2 Days!

We went and got Santa photos done last night. So pleased there wasn't much of a line while we were there! We probably only waited about 20 minutes. I was prepared for hours lol!

Kaitlynn though Santa was awesome while we were standing in line, yelling out to him, waving etc. Next it was our turn and she walked into his wee area got about 2 feet away and freaked! Refused to stand by Santa, by Mackenzie, not on Santa's knee. Nothing.

Guess who is the lucky one appearing in this years photo?

Yep you guessed right, me.

Mackenzie has never been scared of Santa, whatsoever. Has always loved going to see him and having her photo taken. I think just shows how differently they were brought up at baby age! Mackenzie has always been around a wide range of people, at different ages. Kaitlynn has only ever had me and my wee family so hasn't had a lot of time with different people.

I am hoping next year she will love Santa and I won't need to be in any more photos lol.

3 Days!

And back to the normal blogger lol! I really didn't like the other one!

I am so gutted I didn't get to do the last of my shopping last night!! David got stuck working on a car and now we have to do it tonight as well as get Santa photos done 'coz it's the last day today *sigh* Could be a bit of a busy night!

I see a lot of busy stuff over the next few days! Shopping, baking, making deserts, work, wrapping presents, making up presents. Ugh just hope I get it all done! I'm sure I will!! Will do everything after work on Saturday probably. I finish at 6.30. Plenty of time...I hope!

4 Days!

I have changed to the new Blogger interface...wow it's so different! Not sure I like it! I'm sure I will with some getting used to. Kind of like hating all the changes Facebook do but you get over it!

Anyway on to what I was going to blog about today!

There is one gift I am most looking forward to giving my girls this year! I think they are going to love it! It is this Cool ae! I am even looking forward to setting it up! Even though some places I have read say it can take hours. Oh Joy!

5 Days!

We have our one and only Christmas party today yay! Kind of pleased we only have one! Gets too tiring otherwise!

It's at my mums work and the girls get invited every year and really enjoy it. They have games and also have a magician come in and do a show. So much fun for them!

Mum just come over and reminded me about it, I thought it was tomorrow. Can't wait to see what Kaitlynn thinks! She was only 8 months old last year so didn't really get into it!

6 Days!!!

Less than a week. Woop!!! One excited mummy here!! Almost time for me to sit down on Christmas eve and make the girls big pressies up and wrap empty boxes. YAY!!!

Still have Santa sacks left to buy but am only spending about $30-$40 on them and I know what they are getting so easy peesy! I am making them to suit their current favourite people. They are going to be in Fairies/Princesses and Dora heaven lol!!

Only 3 more shifts for me at work before Christmas! Bring on the hecticness of it all! I love it!

7 Days

Only one more week! YAY!!!

(sorry about the boring posts the last few days. Am working close to 40 hours again this week. I don't know how you blogging mummys can do it all the time!)

8 Days!!

I have always quite liked this song at Christmas time. Seems quite appropriate for today :)

9 Days

Wow I really cannot believe there is only 9 days until I get to see extreme happiness and joy on my girls faces. I really cannot wait now!

I am taking them to the $2 shop this week to buy each other some gifts, Mackenzie seems pretty excited about it :)

Kaitlynn has fallen in love with Santa. I don't know if we will get a photo this year or not though. Stranger danger seems to have set in and she doesn't like going to anyone but me or her dad. Could be interesting!

Tomorrow's post is going to be a boring one. I am working a very ugly shift and am just going to schedule something easy.

Have a fantastic weekend :)

10 DAYS!

Had the best morning today! Mackenzie had her Christmas party at kindy. She had asked me to stay the whole morning so I thought why not?

Kaitlynn had an awesome time running around! It tired her out so much! The highlight of it all was Santa! The kids loved seeing him :) Kaitlynn was quite happy to hang back and say hi and bye but she didn't want to go near him!

Only one more day for the year and that's it! I have a feeling I could have an upset wee Mackenzie tomorrow when she realises she isn't going to be going there for the next month!

11 DAYS!

Yay, I got a new car last night :) Not drive able at the moment as it has been in a crash but nothing that can't be fixed. Can't wait to be able to drive it! I feel like I lost so much independence when I sold my old car. I think this is the first time I have owned a 4 door car too lol. Was a criteria for a car this time! Too hard getting Miss Kaitlynn in and out otherwise.

This is one stress gone! I was freaking I wouldn't have a car before March. Now I just have to get everything else ready for then haha. Like the uniform etc. Ugh I see me hemorrhaging a lot of money over the next few months.

12 Days

Love seeing those days getting lower and lower :) Nearly in single digits!!

Wow this weather is intense here at the moment! Currently 23.2 degrees with humidity sitting at 66%. This morning it was 14 degrees with humidity at about 80% eekkk! I can handle the heat and it being warm I just hate it when it's so humid!

Tomorrow it is suppose to be raining with a high of 29. Ugh. Hoping that one doesn't come true! We need to see some rain though! Haven't seen any in about 3 weeks now! Things are getting rather dry. I wish the girls could be out in the pool but the reality is we need to hang out inside because it's actually cool in here and we aren't going to get heat stroke or anything from being out too long.

Must say this is the best start to Summer that I can remember....EVER!

13 Days

Didn't weigh in this morning. I forgot lol. I shall do it on Friday though and see how I went.

I am now going to be aiming to go for a run every night I don't work at the moment. Yes you read that right a RUN. I know I can do it even if it's just around the block it's better than nothing right?

I would like to be feeling a lot more confident about myself than I currently do by the time I turn 22 in Feb. Not going to put a number on what I want to be. I just want to be happy and confident. I am currently one of two. So about 2 months to be seeing myself in a better light. I love that my birthday is in Summer. Means I can actually look pretty come then!

14 DAYS!!

Another day missed. The joys of working 8 hour days and only really checking in on the basics once the girls are in bed at night! Work is so busy at the moment! I spent a bit of my day running yesterday! Can't believe it is so busy, only going to get worse with only 2 weeks until Christmas now I suppose!!

I might do a weigh in on Monday morning and see how I am going with my weight loss. I think I should manage to drop something after this weekend! Will see how I am feeling tomorrow as to whether I will do one or not.

We are getting very excited in this house now :) Counting down on those advent calendars is making Mackenzie more and more excited about having a wee chocolate everyday. It's so cute!

16 Days

Woops! Missed a day! Have been busy trying to get my house organised because I started my Christmas hours yesterday! Quite a few hours leading up and I cannot wait, even if a lot of them mean I come home smelling like I have showered in perfume haha!

I only have the Santa Sacks and David's Christmas present to sort now! So proud of myself! Everything that can be wrapped is! I have never been this organised! Plus the Santa Sacks is just going to be Disney princess/fairies and Dora stuff seeing as that's what the girls are into at the moment. They will more than likely be matching just be different characters so not going to take much thinking woohoo!

Hope everyone is enjoying the festive season! Must say I was at work for 5 hours last night and I didn't hear one Christmas carol. I was kind of disappointed!

18 Days

Sneak peek for my followers at the Christmas pics I took for presents for the grandparents :)

19 Days

On Sunday we decided it was time that we put up our Christmas tree. The girls are so pleased with it (so am I). Kaitlynn was the happiest wee girl to see that tree go up. Last year she was only 8 months old so had nothing to do with the tree. I love seeing kids eyes light up as soon as they see the tree!

The real excitement come when I told them they could start decorating. They had to watch me set the tree up for an hour (I has to stick ALL the wee branches into the pole of the tree individually....painfully slow process). The squeals of excitement coming from Kaitlynn when she managed to get a bauble on a branch was awesome!

Hearing Mackenzie singing the Christmas carols as we were putting it up was my highlight of the day. Coming from last year where she really only knew jingles bells, to singing most of the classic ones they learn at school/kindy was so cool!

Here is some photos of our tree.

20 Days.

Apparently I was a little behind yesterday haha!

Another gorgeous day here today. I am really loving this good start to Summer this year! Mackenzie has been having the best time at kindy lately! The weather has been that good they have had the sprinkler out! She loves getting to take her togs to kindy to play in water!

Another reason for loving kindy? The boyfriend(s) she has!! I cannot believe some of the things she says about them! A couple of months back her friend M and her were falling in love apparently! Today I was talking to his mum before Mackenzie got an invite to his birthday party and she had asked him "Do you play with Mackenzie at Kindy?" He replied with "Not really, but I really like her!". Plus she has her boyfriend C at the moment. Last week we were informed of Mackenzie needing a new dress so she was "beautiful and could distract C". Oh how lovely!!

Got to love the innocent mind of a 4 year old.

22 DAYS!

Getting closer and closer! Took some photos with the girls today! Now I am only hoping there is some good enough for a few Christmas cards and calendars! Kaitlynn was very hard work with trying to get some, then once I did get one she decided she had to see the picture instantly and then try take photos herself. Once not allowed the camera it caused a tantrum. Ahhh the joys of an almost 2 year old!

We also got the tree up today! Really feels like Christmas is coming this year now. I bet it will feel even more that way once I begin wrapping presents! That probably won't be done until Christmas Eve though I wouldn't think. With a toddler and a puppy it's probably the safest idea!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend :) I am starting to improve health wise just have a mega sore throat now! Cannot wait for that to disappear!

Sick.....AGAIN!

I was supposed to be working all day today but I can't. So annoyed! Was the start of my December Christmas hours and I can't even do it. I feel so bad!

I think I may have the flu. Everything hurts, I feel like I have been punched or kicked in the ribs, headache, stuffy chest, sore ears the list could go on! Going to start popping Vit C tablets like crazy! I want to get rid of this silly thing! Have been sick for about 2 weeks now.

I am pleased the girls appear to have not caught it and I hope it stays that way! I really do not want them to be stuck up with this when it is SUMMER! Should be able to be outside playing with them. Not feeling like I can't move off the couch :(

Fun In The Sun

Here are some photos from our afternoon in the pool the other day! Didn't get too many good ones because of me not wanting to have the camera or my phone out around the water that was being flown around!

(she had just been squirted in the face with the hose)

A Blogging Challenge

I am going to challenge myself to blog everyday until Christmas! Not only about Christmas, just about anything and everything!

(found this challenge on this blog I have just started following)

Hello Summer!

So tomorrow is the official first day of Summer! Exciting!!

Today we have been outside all afternoon playing in the pool, splashing with water and just having lots of fun. So awesome seeing the dog getting all the attention she wants from the girls squirting her with water and her getting in the pool with them. If the current weather is anything to go by I am so looking forward to Summer this year!

We are currently sitting on about 25 degrees. Gotta take that when you can in Invercargill!

If I got any good shots of the girls today I will upload some later! For now I am off to whip something nice and easy up for dinner to have as a picnic :)

A Promise To Myself

I am going to make sure I have a tidy house before I go to bed at night.

I figure a wee bit of extra work at night will make for a happier me in the morning! I am so tired at night that I don't usually do what I could be doing, which is therefore making me tired in the morning when I wake up and see mess and I then see what my day holds....housework!

I am sick of doing it day in and day out without doing much else! So fingers crossed I stick to it, it's really not hard is it? So far so good today. Kitchen is tidy just need to run through the lounge with the vacuum.

It Is....

ONE MONTH UNTIL CHRISTMAS

I hope you are all getting nice an prepared!

I am so looking forward to this year! Two wee girls who are like best friends (most the time) who are going to absolutely love some of the gifts they are getting I think!

The count down is on :)

Also

6 MORE DAYS UNTIL I CAN SET UP THE TREE (I don't like to do it any earlier because it makes me seem mental lol).

The joys of a puppy

Ahh I love having a puppy don't get me wrong but seriously?!?

• 2 pairs of my jandals
• 1 pair of Mackenzie's sandals
• A pair of Mackenzie's frogs (cheap crocs)
• A pair of Mackenzie's slippers
• A pair of Kaitlynn's baby shoes
• Numerous books, newspaper etc.

I thought we were putting things away well apparently not.

A recent photo of her (not a great one but I think it's awesome) :

Finally Getting Somewhere!

We have had Miss Sophie for 10 days now! The first week I was getting driven insane by puppy accidents! Didn't seem to matter what I was doing she refused to do her business outside or even on paper inside!

Over the past 4 days I have been treating her every time she goes outside. I have discovered I need to leave the door between the lounge and entrance open as she wasn't going to the door at all as she didn't associate it with going outside. Finally after two days of having it open she is starting to whinge a little at the door. I think there has been 2 accidents inside today and they have only been wees! YAY!!

She has also started sleeping in the laundry until she can learn to hold on all night. She was just going wherever she felt the need on the floor in our room and we were over being very cautious if getting up in pitch black during the night and standing in something haha!

I am finally able to enjoy having a puppy! She has been a bit naughty with chewing the home phone cord but since giving her a plastic bottle she hasn't been chewing anything else! So finger's crossed I will soon have a toilet trained puppy who will no longer be driving me insane lol! Hoping it doesn't take until she is 6 months old for everything to click coz dam that's still 4 months away!

All these problems aren't the dogs fault at all, I thought it was until D and I started talking. She was kept in a wood box in a shed when we got her (it was snowing when we got her and they were still out there). I really feel for her. Going from somewhere that hasn't tried to train her at all to somewhere with rules! Quite lucky she hasn't destroyed more of the house really considering the background lol.

Travelling With Kids

I have never done this before! There is a chance Miss M and K will be coming with us to Dunedin on Saturday. Not a long drive but longer than the quick trip to Winton, Riverton etc like we have done before!

So if they do come do any of you guys have some advice on what to take for them! Only thing I can think of is lots of snacks and drink. It's only a day trip so I know I need to remember the pram in case we go into town or anything like that.

I am really hoping they will sleep most the way up seeing as we are leaving at 6.30 in the morning eeek!

Thrown any advice or ideas at me please!

I want...

One of these. Fingers crossed all going well one of them will be mine by the end of the weekend :)

Herb Garden II

Here it is! Nothing spectacular but exciting all the same!!

As I said in my last post I would love to move onto veggies but I want to master the easier things first! I also currently don't even have a veggie garden to be able to do it and I won't anytime soon! Here is why haha.

Hopefully the leveling out of the section and everything will all be sorted soon so a garden is something I can start thinking about!

Herb Garden

I planted a herb garden on Tuesday last week (17th Oct) and looked in the wee greenhouse tonight and I have herbs sprouting yay!!

I am quite excited because I generally kill and indoor/outdoor flowers lol! I think I am even more stoked about this because I am growing them from seeds!

Going to take a photo tomorrow and start making a wee diary of my herb garden progress! Doing this makes me really want to grow other veggies! We need to sort a garden before I do that though! Oh and I also think I should stick with the herbs so I know I am capable of growing something!

Daylight Savings Hell!

Since the start of daylight savings this year I have been going through complete and utter hell when it comes to bed! The girls normally go to bed at 7, we then changed the bed time to 8, which helped for about a week. They have been up until 9 some nights just not being able to sleep because it's so light!

I finally bit the bullet last night and paid for some block out curtains. Thank goodness work had a good sale on them I tell ya! Not looking forward to having to replace the whole house now lol!

Last night they were asleep a little after 8 and didn't start making noise in the room until just after 7. That's something I can definitely live with! So they are fully worth money!

Miss Kaitlynn has been the happiest in the mornings I have seen her for quite a while since she didn't wake at 5/6 when the sun was rising! Fingers crossed this continues and I can stop feeling quite so zombie like most days!

Gone Public!

My blog has officially gone public!

I have been thinking of doing it for a while but have all the what if's going through my head about photo's etc. Thought about it tonight and then realised I don't really put photos on here anyway, so why not?!?

Going public might just give me the motivation I need to blog a bit more haha!

So welcome to anyone new who decides to pop on in here :)

Schools

Guess who finally got their butt into gear and went and looked at a couple of schools?!?

One just across and up the road a wee bit from us. Plus one that is probably about a 5 minute drive away. We looked at this one yesterday and this one this afternoon.

There are so many pros and cons to both schools but if I was to judge a school on how we were shown the school I would definitely be going with Ascot. We spent an hour there today being shown everything about the school and had a good 30 minute sit down in the principals office being told everything we needed to know plus some!

Fernworth was something over and done with in 20 minutes and we didn't meet the principal. When asked about class sizes I didn't get a straight answer. Class sizes is something important to me.

Ascot keeps their new entrants classes at about 15 kids which is AWESOME!

Mackenzie seen a couple if kids she knew at both schools. Lovely to see their wee faces light up when they see friends they haven't seen in months!

Looking forward to sitting down with David tonight and going through them both but I think I know what he is feeling and pretty sure it's the same as me! Fingers crossed because it's going to be damned hard for him to talk me out of Ascot now after seeing it!

Bad, bad week!!!

I knew this week was going to be a bad one! Didn't expect to see what I did on the scales though! I gained a wee bit back this week but am not logging it otherwise it's just going to keep playing on my mind! I thought I would blog about it and then forget about it and move on!

Haven't been getting in as much exercise as I would like thanks to the school holidays! Usually go for a good walk every morning after dropping M at kindy but she can't walk far enough for it to be worth me going for a walk while I have her. Was just thinking I should do another bush walk tonight then remembered I have work until after 8 tonight!

Am hoping I can lose the weight I put back on this week by the weekend! I haven't been tracking anything and just got slack again! Tracking my food really seemed to help and made myself accountable for what I was eating! Might weigh in again on Friday and see what's happened! Hoepfully I would have dropped something by then!

Now onwards and upwards! Time to move on and remember the mistakes I made this week.

Savoury Pinwheels

These here a currently being shown on the Countdown -Shop Smarter ads. They are very yum and didn't last long at all in this house!

1 heaped cup grated cheese

1 spring onion

2 slices of bacon cooked and finely chopped

2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry thawed

3 tbsp milk

Preheat the over to 180°c.

Sprinkle the cheese, spring onion and bacon on a sheet of pastry, spreading them evenly over the sheet except for a strip 2cm wide along one edge.

Brush this strip with milk, then roll up the pastry and filling from the side furtherest from the milk-brushed strip towards it.

Repeat this with the other sheet.

Either lightly butter or cover a baking tray with baking paper.

Cut the rolls of pastry and filling into slices about 1cm thick and bake for 20 mins.

No Fail Quiche

I got this recipe off Leesh. I am always making them and they are always eaten so quickly!

I make them in mini muffin trays so they are the perfect size for little hands.

3 eggs
1/2 cup self-raising flour
1 cup aged cheddar grated cheese
1 tbsp oil
11/4 cups milk
1 onion, finely chopped
2 chopped rashers of bacon, rind removed (optional)
Diced smoked chicken.

Place all the ingredients into a large bowl with a whisk or container or large food processor bowl and either stir or shake with vigour for one minute or whirl for 30 seconds.

Pour into a hot, greased quiche dish and add bacon and anything else you think would work - a few tablespoons of chopped parsley, and/or corn , and/or raw mushrooms - just clean out the fridge!)

Bake 180degC for 45 minutes.

Serve with a salad and bowl of crusty bread

Weigh In Day

After a week of mainly good eating with an off day and a couple of stumbles along the way I have managed to say goodbye to 1.5kg this week! Now I need to keep this going to reach my goal of losing 15kg.

I have a goal set up on the Wii that is losing 10kg in 3months. I would love to be able to do that in 10 weeks but we shall see! Might be time to get a ticker on this page I think! Would like to see my progress each time I log on :D

Baking Day!

Mackenzie and I are doing a bit of baking this afternoon while Miss Kaitlynn sleeps!

So far we have made savoury pinwheels. They did not look very nice but they taste awesome!!

Will come back later with what I made and I actually will put up my recipes this time lol!

Slack, slack, slack!!

Wow I have been so slack lately it's not even funny! With my blog and with my weightloss!! Moving is all finished and so is the unpacking so time to get serious!

Summer is approaching us and I would love to have dropped some weight before then!

I have a new plan with exercise! The boxing bag is set up here again so I will be smashing that every couple of days. Skipping every couple of days. Use the Wii everyday! Walking to and from kindy (it's not far but better than nothing). Getting on the exercycle every couple of night. Making my housework a lot more energetic and get a sweat up while doing it. Will try and go for the 5k walk 3 times a week and just do shorter walks everyday. I also have a swiss ball and some 2kg weights so will throw them in every now and then too!

I done some boxing two days ago and boy are my bums still feeling it from the kicking lol! Can see why it works!

Right now to get this off on the right track it's time for me to go do some serious housework!

Might even do another blog tomorrow with a weigh in eeek!!!

Do you use MyFitnessPal? If you do feel free to add me! I am looking for more people to help cheer me along :) CourtzAndKenz is my username!

Baking!

I am not a baker by any means and I usually do not enjoy it.

Over the last couple of days I have had an urge to bake and with a fully stocked baking cupboard I though, why not?

So far I have made mini quiches, yoghurt and fruit muffins and currently have chocolate cupcakes in the oven. The cupcakes will be made into a Father's Day present. It will be a couple of days early but it will give Mackenzie something to do this afternoon while I clean up my bombsite of a kitchen!

I will post all of the recipes on here later. So you guys can use them too if you want but mainly for me to know where to find them for future reference!

Looking For Schools.

I have no idea what I really want from a school for my girls, all I am worried about is roll size. Mackenzie is a very shy girl who I don't think would thrive in a big school. I am currently looking at St Patricks in Invercargill. It's a Roman Catholic school. Mackenzie isn't ant religion so I am really hoping she can get in!! From what I have read they have a roll cap of about 300 and the current roll is just over 200. Just what I want nothing too big!

Only one problem with this though....her Dad doesn't want the Catholic stuff being forced on her. They pray everyday at school and he isn't sure that's what he wants for her.

Might also be time to look around town for schools that aren't zoned with a smaller roll. Ugh this is soooo hard!!!

It's been a while!

I seem to have lost the little blogging mojo I had!

Am working on finding it again so there won't be many posts from me at the moment I don't think! Also very busy with getting my house organised to move in a few weeks. I will try and get back and blog a lot more then!

As far as my weight loss goes I haven't been getting any exercise but have been eating fairly healthy! I am feeling better so may have lost some weight. I haven't been near my Wii Fit so not sure what I am weighing at the moment. Now things are a bit easier for me and and days are staying days longer I am going to start going for walks/runs at night by myself and taking Kaitlynn for a walk in the pram after we have dropped Kenz at kindy everyday, weather permitting.

I'm Off.

I'm off for a couple of days for a much needed break!!

Just going to the lovely Dunedin. Girls will be staying with their Nana and Granddad. I really need to get the house organised and packed tonight!! Don't think I'll be getting to sleep until late haha!

See you all in a couple of days :D

B4 School Check

Mackenzie had her B4 School Check this morning at Kindy.

Passed it with flying colours and now has her wee certificate which she is stoked about because she can now go to school. She wants me to go shopping for school stuff, not realising that she doesn't actually start school until March!

Her stats last year were

13.9 kg and 94.5cm.

This year they are

15.6kg and 102 cm.

Seems like she has had a real growth spurt in the last year and I guess that explains me actually needing to buy size 3 and 4 pants now!

I can't believe she will be off to school in only 7ish months!

(Edited to fix up her height! Not sure why I put 92.5.)

Busy Day Tomorrow!

Wow what was I thinking saying yes to 3 appointments in a 2 hour time frame tomorrow!! That's right I wasn't thinking! I forgot about each other appointment every time I agreed to another one LOL.

This is what my morning is going to resemble tomorrow:

• 8.30 Kindy
• 9.30 Plunket for Kaitlynn
• 10.00 Mackenzie B4 school check at Kindy
• 11.30 I have an appointment at the hospital
• 12.30 Pick Mackenzie up from Kindy
• Playdate straight after Kindy.

Everything should run on time I'm just worried about the hospital appointment! Apparently it should only take 30 minutes but we'll see.

Will post back tomorrow with the stats for the girls from their appointments.

Weigh In Day

Ihave 17kg to lose to get to a goal weight.

Am wanting to do it by the end of the year. That is just over 20 weeks away. Wish me some luck!!

Bad Day To Start

Turns out Tuesday isn't going to be a good weigh in day!

I have to have Mackenzie at kindy at 8.30 then home to be at my mums work by 9.30. I don't always have my car so some days it's going to be a bit tricky.
So I will weigh in tomorrow morning to kick things off.

Grocery shopping tonight so time to stock up on yummy healthy food. Anyone got any ideas? I generally just get fruit and some crackers and rice wafers. I need some more ideas otherwise I am going to get bored!

Time To Get Back On Track

I have lost all motivation over the last month or two when it comes to exercise. Time to get back on track and start exercising 4-5 times a week! More if I can.

I used to walk 4-5kms everyday! Want to be able to do that but with it being Winter I don't want to take Kaitlynn out on gross days. So will also be using hand weights, Wii Biggest Loser, Wii Fit, Yoga Ball and the Exercycle. So plenty to keep me going at home!

Will also clean out the cupboard of the crap and load it back up with healthier stuff.

So wish me luck I really do need to do it this time!

Our Animals

I am a huge animal lover! So of course I have to have an animal in my house at all times. My house doesn't feel like a home without it!

I thought I would introduce my two other babies.

Henry

Henry was born on the 4th March 2011 (making him exactly one month older than Miss K). I purchased him from a breeder. He is a silver tabby/persian. Has not taken on the persian look at all though! He is a great wee cat. Loves my girls and they love him just as much!

Bella

Bella is our newest baby. We don't know anything about her apart from the fact she is a semi long-haired torti and white kitty. We rescued her from the SPCA. She is the most wonderful cuddly cat ever! Not such a fan of the girls (especially not Kaitlynn) but as long as they are being nice and giving her a good pat she is in love. I am now all for adopting animals from there and for any future animals I may get this will be the way I get them!

Holidays

Something very weird has happened these school holidays! Mackenzie has become the most helpful lovely wee girl. I think we have only had a couple of arguments and she is willing to do any chores I allow her to do!

I now fear that she will go back to kindy and little Miss Attitude will arrive back home on Monday! I really hope not because I have really got used to this wonderful wee girl! I really do not want to lose her.

We have just redone the chores chart and she seems more excited about it than normal. Even come up with new chores to do! So this week we have

• Put my washing away
• Vacuum my room 3 times a week
• Brush my teeth 2 times a day
• Put all the toys away before bed
• Help with dishes
• Eat all my tea.

She added the dishes and vacuuming in. It would usually be something to do with putting clothes in the laundry. So proud of her!

Reactions!

Kaitlynn has had a reaction to one of the jabs she got on Friday.

She was a perfect little angel for 2 out of 3 of the injections. The third one made her scream and that is the one she has reacted to. Every nurse I spoke assumed she has reacted to the MMR but it seems she has reacted to the PCV7 vaccine.

We waited at A&E last night for 2 hours to not get seen. We left due to Kaitlynn being so overtired she wouldn't stop crying, wasn't fair on the few other people waiting to be seen!

We are off to the Dr at lunch time today! Will post an update then and a wee photo of the reaction (would post it now but it's on the other computer and my camera is across the room haha).

Jabs

Kaitlynn has her 15 month jabs today (only a few weeks late). I am not looking forward to it! Due to having no nurse at the practice around lunch time I have to take both girls with me! Luckily Kenz has been pretty good lately and behaving. Fingers crossed she behaves while her sister is getting attacked!

Must remember to take a bottle with me as that will be instant calm and she probably won't care about the jabs. So pleased these are the last ones until she is four. Mackenzie had her four year old jabs back in April and she was a complete angel for them! Hopefully Kaitlynn has picked up the angel gene when it comes to this sort of stuff!

Introducing II.......

KAITLYNN GRACE

Kaitlynn is my baby! She turned the big 1 in April.

Kaitlynn is a very cheeky wee girl. Always on the move and stirring up trouble wherever she can!

She is just starting to talk. Favourite words at the moment are mum, dad, bubba, baby, ta, hello, puss, cat, dog. There are more words but they are the ones I am constantly hearing!

Kaitlynn is a loving little sister. Just today she starting tackling Mackenzie to give her a hug and tell her "I love you" not exactly the right pronunciation but close enough!

Kaitlynn too is an avid animal lover! Dogs have been a favourite since she was 10 months old.

This is a photo of Kaitlynn playing on the trampoline! One of her favourite things to do.

Also taken on Monday, the first day of the school holidays.

Introducing...

MACKENZIE ROSE

Mackenzie is my oldest wee girl!

Mackenzie turned 4 in March and goes to morning kindy 5 days a week.

Mackenzie has the attitude of a pmsing 15 year old girl which can be stressful as hell at times but I wouldn't have her any other way!

Mackenzie is a loving and very caring wee girl who would do anything to help anyone!

Mackenzie loves animals! Especially cats!

Recently Mackenzie has learnt all the details she needs to know about herself thanks to a Police man visiting at kindy! She has also learnt to write her name and can almost recite all the letters.

These photos were taken on Monday. It was the first day of the holidays and we actually had some nice weather!

My First Post!

Welcome to my blog!

A place where I will be sharing the goings on in my life as a single mum to two wee girls.

Not sure how this is going to go as I am very new to it all! So I will endeavour to post every day but will see how I go with it all!