December 2007 Archives

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Well as you can see Poppy Monkey Musings has relocated to a new home. Please bear with me as I find my way around my new home and get to grips with all the things I now have to learn.
I haven't been a very good blogger lately but I do enjoy it. I think my primary reason for blogging is it's a great place to dump my thought load at times, there often seems to be so much going on in the everyday that it can be a little overwhelming.
I also like that I can note down the little things that make me grateful to have what I have, my amazing husband, my friends, my kids, our home, and our extended family. I like looking back on little things the kids have said or done, or milestones they have reached, places we have been etc.

Beach

I love the beach, but I am just not a sit-on-the-sand-all-day type of beach person. I like to paddle in the water, make some sandcastles, walk along it, fly a kite, maybe even swim a little but I just can't lay on a towel for hours at a time.
We headed down to the beach last night after dinner as it was such a stinking hot day here yesterday. Was lovely to just wander along with the kids splashing in the water as we went along. Scarlett has come along way with her fear of the beach, even this time last year she wouldn't go near the water at Victor Harbour and stayed up near the dunes for the most part. Last night she was wading in up to her knees and having a grand time.
My all time favourite beach is still North Beach at Wallaroo. Many many good times there as a child, and I am looking forward to taking our tribe back there sometime (hopefully) this coming year. Our last trip there was somewhat unsuccessful and Scarlett cried the whole time we were on the beach, didn't want her feet on the sand or anything. I think she would enjoy it a lot more now.

Babies
I don't think there was ever a time when I didn't think I would want children at some stage, then I got to the point after Abbey was born that I only wanted one child. I had a lot of negative comments about her being an only child, people really thought it was a bad idea but I was happy to just go with what we felt was right for us and for 3.5 years all was fine. Somehow after that time I started getting broody for more, and after a year of talking it through with G on and off we decided to have baby #2. We had always (well prior to having Abbey) said we would have 2-3 kids, never in our wildest dreams did we expect to get babies #2 AND #3 in one go.
Even during that first year of twins we were both very much feeling the urge to have baby #4. The second year of twins was somewhat more challenging and I can honestly say now that I have no real desire to add another child to our family now. I never thought I would know when I was "done" having kids, I couldn't understand how the feeling of wanting a newborn snuggled into you could just vanish, but I have to say it has. Whilst I would love the cuddliness of a newborn I am really happy with where we are at as a family right now. We can just pick up and go and not have to think about nappies, sleep times, food etc We can book holiday accommodation without struggling to find somewhere to fit two portacots, and we can sit anywhere we like in a food court without the hassle of trying to fit a double pram amongst the tables as well.

I set down a challenge at Pickleberrypop which you can read all about here and it was inspired by my most gorgeous friend Amanda and her blog (click on the link in my blogroll and check out her A-Z!)
So here we go....

{Abbey}

Well how could I start with anything other than my first born daughter, Abigail.
According to the baby name book we used, her name means "fathers joy" and she most definitely is a joy 99% of the time. She is so smart and just soaks up the most amazing amounts of information from anywhere she can get it. She is really into reading, writing, art and music..a very creative soul. I have noticed over the last couple of years that she is much shyer than she used to be, she doesn't like being the centre of attention and having all eyes on her. Her voice is very quiet when she speaks (unless she is shouting at her siblings of course then the whole neighbourhood can hear her!) She used to sing endlessly around the house when she was smaller and now she stops singing if she even gets an inkling that someone is listening to her.
I think that's one of the reasons she enjoys piano so much, she gets to play music but gets to sit up the back of the band!
She's growing up fast now, she is getting more independant and I am finding I allow her to choose her own clothing more, her hairstyles..and now this weekend it's her ears pierced (she swears she is really going through with it this time but there again at age 5 she vowed and declared she would never ever have her ears pierced!)
She has a wonderful circle of friends at school, but I wish she had more friends outside of school, I guess in time she will as she participates in more activities etc.

{Angel, Awesome, Amazing, Artistic}

Oh forget it..how about

{All Of The Above}

Every one of those words describe the gorgeous, {Amanda} She is the most kind, non-judgemental person I have ever met, and I love that I can tell her anything and she gets where I am coming from. When you ask her something, she gives you the straight no nonsense answer you need and I love her dearly for that. She makes me laugh, and she has made me cry with joy, she's always there when I need her and I hope that she knows that I am always here for her too.
We only met online a bit over two years ago and we manage to speak at the very very least once a week now, but normally 2-3 times a week. We have so much in common, we share a love of scrapping, of photography, we both have twins, both live in SA , both born on the 13 of a month (in the same year too!) and the list goes on. We've managed to meet up about 3 times now and I have met her husband and her 3 delightful daughters. I always feel so sad when we say goodbye and she heads back to the country, like a little piece of me has broken.
Amanda is also very very humble and doesn't recognise what amazing talent she has, she is so creative in so many ways I could only dream about but she doesn't think what she does is that special. I hope one day she realizes just how truly talented she is. Love you chick.

{Attitude}

No I don't have one!