End of another busy weekend...

Another sunday night sitting on the couch by myself, watching the finale of 'So you think you can dance'. Instead of sitting out on the deck, this week, Derrick is out in the garage, rearranging his tools and once again listening to talk back radio. At least I have the dogs to keep me company.

This week we celebrated Derrick's birthday with chilli con carne, black forest gateau cake and a bottle of red wine. Maeghan had a great time blowing out the candles & we had to re-light them about 4-5 times before she was happy. She was so funny, I think she thought we were singing Happy Birthday to her. Not long after we'd finished the cake, little Molly called us for a chat. She was so cute, all I could hear was a little 'Hi Ya' down the phone line. Maeghan had a little chat to Granny, though she is still a little shy on the phone.


This weekend we also finished a project that has been a long time in the works. Several months ago I painted the blackboard, this weekend Derrick finally had time to put it up and Maeghan loves it. It's really cool actually. It's quite big so in theory there should be plenty of room for the various kids that visit to draw. In reality, they will probably all want to draw in the same spot.


These are all of her own drawings. She's quite talented actually. Very advanced for her age.
Here are a few photos from Easter. We went up the coast to Umina for the Easter break. This week the weather has just started to turn cooler, but over Easter, the weather was fantastic. It was even warm enough for a swim.

BTW - Happy Birthday Martin for the 5th.

Our weekend activities...

Well, it's Sunday night here in Sydney & I'm sitting on the couch with the laptop, writing a blog (duh!) drinking a glass of wine and watching 'So you think you can dance'. Derrick is turning into an old man. He's outside on the deck, listening to talk back radio with a glass of wine & a bag of chips


Today we met some of Maeghan's little friends from our mother's groups at a local park for an Easter Egg hunt. Let me tell you, that girl was on a mission and can sniff out chocolate from under every rock. She was racing around checking under all the trees and taking the eggs out from under the nose of all the other kids. She had so many eggs in her little basket, she could barely carry it. I couldn't have been prouder ... he he he.


I've said this before, but she is growing up so quickly. We had our weekly swimming lesson this morning and she's going really well. She's jumping in the water now, swimming underwater and holding her breath for a few seconds. They make the lessons really fun, with lots of singing and actions around splashing and kicking. Maeghan loves her singing and action songs, so she gets right into it. Today she was promoted to the Advanced Aquatots class, which is just an extension of the skills she has been learning already.

I know all kids go through this, but she is seriously one little miss... I know what I want, when I want it, and don't try to make me do something I don't want to do! There is also one seriously stubborn streak going on in there. This afternoon, we had a 5 minute stand-off as I tried to get her to put some rubbish in the bin. Cheeky thing was deliberately missing the bin, I would make her pick it up again, she would hover the wrapper over the bin and then drop it off to the side. I had to try to not laugh - it was pretty funny - but sooooo cheeky.

Her favourite things at the moment include - listening to her playschool music and doing all the actions, tea parties with her teddy bears, drawing, drawing and more drawing and climbing into her arm chair and reading to herself. I've attached a little clip of her in her bedroom. There's a line in this book that says... 4 boys howling ... yow eeeee owwww. That's what she's reading to herself. She also takes the time halfway through to 'shhh' Podger from barking.