LegoLand

Today was the LEGOLAND party. Mr T had a ball with his friends 

and all the Lego games and activities.

Painted MDF Lego men

Pin the head on the Lego man

His set up on Wednesday

Games:
*Egg & Spoon, on their knees using dryer balls
*Pass the Parcel
*Lego Bingo
*Sleeping Lions, and believe it or not a child suggested it and all jumped in
*Guess the number of Lego blocks

*Pin the head on the Lego man

All lolly prizes went into their take home boxes.

They also painted MDF Lego men which I had cut out by a local company.

THE CAKE

I tried to make everything smaller than normal as I know how much kids waste party food. I made cupcakes and a small cake. It meant that the kids were able to take a cupcake each and as they were topped with blue icing they were a hit!

Cupcakes

Guess the blocks

 

MarsBar slice made in
 a Lego silicone tray 

Candles blown out, wearing his b'day top from his Aunty :)

Party boxes

 

All the food was eaten (the plan) and all had a great time. MrT's highlight was playing 'paeleontologists' in the dirt pile with his friends before everything kicked off :) 

And I had a wonderful snooze on the couch. Massive thanks to Aj for all his help. Love ya!

A full week

Wow, it has been a full week now since we found out we were having two babies!! I feel like this has been a really long week but it's Friday tomorrow. Yay!

Aj is away on an Outdoor Ed camp at Walls of Jerusalem for two nights, back tomorrow some time. My days have included feeding goats, moving/feeding cows (chasing cows, cos i left a gate open), attending to chickens and doing all the normal mum stuff.

I have starting weaning Neville (the goat). 500ml, poor kid thought he was very ripped off as he was drinking 1L. The goats are doing really well on the new brand of formula and no longer have scourers. They have settled into their new home to I guess.

I have been making bibs today and looking forward to finishing them off and showing you all.

I have the big scan on Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing mu babies in more detail!!!

Oh dear, look at the time, I'm off to bed. Night all.

Still coming to term with...

Still coming to term with...the fact that we are having ANOTHER set of twins!!!

We have 2yr old b/g twins as you know and just yesterday found out we are 17wks with another set of fraternal twins; making 6 children in our family. (we had said no more, changed out minds and were trying for no5/the last baby, yes you can laugh) Aj researched it yesterday and worked the follow out. 

Having a set of twins 1:285

Having a second set of twins 1:12000

Having a second set of twins after fraternal twins 1:3000

For probability of having two sets of fraternal twins 1:85500

It is 4 times more likely to have a second set of fraternal twins. 

I don't think it is that common here in Australia.

but add another two kids to this picture.

I am well. I'm still in shock though! I guess I know what I am in for this time around. It explains why I have been feeling so tired; unmotivated to clean my house (apart from the usual stuff) and why I 'popped' so suddenly.

I am excited and feel blessed that God trusts me to raise another set of twins. He doesn't give us more than we can handle with His help so I will be ok. I know that the carefree pregnancy I wanted this time around will be a little over shadowed by obstetricians and midwife check ups. Plus I wanted to give breastfeeding one last shot and it is so much harder with twins and four other children to look after. I also wanted to have the baby and come home from hospital on the same day...things to think about and maybe just to see how things turn out at the time. I know the risks involved in home births but I do wonder why it all has to be so controlled these days.

People at Aj's school were saying things like 'you stud Aj' and 'go you!' but it is seriously not his doing. It is me! I released two eggs...I have no one to blame but myself hehehe

I have another market tomorrow. Last weeks market when well and the baby shoes sold well so I am sewing up a few more small ones today. They look great on the new stand Aj made for me. All visible and at a good eye level.

Must go and get on with the day, goats to feed, wood to bring in...

Catch up - part 2

Mable

Richard the Lionheart 

On Sunday after church we headed off to Gunns Plains again to collect two more kids, goat kids. 

Meet Richard the Lionheart, named so because at only a day old he was showing the dog that he was boss, and sweet little Mable. The poor dog thinks they are dogs and is puzzled as to why they will not play with her.

We sold Kevin to a most lovely family up the road so we could get Mable and I bought Richard as well. Some girls like saving up to buy clothes, for me, a goat will do.

b. 22.08.13 Mable's mother is a Nubian x Tog

b. 24.08.2013 Richard's mother is a Saacen and a great dairy goat.

Mable has the most beautiful colourings and semi floppy ears.

Meeting and playing on Sunday.

Neville is now the big boy of the yard.

 

Catch up - Part 1

*DISCLAIMER - Aj has not proof read this hehe

Well, we are a bit of a sick household at the moment, well, the girls that is. The last few days have included exhaustion, lots of sleep and all that yuckiness stuff. Aj took Monday & Tuesday off work to take care of us and is back at school today. I feel blessed to have him in a job where he can take carers leave even if he still has to prepare his daily lessons. I have three kids asleep as I write this and I am enjoying a rest myself.



Last Thursday two year 12 students/bible study friends, the three younger kids and I went off to find snow. It was the day that Aj took his Outdoor Ed students off to Cradle Mountain. Find his story here.


We ended up at Cradle Mountain too but only to the visitor centre. You see the fuel light went on a couple of ks from the visitor centre. Queue the pushing of Mel's panic button. We are on gas and not many places in Tassie sell gas so we had JUST enough to make it but to Ulverstone. I pushed it to the back on my mind and we played enjoyed playing in the snow near a creek for about an hour. MissZ LOVED it. It was amazing to hear 'I want to go home' and then 'Look, look, snow!!! I love snow' just minutes after. I found out that you can roll snow but it doesn't roll easily into balls and it falls apart when you try and lift large rolls. MrW was very weary of the cold white stuff at first but soon enjoyed it after finding out you could throw it at people. Yes, a few snow ball fights were had. MissO hated it. She was cold and not her self. Maybe she had already started to feel sick and it didn't show up til the weekend.

We ate lunch in the cafe and headed back to Ulverstone. We made it to the fuel station on zero fuel in the tank. Ashlee said she thought we had been driving for about 5-6 ks on zero. I real God moment I believe. I really appreciated Kate and Ashlee joining me. I mean if it wasn't for them I would not have gone. The day included, adventure, laughter, and much happy chatting.

We made it back to town a few hours later than I thought so was grateful to friends for collecting MrT from school and allowing him to hang out with them for the afternoon.

A great day had by all.

Adding kidlets to the family farm

Today I collected two adorable kids from Mathom Goat Farm at Gunns Plains.

Meet Kevin and Neville (I wanted to name him Dave but it is my dad's and a friend's name and Aj suggested Neville instead). They are 4 and 3 weeks old and did I say how adorable they were?

They are living in the old chicken house for the time being and we will probably use it as their sleeping quarters as they get older. I am bottle feeding them twice a day and they are able to nibble on the grass and explore, under supervision :)

The dog is fascinated!!! They have four legs like her but make this strange bleating sound, hehe. The goats aren't scared of Essie too much, which is good, but they are wary.

This is my Koala softie. What do you think of my latest creation? I am so happy with how it turned out. It'll be up on the Etsy page tomorrow if all goes to plan. 

Smoothies...mmm...tonight's supper treat.

2 punnets of strawberries

2 pears

1 kiwi fruit

and 1 large orange

Refreshing and oh so good!

Happy Weekend All!!!

Update via photos

New shoes have been uploaded to Etsy. Find them here. Mention that you follow my blog and receive 20% off your purchase. I will have softies to add too but I am waiting on a delivery of eyes from a supplier.

Two of our Aracanas have started to lay. Lovely green coloured egg and look great mixed in with the others that we collect. Mr T took some different coloured eggs to school today for Show n Tell.

The weather has been crazy and wet. We received 58mm in the last 24hrs. Sorry about the bad photo, phone camera and through a window. The rain is more than welcome though as last summer was SO dry and the farmers were suffering.

I have just read this brilliant blog...someone who thinks like me :D yay!

Better be off. Don't forget that 20% off deal.