Proud parents....

My Emilie Kate had her first day of school today!!! Proud isn't a strong enough word to describe how I felt this morning... I was totally in awe of Emilie and how she handled herself.. In the car on the way to school I asked how she felt and she told me that she was very excited.. not nervous at all!


Photos??? Of course there is photos!!!

The sling??? On Monday Emilie was riding the motorbike and she went through the channel, when she got to the other side she fell off. Wasn't going fast, but it must have been funny angle. Anyway, picked her up, put her back on the bike (she was crying) and she rode the bike back home. She put herself to bed and I put some ice on her elbow. Two hours later, she was still in a fair bit of pain so took her to hospital. It turns out that she fractured a little bone her elbow and she can't bend her elbow.

Here is Jack & Em waiting at A & E in Horsham!

Things I discovered while on holidays.....

• If you ever find yourself wandering around Albert Park in Melbourne you MUST, i repeat MUST stumble into Avenue Bookstore. I have never been in a bookstore like it. Very impressed

• Kids can ride the motorbike for hours!!! They brought back our sheep from another paddock to home... over 10 kms! All I could hear at the gate when I met them was Laura's little voice "move you bastard..."
  
  Skinny Bitch - a book that i purchased from the above mentioned bookstore! Have you heard of it? Apparently Posh Spice was caught buying this 'diet' book and immediately it became a best seller. My friend brought me the Cook book for my birthday and I saw the book sitting by itself on the shelf, so it became mine! I was reading it in a cafe in Albert park with all of these "fucks" and "shits" and every time someone walked past I would shield the words, but man the book is funny.


• My kids travel really well! I alway knew this, but they did quite a few km's over the past few weeks with no gameboy or in-car DVD player.
• The girls where impressed with the view from our room onto North Terrace. Laura could see the 'Princess castle" in North Adelaide (St Peters)

• There is a new trams system in Adelaide. New, clean trams! And there is no chance of ending up on the wrong line, like in Melbourne. There is only one!!!!

• You can go away for a holiday and not have to eat McDonalds at all the entire time you are away!!! Even in the noodle bar we eat at they had a little kids menu of hokkin noodles with chicken!

• Not everyone was happy with taking PT to the beach.....
• Once Hugh got there he was happy!

• Give a three year old a camera to take a photo and above is the result!

• and buggered him out... on the Tram back into the city!!!

• Five hour drive home, two hours to unpack the car, check the sheep and 6 hours sleep is all you need before heading off again to the beach. This time Robe!
• This time it was too cold to swim, but that didn't stop them!
• Hugh discovered what happens when you knock down a sand castle. You get buried!!!! Wasn't happy about it, but he didn't do it again!

• Wobbly teeth Do end up falling out... and the tooth fairy believes in CPI inflation!
• That farm kids like doing things that most kids never get the chance to see. This example - spot lighting!!! The thrill of being on the back of a ute (above) in a spot lighting rig chasing down foxes is one of the best things that you can do in your holidays!

So all in all we had a terrific holiday and things have slowed down and gettingback into rountine again. Emilie starts school on Thursday and Laura will start kinder on Monday! Exciting times!!!

I sat an exam last week as well and I think I went ok. There was a section of questions that I wasn't that sure about but I came home and checked and I was correct. Will have to wait and see!

Must go and will be back with more soon!

cheers

Fat days....

Just read a great post from Kenz about a un-flattering photos and how we tend to get rid of them! I know that EVERY SINGLE one you of out there has either torn up a photo or deleted it before anyone else saw it! So, in reflection of this, here are some of the most unflattering photos that I can find of myself! I did have a little bit of a struggle to find photos that still existed, hence the photos with babies!

Leaving Hospital with Laura - April 2003. I would have been about 95kg! I was over 100kg before I gave birth!
Same year (03), in December! Look at my arms!!!
Just after I had Hugh... I was very happy how much smaller I was after Hugh then Laura! Still 90 odd kg!
Look at my arms!
My official FAT photo! I thought that I looked great - Christmas day 04 - 90kg??

I have question marks with my weights as I never went on scales for years, I remember weighing at 69kg before jack and I got married, 77kg when I got married and 86 kg when I decided to lose weight officially! So... these are a pick of my fat photos and truth be known, there would only be about 5 or 6 other photos from these years, they just no longer exist! Now, i think that is very sad that there isn't more history of those important days with my babies, but I either avoided the camera or got rid of the photos.

Even though I refer to these photos are being fat, i am still proud to show them off! Proud that I had three amazing children and to show you that once you have kids there is still hope of losing weight again. I am remember clearly thinking that I would NEVER get to the 60's. never, ever did I think that I could weigh that after having kids. No reason for the negative thoughts, just that I didn't think it was possible for me to lose that much weight.

I proved myself wrong.

Also... thank you so much for all of my birthday wishes! I had the BEST day! Just the way birthdays should... all about me :-)

Okay.. better go and pack a suit case for Laura to have a sleep over at a friends!

It's my birthday today....

Well.. tomorrow (7th) but just getting in early!!!

Jack is out shooting foxes, I have three little kids sleeping in a tent in the back yard and just having a quick cuppa before heading to bed!

Tomorrow, I turn 31!!!! Having lunch with the girls and tea in Horsham with my mother and sister. Low key day planned with a few weigh ins with friends who have bit the bullet to lose weight and get in shape in 08!

I have been online tonight looking for school camp style accommodation for the Daniel family Christmas next year. There will be up to 25 of us together and jack's folks house in big, but not that big! There is a heap out there, just a matter of finding them!

Sorry for the short post again, but busy days !

My new fav quote!

Do or do not... there is no try
Yoda -

Thanks Lia for that one!

BRING IT ON....

2008.. that is!

2007 was a fantastic year.. not really being one for reflection, but it was great! i am healthy, Jack is fit and my kids are little energiser bunnies! What more could I ask for!

We had a terrific Christmas new year! Many of you are friends on facebook would have seen some of the photos (if you are a reader and on facebook, add me as a friend - email address is profile :-) the kids had a ball.

Now.. 2008 the focus for me is shifting from weight maintenance to fitness! After being at my goal weight for over two years, i think I have maintenance down pat and not to worry too much about the scales. I think once you have been overweight, it will be difficult to never worry again, but my goals this year will be fitness related rather the "to maintain my weight"

My sister is still home at the moment and will be moving to Tas is a little over a week and we are also having a holiday in South Australia in a little over a week as well. Kids are sleeping in due to late night and school holidays as we are in slow mode!

Just a quick post and will do a photo post shortly!