day 81

Today I am thankful for a few hours to get organised. It's a busy week and I am taking some time out to get totally organised. I am thinking this will help with the hecticness that comes with public holidays!! I am so thankful for a bit of time to tidy up and it feels like the calm before the storm. I am so thankful for the calmness......it helps to be prepared for the storm.

day 80

Today I am thankful for Grandparents. It was grandparent day at school today & my Mum came down to visit Oscar and watch the Easter hat parade. I am so thankful that the boys get to see their grandparents often. The kids love their grandparents and they share a lovely bond with them.

day 79

Today I am thankful for a sleep in. I awoke late this morning to a quiet house. The sun was up so I was wondering what on earth had happened!! I went to discover where the kids were and they were all in Israel's cot playing. It was so nice to have a little sleep in, and it warmed my heart to see all boys playing so nicely together.

day 78

Today I am thankful for friends. Especially friends who are more like family! We headed over to our friends house early this morning for brekky (we invited ourselves of course) and ended up staying all day. We did all head out to the fair with the kidlets where Oscar and I had a great time on the dodgem cars! A movie in the afternoon, karate kid......which I have never seen before, then take out for dinner. Friends like that are 1 in a million and our whole family is thankful for our friendship with them, they are such great people!

day 77

Today I am thankful for festivals! It is our little towns festival today and it is so lovely to see all the families out in the community enjoying it all. It is also nice to have a VERY VERY busy day at the shop! I am totally exhausted and really sick of seeing meat, but feel very blessed to have a successful business and a day that ran smoothly!
PS.....after cooking 300 sausage sandwiches and 250 kebabs we ate potatoes for dinner.

day 76

Today I am thankful for candlelight. Eating dinner with the kidlets and the sun was setting, slowly the house was getting darker. Instead of turning on the lights I thought I would light some candles instead (mostly in the hope that they would go to bed earlier......but I did think they may like it!) We had such fun making puppets on the roof with shadows!!! The highlight was when Israel looked up at the ceiling and was also entertained.

Piccy to come:)

day 75

Today I am thankful for neighbours. (Not the kind at 6:30pm on channel 10!!) We have 2 boys that live next door who are a little younger than ours and although we dont often find the time to hang out with them, when we do the kids love it. This afternoon the boys went to say hi on our way inside and ended up playing for a while, while I went home and had a rest. Unexpected 'time off' like that is always so great....especially at 5pm when you havent cooked dinner, the baby hasn't been milked, and the house looks like a scrapheap. 1/2 an hour at that time of day is like 4 in the middle of the day!! I am thankful for this and will pay my lovely neighbour back when she hatches her next bub in a few weeks time.

PS.
Catching up on missed days as we have been so very, very hectic around here!!
p.p.s I have MAJOR trouble remembering the day number I am up to....and have realised I have doubled up on so many.......so fixed that up too!! 75 days in........285 to go!!