First Day of Kindy

Welp. Emotions run high during pregnancy but having a week like this is almost too much. Tuesday started off wonderfully with Em starting year one and thankfully it continued the same way, she loves it. Thursday saw William boy starting kindy. He was adorable. He was so excited that he actually went quiet when we entered the kindy room. Something we're not use to. At. All. He quickly found his feet and day two saw a much more comfortable entrance as he settled into the routine for the day. He is going to thrive at Kindy and I'm so glad I can leave him in capable hands each day he goes. Friday I didn't have a lot planned so I decided (wisely as it turns out) to have a midday nap. Being almost 8 months pregnant (tomorrow!) I ended up napping for a good 2.5 hours, and still slept well at night.
I love how God is shaping our son. He's a wonderful boy and we are so thankful for him.

First Day of Year ONE

Here they are. The obligatory first day of school photos. God has blessed her with an amazing first day. She loved it. I was completely impressed that she didn't cry and what's more amazing is that she said at dinner tonight "I can't wait for year one again tomorrow!" Something I never heard her say with Prep. I know it may not last but I'm excited that she really likes her teacher, she seems simply lovely.

Daddy was stellar. He moved clients around in the morning just so he could be with her for 15 minutes in the welcome morning for the first day. Both the children were verbally thankful and impressed with him with I told them what he did. I love how God is growing my husband.

In Prep they didn't have assigned desks (or desks at all actually) this year, they have their own today tray, named permanent desk etc. It's exciting. She was colouring in her yellow activity book and said "Now I'm feeling a bit sad" (I think it was shortly after the teacher said it's 5 minutes till parents leave) and so I asked her if she wanted me to pray, as I started I TOTALLY started wanting to ball my eyes out. But thankfully I managed to hold it together! (I cried later in the grocery store - far more appropriate right?)

We're so thankful to send her to this school, for the godly influence around her and her ability to learn!

The New Year

Our summer holidays have been fun. I've had a few days where I've struggled to get through the day, but the Lord is always good to bless us even when I need to put on a movie and pass out on the couch!

We welcomed New Years with the first of a few big changes in our family. In the afternoon we set up the 'big kids room'. I'll do some readjusting as time goes on (ideally moving Will's bed up to the other wall to remove that perfect jumping space between beds!) but for now the children are learning to share a room. They love it so far which is such a sweet blessing. A lot of prayer went into this room arrangement and God is so kind to let the 'big kids' really enjoy sharing. Will loves that we call it the big kids room, it has helped distract him from the fact that Emma has moved into his bedroom. It's moments like this when I feel so smart as a mother. My parents blessed me with two new duvet covers. There's grey on the walls so these covers and wall match really well. Next will be curtains and a new valance for my big girls bed.

Emma's old room is now the nursery! It has a pink wall (and still has the girly bunting) so if this baby's a boy (which I suspect it is) then he'll have to ignore the pink wall and I may get around to new bunting . . . at the very least I'll take it down.

As you can see at the moment it's very much a play room so there's still some rearranging to do. I need to throw a a fresh coat of paint on the change table before it's moved in. I'm looking forward to it looking more serene in there!

After our setting up William dutifully went to bed and Emma was treated to a movie with popcorn. Lyle wasn't too impressed that he was made to watch 'Frozen' but as our girl is smart she asked me to fast forward most of it anyway. {Rubbish movie, like most available viewing options of the 21st century, but she's seen enough of it to make sense of her school friends conversations.}

 Indoor picnic lunch! I'm not sure which day this was, but it was recent enough because the weather has been very humid this last week. We had craft all over the dining table and eating on the floor is interesting enough for a change!

My children have learned to be very patent with me as I'm getting further along in the pregnancy. I'm not up to doing much in the way of moving, so creativity at home has had to increase.

A couple of days ago (with buddy in the same shirt) we attended the Ipswich Art Gallery's interactive 'built for speed' exhibit with some church friends. This gallery has some really fun exhibits and it's always cheap entry (budget fun is my go-to!).

I pretty much made it for him as we still have Duplo at home, but he added the spoiler himself to make it a 'real' racing car.

 It took a while, but Em joined in eventually too.

We have 1.5 weeks left before our next massive transition - Year ONE and KINDY!

It's all too fast really - I don't like that they're both marching on towards formal education. On the other hand I'm so thankful for God's timing with our next baby (we're at the 9 week count down!), I don't think I'd know what to do with myself for the next few years if I didn't have another little one at home. Although the house would (potentially) be impeccably clean for once. I'll have two or three days (alternating weekly) when I'll be at home alone before baby arrives. It's really needed at the moment as I'm experiencing some intense back and hip pain - thankfully both of which are directly pregnancy related and will leave after baby arrives. It's situations like this that I'm reminded of the consequences of the Fall. Praise God for this temporary life and our eternal home!

Philppians 4:20-21 "But our citizenship is in heave, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself." What a sweet thought!

IPhone photo bomb

Someone's been playing with my new IPhone . . .

I do marvel at the fact that such a handsome man can make such ugly faces . . .