early morning ramblings

we here in the madhouse do whats known as co-sleep. that is we have a family bed for those that wish to sleep in it. Surprisingly it actually provides a lot of entertainment at random times of the day and night.

heres an example of things said during the wee hours over the last few days.

Im sorry i know my elbow isnt all that comfortable but theres not alot i can do about that.

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh................. lalalalalala (as said my little miss)

excuse me but i dont think your feet should be in my eye could you spin around.

its 3am thats sleep time not play time please get comfy again and go back to sleep

little miss your hogging all the blanket

Jnr could you lay along the bed please not across it

is my tummy a comfy pillow?

is my knee a comfy pillow

shhhhh dont wake the baby

Mr Madhouse is that your arm?

whos toes are in my mouth?

i honestly dont sleep as well if there isnt at least 3 people in the bed.

craziness

Things in the Madhouse are pretty busy atm. Mr Madhouse is going overseas on a quick 10 day holiday in the upcoming weeks.

Jnr and Little Miss are sick i think Little miss has Parvo (slapcheek, 5th disease) and i have the final installment of treatment coming up so craziness rules.

We now have 2 new babies in our clan one born yesterday and one the day before. A little boy and a little girl so much love is going out to their parents.

Im looking forward to my holiday overseas in a few months for lots of cuddles.

I turned down a job in the ambulance field because it doesnt have the hours im after and is too hard to make it as flexible as i need but ive been offered another job that i am thinking about taking.

Jnr Madhouse is rocking on with his home learning and is building so much on his recongision of letters and numbers. It all seems to be coming to him really easily and hes so eager so while hes keen we are into it.

I have more to tell you but we have dinner guests arriving in a few hours so better get ready...

Day 62

sometimes i wonder how 5 kids and 2 adults fit

Day 60

Day 59

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Day 57

Jnr Madhouse having a go with the camera again. Quite like this one

Day 55

Day 54

Day 50

im working backwards from today for these photos forgive me

Jnr Madhouse and Little miss Jamming pencil drumsticks! rock on

wholly crap batman

so this is what Kawasaki disease looks like.

Jnr Madhouse is one sick little boy

Im back

Ok im back... sort of

I have loads of photos and things to write about but as it edges closer to tomorrow rather than today im going to put it off until the morning.

But ill leave you with this photo of Jnr Madhouse.

He got new gumboots today, he does love his gumboots.

His pair from last year he out grew, had no tread left on the bottom and were split down the sides but there were still tears when he had to give them up.

This year ive been clever and brought 2 pair.

what can i say

so Jnr madhouse has a thing about his nose, everything and anything gets put up there.

I still remember the first time i found this out, i was changing his nappy and saw something up there. I squeezed his nostril only to be greeted by not one but two peas slimy and slightly mushed coming out.

Lately though its been his finger and although we have tonnes of tissues within easy reach of him he still insists on shoving his finger up there.

I insisted today he blow his nose on a tissue instead of picking the booger out with his finger.

After much debate he agreed to blow in said tissue, the downside of this is he also insists on inspecting whatever comes out.

He blew, i carefully opened tissue and showed him while asking "is that what it was bud?"

to his response

I dont know mummy hang on *shoves finger up nose*

Sigh

ahhh what?

This afternoon Jnr Madhouse was walking around the house with his finger up his nose looking quite perplexed.

I asked him what he was doing.

mummy i have to keep my finger up my nose cause my brain will fall out.

hmm there you go peeps apparently your brain falls out your nose.

day 46

Conversations with a 3 yr old

Look bud mummy brought you some new shoes

NO! mummy they are my songs

huh? your songs?

Yeah my new songs mummy

Bud do you mean they are your new jandles?

No mum *sigh* they are songs...

Ok bud can you put your thongs on then

Brooooommmmmm

We have been learning about motion in the Madhouse lately, Jnr Madhouse has had all sorts of fun with balls and other objects and watching them move in different ways.

We are slowly covering the idea of gravity too but thats another post, over the weekend Jnr and Snr Madhouse built a wooden car, Jnr painted it and is having a ball scooting it all around the house.

It has lead to a tonne of questions about motion and propulsion and also alot of giggles.

Have i mentioned homelearning is cool.

Day 44

Day 43

Oh dear

It looks like i have lost my computer.

Jnr Madhouse has discovered the interweb and all its attractions. Tonight as i was making dinner he was busy doing this.

Ive been busy this evening finding some educational sites suitable for his age group but for now i think we will stick with Thomas.