Just some random photos of the kids in Feb...
My two favourite photos of Eloise taken this month...
I didnt get a chance to Take any of Talia, she has turned into a tween and doesnt like her photo taken...hopefully next month.
Megan....
Matthew has hit the age of pulling funny faces every time the camera is out....funny boy
Joel is now walking more than he is crawling, he is getting more and more confident every day...clever boy
Eloise has been moaning for a while about sore eyes and I have been meaning to book all the kids in for eye tests before school started but the girls were up in Kununurra and only got home just before school started. However I did book both myself and Matthew in. I went first to show Matthew was was going to happen and as suspected my eyes are fine.
However Matthews test showed that he has a problem in his right eye. A slight stigmatism and he is slightly short sighted. He is to go back in six months for a check. There is nothing they can do at the moment.
I managed to get the girls eyes checked and Talia has perfect vision much to her relief. Eloise also has perfect vision however her eyes are having problems focusing (causing the sore eyes) so glasses were ordered.....
Today we went and picked them up.
She only needs them for reading and in class...she looks so cute. We go back in six months for a check up as well.
Matthew now takes the school bus to and from school. He gets picked up from out house at 7.34 am and dropped off again at 4.14pm. He is one of the first to get on and one of the last to get off.
It becomes quite a long day for him. In the morning he is given a small snack before going to class and in the afternoon he comes inside and the first thing he says is "mum I am hungry" He just loves it....
He races out side every morning to wait on the drive way and quivers when he sees it driving down the road...
Joel is now 21 months old and its time for him to get out into the big wide world and start to socialise with other kids...to learn those very important social skills.
Now that I am studying, I need time to do my assignments and to study..
Its time for Joel to go to daycare. All the kids at one stage or another have been and its good for them. So Joel is booked in for Thursdays...
He had his orientation yesterday, he got to stay for an hour and played and I got to stay....he thought it was the greatest....
This morning I dropped him for his first day.....and he cried....and cried....but mummy didn't....
I only left him for a few hours and yes he cried when I picked him up....other than those few emotional moments he had a great time....he loved the play dough.
In the last few weeks a few big decisions have been made. One of those I have been contemplating for a while and mulling over my options.....going back to work and how to do this while keeping balance with the family.
Most of you know that I am a trained dental assistant, and even though I have been out of the scene for a while its the kind of job you can jump back into. How ever its not family friendly as its a 9-5 job and putting 4 kids into daycare/after school care is not an option....and I really really don't want to go back to dental...
So my other option that we came up with was to study ....and if I was to study ......what to study...
I need something that I can be home for the kids when they come home from school....I need to be home for school holidays. I need a job that is flexible...
So I have decided to do an correspondence course and become a Teacher Assistant.....Perfect solution....I could become a teacher but I really don't want to study for 4 years...I am after all getting long in the tooth now...so this way I get to have all the fun.
So I signed up and have started back studying...scary but fun...
After 18 units and 3 weeks of practical I will be going back to work...but only part time....
The girls flew back from Kununurra on Friday and we had the weekend to get ready for school....
I cant believe Talia is in year 7 already....my baby is growing up
Eloise a big year 4 girl....
Everybody was excited and I dropped off the girls at school, walking them each to class before driving Matthew to Pre-primary..he will start taking the bus next week.
