Fun at the gorge...............

We live literally 20km from a beautiful gorge and I think I have been out there 4 times maybe. Well yesterday we went out with a heap of friends for nibbles and drink and the kids had a fantastci time running around , climbing trees and doing heaps of fun stuff.

As usual I took the camera but the bateries died LOL.

So only a few shots but I am sure we will visit again and take more photos.

Can brothers and sister look that much alike

Never thought it possible until Flynn came along and looks so much like Neve and is so like her in his mannerism and some things he does.

This is not the best photo but you can still see the resemblence. It is uncanny sometimes, his curls don't help him look like a boy either but they r so cute.

No it isn't dog poo

Since we have been Failsafe ( I will report later) I am having to make alot of stuff from scratch and it can get expensive.

So for decident tastes try this.
x 1





600ml
white ones chopped up







YOU will end up with something that resembles doggy doo but OMG it is too die for.



If you hadn't already guessed it is ICECREAM YUMMO. NO idea how many calories and not sure i want to know either.

Photo time

Enjoy

A promise i will make.............

Febuary will be my post a day or every few days . Lets see how I go.


Well lets see what has been happening.

Christmas, was great we didn't have to travel and we just had a relaxing day at home with friends, family and alcohol, what more could you ask for. All the kids were happy with there gifts and no one complained.

I had my birthday in Jan and that was spent with friends sitting chatting and eating and drinking, again more alcohol.

Can you see a pattern?

January flew by with kids at swimming lesson, birthdays, work and life.

I did take the kids away for a few days on my own and a friend came over with her two boys and you guessed it alot of beer was drunk but so needed 2 adults 2 girls and 3 boys.

The two older kids morgan and friend (boy) had a rather exciting adventure that they would rather forget. The tide was low all the way out to the end of the jetty, kids asked could they go in the water "no worries". The had a nice time walking knee deep through the water . At one stage they had stopped and weren't walking . I said to friend "what r they doing, they seem to be just standing there waving to us". NO not waving , having a hysterical fit cause they apparently were surrounded by crabs and they kids weren't moving.

After what seemed like a long time with kids screaming and crying Morgan legged it through the water and came up to me in tears. Boy couldn't move for fear and friend couldn't get him cause she has sunk into sand.

All like a comedy really. Finally kids rescued and all fine but never going swimming in "CRAB BEACH " again. LOL

Friend and I did have a good laugh about it later over beers.

I will sign off now and upload some photos for you to enjoy.

Life gets hectic

So to those who actually read this blog but life has been hectic and I haven't had time to update or have been very slack you work out which LOL.

Life side has been busy with me studying for Cert 2 in Ambulance officer but I have passed so all ready to go and help someone. I am really enjoying it and loving helping people .

Morgan side of things everything is still going well but we are getting to the point where we need to challenge foods but haven't really got any idea how to do it or record it. So I have called for professional help. I got hold of a lovely dietician that knew all about the elimination diet and said in a few months we will come out with a list that will detail food that Morgan should avoid, foods she can have in moderation and food that are fine. I can't wait , just to give her more of a choice. It is a bit exyy but I really don't mind if it help us get to the bottom of it all. She will help us with the challenges and we have to keep a food diary and any reaction and on a scale of 1-3 , 3 being the worst and she will be able to tell what she react too instead of me shaking my head and having no idea. I am very excited to be doing this.


Knitting side of things I have been knitting but a bit slow due to being tired and a bit brain drained at the end of the day.

I made a Radiating Star Blanket which was fun to make . I made it in an 8ply from Kmart so it was really cheap to make.

I have made Shrug it , Jacki Seamless kimono and some Christmas decoration socks but no photos as yet sorry.

Sorry sorry sorry I will update now

Okay where to start.

Failsafe is fantastic it has changed our life totally. We have gone from having a child who was so defiant, unhappy, mad, rude, saying horrible things to a child who seems angelic.

Don't get me wrong she is not perfect but if she is picked up for something we get a "sorry" instead of a " YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, YOU HATE ME ETC ETC ETC". You get the idea.

We have been doing it for 5 weeks now and in that time I have seen 4 occassions we have seen instant result of slip ups. The first was a cream bun which resulted in screaming and crying about bed time, 2nd was lollies ( I didn't give them to her) and she was just hyper and rude, 3rd was butter which took 4 days to come to a head cause she has it on bread, in cakes etc and the 4th was sakata rice crackers which are supposed to be failsafe but appear not to be.

Anyone thinking of giving it a try GO FOR IT. It has brought a happier child into my life cause I can tell you I was loosing my mind and I was seriously looking for a way out of thing ( not sure what that would've been ).

It isn't that hard to follow if you go armed with the shopping list. The only thing I find difficult is the F & V but I might start introducing those again to see how it goes ( I am a little scared).

I also found dinners a bit hard but brought the recipe books and just experimented and have actually done some nice meals. LOL

SO thanks to those who have given there support cause it has been greatly appreciated.


PS. I do have knitting photos to put up later.