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I sometimes think I need a telepathic link to my blog so that as I'm thinking things and doing 'mental' blogs it starts a posts and jots them all down for me.

Weekend
BIG weekend, well kind of.  Saturday was first week back at dancing this week for little miss Rat_ballerina.  Though it didn't go as smoothly as I would have hoped,  She was so excited about the whole thing and when we got there ran straight into the classroom and didn't bat an eyelid.  But then the door to the class started to close (we don't watch the kids, it's distracting to them and the other kids don't always like other parents watching) and she put on the tears and "mummy mummy".  Now I have a lot less patience and tollerance than most parents and I don't put up with a lot, the last time we had an incident like this I gave her a quick ultimatum "Mum will count to 5 and then you either sit with the class or we go home".  Otherwise I end up sitting there and cuddling her and trying to leave and having to come back again and it goes on and on and on till we either miss half the class or we get in the car.  Anyway she decided under sufferance to sit.  After the class she was all smiles but told me she didn't dance she just watched.  She told me this alot last term but her teacher assures me she is very active in the class.  So this time I responded "well if you didn't dance and you don't like dancing then we don't have to come anymore" her faced changed and she told me "no mummy I did dance I was just tricking"  So at the moment we're taking it 1 lesson at a time.  I'm not big on dancing etc we're more of a sporting family and you can even tell that as much as she loves it, she loves being outside running and jumping and throwing and tumbling much more.  I think next year we might find something different to do.

After dancing I had my hot stone massage, which I snored through but loved loved loved!!!

Did a bit of shopping with mum and the kids, and finally made it home about 1:30 and then realised I had a jewllery party to attend at 2pm, needless to say I didn't make it. 

Sunday was our usual family breakfast outing to McDonalds, even Rat_boy joined in for breakfast, scoffing down his 1/2 a banana and rice cereal.  Must have been just what he wanted as we got home he had a quick BF and was out like a light for over 3hours...day sleeps link that for him are few and far between.  Then the afternoon came and it was full on 2 birthday parties, who's silly idea was that.  Anyway it worked out pretty good (except for someone telling me the punch was non-alcoholic when it was...4 glasses later), the first party had slip and slide and I'm glad we went as it turned out most of the kids that were coming fell ill so for pretty much the whole party it was us and the birthday girl.  Oh and the birthday girl got a kiddy camera as a present Rat_girl loved it, which is good as she is getting one.  The next party was hard to get into to start with coming an hour late but by the end I had trouble getting her to leave.  At this party they had one of those tennis ball machines and all the kids had butterfly nets and were catching the balls, it was hilarious!!!  The good part was both kids again passed out early the downside 1 party bags.  Thankfully she is good at making them last, they are in a container and she is allowed just a couple a day.

Other stuff
Rat_boy has progressed (but to my dislike, I'd rather he just be BF so much easier) in his eating and is eating 2 x 2 cubes of food a day.  So mid morning some fruit (apple, pear or banana) mixed with his cereal and at dinner (mid arvo) he has vegies (pumpkin, peas, corn so far he has tasted).  I've got a bit of a stock of food in the freezer and I'm being really good.  Zip locked bags with frozen cubes of apple, pear, pumkpin (almost run out), peas and corn.  I have a head of broccoli to do up next.  In the next shopping I'll buy some more pumkpin and do some sweet potato also.  PLUS I still have container of frozen mango from last season which I'm certain should be fine for him a little later on. 

He is also very very determined to crawl soon, he is all the way up on all fours now, but he is still a little frustrated and has his head down and doesn't realise what he is doing.  He can now also sit for a few seconds on his own before he head butts the floor.

Oh and as much as I sometimes go on and on about Rat_girl she really is a sweet little girl.  I often wonder what I did wrong to get a child that behaves like her...but really I should be wondering what I did right to get 2 such beautiful kids.  At the second party on Sunday there was another little girl who was having a bday the next day, we couldn't make it to her party so took a card and present.  As we were about to leave Rat_girl ran back to the party to give her friend a kiss and cuddle and say happy birthday for the next day.  Then yesterday we baby sat a friends little boy  she was so good with him and played so well and shared her toys I was so proud of her.

Right I should get to work now I actually have heaps to do.  Life was a bit grim for a bit there as we had no work and no income on the horizon, suddenly it's coming from everywhere...atleast we hope it is...we can see it coming just hope it doesn't get side swiped on the way.  So I need to get some things sorted and out of the way in the hopes we will be very busy very soon!!!

PS I don't proof read so please excuse my errors!!!