SO VERY SAD

VICTORIA: The state I live in, The worst Australian Catastrophe happened here this past weekend. Over 100 lives lost so far and that's just what they've found in the cars of people trying to escape. Whole towns wiped off the face of the earth from fierce bushfires (dozens of them). It's been a record breaking time here in Swan Hill alone. Two weeks of record breaking heat not going under 40 degrees. NO relief. Sifting through the homes hasn't even begun because our state is still burning. So sad watching families look for their missing loved ones. A dad searching for his wife and three kids. We know they are gone he doesn't want to believe it and still searches. HEART WRENCHING no more words today only thoughts about how grateful I am to be here. Please take time to click on this link and remember how precious life is as you view these gut wrenching photos.Photo 27 gives me chills. Which way do you run. As I'm still learning how to add links please click your curser over these last three words (FVI) to view it. Fatal Victorian inferno

WISHY WASHY DAZE Well the past few weeks have been exhausting to say the least. I'm well and got over my surgery but sit here tonight in a daze of tiredness. Chayse woke Sunday morning complaning about headaches and sore eyes. Eventually Corey carried him into the emergency department and he was admitted to go on the drip and flush his body with antibiotics. He has had meningitis apparently and was released yesterday from hospital. I stayed the night with him and got absolutely no sleep. The alarm for his drip went off every hour and had to be topped up for the next 60mls of meds. Talk about annoying!!! 1am, 2am ,3am etc etc. I woke each hour as the nurse came in. It was like a torture system. Anyway he's back at school today running around fit as a fiddle. I really think as sick as he was he enjoyed the one on one time with mum. He kept reaching out to hold my hand all night saying "thanks for staying with me". Today he told me he enjoyed it just being us. So hard when you have 4 kids to give quality time to. So for my wishy washy day (brain wise I think as it's not functioning yet) I've added my favorite pic of Parker and more of him doing his favorite job in the house. The washing (watching it go "round and round" mind you) He is obsessed.

Happy Birthday To You (and those pearly white teeth)

Last night after Brodie hastily brushed his teeth we told him to go back and do them properly. I mentioned to him that on the Oprah show (so it's gospel) that you should brush your teeth for as long as it would take you to sing the song Happy Birthday. That was fine, so once we cleared up that you need to brush for about that long he decided he'd go and do them again. Corey and I were in the kitchen when we hear a muffled Happy Birthday to me while brushing his teeth. Next minute Logan started his verse. We laughed so much at what we were hearing. They obviously don't know how to sing in their head yet!!! What a treasure you are Brodie.

I must add please excuse me for a while as I'm still trying to figure this blogging world out as you can see. Even adding photos for me is proving challenging. !!!! I admire all of you out there who blog so beautifully and aspire to be like you in years to come. K. XX

For a novice like me this is harder to set up than I thought. I've never had a lot to do with computers but am learning more every day. I will get there but for now I must finish sorting my boys bedrooms. They wanted a change so we swapped rooms and moved furniture much to there delight. It's just mum now who has to finish the rest off with shifting all their clothes.

Bother ...... why do I start such jobs. I've decided this year I'm going to be super organised. Chayse will be in grade 2, Brodie will begin preps and my little Logan is starting Pre-school. Such a big milestone for him considering we were told we could possibly loose him when he was just a few weeks old. Logan is such a sweet little thing who to me still has the facial features and body size I should add of someone much younger. He to me is very delicate and fragile. I can still swoop him up in my arms and snuggle him like a newborn. Much the opposite to my 2 year old Parker. Now he's a real boy. Three of my boys have their own special needs. I don't like to say disability but I guess it is. To me they are perfect but there are a lot of work. They are though I must add the most affectionate little boys. Brodie can't walk past without saying "Love Ya " and blowing air kisses, Chayse always wants cuddles and Logan tries to kiss me a million times over my face like it's some kind of race. Parker well he's a busy boy until the end of the day then he's all over Corey and I with Kisses and such cute affection. Such little devils and then they just make you burst out laughing when you are trying hold a straight face and discipline them. Ohh as I speak Logan just came and gave me a cuddle wearing hot pink swimming goggles that he got from his swimming teacher. He didn't care what colour they were just loved them. ... Picture this a boy wearing pink goggles and the biggest cheesiest grin. Makes my heart melt. Love and Daisies kristen