Monday

and the first day of the school holidays which means Millie is home from Kindy for the next 2 weeks, thought I would be super organised so headed off to $2 shop and went mad buying crafty stuff for her and Paige to use over the holidays - lasted about an hour and then they were bored - and we're only on the first day!!!!
Went for dinner last night for my friend Sharyn's birthday - Lonestar was the destination, the food is so good there but the portions are HUGE so needless to say I didn't finish it and was still full! Happy Birthday Sharyn!!!!!
Weather here today is WARM which is great, washing is on the line - my office looks like a bomb went off, we had a huge stock order arrive from the States so Aaron and I along with a couple of helpers spent a large majority of our weekend packing, one of our forum members on the website Michelle (aka Mrs Frizz) came and visited - I thnk she was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of stock we now have!! She did help me make some space though by giving some of it a new home!!!!
A picture of Max and Paige - what is it that each child you have you have to consciously remember to take photos, I think it is more finding the time!!




Here's a pic of the guest designer monthly kit for October full of gorgeous Cosmo Cricket papers along with some of the yummy new velvet ric rac from Maya Road and one of their cute wee chipboard binders! I have decided to offer a limited quantity of these for sale at $44.95 plus postage which is a 10% saving so if anyone is interested in having a box of gorgeous coordinated product arriving on their front door, email me at Scrapbook Essentials.




Right off to check on those children of mine - I hear yelling!!

Ciao
Megs

It's Over..........

Ballet exam all done - don't know who was more nervous, Millie or her mother!
We had to be there an hour early so they can warm up, get their hair done (they all looked so cute). Millie was brilliant, stood really still while her hair was done and then basically chilled out colouring in and chatting with her wee friends until it was time for them to line up and go! Longest 30 mins ever and then it was over, she was finished and ready to go to McDonalds for dinner (bribe for being quiet while waiting for her exam, it was like a morgue in the room where we were waiting)!
Was really interesting watching some of the other mums - there were a couple of 'show biz' mums as I call them, poor daughters being stressed to the max by their mums with one girl in particular having her mother stretching her leg behind to her to the point of almost being in tears and at the same time lecturing her - while I want Millie to do well in life would never ever do anything like that!!! Heck I felt like telling the Mum to leave her alone, but I didn't!
Our wee guy is growing like a mushroom, full of smiles now. He had his 6 week jabs (we were a wee bit late getting them done), he was a bit unsettled last night resulting in me getting about 3 hours sleep, so needless to say I was not looking very glam this morning!



Have been a little slack in taking photos of the girls, here's one of our wee Paige, isn't she pesky looking!!

Father and Son.........

So finally took some photos of Aaron and Max, holy cow they are alike! Max had his hips checked today (we're only 5 weeks late) and he has his 6 weeks jab (1 week late for those) tomorrow! All the other babies when they had their hips checked roared, Max just lay there with a tummy full of milk and didn't utter a sound!

Ballerina

Had to share this pic of Millie at Ballet! Whoa, that 3 posts now in the last two days!

Two posts in two days........

Thought it was time I shared some of the amazing layouts that I have received from the wonderful ladies on our website forum at Scrapbook Essentials they are just gorgeous and means that Max has some layouts to call his own! I admit that since he was born I have achieved zero when it comes to scrapbooking as I never seem to have enough hours in the day at the moment, by the time I sort 3 kids (I do a head count these days to make sure I don't dive off without one of them!), running the business which is growing at rather an alarming rate (a good thing but we are a little unprepared) and then fit family and friends in there's not a lot left!!
Still I am putting a schedule together so that my days start to have a little more routine to them, apologies if you are waiting on an email from me, I am a bit behind on these at the moment!
Right better sort something for the childrens dinner before there is a mutiny!

Ciao
Megan

Smiling...........

That's what our little man is now doing!! Max has shared with us the what we were pretty sure was a smile but last night he went for it and wouldn't stop so I finally had the chance to capture photographic evidence of this milestone in his life! He will be 7 weeks old this coming Tuesday, it has just flown and while life is busier with him here it's also more perfect as well! He was weighed on Tuesday and is 11lb 5oz and a whopping 60cm long, he doesn't fit 0-3 months tops as he is really broad in the shoulders, I told Aaron that the next all black had been born, he rolled his eyes at me!!
We had Millie's acceptance to St John's Girls School last week which was a huge relief as we really didn't have a back up plan if she missed out (there were only 4 places available in the new entrants class next year) and there were quite a few on the waiting list so while I am ecstatic she got in I also feel sad for those who didn't get their first choice of school for their daughter! She has her first ballet exam next Friday which I had been quite nervous about for her but at the end of the day she's 4, ballet is not a career option for her as she likes it but would rather be swimming and will probably not keep going after the end of the year concert so no big deal, her teacher is a bit full on and very demanding and I feel like reminding her that they are only 4!!!!