R.I.P goldfish enter the spider?

With very sad news I have to share that our last goldfish died on Friday and as I was cleaning out the tank, Big Little announces that we should get a new pet - a spider! Big Little Man seems to be obsessed with spiders at the moment, all his school work has stories about spiders and pictures of them too. At a recent fun night at Little Man's pre-school they got there face painted:


Red Backs of all spiders! As spring has sprung our back yard with every nook and cranny seems to have a Red Back living there, sensibly Big Little Man agreed that a Red Back wouldn't make a good pet as it so small (the venomous part doesn't seem to bother him) and when he was head first in the garden yesterday he told me he was looking for a Funnel web - help me! He really wants a Tarantula:

I've tried explaining that Tarantula's do not live in Australia (and we have enough scary spiders) and that they are US citizens but my well informed son knows that we can fly to the US so it should not be problem in obtaining one.

Hmmm

To Big Little Man From Mum - NO WAY BUDDY!

New Car!

Whoo Hoo, can't recall when we started the process to get the new car, have to find that blog, but we finally got it!

I embarrassed myself at the dealers as I bunny hopped and stalled the car upon leaving (touchy clutch, not my driving abilities!) but it's a super cute car, with loads of space and can't wait to get my bike rake installed so I can take my bike to the next holiday!

Here is an after blog of the much promised picture of the toothless gap of Big Little Man:

An Outing at the city Farm

These images are from ourPlaygroup outing to a city farm:



Here is a whip cracker!

Little Man Little Athlete

Unlike his brother he really gets in there and give each even a go, he makes me so proud I can't wipe the smile off my face. Big Little Man also managed 500m this week, but I had to hide or he would have stopped if he saw me on the side lines.
This is a photo of him in the 50m. (He is the runner taking off on the left)

After athletic we headed to the school fete, where we ate rubbish and the kids went on little rides that made them feel sick.

The tooth fairy visit

This is an actual photo of Big Little man's Big Little tooth.

After reading this book Big Little Man decides the wobbly tooth must come out so he can receive financial rewards from the tooth fairy.

He proceeds to eat apples, chew on carrots and even had a go at the dog bone.

Thankfully Deaf Dog was happy to share

The said tooth was loose enough for mama to indirectly extract it (pull out with force with much shock from Big Little Man - he asked me to do it I swear!) After swabbing the bloody mess in his mouth he was very impressed with his new toothy gap (photo awaiting) and we carefully wrapped up the first baby tooth and carefully placed it under his pillow where fantasy came to life and replaced his tooth with $4.

Big Little man gave me his $4 and begged me to buy him:

I told him that the Tooth Fairy didn't leave him enough for the Bionicle and he explained "of course not, she only has tiny wings and $4 would have been very hard for her to carry anyway" so it seems it is my job (as I caused him so much pain in the extraction process) to cover the cost. So be it, I shall wear the cost of this Bionicle but listen up tooth fairy, with the next tooth, bring your back pack with at least $15!

Kids grow so fast!

Today I was reading PooTeeWheet's blog and agreed with her that our kids grow so fast and like a reality check, Big Little Man comes home from school and tells me that there has been something stuck in his mouth all day and could I get it out, well what do you know, my Big Little man is getting his very first Big Boy tooth. He is so excited but wants to know why his baby teeth have not fallen out yet and how long will he have to have 2 rows of teeth. I fear that he will have to get them extracted if he is anything like his mum.

Oh I recall the day I had to go to the dentist as several of my mature teeth had come at once and my baby teeth had no intentions of going anywhere, it was the dentist's job to extract 6 teeth so that my new teeth could take there rightful place in my jaw. I don't think Big Little man is ready to hear that yet and as the new tooth is just crowning (that image is not his) so it may force the baby teeth to loosen and fall out on their own, if not it's time to see the dentist.

Oh they grow so quickly.

Happy The Man day

Hugs and kisses and something *special* from me tonight my Man!

6 year olds! Arrrrr

Little Athletics was a disaster this morning. Big Little man refused to participate because - wait for it - the canteen was closed!

Little Man was a real champ and even ran the 300m without me having to push or drag him along, he loved the Long Jump and throws a mean discus and only complained about the starters gun, which I agree is a really "big bang".

Till next week.

Busy Busy Big Little Man

Big Little man has a new busy schedule this spring, today he started indoor soccer, on Saturday he starts Little Athletics (yes even though last year was such a dismal effort) and he also has his weekly drum lessons. So it's busy busy busy Big Little Man.

I'm so please he likes indoor soccer, really makes me regret not putting him in the winter season, but that was his choice and he chose not to play soccer then but wanted to now. I guess that is all it takes, if you really want to do something you do it well, good going son!

Busted my HRM

Bugger Bugger Bugger.

As I'm cheap it is not a super flashy brand but still cost me enough, but I can open the back to replace batteries and there was rust around the battery which means water or sweat has found it's way into it. P'd off as there is zero funds to replace it and I can't say I was happy with what it told me anyway (in terms of calorie burn), but that's not the point! Also it is the 2nd thing to break in the house and I hate to believer of superstitions but things do tend to happen in 3.

The first thing to go was my ipod - the USB is fried and will not charge or recognise in my mac or The Man's PC.
The second thing to go is the HRM
What will be the third? - better not be the car, or the TV or my computer...oh no I better stop or jinx myself!

Late add: I scrapped off the rust and let the watch dry in the sun without it's cover and seems to be working again, so I panicked for nothing - typical woman I am

Newtons 3rd Law?

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

Okay so it is a law of motion, but it seems to working on my body at the moment. As you are all aware I have taken up higher levels of cardio in an effort to shift my winter weight gain, but I haven't seen a gram loss at all although clothes feel slightly looser. It is all well and good that my clothes are looser but I would rather retain muscle and have a gram loss then lose muscle and retain fat. But I may be gaining muscle and losing fat at an equal rate, thus Newton law is working.

Newton's 3rd law is also working during a recent shopping outing, thanks to the onset of spring/summer season all the winter wear is reduced and how could I pass up $10 jeans (quality jeans too!) so I grab my usual size 10 and they don't fit, not tight but slipping off my hips. I could manage an 8 but came home with a size 9, hippsters I might add and no muffin top = extremely happy.

Then I went off to purchase some new underwear, bra's specifically, and wouldn't you know it, I am also no longer my usual size. Yes, I've dropped a cup size, now this isn't good, not happy, I'm starting to have the chest of a pubescent girl not that of a woman! = extremely disappointed.

So how do I think Newton's law is working here?: For every action there is an equalSize 9 Jeans, extremely happy and opposite reactionTeeny Tiny Bra, extremely disappointed.

The Man seems to also be suffering from Newton's 1st Law: "Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it." thus being extremely disappointed at teeny tiny bra of wife's ever reducing boobs.

I can run outdoors too!

For a couple of weeks now i have been working out on the treadmill to improve my endurance and running. It was slow going, thanks to the fact that I only every had the urge to exercise once a week, but I would get bored and just jump off the treadmill. But plod on I did and have been successfully running for a minimum 20 minutes at 8km/h.

As the ran eased up and no kids to watch over, I strapped on my new Navman and hit the streets. It was a lot harder then running on the treadmill but it felt great and I actually noted that I was running naturally at a pace of 8.6-9.2km/h with my highest speed at 11km/h. I didn't take the easy path all the way but added hills and even a bit of a sprint at the end and was very impressed with myself.

Yeah to me, I can run!

Bit of this, bit of that...

Not much going on these days so it's a bit of this and that blog.

I did buy my Navman X300 though and it looks totally cool, but I can't give you a real review because as soon as I bought it we have had nothing but rain and as the thing only works outside it has sat in it's box since day 1. I used that first afternoon with a quick walk to the shops across the road, it informed me that I walk at a speed of 6.2km/h and that the shops across the road is 300m away. Can't wait to use it for a run or bike ride.

Getting slightly sick of forums/message boards lately. I used to love them and would waste so much time there. It started many many years ago with a baby forum when I needed some advice with Little Man, the girls there were really nice and chatted about all sorts of things, but then as my son grew older and everyone on there had more kids I felt left out. At around the same time I decided it was time to shift all this weight I had and joined a site I had used the past. This site never had a huge forum community then so I assumed the same and never used the forums much in the beginning, but then my weight loss stalled so I jumped right in and it's been a real friend link for 2 years. But I just feel I have nothing to offer anymore, I find the posts from new members annoying and I love my old mates but have nothing to say, as we all know here my life is so boring! Maybe I shall blog more even though I have nothing to say.

Big Little Man has become a bionicle freak and we have been watching the movie, scanning ebay to see if we can buy the next 2 instalments. YouTube has been a saviour with it's little short movies of them and after an entire day of web reading, I can now download them and burn them to a disc so he can watch them on the DVD. Thanks to these YouTube clips we have now been trying to find all the songs from them and now my 6 year old is listening to Linkin Park and Korn. I have even taken time to read the Bionicle History in wikipedia. I'm not sure what light it shed on me and I followed links and end up at a page which left me in some fantasy place that obviously only 6-9yr old boys can understand. I did scream "knew it" when it stated the names of the Bionicles are Mauri based as I have been having this argument with The man for some time - I'm so cluey I should never doubted myself.

Here is a little clip from YouTube for your Bionicle enjoyment:

I too have been attacked

No one escapes! Just waiting for the Man to be struck down too.

Return of the Flu

Kids are sick again, Little man has conjunctivitis and Big Little Man has Tonsillitis - so I had a GREAT weekend (yes that is full of sarcasm)

100th post

Well who would have guessed that I would still be blogging? I always assumed I have nothing at all to say and I guess I don't but ramble on anyway.

Anyway today sees 4 weeks till Spring and I need to reclaim my fitness self or spiral back into flabby rolls of fat. I never liked the fat so I guess I will have to step up to the fitness. although I have given up my hope on a bike trailer I still want one but shall ride my bike and teach Little Man to ride his with more confidence and jog behind him. I have high hopes as I can foresee that I will be either walking behind him or pushing him a lot.

My plan of action is to firstly kill my addiction to coconut drops/macaroon, they are the most luscious cookie/biscuit I have ever eaten and when they are purchased they are easily (much to easily) devoured in seconds. I have no self control when they are in the room, they have powers I can not control.

Plan of action #2 is to exercise more then once a week- self explanatory

That's it as I really do feel I eat healthy all other times, my alcohol consumption is average and as they say a glass of red wine is good for the heart, so why deny my heart these health benefits.

Now my last task is what to do with the huge tax refund I got, a whooping $89. I want mid calf black boots but as winter is ending they will just live in a box for 2 season's till next Autumn so that's stupid really. $89 wont buy a wheel on a bike trailer or a pulse on a new HRM. Have seen a cheap Navman X300 which is a device that "incorporates (GPS) technology to provide information about the users performance via satellite. This includes distance travelled, cumulative altitude, speed, lap distance, lap time and a lot more! A stylish triangular-shaped unit, the Sport.Tool X300 boasts a fabric strap for fitting comfortably on to the upper arm, while an easy-to-read personal display gives the user performance statistics at a glance" for $69.99.

Check out my Eastside Gangster:

Little Man's New bike

Well I couldn't get the bike trailer so we let Little Man have have his first real bike:

Previously he was riding his brothers old bike but Deaf Dog has some how managed to eat the pedals. This new bike will be guarded in the garage with my bike and everything else that needs safety from the dogs jaws!

Harry stopped my world

Last Saturday the last Harry Potter book was released and I grabbed my copy with many other fans as soon as the store was open. I didn't have a chance to read it that day as it was Big Little Man's 6th birthday, but I did manage to sneak in the first few chapters during the wee hours of the night when The Man was on night shift and had to pry myself away from it at 2am to get some sleep. The rest of week found me with my nose in the book and all other duties left on the way side, everything literally ground to a slow grind whilst I tried to read.

I'm not a book spoiler so I will not give away any of the story but my review is positive. Of course I am slightly impartial to the Harry Potter books having been sucked in many many years ago and although it was quite a slow start, J.K Rawlings created a great book with the ending that warranted all 7 books. I'm currently reading the first book to Big Little Man and he is really enjoying and I'm finding it nice to go back to the beginning too.

The book is on the shelf with it's previous parts and now life can return to it's boring self again.

Here are some pictures from Big Little Man's numerous birthdays (3 days worth), with the finale at Hungry Jacks with his school friends.

I give up :(

For 4 days I have trekked all over Sydney to find a decent bike trailer and they simply do not exist for under $650. I was willing to go as high as $500 but this is not even enough and people obviously love them to bits as I can not even find any 2nd hand. Most of the bike retailers were really nice and 80% didn't even stock them as "they are just not popular enough". One retailer told me that Sydney was simply to dangerous and you would not want to risk your child as there were not enough dedicated bike paths and sadly he is right.

So I have given up my quest of the trailer, The Man sees my disappointment and was happy to see if we could import one from overseas but it would not be worth it. He is trying to cheer me up with the offer of a new iMac, it's seems to be working. But I would love a trailer, so if your reading my blog and would like to donate $650AU my way, I'd love you forever!

Thank you Scooter!

It is such a shame that here in Australia it is so hard to get Burley bicycle trailers, I would absolutely love to get the top of the line Burley d'lite but at $950AU and in another state (so extra with postage) it is completely out of my league. I was hoping on grabbing an ebay bargain in a Burley Bee from the USA but it's reviews are questionable - thank you Scooter , that if I had trouble with it it would be very hard to replace all the way on the side of the world.

I think I have convinced the The Man to buy me the most reasonable one I can find here in OZ The Croozer but still around the $500AU mark. I have to be realistic and know that I will only use it for another 1.5yrs as Little man will be 5 then and off to school and then I can ride on my own again. But The man said that maybe I could put the dog in it after the kids have out grown it and ride him to a big park for a good off the leash run, I like that idea.

So thank you again Scooter, I think it's best to stick with what's at home just in case I have troubles and need to return it etc and I think I've found a new blog friend in your friend Lissyjo.