Smile about something every day

Tara and I went to see Wall-E which opened in cinemas in Australia today. Very cute movie with a wonderful message. If you have children then I really recommend it. The animation is excellent and what you’d expect of a Pixar film.

has been delivering lovely presents none of which I have opened yet. I’ll be good and wait until Saturday.

Thanks Ophelia…your package arrived today! I’m soooo curious and dying to open it!

Today we took Tara (my five year old) to see a local production of CATS the musical. She was totally and utterly mesmerised by it all. She loved it. Loved Grizabella and Mr Mistoffelees the best. It was actually a really good production. I’ve seen it before in Melbourne many moons ago of the quality Australian production that travelled around the mainland states for a few years. This one, obviously not of that standard was still excellent and we were very impressed. Tara loves cats and this was the perfect production for her to see.

amongst the sickness. I shall attempt an entry to get my mind of my misery..lol.

Tara going to school dressed in pink today. Normally she wears a uniform and she was so excited to be going in ‘casual’ clothes. It was pink and yellow day today and they could wear either or both for a gold coin donation. She of course chose to wear pink head to toe and loved every minute of it.

We’re planning a holiday with the bigger kids for April next year. They’ve offered to pay their share and it looks like we may be able to manage it. We’re not sure to where yet..perhaps Hong Kong or Singapore.

T has been relearning the tenor horn and loving it. He has joined the city band and has come a long way in the last month..still has a long way to go but it’s lovely to see him with some direction and focus about something (other than motorbikes and work!).

A good bonus about being sick is getting to watch lots of trash on telly! Love it!!!

always make me smile! It was my baby’s fifth birthday today. A lazy day of playing with toys and then a mexican dinner out with friends. Wonderful!

is sadly a rarity these days. I’m glad today I received some excellent service.

I went into KMart to pick up Tara’s layby for her birthday tomorrow. I had no idea because of the fact that I had bought them during a massive “toy sale” period that the had been stored offsite and they needed three days notice to retrieve them!!! The girl could see the panic on my face and the tears well up in my eyes and straight away came out from the busy layby counter to go all over the store to search for the items. We managed to find all but one. I was sooo stressed!! (but sshhhh don’t tell that other goal of mine). She was sooo helpful to me, asking other staff where we might find certain things and taking me up to the service desk to finalise it all. All with a smile too. Lovely girl that she was.

Spending time with wonderful friends kidless and with a drink in hand, a smile on our faces and yummy food
The sweet sweet sounds of Clare Bowditch (btw Jac, did you notice that they spelt her name wrong out the front of the Republic?)
Cute little boys saying my name and having a party in the early hours of the morning. So gorgeous
Kisses from my family on my return home

behind closed doors can either make you weep or smile. Today I smiled. Plans for my future and recognition of my commitment and hard work. All good :-) I’m finally going to be made permanent at the end of the year and not have to worry anymore that my job is dependent on funding grants. I’m also going to have a new project to handle which is a big one and more related to our organisation.

Well, despite Tara being unwell with a bad cold all week, she managed to convince us that she’d be ok (and she hadn’t coughed all day today). So she put on her Cinderella dress and I made up a batch of brownies and off we went to the school disco: the theme was “USA” in celebration of 4th July. Was a great night. But my batteries went flat and I only managed to get ONE photo! She was so cute and has such a great bunch of little friends. Lovely to chat with some of the parents and teachers. These kids have a ‘reputation’ around town as being extremely well behaved and it’s true! I’m not just saying that because I’m biased, they never cease to amaze me just how well behaved they are all are. Great night. Off to Coles Bay tomorrow for a night.

Was Tara’s first cross country at school. It was such a joy to watch. She came second in the girls for her year level! I was so excited and cheering her on that I didn’t get a pic of her crossing the finish line and the only other pic I have is one of other children waiting to start so better not post that out of respect and privacy to those families. I love the community of this school so much. Lots of parents there to cheer their children on. And because the school is so small in numbers it really has a close feel to it. Their approach with having the big kids looking out for the little ones is really evident in events like this. I had a great time chatting to one of the mums. She’s in the public education system here (head of drama at one of the high schools) but had worked at one of the colleges and gave me some great feedback and advice on which college will be good for Molly next year. It’s hard to make decisions when you don’t know many people to ask and of course a lot of Molly’s decision making is dependent on where her friends will be going.