What is it?

What is it that makes for an organised house?  Hmmm I dont know but if anyone finds out how to make it work more completely in my house please let me know.  I have to say I miss the time when we had the lovely Rose and visit our house in Brunei twice a week to clean.  She used to help me out when I had a party and other such things.  I love everything to have a home and a place of their own.  If only the children all knew this then I would not be running around so much tripping over toys.

Really what is about being a multitasking mother that keeps us going.  Maybe it is just the great fun times we have.

Here are a couple of such moments.

The credits are here at Nuts4Digi.

And this one just full of fun

The credits for this one can be found here at Weeds and Wildflowers

Monday Menu 19 April

Welcome to mondays menu

Monday salmon and rice patties with baked potatoes and vege

Tuesday  crockpot - Lamb and sweet potato

Wednesday  steak and baked potato with salad

Thursday  Chicken souvlaki pita pocket

Friday Curried lentil and pumpkin soup and focacia bread

Saturday pizza gourmet

Sunday leftovers

Fences

We all know that fences are for keeping children safe and dogs in even making property look great.  Of course there is the decorative side to having a fence.  They can be old and new, made of wood, brick or even corigated iron. In my case the keeping children safe thing a priority. So when it comes to Hayden things can get a little tricky as he is a flight risk from our property.  Infact it has got very serious because he climbed the fence onto the roof and 3 minutes later climbed our 7 foot fence to the neighbours property.

All these photos are of fences surrounding our 1100sq/m section.

  The fence that is old.

Fence that is new.

The new fence.

The offending fence that was climbed.

Here is the perspective of the fence of me, (164cm) standing on the garden by the fence Hayden climbed over.

Stress.....you have no idea how stressful this has become. At no time now can I think that Hayden is safe in our property unless he is asleep.

Now to come up with a solution so I dont have to lock him inside all the time and find a moment for me to destress.

Wordless Wednesday 14 April

I was spoilt with choice today.  Autumn is here.

Enjoy your Wednesday.

Helping the Neighbour

One of our neighbours is an independently living 91 year old woman.  She loves gardening and loves her outside 1/4 arce section looking tidy. 

So she has had this space with some pruned branches lying around for ages.  Every day we would see her ourside in the cool of the summers days, cutting herself some firewood. 

On this particular day DH was home and thought that he would go and help, take Hayden with him. 

This is what helping the neighbour looks like. Just bear in mind that Hayden operates at about a 2 1/2 year old so the mimicing of Dad is just perfect.  Notice the gloves and the smile on my two boys faces.

Our neighbour was so greatful that now she will have something to start her little fire with when winter arrives.

Monday Menu 12 April

Monday  Beef wraps

Tuesday   Meatballs and spaghetti

Wednesday  Crockpot curry.

Thursday  Healthy Nachos

Fridays Spicy Beef Taco

Saturday  falafels, rice and salad

Sunday  Leftovers

Have a great week.

Fridays Interview

This friday I interviewed my DS2.  He is just 6 years old.

If you could have one super power what would that be?
To throw people around? (with actions to demonstrate)

What wa the last movie you saw at the theatre?
Fantastic Mr Fox

How do you get to school.
by car

What is your favourite song?
My timestables.

What do you like to eat for lunch?
Apples and grapes.

What was the nicest thing you have done lately for someone in your family?
I did the dishes.

What chore did you do last?
Clean the fridges water holder.

What is your favourite joke?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To cut the corner.  ??????

Where would you like to go on holidays next?
To Seaworld and to a Jonas concert.

What makes you mad?
When McKenzie does something not nice to me.

Wordless Wednesday 7 April

Summer fun.  Box Carting.

Shoes Makeith the Woman

Shoes makeith the woman ......well the girl in this case.  As my little, or not so little, girl heads quickly towards an age with double digits I am forced to think about how to help her fit in but to my modest set of rules.  Of course with little girls that usually has something to do with how they look.

As McKenzie is tiny in size and that means she fits clothes of little girls two years younger than her.  It has not been a problem until a move of school and trying to find new friends forced me to sit back and look at what was being asked of me.  Luckily McKenzie is not label conscience and so I am able to fulfill what is needed without spending a small fortune.

So off to my favourite on line shop for little girls and with just a few dollars spent one well loved pair of shoes ready to be worn.

Of course I need to scrapbook this moment so here it is.

The credits for this page can be found here at Nuts4Digi.

Monday Menu 6 April

Here is my menu

Monday  Crockpot  -  steak and kidney

Tuesday  Stirfry sweet and sour sauce

Wednesday  Dahl and pita bread

Thursday  chicken and fruit rice salad

Friday  Hamburgers

Saturday  flaffels, rice and salad

Sunday  left overs