Weekly Thumbs

I'm a bit late this week I know, at my parents again. Hopefully they get their satellite fix and I'll be able to post stuff while I'm there

THUMBS DOWN

• The snot and cough fest that is Emily. The poor love is still sick and cough to the point of vomiting. I’ve resorted to pulling the mattress off Ethan’s bed and putting it on the trundle in Emily’s room, unfortunately she still wants to climb in with both Ethan and I.
• SAND! Admittedly I knew it was coming, we’ve finally put sand in Emily’s shell. It’s now walked all through the house, in fact it is still there as I just didn’t clean the house before we left.
• The death stares from several other mothers as I wasn’t watching Emily and she got in to a fight at the shopping centre playground (oopps!). I did watch her afterwards and the other girl was being rather nasty to the other kids and wouldn’t stop following Emily when I tried to get her to play in another section. I was getting to the point of just letting Emily smack her one!

THUMBS UP

• Seeing my parents again. I know we see them quite often but I love having that extra help for a while with the kids. They also get to play with the animals, and I don’t freak out about them getting run over.
• Ethan’s toothy grin. He’s only got 4 so far and he’s not a ‘smiley’ baby, but when he does smile he wrinkles up his whole face and it’s the cutest thing ever (I think!)
• Getting out to see some of my mum’s group. We don’t often catch up anymore but it’s nice to see them and the kids, and get out of the house.
• Sand, as much as it irritates having it walked through the house the kids have a ball playing in it.
• The good ol’ Kelpie Festival (pencil it in for next year. Casterton, Queen’s B’day long weekend) I don’t care how much Jason hates things like this and says it’s boring, it’s a lot of fun for the kids and it’s a nice atmosphere.
• Emily having pony rides at said Kelpie Festival. It’s only the second time she’s been on a real life pony but she LOVES it.