Stuff Lately x 22

Chips (minus Fish) when I was asked to make dinner rather than get takeaways

At the Dr for a sore ear and this kid conned my into buying jandals for her and her big sister at the pharmacy

A lil' birthday song for the Leone Parentals

Our regular monday morning library visit

Ear check up at Prospect School

Hanging out at the Glen Eden Train Station with my 2 babies

All about waving these days, loved it how she waved to the 3 trains that passed us and Seth shouted out 'Bye Train, I love you!'

Maybe this is why Grandie can't figure out this boy yet......sometimes I can't either. When I asked what on earth he was doing he looked up panting and said 'I'm a dog'

Finishing off her 2nd cooking class at the community centre next to school (Afghans)

Kinda crawling for real, very very shaky on it though

Sometimes I wonder why I bother making dinner. Ella had none, Faith had about 3 spoonfuls, Seth had 1 and then they all ran off

This is where I found them...intently watching 'The other side of Heaven'

Loads of new uniform from the lovely Sanchez family, just in time for Ella to start school!!!!! And she's worn it every day since! I can tell I'm definitely gonna cry on the day I leave her there. Didn't feel like that at all with Faith but I have a feeling it's gonna get worse and worse with each child :(

A fruity juicy afternoon tea Faith made for us after we both got home from school on Tuesday

Finally getting around to calling Grandie to ask him to save any animal cards he gets from Countdown

Once again....what was he thinking?!?!?!? We picked up Faith early yesterday because school shut for parent interviews at lunchtime.We had our interview and then 5 minutes later this kid made it into the sandpit.....Annoying! Not even 5 minutes after that he'd taken off his shoes, then the pants, then the nappy. Our cue to make a quick exit. Thanks a lot Seth, could have been a nice afternoon play!

FHE - Love Month x3

When we talked about who we love a few weeks ago, we realised that family is right up there at the top of the list. So tonight I had a big family tree type picture (lovin' my big roll of paper from Ikea!), and we started writing what we love about members of our family. We only chose one person each so it's gonna take a while till we get it finished...there's a whole lotta people on that picture!

We talked about when you love someone that it's nice to tell them why you love them and what you love about them. Gotta be more free and up with the play when it comes to giving compliments

Then I introduced our new Heke Kids Job Chart. Soooo simple so surely we can handle it. Well I surely hope so. They could hardly sit still while I was explaining it cause they were so excited to see their job for the week and run off to do it!

Ella's gotta dry the dinner dishes for the week (lucky I bought all those plastics from Ikea cause that's all we'll be using now that the kids are on dishes!)
Seth's on putting shoes away every night from the front door. It's surprising (and so annoying) how many shoes can accumulate there after just one day. At least 2 pairs each
And Faith's on making sure all the toys and books on the hallway bookshelf are contained on the shelf and not spilling out all over the floor. Once again....annoying!

I'm hoping this will be the start of the kids really joining in with family responsibilities. These jobs were chosen very, very carefully cause we need them to feel like they can succeed and with these 3 things, all 3 of them CAN do them. Whether they will choose to or not is another issue. I'm hoping the $2 reward will be enough of a carrot to entice them.

Faith already understands that when Dad's at home and doesn't work for the day, Daddy doesn't get paid. And it will be the same for her. If she doesn't work, she won't get paid so to speak

Refreshments. I've seen these for a while now and never bought them. Now that I have, I could be doing so quite regularly.....Everyone LOVED them!

FHE - Love Month x 2

Naughts and crosses with hearts. A tricky game for our little minds

 

 Stack the cherrios (cereal) on a skewer in heart shaped playdough

  

 

 Treats to deliver to 3 families in our ward and our neighbours over the back fence