Twenty-Six Years Young

before the week flies away i have to document my 26th birthday.

i cannot believe i am 26.

i remember when my sister and brother was 26,

they were so old - so i thought !

but i am not old i still feel like i'm 16.

this 27th year of my life started out with a bakery trip discovering the taste of cronuts,

best decision ever !

they were delis if your ever in glenorie,

check out the glenorie bakery and do yourself a favour and pick up a custard filled cronut 

- or two.

then the boys and i hit up wet n wild.

zayden LOVED it most of all.

he is such a water baby so he was in his element.

and i got to try out my go pro.

(best present ever!)

we met jevan at manly for fish and chips for dinner.

it was fun.

this is the year i also realised i can no longer do a handstand.

my legs don't go up where they are meant to.

i had such a lovely day.

the best part was probably the present brax chose for me.

jevan had forewarned me and asked me to be super excited even if i didn't like them because he was so proud of his gift and jevan was unsure if i'd like them.

this boy can sure pick em.

he picked me out some awesome sunnies right up my ally.

clearly jevan needs to take him shopping for my presents more often

- this boy knows my style !

26 ain't looking so bad.

Kurnell

so I've learnt holidays can either be really awesome or really patience-building.

these holidays have turned out to be a really big patience tester for me.

braxton is just being a weeee bit of a pain.

he had been on the chair a crazy amount of time yesterday morning

- before it even hit 9 O'Clock !

makai suggested that we go exploring.

PERFECT !

getting the kids out of the house and keeping them pre-occupied was the antidote.

we headed to kurnell.

this place is beautiful.

and i may love it even more because parking is free.

this place has it all.

a track to walk and do some scooter riding, beautiful big trees to picnic under, a beach with no waves, rocks to climb over and i can't even tell you the insane shells we found.

and it's full of history a bonus for this history nut mumma.

we packed for a picnic but got blown away by the crazy winds.

we laughed so hard and the boys had fun chasing food items as they went flying.

braxton was giving us a lesson on being able to hear the ocean from a seashell.

he went on a mission to find the best shell for the job.

all in all my day for combating sooky-ness and fighting was a success.

BOO YA !

BOYS - 0
MUM - 1

By Your Side

ok.

let me tell you about how we prepared for the sabbath this morning.

everything was going to plan.

jevan was dressed, i got to have 10 minutes to myself to get dressed (big achievement) and the boys were half dressed.

and then basketball came into play.

they have a little ring that hooks over their door.

that's when our calm morning turned south.

fights over balls were happening, balls were being thrown at peoples faces and the list could go on.

i lost it (yup, on the sabbath).

like really lost it.

balls got confiscated and they were even told that they were getting left behind all on their own.

brax went into wailing mode, makai went into denial mode.

like he was trying to call my bluff.

as i packed up the stuff and headed out the door (yeh makai - who's bluffing now fool)

i hear a sweet tender voice trying to stay strong because he knows he needs to give try and comfort his little brother.

"it's ok bracky, you won't be alone, i'll be here with you."

i won't lie i stopped what i was going to listen to him keep repeating this over and over to braxton with his arm around.

we RARELY get these kind of moments in our household.

i wonder if that's what makai said to his little brothers in the pre-existence.

i wonder if when they were looking at all they would have to endure that he looked at them and said

"but don't worry you won't be alone in all this, i will be there with you."

some of the craziest times in parenting can bring the sweetest moment.s

my boys are so special to me.

you have no idea and they will have no idea the love i feel for them.

i'm so grateful that they will always have each other.

Reason #589

how i know i'm a mother of sons.

reason #589 

in our new home the bathroom and toilet are combined (it sucks so bad),

so i was brushing my teeth last week and makai came in to go to the toilet.

he excitedly called me and said mum look at my new trick.

i turned around to see him with his little man poking out.

makai is pretty excited that he has mastered the art of going to the toilet discreetly.

he can go to the toilet without having to pull his pants down to his ankles now.

reasons #632 

this week i found a whole bunch of cars in the fridge with the milk,

sticks in my hand bag and rocks in the car, superhero squadies in the linen closet.

reason # 711

braxton and makai thought it would be HILARIOUS if they went to the toilet together.

so they pulled up the toilet seat pulled there pants down and started doing there business.

laughing and trying to hit each other wee-wee.

yep,

mother of sons right here !

they can be so gross.

Dad's Day 2015

you guessed it,

here is my annual father's day post.

there are 4 people i am grateful for.

first my father, without him i would not be here.

he taught, guided me along my journey and raised me.

my father-in-law for raising such an amazing son,

in the short time he had with him he did wonders.

my father in heaven who is amazing.

he has taught me so much about me especially this year.

and last my sweet husband.

he is a special kind of person.

he has to put up with me - so he needs to be a special person.

he is so hard working and so driven.

he works long hours and a lot of weekends.

he misses out on so much of his boys things so that he can build a career for us.

he has had to go through all of his fatherhood without a father to go to for advice,

to seek council or just that simple encouragement to keep on going.

i have watch him evolve from a boy into a man,

from a husband into a father.

he is the most giving person.

he has amazing eyes - which may be the reason that i wanted him as my babies dad !

i tease him about his maori nose but i think it's pretty hot !

he is always putting our happiness over his own.

he winks at me when he's on the other side of the room.

he kisses my on the forehead,

he plays with my hair.

he stresses over little min-ute things (this drives me CRAZY),

he is a whizz with numbers.

he has loved me in at my worst.

he is my everything.

he is the only person i would want to be the father to my boys.

Happy Fathers Day.

Emotionally Whining Obnoxious Boys

can i just tell you my boys (particularly the older 2) are being little turds this week.

i could put them on those buy, swap and sell Facebook websites.

braxton has just been SO obnoxious.

i really dislike 3's - which people fail to talk to you about.

you always hear about terrible two's but three's WOW.

makai is just so emotionally annoying that it's almost unbearable.

it's like come on male,

 you have no uterus you shouldn't be this emotionally unstable.

they are literally making me pull my hair out.

and if zayden opens the cupboard he knows he isn't meant to be in 

- I MIGHT SCREAM !

cooked dinner tonight - with a splitting headache.

makai and braxton sit down at the able look at me and say

"that look disgusting mum"

WOW !

i totally think that warrants bedtime bought forward to 5:45.

and their whinging is driving me up the wall.

ARGH - hair pulling out whinging.

and they seem to do it all at once and it lasts all flipping day.

it's like hey boys can you just do it one at a time or take a day each of the week.

and then i'll finish this with

i love being a mum and wouldn't change it for anything.

My Kai-Kai

mr makai got to go on his first excursion yesterday.

i was lucky enough to tag along with them.

he was so excited,

he even made me run into the school gates because he didn't want too miss the bus

- he had 20 mins to go.

his smile was beaming across his face

when he finally got thirst pick at the bus.

to my surprise he is a back seat rider.

i thought he would not talk to me all day and hang out with his buddies.

he did quite the opposite.

he would come up to me at random times and want to hold my hand,

tell me his favourite parts of the day.

i got to watch him overcome some animal fears he has.

but the most special part of the whole day for me,

was when we all piled back on the bus at the end of the day,

he asked if he could share a seat with me on the way home.

we talked all the way home about everything.

people tell me i need to have a girl in my life to feel complete,

or feel sorry that i'm missing out on something.

but they must not have a makai in their life.

he is sweet and genuinely cares about you.

he can drive me ABSOLUTELY insane but this kid has nothing but love.

he is my kaikai.

p.s - those kindy teachers are special kinda people. having 5/6 year olds 6 hours a day and keeping that upbeat attitude all that time - wow.