Building time...

The poor pool umbrella...

Joshua in his new sandpit cubby... :)

We had this pile of underlay put there, oh a while ago, let me say it that way. :) Over time the boys have used it for making jumps for their bikes and currently it is being used as a sandpit. :)

The other day Joshua went fossicking around the place and found our umbrella that we used to use over our last pool... He is using it now as a shelter, clever boy...

Underneath there is room for four kids apparently... He was in there with a friend the other day while it was pouring outside yet they were nice and dry underneath it. :) They had a ball and Joshua is still working on it. It is always a work in progress off course. :)

Cheers Damaris

What a treasure...

A creation from my darling Joshua...

Joshua was playing with his Mighty Beanz collection yesterday morning and look what he came up with all by himself... Can you make it out???

It says: D and R = Love, meaning "Damaris and Russell = Love"...

How cute is my boy??? Yes, very :)

We have been having a really relaxing time just the two of us... Timothy should be off to Tempin' Bowling in Toowoomba with Bluecare today so again he will have an awesome day. This is really good as he had such a hard time going there and getting used to it all in the first place. As he is verbal it was very hard for him to connect with others that are not. Now he loves it and Bluecare try their very best to ensure that he is teamed up with another person that fits more to him. They try hard with all their clients and I can't thank them enough for our little break... Four nights... It has been bliss...

Russell is home tonight to enjoy the last night with us and we will make sure it is a lovely one. Tomorrow Joshua and I are off to Ipswich Hospital to see the ENT one last time and hopefully get the all clear. Though there have been some dodgy nose incidents of late... Still hoping and praying that this is the one that closes his file after 9 long years...

So all in all this holiday with just Joshua has really brought out his warm side... He has had a great time spending most of it with me and including me really well in his little world. I think that having No Technology Day on Mondays and Low Electricity Day on a Wednesday has really helped that. One game he insisted on each night too has been the game we play where we both think of someone we know and have to take turns saying nice things about them... He loves that game and so do I...

Cheers Damaris

New Look Fridge...

Love clear, shiny surfaces :)

On the weekend I had some time to kill and had remembered a time when I had read somewhere that a while clear fridge made all the difference to the kitchen...

I already have a large kitchen but thought I would give it a go. Not that there was too much of anything there beforehand really...

So I took everything off from both sides that you see when in the kitchen. I cleaned it with Jif and polished the surface. The butchers block next to the fridge got a tidy up as well... I did keep things that needed keeping, ie. Thermomix quick instructions, Timothy's Timetable. That sort of thing but put them on the side next to the laundry as no one sees it there unless they go on that side. :)

Well I must say that I am really pleasantly surprised that it worked as well as I had read. I now wish I had done it allot earlier. Better late than never though. :)

Cheers Damaris

A day out and about...

A warm Winter's day...

Timothy was rather sick after this one...

Off course he found a tree to climb. :)

Joshua trying to swing and be cool...

Timothy swinging, his way. :)

Yesterday we were slow to get up and ready for the day. It is holidays after all... We had an extra boy stay the night and he left just after 9am. After that we potted around and tidied up a little. Not much needed doing...

Then at lunchtime we had our lunch and headed off to Warwick. There we had a couple of errants to run and a couple of things to get from the shops. Can you believe it??? Woolies ran out of Home Brand Self Raising Flour... I still can't. But there you have it. Hopefully there are shelves stacked full of flour again today as I need to have some at home... Aldi would have worked out $.05 dearer and every bit counts when I am down to the end of shopping money...

We had 1/2hr to kill before Timothy was due at BlueCare so we ended up going to Lesley Park. Oh how glorious it was. The sun was out, the kids were playing and laughing. The park always looks soooo differently when there are hardly any leaves on the trees. Looks so much bigger...

Here are some pictures of the Park and my boys. :)

Cheers Damaris

Update on The Cubby...

The base is completely done. :)

Back frame and most of front frame done. Window assembly checked out...

This last weekend Russell and I spent chunks of it in the shed. Saturday and Sunday as well... Here is the end results so far. :)

Cheers Damaris

New additions to the house...

Hand Towel Holder...

Russell putting up my Toilet Roll Holder...

The finished product... :)

Friday night and yesterday, Russell and I put up our two toilet roll holders and one hand towel holder... We are in need of different wall plugs for the towel rack so they will be purchased this week and then that rail will go up next weekend.

To have the hand towel holder has been amazing. I didn't realise just how much difference it would make but there you go. I now have a sink that doesn't have a hand towel draped all over it. So much more white to see...

We had rain night before last so I put out the plants from the bathroom into the rain to give them a little pick me up and to clean off their leaves. I didn't put one back that would normally sit on the bench next to the sink. Now that spot is all nice and white from the bench as well. :)

I have not looked at the bathroom sink as cluttered before but since removing the pot plant and the hand towel I am so happy that I did experiment as I like the end result much more... more clean space, less clutter. :) Gotta be happy about that.

The toilet roll holders is something else to get used to and am still reaching for the paper from where it used to be for the last 2.5 years, sitting on top of the cistern, next to the flush button... Will take time to get used to it but will happen I am sure. :)

Cheers Damaris

Joshua and his Mighty Beanz...

Joshua's own creations...

So I went and got my nails done with Tiffany yesterday. Was time as they really needed filling. Was lovely to see her again. There was a little surprise for me too and that was that she now does waxing as well. Woohoo... I loved being the first to have my eyebrows waxed and lashes tinted... She did a great job all round. Hey, what else is new. I feel like a million bucks after I leave her place, every time. :)

While I was being pampered, Russell and the boys went to Big W to see what they had to offer from their huge Toy Sale... Timothy ended up with a Nerf Gun. Hate them but he is paying for it and we made a huge deal on where he could release the little bullet things... Not near the fireplace, dogs, people's heads, that sort of thing...

Joshua got a Mighty Beanz Flip Track. He is having a ball making different tracks and taking photos of them just in case he forgets them. He is having a ball also finding out that the next Series (2) is now for sale at Big W and not just Series 1... He really wants the glow in the dark ones and there are only 5 in the whole series...

Love watching him race two of his Beanz against each other and the cheering that comes with it. :)

Cheers Damaris