Kreativ Blogger Meme

I'm a bit shocked and very smiley right now, this is my first blog award!

Its all thanks to the lovely Hayley over at Our Unique Journey who shares her special journey as a new mum to the gorgeous Cooper.

I never in my wildest dreams imagined when I started blogging I would get an award!

I am hooked just as everyone who blogs seems to get hooked. Its like your own little world where you can empty everything that's going on in your mind, heart and life into. I don't know how I got all of this stuff out of my system before blogging!

So this is how it works, you get nominated (yay!) you tell your readers seven random facts about yourself then nominate others. Easy enough hey?

So here are my seven random facts:

1. My sister and I have different Dads. This is why she has gorgeous curly blonde hair, white skin with cute freckles, and is a normal girl height. I have crazy not straight not curly dark hair that's going very grey (thanks Dad), am far too tall for a girl, and have olivey yellow skin.

We fought as kids like all sisters do, but now were grown up's were closer than ever. When the time comes to explain to Jack about him having different DNA than his little brothers I will most definatly be looking to my parents for advice.

2. My Mum was the youngest of five. She has four older brothers. My dad is the middle child he has two brothers. I will not be having five children to have a girl.

3. I was the first out of thirteen cousins to become a parent. I was the only one for almost two years. There is 1 month between my cousin Josh and I. There is 1 month between his son Hamish and my son James, creepy!

4.  I was 25 before I got my licence. Late I know, but my mum still doesn't drive and neither does my sister, (although she is learning) I'm pretty sure neither of my grandma's drove either. Knowing this history that makes me pretty impressed with myself.

5. I love Trashy TV. 

6. I cry at everything. I mean everything.

7. When I was pregnant with Charlie we talked about calling him Owen (my Dad's last name) or Taylor (my mums last name) .

So apart from Hayley some of my favorite blogs and bloggers are:

The lovely Danielle from Danimezza who introduced me to the world of blogging.

Her friend Danielle at Hello Owl who inspires me most days.

Melissa from Sugar Coat it, who makes me laugh and cry on a daily basis.

Belinda from The Happy Home who with every post makes my bank account a little smaller and my house a little prettier.

 

If you choose to follow for a bit of fun, the “rules” are:

- Copy the award to your blog

- Insert a link to the person who nominated you

- Share seven things about yourself that you haven’t told us before.
- Nominate other bloggers for the award – share the love
- Link to their blogs.
- Tell the nominees about their award

Not a bad way to spend a long weekend.

Charlie is loving outside more and more everyday, and I love to watch him learn what things are. I love this face. Giving the plant the evil eye because it dared to touch his arm. Bad plant.

Hat? what hat? I won't wear it!

Loving his new tent and having his brothers in for a play.

James at three, rocking my glasses far better than I do.

Jack loving his new t-shirt, but giving me the ever so cool face.

Best big brother ever.

We had the best weekend ever, it even stretched til Tuesday. Jack was poorly (and is now on antibiotics) so had a few days off school, but that didn't stop us having a really nice quiet long weekend. 

I am so in love with my camera, I still haven't got it figured out (hence the blurry photos) but I'm figuring it out, and loving taking loads of silly photos. 

Polly Dolly

Well its only been about 6 weeks since I've managed to play along with Dani but I finally got here!

So this weeks theme is the maxi dress. I do already own a couple of maxi dresses but I'm defiantly buying at least one more this season. I love how casual or dressed up you can make them. I choose casual, this would be the sort of outfit I'd wear shopping or taking Jack to school and having a coffee/play date.

Cute sandals, a big bag (I'm so over carrying a nappy bag), tinted sunscreen, a bright lip gloss, big sunnies and some very cool very fake diamond earrings, a square bangle and of course a spritz of perfume and I'm ready to go for the day!

Head over to Danielle's to play along or check out some other maxi outfits.

Toilet Art

I bet you read the title of this post and thought twice about reading didn't you? I promise no mention of poop or anything gross, well not to gross anyway.

Now that Jack can read like a machine and James remembers what things say I thought this was a perfect addition to our toilet. Whether or not it will help its a different story, but I have to try something.

If I could get one that said 'Pee straight into the water not all over the room or I am going to have a break down. Love mum' then I would, but I guess until Charlie is Jack's age I'm stuck cleaning the floor/toilet/walls everyday.

I have to say I am very impressed with my efforts, I have no patience for fiddly things, (sewing, knitting, mosaic, you get the picture) and usually if its not happening quick enough I get very frustrated and do it much quicker than I should, and things don't work the way there meant to.

I had a slight drama with the Y but I fixed it and you can't even tell it used to be in two pieces!

It's not huge but it makes a very boring room just a little more interesting, I'm tempted to get a bird cage or flower arangement but I'm not sure how long we'll be here. Maybe one day when were settled and own our house.


If you'd like your own hygeine reminder or want to see some other very funky designs head to Stuck Up Kids

What if...

After a very fun, very happy weekend with my funny husband and my amazing strange children Michael and I had 'the talk'.

We've had the talk many times over in the last six years, the outcome changes every time. This weekend seemed more real for some reason. After a few beers on Saturday my darling hubby said 'Come on lets have another baby, we'll start trying next week' I knew he was only joking but he had been hinting and joking about it for a while so I knew it was on his mind.

So do we count our blessings enjoy each other and our gorgeous happy children or do we bite the bullet and bring another crazy one in to our crazy life?

While the boys climbed over us on Sunday Michael gave me the look and I knew what he was thinking then he said

'What if we adopt?' I was not prepared for that.

He knows being pregnant is not a great time for me and how much I actually hate it, I'm sure he hates seeing me pregnant as well.

I said 'What about being foster parents?' I always dreamed about having a huge house full of bunks and loads of kids.

Michael's response 'No way I'm falling in love with a kid just to have to give it back to its junkie mother'

We could be having the talk for years to come at this rate.

I love having three and its a crazy busy life we lead, I don't want to have a break down because I've pushed it too far and had a forth. But then I don't want to wake up at 50 with three grown up kids (Jack 29, James 27 Charlie 25) and regret not having another little person to make our happy fun weekends even funner (if funner is not a word I think it should be). 

So what do you think? How many (if any) children do you have? Will you stop at this number? How many is perfect for you? Am I insane to keep going?

 

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