Declan and his drawing

Declan has been getting right into drawing and coloring lately. He sits with Matilda for ages just drawing. I have watched him go from squiggles to lines to ircles and now to faces with legs!!. It's so cute to watch them go through the stages of drawing like they read the book on child development lol. Anyway here is one of his first people drawings.

Christmas time!!

Well christmas time here in the Finch family usually means lots of presents, lots of toys and lots of spoilit kids lol. This year was no different. As I went through all the kids presents before I wrapt them I thought 'wow I have a serious shopping addiction' lol. Anyway all got wrapt and santa added his bits and peices ;) till under the tree was overflowing on christmas morning. Matilda and Declan were so excited in the morning and had jaws wide open when they saw all the goodie under the tree. Unwrapping took a while and then ofcourse there is the million and one ties, staples, plastic bits and sewn in dolls hair to undo, untie and fight with. I think the packaging outweighed the presents by heaps.
The kids both got a bike each, a climbing monkey bar thing, diggers, bratz, clothes and much more. Just as they finished taking all their new stuff in we headed to mums for yet another full tree of gifts and a big lunch. There was mum, dad, Damon, Wendy, Kara, Mitchell and ofcourse us there to celebrate a very cold wet christmas day. The kids had a ball and play so well together, it really was a nice day. The kids raced out in any break in the rain to ride their bikes then back in to play with their new toys.
Alot of food was eaten and by the end of the day I was full and very tired. Another succsesfull christmas day down and a good years break before the next one. Now to find homes for all this new stuff....

Dance concert

Well this year was Matilda's forst year of doing dance. She did tap and jazz ballet. It was very cute wacthing her in her little dance outfit and shoes. She really loved dancing although only time will tell if this is a permanant activity for her. At the end of the year the school performs a concert. The last term the kids learned and practised their dances. Matilda's class is the youngest at the school and made up of 3 and 4 year olds. They had 2 dances to learn and perform. For their jazz routine they danced to the theme song from Hair the musical, and for their tap the song 'its a small world' was chosen. The costumes were too cute. Hair was a very hippy and bright lycra number and for small world Matilda was an hawaiian girl. Doing her hair and make up was fun as I am not really known around town for my make up skills lol.
Her concert time came and I think the hardest part for me was intrusting her into the care of other mums backstage. The little ones performed 2 shows, 1 on the sunday and the second on the tuesday night which was the last show.I was such a proud mummy watching from the audience. She knew all the moves and sang along to its a small world while tapping away.
She will continue with dancing next year and we will just se how it goes. I know she is already looking forward to performing again!! lol

The end of kinder

Well 2006 saw the end of matilda's kinders years. Its quite sad to say good bye as we all have made some nice friends and its jsut a loverly year. Matilda was a bit sad at the end as she knew she would not be seeing her frineds as much in the new year.
The final day was a party and play day. We all stood around just amazed at how quick time has gone and how our babies start school next year. We got given a little scrapbook of their year which was so cute and a real keepsake. Also the end of year saw the christmas concert. The kids were so cute doing their little nativity play and singing christmas carols. Matilda was an angel and looked very angelic. I was a very proud mummy.

Matilda is 5!!!

Well my baby girl has turned 5. It really does just seem like last week she was born or at leaste a toddler. Now she is almost a school girl. We had a party on sunday and lots of friends from kinder and playgroup came. The weather held out for us which was a relief. i didnt fancy having 22 kids indoors lol. We hired a jumping castle which was a hit and ofcourse tha backyard is full of things to do too. They loved our cubby which has recently been put on legs with a big yellow slide attatched. I think it went of well, all the kids seemed to have fun. Matilda definitly got spoilt in the present department. I now have to make room in this house to put all her new toys. I just hope the rest of the year doesnt go to quickly, I am sooo not ready to be a mum of a school kid :(

Time to announce..............

we are expecting Finch #3. All going well we are due about the 18th May next year. I ahve hesitated blogging just in case ...but all seems well. I am now nearly 14 weeks along. The morning sickness has been a killer this time round but i think its just been hard with 2 kids and so much on each day. Anyway hopefull it wil ease off soon. I have had 2 scans and its nice to see the baby is growing and measuring right for dates. My 12 week scan was such a relief to see a baby in there, heartbeat and all lol. Here is a pic of the profile...........



I cant wait for our next scan as we are going to find out if its a girl or boy. Matilda has already stated she wants a girl and wont settle on another brother lol.

Photos

Here are some pics of the kids. the one together is taken at playgroup and the one of Matilda is at kinder. I have more and when I get a chance will scan them in.

Declan's first haircut

Well I have been saying for months I have to get Declan a haircut and the other day I finally got the courage up and did it lol. He was looking abit crazy professor/crusty the clown so was in desperate need of a tidy up. He sat very well on my lap in a shocked 'what are they doing to me' kind of way. He was also in undies but thats a whole other blog hehe. The ladies were so nice and whilst it had a bit of length taken off it he has still retained some of his curl.

Here is a before pic......







And an after pic.........





If I find my digital camera I will take better photo but since its currently lost the best I had was my phone.

I've been tagged

1. How old are you? 31 and proud of it!



2. How many kids do you have if any? 2 Matilda mae (4) and declan (2)


3. Are you married, single, divorced, widow?
Married to Dwayne for nearly 6 years

4. What is your occupation? SAHM but qualified cook (currently working 1 day a week)

5. What are your passions? My kids, my friends, my housework (sad I know) my hawks (although thats fading lol), and food

6. Are you a dreamer or a dream seeker? Probably a dreamer but try to seek out the odd one


7. Are you happy with the way you life has turned out? Ofcourse I have 2 great kids and a wonderful hubby, live in a nice enough house in a nice area. Have great frineds and my family is all close and mostly healthy!!


8. Are you a scrapper and if so how many hours a week do you scrap? I am a scrapper on hold atm. have taken a few years off scrapping but would love to get back into one day.

9. What do you want to do before you die? See my kids grow up and know they are happy and healthy adults with families of their own. Oh and see more of Australia


10. What is your favorite food?
Choclate and chinese but not together lol

11. What is the food you hate the most?
Strawberries and radishes make me gag and vomit ewwww



12. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? getting a whole trolley full of groceries and then having my card declined at the check out.

13. What is the happiest day of your life thus far?
Birth of matilda, Declan's birth took a few days to get over then I could appreciate it lol but no the birth of the kids were incredible days. my wedding day is up there too hehe.


14. Are you a neat freak?
Ummm a litle bit and some days it is worse than others. I try not to be but it creeps in lol