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Been awhile!

Not much out of the ordinary happening here only that we have Tania (SIL) and Bronte (Niece) here for the week and that is keeping us busy and the girls entertained. We just met Brian at his new office, Parliament House, and had a behind the scenes tour – places where the general public can’t go! Saw some famous faces in the House of Reps and sat two tables away from Barnaby Joyce at Lunchtime. I tell you, we were hobnobbing it up!!

Amy is talking away all the time now. Most of it gobbledygook, but if you ask her to say something, she gives it a good go. If she is being annoyed by the girls she says “Ay Ay” as in Hey Hey get away from me. She loves Jess, whom she is home with most of the time, but can now say Holly and Meg. I gave her a vitamin this morning and said “give this to Holly”. I thought she would just ignore me and put it in her mouth, but she diligently took it up the stairs (doesn’t need to hold onto the wall either, just walks up!) and into Holly, then came back for the next one. This time Jess. Again she went up the stairs and gave it to Jess. Back down again and up another 2 times for Bronte and Meg. She was puffed out by the end!

The other day in the car, we were driving along and Jess tell me “I love the beat of your music Mum”. We weren’t even listening to music at the time and I took it to mean “I love the way you live your life” – kind of philosophical but that is the kind of girl Jessie is. Or maybe she just likes the music we usually have in the car!

Got another race on Monday. This time a 2-mile run (that converts to 3.2km) so should be nice and cruisy. It has been rainy all week, and I expect it will continue so it might be a wet race.

Holly lost her other front tooth. She is totally gappy. She came running out one night last week saying it was sore, so I grabbed a tissue and pulled it out. I was sick af all the bobbling about this tooth was doing. She couldn’t quite believe I’d done it. Then we got the giggles and she couldn’t couldn’t talk at all.

Holly and Meg have both been asked to try out for teams in the dance class. Teams is quite a big deal and not eveyone is asked (I only just found this out!). Holly is quite keen but Meg wasn’t interested at all. I told the teacher and her face dropped. She was devastated that Meggie wouldn’t do it. She urged me to get Meg to reconsider, but she won’t unless Addie does it too. Oh – the trials of youth. The teacher tell me that Holly is a natural and will go far, but I am yet to see any practice or evidence of her brilliance, so we’ll just see what happens.

That is about all I have time for. Kids arriving home from school, other kids waking up and needing food (that is Jess of course).

Have a wonderful weekend.