Corin Forest

while everyone else hit up the beach on saturday,

the ormsby's took a road trip to canberra to go to the snow.

we have family there so we spent the day with them.

we took the boys to Corin Forest.

well worth a visit if you don't want to travel down to the snowfields.

it is solely a snow play set up.

there are a whole bunch of snowmen, different sized hills to toboggan down and snow balls being thrown everywhere.
and when your there you might aswelll stop in at this delicious turkish place in holt.
the pide, dips and bread are ridiculous - i have dreams about them !

Costumes and T-Shirts

if you follow me on instagram you may notice that braxton doesn't believe in wearing normal clothes.

this boy LIVES in superhero costumes.

his favourite being ironman.

i no longer buy him clothes because he will just put a costume on over it.

when it comes to wash time - oh my.

it's like he'll never see it again !

and this is why he will be getting some more superhero costumes of this birthday.

at least then i will have some variety.

also when he puts on his costumes,

he will ONLY answer to there names.

i'm so use to calling him iron man that when he turns back into "braxton" i forget to call him that.

meanwhile mr 5 year old makai still lets me pick out his clothes !

i do remember myself saying 

"my kids will never wear those licensed shirts - unless it's pj's".

brax started off just in pj's and then it just got progressively worse.

when he doesn't wear his costumes he rotates through 4 shirts - literally.

his captain america shirt, avengers shirt, tmnt shirt or optimus shirt !

but fear not, i found that cotton on have cute licensed shirts !

thank goodness.

but when all these shirts are in the laundry basket at the same time -

wow we are in trouble !

exhibit A

exhibit B

exhibit C

Cya, Bye

today is making me miss the beautiful sun we had all last week.

park visits every morning and afternoon - which my bank accounts really seems to love.

late dinners, jumping on the tramp.
and the sun just makes me all round a happier person - my boys will agree.

can winter leave already.

Days Like These

today we decided to go on a picnic and soak up the sun we have been missing.

i let the boys do something that they are never allowed to do,

they packed the picnic food.

you can just imagine what food i found in there.

chocolate wafers, lollies, chips, crackers, fruit chips, freshly popped buttery popcorn.

they were so excited they could hardly wait to stuff their faces.

we went to nurragingy and found the perfect spot on a hill with no shade in sight.

we lied in the sun, did some cloud watching, zayden of course chased all the birds and ducks that came near us, braxton taught me songs that he's learning at preschool, we laughed and ate until we literally rolled down the hill to our car.

my boys are my greatest blessing.

i can't wait until spring,

more days like this are just what this mumma needs.

Sweet Words and Melodies

today while at my parents for lunch,

braxton comes out with a broom facing it to me and jevan as if he were holding a gun

(because boys turn everything into weapons),

we hear this sweet voice singing " i am a child of god and he has sent me here 

- TO KILL YOU !"

*cue evil eyes

wow !

i got nothing else to say except if jevan and i happen to go "mysteriously missing" one day,

you all know which one out the the three children would have done that !
and this is why we sleep with one eye open at night.

That Conversation

so this morning braxton cornered me into having "that conversation"

why was i different to him.

with lots of giggling - from me

and lots of trying to get him to forget about the questions,

i gave in and told him in a very quiet and akward voice the name of what makes me a girl.

he looks at me, smiles cheekily and said

"oh girls have a john"

i don't know where he got that from it doesn't even sound similar to what i said.

but instead of correcting him i went along with it.

hashtag motherofsons

Rich People's Cheese

there is quite a big age gap between my sister and i.

when i was younger i could never understand why she would slice and grate her own cheese.

there would always be the big block of cheese in her fridge.

i was clearly the younger - last child kinda sister.

i never did shopping or do a budget.

i was so naive back then to think "wow how expensive can cheese be, just get the grated already."

now as i have become a mother and as my children eat more and more,

i totally get why the block of cheese was sitting in the fridge.

it's because sliced and grated is a rich kinda persons cheese.

the months that i have those 3 extra dollars that allow me to purchase either sliced or grated cheese,

oh wow the excitement that fills my heart knowing that i won't have to grate cheese over the lasagne and the 99.9% chance of grating my finger that goes along with it.

or i could never work out why mothers would "choose" to wear the same outfit on a daily basis.

i also now completely get that.

money is tight.

and i would rather spend it on my kids than myself.

i need it to be summer soon because the parents at school are catching on that i have a 3 day roster with my clothes that repeats EVERY WEEK.

no jokes.

why do you have to walk around doing your groceries with a calculator, aren't you like rich when you get married.

yeh, WRONG.

wow in my 5 year plan that i set 5 years ago,

i had built a big house, had a dog, my kids were in every sport, we have travelled to general conference and europe, we had brand new fancy cars, we had money to burn.

then reality hit.

i am pretty much as poor as i was when we first got married.

but when we get the thing that we save up for i think we appreciate just that little bit extra.

when the kids get to go out for a family date they think it's so very special but it's a rarity.

i'm glad for these times because if it wasn't for these hard times i would never really truly value and appreciate the times that i can buy sliced and grated cheese.

Little Boy, Big Heart

my bracky boy is wild free spirit.

he loves to stir both his brothers,

but you probably wouldn't know that he is my most sincere thankful boy to.

he will treasure absolutely EVERYTHING he gets given or finds on our putting that day.

if he gets invited out somewhere it truly means THE WORLD.

last night we went over to a friends house for dinner.

he got invited to one of their sons birthday parties coming up.

(this is braxton's first party by himself without his brother.)

braxton was so excited and so grateful about his invitation,

that he wouldn't let go of it,

he wanted us to turn the lights on in the car so he could look at it.

he was even going to sleep with it on his pillow,

i convinced him to find a special spot on the fridge for it.

which he did with absolute pride.

he woke up this morning and ran downstairs to see if it was still there.

and talks about it quite often to jevan and i.

this boy might be wild and untamed

but his heart is full of love and nothing but gratitude.

he really appreciates the little important things in life.

he is always coming up, throwing his arms around me, telling me how much he loves me and how beautiful i am.

he will not go to sleep without his goodnight hug and kiss.

and if you forgot he lets you know it.