simons mum. We soon move out,lol, to live on our own, our little family…only the start of something that will become much BIGGER…

Cara was adorable when she was little.

and has always known how to crack me up

Ok, flash forward to today. Cara has become over the last year or so, a pre-teen!(who hates me talking about puberty,even saying the word puberty is taboo) Who is way too interested in her own appearance,haha. But we are still pretty close.

For Cara, or Mullet man as we call her, sometimes Mullet eyes –look i dont know why we call her that  i think it is because she had a mullet hairstyle  for a while, and its never bothered her except when I screamed out GO MULLET at sports day one year- lipgloss is number 1.

No, there's  lots more to Cara than lipgloss (there's the hair,the eyeliner,the clothes) She loves netball, horses,dogs-but not poo duty,music, Zac Efron,riding her bike, jumping her bike!, her friends, and whether she will admit it or not, loves her brothers and sisters. Sure they  fight, but Ill catch them laughing together, or giving each other notes. Oh, and she just started reading Twilight!

Seriously, I dont know what Id do without my Mullet. Its hard to put into words. Cara although sometimes angst ridden, (sometimes like a story teenager with the door slamming and eye rolling)will always be my first baby. The one who made me a mum. 

 

 

Shes gorgeous, My Firstborn. So why dont I take more photos of her?  

Hehe. Surly, pre teen Cara, in all her glory. Photographic evidence! Although I love her to bits, a co-operative photo subject she is not!Still gorgeous though:)

Next up, Dakota:)

Tagged!

Well, Brandi over at lifeofanewmummy  has tagged me- and I love it cos its kinda like the random picture challenge!

1st picture folder, 10th picture…

out on Dads boat with both boys last year. Luka struggled with the life jacket, and we (Jai) caught exactly 1 fish!

Tagging 5 people…

1. Kimber

2.Julie

3.Annmarie

4. Alicia

5. Melissa

Im really bad at notifying you that i have tagged you, so if you see your name, go ahead:)

 

Brandi also pointed out I have 3 daughters! Which I do realise, but its usually all about the boys round here. What with them actually liking to be photographed, and not going to school, or out bike riding  with their mates etc. So, Ill dedicate a post to each girl, starting today with Cara. Stay tuned for the thoughts of an angst ridden, parent loathing pre-teen…