We woke up and enjoyed warm milos before breakfast (zippi's first one!)...
I went through all the baby clothing in the garage.
I culled 6 garbage bags to give away.
I organised all the remainder into ones for baby 'E' (to be washed, folded and put away in the coming weeks) and the rest went into plastic boxes by size. Each size has a box so 'oooo's' in one box labelled and then another box with 'ooo's' etc. You get the idea. Easier to find if we have more little girls down the track ;)
Here's what it was like as I was in the throws of sorting...
I went through all the baby clothing in the garage.
I culled 6 garbage bags to give away.
I organised all the remainder into ones for baby 'E' (to be washed, folded and put away in the coming weeks) and the rest went into plastic boxes by size. Each size has a box so 'oooo's' in one box labelled and then another box with 'ooo's' etc. You get the idea. Easier to find if we have more little girls down the track ;)
Here's what it was like as I was in the throws of sorting...
The boys worked on a construction project with Brett...
It was a $5 kit of the Opera House which we got from Aldi last week...
Was a bit fiddly but worth the money...
Shame we can't say the same for the ferris wheel kit...It looks alright in this photo but the poles wouldn't bend properly so it was VERY skewif! When the motor was turned on, bits and pieces flung everywhere. I wouldn't recommend this one but was still a good experience in trying to follow instructions and put something together...
Kiddos doing some copywork on the Gold Rush. We used this great INTERACTIVE WEBSITE HERE to teach about what life was like in the gold rush era. It also introduced the munchkins to the old English currency of pounds and shillings. We PLAYED THIS QUIZ ABOUT THE GOLDRUSH and read THE POEM 'THE ROARING DAYS' by Henry Lawson. That led into an intro about who Henry Lawson was and we read about his life HERE. Goodness he had a sad life.
Ethi had earnt a coupon this week (Ill do another post on how these work in our house another day) and he chose to redeem a 'date night with dad' as his coupon prize! Here they are as they head out...
(He excitedly told me all about the strawberry smoothie and pancakes he had after they played the car race at the local arcade)...
Stass and Liji decided to compare how tall they were against each other!
We went out to a local orchard and picked up two boxes of apples; only $10 a box!
BARGAIN!!!
Thank you Yah (God) for your provision!
We stopped in at two community markets on the way home.
The kids enjoyed seeing a demo on water treatment...
and Ethi took a turn in the Fire truck at the other market...so cute!
This arvo I FINALLY got around to spraying my rocking chair (another post to come later on this) which is my fave place to breastfeed from when I have a newborn! I also sewed the cushion covers to go on it too after much procrastination!
Other Happenings from our Week:
We had a family member pass away so that was pretty tough. It all ended well with this person though and we feel SO incredibly thankful to Yah for His peace and graciousness. We are thankful for the love and support we recieved from many family and friends too.
I got to see one of my sisters (haven't seen either of them for over 10 months now) and it was so lovely! It will probably be the only time I see her this pregnancy so it was extra special. It was very brief but really wonderful.
Zippi has begun using the toilet for both ahem lots of business! She just wanted to and was very ready. I think EC helped her. We were using ELIMINATION COMMUNICATION METHODS from when she was about 5 weeks old until about 7 months or so. She still uses her cues now and I think it really helped the transistion to using the 'big toilet'. She's now had 3 completely dry days! We're hoping she might be out of day nappies by the time bub arrives :)
We'll be using EC again with baby 'E' - well that is the plan anyway! Anyone else out there used EC?
Oh here's a photo of Zip with Brett using EC with Zip when she was tiny...
Ok must fly,
More to come another time.
Lus x
Meng and Ellie with Zip in the Ergo...
The kids sorting bottle caps into 'food' for a shop...
I'm taking my friend Emily's 2 week challenge to me to use bicarb instead of deodorant. I'm keeping a small container of it in the bathroom. Might even pop some into an old pepper jar - that might be even easier to apply it then like a talcum powder. Here's a link to some 
Daily morning ritual is the kids at the front door waving goodbye and yelling out, 'love you daddy!' as Brett drives off to work...
