“Mum, can we make cupcakes?”
Mmmm.. I don’t think he’ll know the difference between cupcakes and sugar-free apple and cinnamon and poppyseed muffins….
Let’s cook!
can I lick the spoon now??
We mixed the batter, licked the spoon and baked.
They turned out well:
cupcakes! AKA apple cinnamon poppyseed muffins
off to the garden for breakfast:
Eating the end result!
So, after my last post where I complained about the lack of sleep…
My little darling slept right from 7pm to 3:30am last night. Woo hoo! I got more than 3 hours of sleep in a row!
Win for the weekend.
I however went to bed with another case of mild-mastitis, so not feeling 100%, so the lack of eating regularly made it slightly worse and I felt like total crap this morning :(. Have since made up for that by shoving poor little L on the boob at every available waking moment. A few panadols later, I’m feeling alright..
this is what I feel like when I wake up. thankfully there is no-one to take photos of me.
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Spent the morning at O’s daycare, as he was feeling like he needed some more mummy time. I went in and read some books, playing in the garden with the kids, then went to his ‘body gumbo’ (or body bumbo as he says) class. A bit of a mix between dance/movement and yoga. It was fun. I think I enjoyed it more than he did. I can now do my salute to the sun with an animal impression at each different position. WIN! We will now be doing more yoga/play at home. It rocked.
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now I am enjoying some me-time while little L sleeps and O is at daycare.
the sleeping babe - I got her cot out a week ago so she has her own space in our room.
sleepy-head Luna, 13 weeks old
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Tonight I am going out with my amazing sisters, all four of us, for a drink. So perfect timing with the whole lots of sleep last night.
🙂 have a good weekend everyone!
Day three of an ear-infected, cranky little boy. And a sleeping-a-lot-trying-to-fight-it-off little babe.
Mummy is going a bit stir crazy. She was seen stalking the neighbour’s cat with a squirt gun this afternoon through the back garden… By a workman who she didn’t notice in the other neighbour’s garden. Nice look. He waited until she had been down there for about 5 minutes acting like a dodgy commando-action-hero actor before he made his presence known by raucous laughter. She was a tad embarrased. But granted, she was doing it as the blasted cat was trying to eat her two new chickens. And for some light self-entertainment (she makes her own fun). The workman graciously pointed out where the chickens had gone and where the cat was hiding when his laughter subsided.
As you can see, fours days with two children at home all day, one of whom is on full whine/tantrum/attention-needing at all waking hours, with very little adult human interaction, has left her unable to speak in the first person anymore. She has reverted to full third-person child-speak. God-knows why.
The only saving grace was a few minutes last night when she was preparing dinner. Little O was very excited to be at the big table on his new grown-up big chair and was entertaining his sister with the gift she so carefully chose for him when she was born.
entertaining the little sister
drilling - hard work
Finally managed to get the video camera going in time to capture this attempt to pacify the smaller sister 🙂
This almost compensates for the number of times I ‘mistakenly’ attempt to jump on her head each day….
Love mum
P.S. Rocky road to follow later this week
Hello,
Yes, playing with the scooter (mountain buggy freerider) and mountain buggy (mountain buggy urban jungle) combo has been fun so far. A few people have written asking how I found it overall, so a quick review:
the freerider – currently in use at our house to the tune of a lot of ‘bloody hell’ from the toddler learning to use it: oops
It’s a fun toy / scooter, I think it will get better and more convenient the older O gets (he is only just two, so it is still a bit hard for him to use)…
It feels really securely attached to the pram i.e. safe. I like that!
It is super convenient to be able to detach it for ‘freeriding’, attach it when a toddler is standing on it, and flip it up out of the way when it’s not in-use. Which is why we bought it: ie. it works as it says it does!
We’ve decided to buy a double pram anyway as we do go on a lot of long walks etc and when little legs get tired and my back gets sore after baby-wearing for a few hours it will be nice to have a break and be able to use a pram for both of them together.
yay.
-r
Morning tea on the deck overlooking the river at the state library after a play.
We are all going to need a nap today: exhausting for me, but fun!
We had a lovely relaxed party in the local park this morning with some friends and family to celebrate our birthdays…
I made you a tip-truck birthday cake:
the tip-truck birthday cake …
Which was enjoyed by all present:
I had a lovely time chatting and watching all the kids run about in excitement.
🙂
thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone!
P.S. And unless the baby decides to come quickly in the next 3.5 hours, I’ve avoided a double birthday with myself. It just has to wait another 27.5 hours to avoid Poogie’s too!
From the mouth of a babe:
“I born a nana!”
“I born a nana”
I guess those books we have been reading every day to try to get used to the concept that a baby will soon arrive are really getting through :). I wasn’t quite sure he understood that the baby would come out of my tummy through a ‘hole’ somewhere, but he told me yesterday the baby would come out soon through a ‘hole’, and today’s demonstration proves he really does get it…
This beauty was uttered not 5 minutes ago, spontaneously on the verandah to Aunty G. Imaginative play! I love it!
Love mum
P.S. Let’s hope the real baby gets better care than this poor nana a few minutes after birth:
Hello!
We had a wonderful getaway at the beach for the weekend – last getaway before the new baby arrives. Time to chill, play, dig in the sand, walk, swim and just relax.
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