Will turns 2!

It's taken me a while to get back to my blog since Will's 2nd Birthday as I've been feeling a little sick this week with a sore throat and very tired. When you have three little kids one must battle on so no rest for me. It's been a very full on week actually. I think the boys act up more when I'm not at my best as I'm sure they feed off my energy so it makes it that much harder when your feeling unwell. Some days I wonder how I get through the day. If myself or any of them are out of sorts it easily throws things into chaos and it's hard to get anything done. It's been that way for most of my week. I'm certainly looking forward to Wednesday and Thursday when Jack and Will go to daycare so I can have a little rest.

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Will!



Whose more excited!

Will had a nice birthday. On the actual day I took the boys for a nice morning to the park and then we had fish and chips by the water. It was quite windy and I ended up making a pig of myself and eating most of the fish and chips but the boys had fun chasing the seagulls. When I asked Will if he was having a nice birthday he said no so Jack then says well if Will says No then it is my birthday now. Unfortunately due to all the rain we didn't get to The Entrance as planned on the Sunday. We were going to take them there because they have a fair on in the park with jumping castles etc on long weekends. We ended up just at home and Aunty Kimmy and Uncle Brent coming up for lunch. The boys love having visitors so they were happy.  Poor Aunty Kimmy gets left at the sidelines when Brent is with her. She said she'll have to come alone next time to get some attention.

 

Since Will has turned two I'm sure the terrible twos started almost instantly. Although he has been building up to it abit of late but boy has this week been a challenge with him. The tantrums and the No's and just plain wanting his way. The constant fighting over everything between Jack and him is so terribly draining but I should get used to it because it's not going to change anytime soon. They have a million toys but ALWAYS want the same thing. Sometimes I handle these things well but this week I've had zero patience and end up yelling at the terrors boys.

Boys up to mischief!

A funny thing Will has been saying lately every time he puts on his shoes he'll say I'm a big man. Very cute! He's saying so much now. Even Nana noticed how much more he & Jack are saying since she was here only two weeks before. When I put Jack on the stairs for doing something he shouldn't Will will say sit on the stairs Jack. The other day I said Jesus Christ and the little parrot says Jesus Christ. Really need to watch what I say because now I have two copying.  He's VERY cheeky our little Will. He's also calling Jack Jacky which I love. They really grow so quickly.Will also has to carry four or more toys around with him everywhere. He sleeps with at least two teddies now and when he comes down in the morning he'll carry them both down. It's made putting him to bed easier because I'll just say teddies are ready for bed. His sleeping has still been OK although a couple of nights last week he came down but I just took him straight back up.

Jack is so fascinated with bums at the moment. Everything is look at his bum, you've got a bum and wants to take his pants off to show his bum. It's funny how they all go through this stage. We also picked up an audio tape from the library called bumageddon which is a funny story (probably doesn't help the whole obsessiveness with it) Nana put it on & it just went over Jack's head but Nana found it funny.



Our handsome spider man!

 Tried to get Jack to start pooing in the toilet. He refuses to and every time he needs to poo he asks for a nappy, which I've been doing as they say not to push them into it but it's been so long we started refusing him a nappy. So he would keep asking and say I just want to do a little poo just a little bit and that's it. We had a few accidents. Even a bribe of a new bike if he poos in the toilet isn't enough. Hopefully before he starts school we'll get there.




Jack had asked for a pair of gloves for a while. I got this set gloves, hat and scarf from Coles for $5. He looks so cute.

 In talking about things that Will has been copying last night Jack and Will were sitting at the kitchen table and jack was showing Will something. Nana and I were sitting at the dining table on our computers and next we hear Jack say F**cking tristi (don't know what tristi means). Diane and I just looked at each other thinking did we hear right. He then said it again just to confirm we did. I just ignore as that's what I've heard to do not to make a fuss of it. I really need to watch my own language as I'm only to blame can't blame the hubby he never swears although I think I have more to swear about having to deal with him and the kids.

They love our bed as most kids do!

Lucas our delightful little thing seems to be teething this week. The other day he just burst in to a massive cry and I've never heard him get so upset. Very hard to get panadol into him he just spits it all back out no matter how long it's been in his mouth it's like he's holding it in there till he gets the chance to spit it up again. Luckily he's still been sleeping OK. I've put on the amber beads which I'd brought for Will to wear but he didn't want to so trying them on Lucas. They're supposed to help with teething. They make the babies look abit hippyish which I think looks cute. Lucas is also starting to roll and  jabbering away abit more. I don't think it will take long for this little one to start crawling. He just wants to get up and go now to follow his brothers.

Our little hippy baby!

 In other news I think we've pretty much decided we will move back up to Brisbane near where we used to live. Being away has made us realise how good the area is up there. We don't regret the move as it's all an experience and it's good to try somewhere new. We wouldn't have got to do our great camping trip we did if we didn't sell our house and move. Brisbane is just so great for kids and there is lots to do up there. There isn't much to do in Newcastle. You have to drive to Sydney which is 2hrs away if you want to head out anywhere special like the Zoo or Museum or something. Newcastle doesn't have a lot really. It does have nice beaches.  We know we want to move into a house with a backyard for the boys and my sanity but rather then move into another place here we feel better to just make the move back up there and get settled into somewhere before next year when we enrol Jack for school for the following year.

This is Wellington Point Reserve down the road from where we used to live. What's not to miss!

The only down side is moving away from my family again but we are 2hrs away so it's still abit far anyway and I don't get to see them all as much as I would have liked. I may just see them more if I was up there again anyway because if they came up at least they'd stay for a couple of days instead of a quick visit. Not easy for me to go to Sydney either really at this stage. It's always so full on for me with the packing for the boys and then staying somewhere with the three of them. I know my family and Ben's will miss being able to see the boys when they like but I think for us Brisbane is a better place to raise our family.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Leanne xx