Photo-shoot mum.



My little man, from the last time I gave
into a 'free photo-shoot'



Is there anything more amusing than a mum trying to get her kids to smile for the camera?
Yesterday we were cornered by one of those photographers than park in the middle of the walkway and pounce on unsuspecting mothers and their children. Even though i kindly informed them that my littlest was quite sick (the only reason we were in the shops was to buy antibiotics) they convinced me to give it a go as today was their 'free sitting day'.
I couldn't refuse the looks my older two looked up at me as they spied the costumes, hats and toys the girls used to get the perfect picture.  So I agreed and the older two quite happily got changed and their hair fixed up for their photo shoot.
 My littlest was not going to let them win her over though. She let me change her into a matching dress to her big sister, but that was it!
 Bubbles, peek-a-boo, feather dusters or stickers was not going to get anywhere with her. So here I am holding my little girl in her matching outfit talking up the photos, over reacting everytime bubbles were blown, "Oh wow look at that bubble, her it comes, ah pop" "Oh what a silly feather duster does it tickle" and acting like a complete crazy person, trying to get her interested enough to give it a try.
But no luck so we got our photos done and our appointment to get the free one and look over the others if we want to buy any (I doubt it the whole pack would cost over $700)
Got changed back into our old clothes and turned to trundle off, to find we apparantly made such a show that we had a little audience, filled with other mum's talking in the same high pitched voice I was, encouraging their little ones to give it a go,
 "Come on sweet, they looked like they had so much fun, what a funny little toy"

Well at least I'm not alone.

Wall Stickers

I absolutely love wall stickers, they can be a really cheap way of decorating a room they can hide holes and marks in a wall or turn an awkward coloured room (like blue walls and brown skirting) into something that actually looks nice. Because of my slight addiction to wall stickers we have heaps of them so I've been finding new ways to use them. The toilet was briefly decorated with purple butterflys, the mirror in my daughters room had a frog in a carriage, I have even used them on a blank canvas and glued seed beeds and other scrapbooking decorations to highlight them. But my new victim to the wall sticker plague is my laptop. My last computer was used to death, and my new one really didn't seem to have any personality at all so out came the stickers and my new laptop got its makeover, I've gotta say it has personality now. I would love to get some more stickers and decorate Rob's too. I did say I had a slight addiction didn't I? Now if only I can stop the little ones from pulling them off...

Amber

I'm sorry to say I'm one of those mothers with "that" child, my littlest girl has a serious temper and has often just turned and pinched whoever or whatever was near (the dog and cat have learned to avoid her at all costs). I've been trying to find an answer to why, there really doesn't seem to be a root cause but the other day I noticed that she's also chewing the living daylights out of all our sippy cups!! (I've got to say those nuby bottles are not that cheap) So I thought she might be teething, maybe her 2year old molars are giving her grief? But I really didn't want to give her panadol until they cut so I have been trying all sorts of odd remedies to help. Nothing really worked until a friend suggested I try an amber necklace. I figured I'd give it a try and I can't believe the difference, my little anger monster now shares, smiles, and wants to play with others. I'm amazed!! I love it so much I'm thinking about getting one for my boy too, who knows maybe I'll have little angels by the end of the week, well a gal can hope.

My 3 Little Prayers

My mum always used to warn me, be careful what you pray for you might just get it. Silly me of course thought she was just talking "mum talk", you know the stuff your mum says that your pretty sure she doesn't actually know, but heard it somewhere and feels she has to pass it on? So I prayed for patience, and God gave me my three little angels. They're passionate little souls each with a strong will and a determination a bulldog would be proud of, and while some days I feel like that old chux on the kitchen sink that is tattered and a little smelly, I love them to bits and am soo proud of their strong little minds. So I have succumbed to the pull of blogging to keep my sanity and hopefully learn the patience my three little prayers demand.