TwinMum

This weekend we had a lovely visit from Great-Nana, Nana and Grandad. The kids loved spending time with Great-nana and getting into bed (or rather squishing into a single bed with her). We went shopping and to the Riccarton markets. We also went to a new McDonalds restaurant and played in the playground there. Great Nana and Grandad went home sunday but Nana stayed on for a few more days and the boys thoroughly enjoyed spending time playing with her and reading books in bed in the morning.

 The weather has been fab the last few days and we've been out biking and walking every evening. The boys are enjoying their new summer pyjamas… beetles and centipedes. They love having breakfast in bed every morning (they share my toast LOL). Because we're up early, we go to bed early… at 6- 6:10pm!!! The boys have taken a shine to playing games on the computer.. they particularly like Mickey Mouse playhouse. However the Wall.e games are also popular!

Talking of Wall.e, it opens at the movies here in 2 days time. We are definitely taking the kdis to see it (it will be their "first" proper movie). They are sooooooooooo excited! We will go and see after the school holidays and when things are a bit calmer!

Hard to beleive, but it's only 4 weeks until I head away to Australia to see Mum & Dad. Hard to believe it's come around so quickly. I'm feeling very tired lately so I think I'm in need of a break!

So, there is a distinct chill in the air and it's cooler at night. You can't mistake the feel of autumn. Daylight Savings ends here this weekend (well tomorrow actually). So, we're well on the way to counting down to winter. They (the weather experts) say we are in for a VERY cold winter this year. I just roll my eyes at that one though because they said we were going to have a VERY hot summer and yet it was one of the coldest summer's on record!! LOL

So, we have an extra blanket on the bed and the boys are back in winter pjamas. I have been winter clothes shopping this week too. I was hoping to buy the boys' winter wardrobe in Aussie (we go on teh 30th April) but I'm afraid we can't wait that long. So, they have new socks, new thermals, new trackpants, new long-sleeve t-shirts and new jersys. They still need a jacket each but I'm looking around for one….

So, I mentioned last time abut this little car prang I had. Well, this lady hit me.. we were at a "T" intersection with lights. The lights were red and I was in the left lane indicating left. The other lane is the right lane, which turns right….. so, as the lights turn green we all start moving off and this woman in the right lane decides she wants to go left… but I was right there already and she clipped my wing mirror (or rather ripped it off) and scraped my front fender. I sat on my horn. Grrrr. It gave me such a  fright. I saw her angling her car in to the lane but I couldn't go anywhere because there is a bus stop on the footpath there and people were in the bus shelter.. couldn't exactly run them down  and I had nowhere to go. So she hit. UGH!

Then, we go around the corner and she approaches and is very apologetic (as she knows she was in the wrong) but her parting comment was "I guess we all need to learn from these sorts of things and be more careful". WTH??? All I could think was that I was in the correct lane, doing the right thing.. you weren't and you hit me… what do I need to learn??? Grrrr. Anyway, everything is all fixed up and it was pretty minor but it definitely gave me a fright, esp. with having the boys in the car.

Not much else to report really. I've been very busy helping with friedns who are having/ had babies and being very domestic. Oh, and how could I forget.. I went for a job interview last wednesday.. it went well so now we just have to wait and see……

Okay, so I have about 10 days worth of info to catch up on!! LOL

Firstly, our achievements since we wrote last……. the boys have tranistioned to toddler beds. It's been fairly easy (despite the bed swapping and keeping one another awake for a bit longer than normal at naptime) and they have not yet fallen out of their bed . We can say "A,B,C" and count from 1-10 (repeating what I say of course) and we know our main colours… red, green, blue, yellow, orange, brown, black, purple etc!!! They have started pointing at things and saying "green" or whatever colour it is!!

We also had our 2 year well check. The results are as follows:

Stephen weighs 26lb4oz (18th percentile) and is 32.6 inches long (less than the 3rd percentile ) Matthew weighs 28lb4oz (41st percentile) and is 33.4 inches long. (6th percentile).

So, we have 2 little shorties in the family No srprises there though, given they both have only just come out of size 0 pants (at the age of 26 months!!!) I am thrilled with Stephen's weight gain.. last time he was in the 3rd percentile, to a jump to the 18th percentile is FANTASTIC for him!!!!

We also had to buy baby gates this week as the little guys discovered they could pull open teh doors interconnecting the living room and dining room/kitchen. *sigh* We have survived for 26 months without babygates so I guess we've done relatively well.

I have been a maniac selling stuff on eBay this week and I made $130!! WOOHOO!!! That helped pay for the babygates I was hoping to be able to "splurge" on something *eyeroll*

Other big news for me is the possibility of me returning to work. I was busy this last week getting my paperowrk for the registration board sorted and my CV done. My CV has gone and the interviews are supposedly next week. I am offically freaking out!!!! Hubby will be at home fulltime to look after the boys (he will resign his job). I know he's going to do an awesome job of looking after the boys BUT my heart aches already about leaving them during the day. BOOHOO!! And I haven't even got the job yet!! LOL Anyway, if I don't cope at leaving the boys at home while I work, hubby can and will go back to his job. So,  we are lucky in that respect.

Well, that sums it up.. except for the little car prang I had (well,actually a lady ran into me) but that's another story I'll keep for the next update….