2011 in Review

So, here we are the last day of 2011. What's all happened??

• We got pregnant with our 3rd baby
• We got a our Piper puppy!!
• Kelsey turned 4
• Morgan turned 3
• We celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary
• Marco and I had our birthdays, but frankly, numbers don't matter.. :)
• We learned all about rugby at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
• Marco built a new deck on our house
• He also stripped, sanded and painted 2 sides of our house
• He started 2 bedrooms and a hallway renovation
• Kelsey started to read
• Kelsey got a new bike at the beginning of the year
• Morgan got a new bike at the end of the year
• Marco bought  4 vehicles and sold 5 (and looked at 4,692,231 covetously). 
• Kelsey learned to stay dry at night
• Morgan learned to stay dry during the day
• I stopped working. Again. 
• We went to Nelson 3 times, & Christchurch once (where we got a new neice/cousin!)
• Or, in summary: we got our socks blessed off! 

Here's my 2011 in pictures:

Here's our house renovations from 2011 in review:

So. I hope you too had a great 2011. And, I'm looking forward to all that 2012 is bringing, Lord willing. I'm looking forward to having a baby, a visit from my sister, and a trip to Canada. Kelsey is looking forward to starting "big" school. Morgan is looking forward to starting preschool. Marco is looking forward to finishing some renovations, having a baby (same one as I'm having), and buying and selling a few more cars!!

Who's Santa anyway?

So, the Christmas season has come and gone for another year. I hope you remembered to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We choose, in our house, not to teach the kids about Santa Claus or the like. However, at the beginning of December, we were driving down the road and the girls saw a giant blow up Santa. Kelsey looked out the window in amazement at this HUGE thing and said, "Mom! Look! A Clown!!" I smiled. At 4 years old to think Santa is just another clown is pretty accurate in my books!
However, as is bound to happen, by the end of Christmas, it was a slightly different story. Going into a shop yesterday, there was a Santa figurine. Kelsey saw it and said, "Mom, look there's the Christmas Man. Some people call him Sanda." Again, I smiled.

Cute Little things

So, the girls are constantly saying and doing things that are funny! And, frankly, I think others are sick and tired of me posting them on Facebook (which I do so I can remember them later). So, I'll post them here instead.

The other night, K & M and I were having dinner. When Kelsey says, "Mom, how does the baby come out when its born?"
"God made a special hole for the baby" I reply quickly.
Pondering this for a moment, she says, "Where?"
"Down by my bum" I reply, hoping she'll change the subject.
Of course, before I could even get the next forkful of food in, Morgan says, "Eww, not by your bum, that's STINKY!"
"Well, we give the baby a bath" I mumble back..
Thankfully that was enough to change the subject to bathing the baby and where that would happen and what happened to our old baby bath.

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Turns out Kelsey thinks that Mitre 10 Mega is actually called: Mitre 10 LEGO   hahaha

WAY TOO long..

Ok ok, its been a while....

You know how you get out of the habit of something, and then you feel so guilty about stopping, that you can't do it again?? Yep.. that's me. I seem to be quite cyclic - I'll write for a few months relatively regularly, and then i'll quit. Then someone will say "you write well" or  "you should blog that story" and I think - you know.. I should! OK, I will.

So.. things that have happened:
Kelsey is now 4 and a bit and Morgan is 3 - yep.. they're HUGE!

Baby #3 is on the way and due in 6 short weeks. And, about 4 months ago, we got a puppy: Piper. 

So, that about catches us up on 18 months... now let's see if I can be a bit more consistent!! :)