A new year already!

So a new year is here. Ask me where 2013 went and I honestly couldn’t tell you. What a whirlwind year! And now, here’s 2014 and I’m about to send my second baby off to school. I have no doubt that this year is also going to fly – two kiddies at school, one at full-time big kinder. Then on top of all that there’s dance classes, soccer, footy, work, a holiday planned, a few weddings, housework, and all the rest of it. No wonder I don’t realise why the years go so fast.

So school’s back next Wednesday. The bags are ready, everything is labelled, Sienna’s allergy plans are sorted, even the kids are set. We’ve had a lovely few weeks of holidays but I can tell they’re starting to get sick of each other and it’s definitely time for them to be back in ‘normal’ routine.

Mondays are going to completely throw me. It’s my only full day off work during the week and since I’ll have two at school this year, it’ll be just me and Lex hanging out. How strange it will feel to just be back to having one child in the day!

Happy New Year everyone!

-          Mem x

School Holidays

I'm loving the school holidays!

It's not a huge deal in our house yet - I've only got one at school, my other two littlies are at 3 year old kinder and part-time daycare. But last week I booked holidays from daycare for Chace and Alexis too and it's been absolute bliss! No running around getting kids here and there on time; no rushing to get me to work on time; no nagging the kids to get dressed/brush teeth/get in the car. It's been jarmies until mid-morning (ok, until lunchtime some days!) and pottering around doing bits and pieces.

I'm pretty lucky that my boss allows me to work from home from time to time. So last week that's exactly what I did. I spread my work hours across the whole week to work around lots of playtime with the kids. It's been fantastic!

I'm a bit of a neat freak but I've sent my inner-freak off on a holiday this past week too and let the kids get into some messy activities. We've been Masterchefs, Picassos and playdoh extraordinaries! We've built Lego cities that would make New York look boring! (Seriously, where in the world would you find a pink/red/yellow skyscraper with flower-clad wheels on top?!)

I've discovered that no one ever really grows out of the Muppets...and now my kids will be forever fans. Every few hours either myself or one of the kids will belt out a rendition of 'Am I a Muppet or a Man'...! Much like when Boo and I were little - we drove our own parents crazy singing 'Together Again' from Muppets Take Manhattan.

There's been hardly any fights, apart from a running race between Sienna and Chace to get to the first cupcake out of the oven last week...Chace won, Sienna got elbowed into the wall and has a considerable eggy bruise on her forehead to prove it!

Today it's catch up day before I head back to the office on Wednesday. Daycare bags need to be re-packed, routines need to be back in place. And they're still all being so good! Even being stuck inside with a rainy day threatening, at the moment all three are playing dress ups and giggling like crazy. It makes me realise just how fast my babies are growing up!

 - Mem x