revised What is

What is...

Summer fun.

What is

I was going to put up a What is post but my camera has decided jelly, coconut ice, chocolate and everything else isnt actually that good for it and stopped working.

I dont mind cause it did it today not yesterday when i needed it so i could redo Little Miss's passport photos.

I do have a what is though so you will just have to use your imagination.

You know what that is right? the thing we used before computers/playstations/TV....

anyway

Imagine an almost 3 year old in a kitchen playing with icing sugar and coco while mumma tries to make ricebubble cakes.

Said 3 year old found out that if you full a cup with icing sugar and slap your hand in it you get snow LOL

It was super sweet, bummer though that mummy has to clean the mess.

Hes a sweety my Jnr Madhouse!

my love

back when i was at school i had no idea what i wanted to be, i have random ideas but nothing that jumped out and grabbed me by the shoulders while giving me a quick headbutt.

When I was 17 I became the youngest Ambulance Officer in NZ.

When I was 20 I became the youngest Paid Ambulance Officer in NZ.

I had found my passion, my dream career and over the years with all the jobs ive done there has been only one job that has made me loose my shit.

Ive lost count how many Cardiac Arrests ive been too although i still have a rhythm strip somewhere that is a constant reminder of a job i did with PF. I keep that strip because i was doing CPR by myself on a 88 year old lady, when we called it and printed out the job summary from the defib my CPR was that good it looked like a perfect rhythm. Pitty there was no electrical activity to match the muscle. (PEA)

Anyway where was I? Oh yeah loosing my shit.

It was 5 years ago, January to be exact I was working with W that day in 573, my baby, I loved that truck.

We got a call to a fall in a playground, we dispatched and upon arrival found a 13 year old laying under a tree, her family clearly distressed.

She had taken a running jump at a flying fox rope and missed. She impacted the platform with her neck and the ground with the small of her back.

Being summer and around midday where the 13 year old fell the sun was in her eyes. All her dad/family members needed to do was stand at her feet and they would have cast a shaddow over her face but nope her dad picked her up and moved her under a tree.

Talking to her mum while we were working and talking to the paient she had full sensation right up until she was moved.

How the hell was i meant to tell a 13 year old they are now wheelchair bound because their dad moved them?

I was fine for the rest of my shift but on the 30min drive home i lost it, i arrived home hugged my kids and swore i would never pick them up if they fell.

Please do a first aid course, learn to save a life, and if your child falls never ever move them.

milestones

So tonight as i made Mr Madhouse's dinner little miss decided she was done with crawling.

She took her first steps from holding mummy's leg she let go and walked 2 steps to her daddy and promptly fell on her face.

It feels like yesterday i was holding her as a newborn in my arms and now we are entering a new stage.

Exciting stuff

invasion

So the invasion had a couple of let downs like ONE bloodly child turning up from Buddy's class.

Seriously HOW FUCKING SLACK! Luckly he didnt notice and still had a total ball!

Kids got wet, got cold, got paint all over them, ate wayyyyy too much sugar and laughed.

I dubb the invasion a success.

I wouldve had better photos except i forgot to actually take any... i was um busy.

Merry christmas

Our christmas tree went up and got decorated last night.

Kinda sucked though cause i had to buy a new one.

Some grinch stole ours when we were moving house.

Jrn Madhouse thought it was fantastic and has been sitting starring at the tree in awe.

He helped decorated it and is so proud of his efforts

Oh course mummy got in trouble cause someone forgot to buy a star for the top.

it not a christmas tree until it has a star i got told.

Its great though cause this is the first year he is excited about christmas and brings me the junk mail saying he wants to buy this or that for his cousins.

Sweetness but sorry dude your making things.

Merry Christmas

Happy Birthday to you.

Yesterday was a busy day, i had a small operation which made me miss a couple special kids birthday's.

7 years ago yesterday two of my babies Little philip and Missy Moo fought their way into this world, born just over 10 weeks prem we were told not to expect Little Philip to make it out of the delivery room.

But he did, and he fought, he overcame adversity and hes thriving.

Missy Moo is independent, strong willed and so caring shes quite an amazing little girl.

I've changed their bums, watch them make their first steps, and all those important milestones.

They have always been and will always be

My angels