Nappies, nappies and more nappies, my brand new bus, pram pushing group and my paperbag album
I know this is really, really late but HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all the mummies out there. Hope you had a 
lovely day. Mine was wonderful. I went shopping on Saturday, woke to brekkie in bed and pressies on Sunday then went out to lunch. It was perfect. The best thing of all was at the end of the day when the big kids ran me a hot bath and decorated the bathroom with candles and infused the air with essential oils. It’s nice to know that, for at least one day of the year, they ‘get’ me. Thanks kids! Love you lots.
I have recieved alot of nappies this week. Good retail therapy does wonders for the soul. My Beetlebums arrived. They are just 
the most devine minky nappies I’ve ever clapped eyes on. Ivy and Noah took them for a test drive this morning and christened them well. My Twins In Cloth are here too. Very nice and my Baby Beehinds Bamboo are on their way via my sister in law.
Mum’s cave man nappies are here too and while Ivy loves hers,( ‘Awwww pretty’,
she says as she rubs the fur) Noah’s are nothing but pull off material. On his first test drive of his blue cave man nappy, he came wandering out with it in hand. No matter how often I put it on, he pulled it off just as fast. It was the same deal with his orange one. Hmmm… I guess he’s more a minky man!
Last night we finally took delivery of our new bus. (Yay) It was surrounded by much anxiety and stress but finally it is ours. I drove it home from the dealers and must say it was a very smooth ride! I have been gliding here and there all day. Not once did I worry that I wouldn’t make it somewhere. Traditionally we have named our cars. Our last bus’ name was Madge, although I liked to lovingly think of her as Bertha. The kids were trying to think of an adequate name today but the best they could come up with was ‘Heaven’. I told them they needed to keep thinking.
We went to the post office early (in new gliding bus) for our parcels and amongst them we found the photos of Imogen, Madeline and Lily from the Miss Cessnock competition. 
The girls loved looking at them this afternoon. My little models! They were a long time coming and I thought that we had been taken for a ride, our money extracted and photographers having left the country (so weary and jaded am I) but NO. If you click on the girls names, it will link you to some of the shots. I think they look gorgeous (but I don’t know a mother who wouldn’t think their kids are cute).
Also today (wow how busy was I today?) I met up with a couple of the girls from Belly Belly, Sharon and Dee, to go for a walk. It was great. It was wonderful to get out of the house with some women who had babies around the same age as me. We simply walked and talked. It was a great idea of Sharon’s and now we are seriously considering starting up a Pram Pushing Club. We could advertise our walks at the Early Childhood Nurses Clinic and about town. It could be really good. I’d forgotten how much I actually enjoy walking.
My Scrapbooking class at the school will take off this Friday and I just had to post a photo of the paperbag album that I finished as an example. I am quite proud of it and hope that the children will be very happy with their efforts.
On a sad and final note for tonight. I just wanted to mention one of my online ‘friends’ Chris who sadly passed away on Mother’s Day. She leaves behind her husband and her little son, William. Rest In Peace, Chris. I hope that you are in heaven playing with your angel twins.
