ok, so maybe i was optimistic when i said i'd stick to 1 post a month, maybe I should have committed to a quarterly update instead...
i have a lot to update on but let's just stick to the highlights and some very lowlights. The lowest of those would be the passing of my cousin's daughter to Neimann Pick disease... it is a very sad circumstance and i cannot begin to fathom the heartache that comes with it. I feel very lucky to have healthy kids.
My daughter turned 3 and had an absolute ball on her birthday, we spent it at an indoor play gym so I paid to have the fuss and cleaning done by someone else. Turns out that was a pretty good decision, kids had fun, adults had a reasonable time and I had minimal stress. Most importantly, my daughter had some great memories and felt like a princess :)
My son had his half yearly at kindergarten and got a good report all around so all well in that front. We had a trip to the snow, just my husband and kids. Was a fantastic weekend with fresh snow and we paid for 1 hour private lessons at Mt Selwyn for both days. Wow, Mt Selwyn was great for the family, kids picked up skiing and were independently zipping down the beginner slopes. I was so proud they improved so quickly, there was minimal fuss, they loved the snow, didn't get tired, enjoyed making a fire in our log fire at night and slept well. Mt Selwyn was great as there were less people around, so slopes were safer for the kids, parking was closer and the price was cheaper. Needless to say, we are going again next year! Surprisingly the kids managed to stay up all the way home and seemed to bond really well over the weekend.
Workwise, things still going well, have put my name up for a team leader role and was told i was first choice but given so many projects are going around at the moment, there are not enough people to back fill me so I might not get the opportunity as yet. Bonuses and pay rise will come at the end of the month so will be interesting to see what that will be like as they've told us it won't be so great this year.
My sister in law is pregnant with the second one now. Admittedly we seem to have gotten a bit closer these last few weekends. They have been dropping by often on weekends to give my nephew some time out with his cousins and he is loving the familiarity. I'm hoping she will have a girl as there are too few girls in our circle of friends. We have our trip to the gold coast set for this xmas so something to look forward to there.
On the housing front, I have lost a bit of steam now and its been a while since we went to an open home. Kicked myself for missing out on a property that I tried to hold out on for a cheaper price. It went quickly but anyway, the spring season is meant to be better, we'll have to wait and see. I really don't want to build but there are so few appropriate properties out there that we have little choice in the matter. I will miss our current place.
Winter has come and almost gone though there is still a chill in the air. We had a really bad bout of flu this year, the whole family was terribly sick. I have been introduced to a new home remedy which I am still trialling out, steamed orange with some salt for a bad cough. I've tried it once and it soothed my throat but i still have a slight cough lingering so I am now trying my second orange after a few days.
Since my last post we have had two births, a girl and a boy in our circle of friends with two more due at the end of the year and my sister in law next Feb. A bumper crop!
