Santa Expressions

each year i love seeing my kids facials in their santa photos.

and this year didn't disappoint !
i'm that mum that loves the screaming photos.

makai : i'll sit here and take a picture but don't move another inch closer to me.

zayden: NOOOOOOOO

braxton: this is the BEST DAY EVER !

my boys are so unique.

not even one of them is like the other

- that includes looks to !

here's to another fantastic 21st santa photo.

if it was a brown santa zayden would be all smiles.
this boy LOVES brown males
- it's the strangest thing !

merry christmas x

Kindy Graduate Twenty15

 makai is officially a kindy graduate.

i cannot even believe how fast this year has gone.

i still remember the first day and the sickening feeling a felt

as i had to let my baby go to big school.

from not being able to carry his bag on his back because it could have eaten him

to being so independent and asking to go to kiss and drop everyday.

he has grown so much.

he has grown into such a school boy.

his hair is always crazy messy whenever i pick him up.

he even has that school smell !

i know that heavenly father looked after makai.

he placed an amazing teacher in his life,
i could never have asked or hoped for a better one.

she has helped mould and shape him.

she was unbelievably patient with him - more than i could be.

she encouraged him the whole way.

literally cried tears of joy when he reached achievements.

she made me feel that i could trust someone else with one of my most precious gifts.

she was truly sent to be his guide through his first year of school.

because of her he is confident in his abilities.

he is so excited to go and be a year 1 kid next year.

he was blessed with amazing friends.

they were all so positive to each other.

all the boys have become the best of friends in his class.

it was one of the hardest decisions to chose to send him,

i could have held him back but,

i believe without a doubt that he was meant to go to school this year.

i officially survived the first year as a school mum.

they don't lie

- its CRAZY !

p.s - i totally cried my eyes out, probably even more than the day he actually started kindy !

Personal Progressee

mr makai got an award at his first presentation day.

his award was for "outstanding personal progress."

i can't even tell you how proud i am of this boy.

he has strived so hard at doing better at everything.

reading, writing, colouring, correct pencil grip, sport, adding and subtracting.

he was truly blessed with an amazing teacher.

she has been so supportive of him, so kind, so loving.

and because of this my fears of big school disappeared after the first day i dropped him off.

heavenly father without a doubt placed her in his path for this purpose.

she has built his confidence in himself and his abilities.

she has taught him with tenderness and love.

she has celebrated his achievements and encouraged him through his difficulties.

i am so forever grateful for her and her influence in his life.

she will always hold a special place in my heart.

2015 Energy Loss

i can't even tell you how crazy my life has been these last 3 months.

its been even a challenge just to get a blog post.

there has been so much i want to document so i don't forget,

the boys achievements, the boys starting t-ball, jevan completing his post-grad
there's so much that i can't even think of nay more lol.

there has been no time,

i feel like i have been racing just to survive.

and don't even get me started about the house work.

my house is a disaster zone

 - i meet everyone at the door and that's as far as they get in.

my grass is up to my knees,

christmas is doing my head in !

i think i'll be glad when the 1st of january 2016 is here.

i've had to take a little break from my studies while i try and just manage to get the boys to school and pre-school plus swimming and t-ball plus feeding them breakfast, lunch and dinner.

sometimes i can manage great but at the moment

it is not happening.

so i'm learning to vacuum the upstairs only once a week 

-because who ever goes upstairs !

be happy if the kids get food in there mouths

- even if that's eggs on toast for breakfast on a monday !

wash my hair once a week

- because that's what hair ties were invented for !

bring on 2016 and my renewed energy.

Mother Of Sons

since i'm surrounded by EVERYTHING that has to remotely do with boys,

i'm 100% sure my boys think i am a boy,

because that's all that exists, right?!

makai proved this to me today,

i got an email from his teacher because he did some exceptionally questionable writing today.
i can't even tell you how much a cried tears of laughter.
this boy doesn't know how much he brightened my day.
but we may need to have a little talk about girls and boys
and how they differ.

Tiny Fingers

i love how a picture can tell a thousand words.

re-looking over past family photos of when the boys were babies,

just by capturing the simple hold of a little babies hand

you can instantly feel the love between the parent and baby,
or between siblings.

Halloween 2015

for halloween this year i was determined to do family costumes.

i tried my very best to convince the boys to do tinker bell and the lost boys - solely because i wanted to dress up as tinker bell,

but all my bribing and convincing did not work.

we ended up going as the justice league,

because the boys discovered the show just before halloween.

so naturally i was happy to go as wonder women.

anything that let me dress up in a tutu.

jevan went as superman,

makai went as green lateen (because his favourite colour is green)

brax went as robin (he's a MASSIVE robin fan)

and little zay went as the flash (because he is always running away from us.)

they loved halloween this year.

they got so into it.

the boys went to their first haunted house

and almost wet their pants - it was so great !

i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

being a mother of only sons i find that each year they dress up as a different superhero.
i wonder what they will choose next year?

Braxman Turns Four !

Mr Braxton turned 4 today !

my heart is so full of love for this boy,

it could literally burst.

he is adventurous and wild.

he is kind and gentle.

he gets me and i get him.

he is full of imagination.

he thinks he is a real superhero

(he is of course)

this boy was so excited for this day.

he has asked me at least twice a month since his last birthday,

and when he woke finally woke up

(the one day he actually slept in)

he ran downstairs gave me a big hug and asked

-"mum, is today my birthday?"

with a happy heart I said YES it is !

he gave me the biggest hug he could have ever given me.

he requested bacon and eggs for his birthday breakfast

and pizza for dinner.

the house was decorated in batman decorations and all he kept saying was

oh wow is this all for me.

he really REALLY felt the love.

Braxton really appreciates the little things that people do for him.

so putting up little batman decorations he thought he was the most special boy in the WHOLE entire atmosphere.

he asked all day

 - "mum is it still my birthday?" 

I love this boy so frickin' much,

he'll never know how much.

he is going to conquer this world as a four year old

him and his alter ego

-batman, or flash, or bumblebee

(whatever he wakes up and wants to be that day).

Primary Presentation 2015

this year was braxton's first primary presentation.

and like makai's first presentation last year,

it went down in a way i didn't expect.

braxton is my wild boy,

but many people don't know he is my VERY shy boy to.

he is my mini me.

all day yesterday i kept making him practice and telling him he would be ok,

and that it won't be scary.

and i could see in his face that he didn't want to do it.

when it was time to go he bravely took his brothers hand and they walked up together.

sadly braxton got missed and didn't get to say his part.

i think deep down inside he was relieved but my heart broke,

for my little boy who bravely pumped himself up for his moment.

i could tell what his favourite songs were.

Follow The Prophet and I Am A Child Of God.

he sung them so proudly with a kick in his step,

i could even tell his legs were having a little boogie in follow the prophet.

here's to next year !

Safety Procedures

i love how my boys look out for each other.

especially braxton,
today he made an extra effort to ensure his brother was nice and safe on the swings today.

fail.

Rolls and Bulls

our half yearly picnic after general conference at the temple was great.

we packed all our favourite things,

the boys were happy with cheese and bacon rolls and couple of little chocolates.

they sometimes have easy to please moments.

this day i learnt a very good lesson.

the best moments spent with the boys are not the ones when we spend a bucket load of money on the them - these days are really fun and easy though,

it's the times when we haven't had much mula and 

we've got to spend time talking with them and playing with them.

yesterday we taught them bullrush.

i was actually surprised how quickly they picked it up

and there were NO tantrums.

WOW that is what i call a success !

i love my little family.

Sweet Memories

bring envious is one of my biggest downfalls.

and i completely know it.

when i see people travelling i get superbly envious,

ad it occurred to me the other day of how spoilt i was being.

i have seen a lot of places,

i am so blessed.

i was driving along with jevan and i had a thought.

if i never got to go overseas again thats ok.

some people never get to travel ever in their whole life.

i have been able to do so much already.

i need to focus on that instead of letting my grinch come out.

so today i decided to have a look at my pictures to remind me of all the great places I've been to and all the memories i have been blessed to make.

it's a bummer though because all my pictures of 2009 and before are all on hard copy and they are packed away in boxes,

i need to get those bad boys out.