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luckydipdaysWe had a lovely day at the park/beach today with etfb and lancrewitch 's small people along with various others for birthday celebrations of the Boy Wonder. There was much running around in the sun, splashing in the water then sleeping in the car :D
A little too much sugar judging by the way they bounced off the walls when we got home, but there you go. Apparently I have got through the tired and am into insomnia country because I am wide awake and showing no signs of going to sleep despite it being past midnight. Sigh. I will pay for this tomorrow!
When we got home I realised that our oak tree has transformed, seemingly overnight, from a brown twiggy thing to a vibrantly - almost obscenely - green tree. The green rosellas are loving it, the wattle birds are less than impressed with being kicked off 'their' tree. The change of the seasons brings new creatures and I suspect if we were staying here longer I would see the roll of the seasons in the different animals but I'm sure I will be able to see that in the new house as well! Seeing the green tree made me realise how vibrantly green everything is at the moment - the cycles of warm days and rainy days are just perfect for growing things by the looks of it because everything has just got green and shot up. So many shades of green that I can't count them all, and all so bright, and so very definite that they are here and alive and sprouting.
I spent a fair bit of this afternoon browsing through ravelry.com and finding various patterns to use up the bits and peices of yarns that I have lying around. Quick and easy patterns that mean i can achieve something in between adjudicating arguments, cooking, breaking up fights, finding remotes...
I've also been reminicsing about this time 2 years ago - I was 38 weeks pregnant and had found a lovely zen place, floating through the days, not achieving much at work, looking forward to labouring and birthing but at the same time enjoying being pregnant and not wanting it to end, just waiting for my baby to arrive. Now she is nearly 2 and it is hard to believe that once upon a time she fit in my belly. I can remember her being a day or two old and being curled up in a fetal postion on my stomach and marveling at how she fit there.... Now she manages to take up the whole double bed and then some and is lucky if she fits on my lap! She talks, has conversations, sings, wanders off into flights of fancy (usually about babies lol) wants to make and create things, to cook, to help, to play with her brother. She is very attached to both myself and Ianto and gets distressed if either of us leaves. Even Ianto disappearing to the other side of the playground can be cause for "waily waily waily" if she is tired. Leaving him at thier fathers place on wednesdays is a bit of a trial for her and she usually spends about 10 minutes upset that we have had to leave him behind. It is a joy to watch her grow into a caring, imaginative, fiesty and willfull child and toddler.
etfb and lancrewitch 's small people along with various others for birthday celebrations of the Boy Wonder. There was much running around in the sun, splashing in the water then sleeping in the car :DA little too much sugar judging by the way they bounced off the walls when we got home, but there you go. Apparently I have got through the tired and am into insomnia country because I am wide awake and showing no signs of going to sleep despite it being past midnight. Sigh. I will pay for this tomorrow!
When we got home I realised that our oak tree has transformed, seemingly overnight, from a brown twiggy thing to a vibrantly - almost obscenely - green tree. The green rosellas are loving it, the wattle birds are less than impressed with being kicked off 'their' tree. The change of the seasons brings new creatures and I suspect if we were staying here longer I would see the roll of the seasons in the different animals but I'm sure I will be able to see that in the new house as well! Seeing the green tree made me realise how vibrantly green everything is at the moment - the cycles of warm days and rainy days are just perfect for growing things by the looks of it because everything has just got green and shot up. So many shades of green that I can't count them all, and all so bright, and so very definite that they are here and alive and sprouting.
I spent a fair bit of this afternoon browsing through ravelry.com and finding various patterns to use up the bits and peices of yarns that I have lying around. Quick and easy patterns that mean i can achieve something in between adjudicating arguments, cooking, breaking up fights, finding remotes...
I've also been reminicsing about this time 2 years ago - I was 38 weeks pregnant and had found a lovely zen place, floating through the days, not achieving much at work, looking forward to labouring and birthing but at the same time enjoying being pregnant and not wanting it to end, just waiting for my baby to arrive. Now she is nearly 2 and it is hard to believe that once upon a time she fit in my belly. I can remember her being a day or two old and being curled up in a fetal postion on my stomach and marveling at how she fit there.... Now she manages to take up the whole double bed and then some and is lucky if she fits on my lap! She talks, has conversations, sings, wanders off into flights of fancy (usually about babies lol) wants to make and create things, to cook, to help, to play with her brother. She is very attached to both myself and Ianto and gets distressed if either of us leaves. Even Ianto disappearing to the other side of the playground can be cause for "waily waily waily" if she is tired. Leaving him at thier fathers place on wednesdays is a bit of a trial for her and she usually spends about 10 minutes upset that we have had to leave him behind. It is a joy to watch her grow into a caring, imaginative, fiesty and willfull child and toddler.