A visit from Poppa & the dreaded F word

Well all the kids are back to school and it is a bit weird to be by myself (well with kyla, who starts on Monday).

Poppa took them to school this morning and had a look around their place of learning and seemed to be content on where his grandkids went to school. They have been very happy seeing their Poppa. Yesterday he suggested that the kids take him for a look around our neighborhood and with sunhats and sandals and Maddisyn in her cute fairy dress that Poppa and Granny Robin had bought for her, they trooped off for their walk. As I watched them lead him where they wanted to show him I realized that they were heading towards the nearest park which was about a kilometer, maybe a bit more, down the road. It was also quite 'warm' so felt sorry for Poppa, who body was probly still 3hrs ahead like NZ and not used to the heat like my little gremlins.

AJ got home about half an hour - 45mins after they left and after cleaning out the car, decided to go and rescue his dad from the dreaded walk home. Needless to say, his dad was grateful. After a family dinner of chicken and salad, AJ, his dad and the kids finished the night playing a game of charades. I had been feeling sick the past couple of days so relaxed in my room while listening to whoops of laughter from the lounge.

Tomorrow Poppa and Granny Robin are taking the 4 older ones out for Australia Day, and with Andrew at work as well, its just me and my baby.

Speaking of my baby, he is not enjoying daycare very much. As soon as he sees the place now, his lips start to quiver and he clings onto me like Im sending him to the hangman or something. But as Im told, perserverence with bring the desired results. Makes it very hard to walk away from my crying son though.

The other day we were out for a walk and came across a couple arguing, colorful words and everything. Unfortunately they were going the same way as me and my children and their words were very clear even after we had crossed to the other side of the road. I noticed Ethan was watching them rather intently so changed our course of travel.

Later on that night, the older girls were arguing about the usual stuff and it started getting intense. Before I could intervene ,Ethan walked up to them and got everyones attention by yelling 'FUDGE (word has been edited but Im sure you get the idea) UP!!' With a shocked look, I looked at his dad, who declared 'He didnt say that word, he said something else' and then Ethan repeated it.

That was 3 days ago and after alot of 'naughty's we think we have been able to get it out of his head and out of his vocab but needless to say, we will be alot more careful when taking our walks!!