Circus, bands and too much fun

Hi everyone, photo's are all jumbled up again , but I'm sure you'll all get over that :) Here I am asleep in a little bed mummy made me in the car, I just love going to sleep in the car.

At Palm Cove where mummy later saw Boom Crash Opera play - it was awesome! Daddy and I made sand castles and I tried to bury him.
Another band at Yorkies, I sat on the ladys knee and she let me play her tambourine

We went to Yorkies again when "my" band was playing. Jock and the boys were very happy to see me and this time I took my own little guitar and microphone. After the first set, Jock set up a microphone stand just for me - I was sorted then and rocked on into the afternoon with them.
Mummy and daddy took me to the circus and I got to have 2 rides on the little ponies at intermission.
Palm Cove playing games with daddy while we had a picnic.
PUSH ME HIGHER!
Grunk is staying with us at the moment and we all went to Gordonvale today for a play and some lunch. Today is 12 months since Damian's dad passed - he was born in Gordonvale, Grunk went to school here, and the family have many happy memories here.

My first venture outside on my big bike, I fell a couple of times because I was watching my shadow, but when I watched where I was going, I did really well.
Daddy won't be home for his birthday so we had a little mock birthday on Sunday for him, mummy and I went and got some little cupcakes and I sang and blew out the candles. We gave him his present early too (I helped to wrap it)
Last Friday we had toddler olympics at pre school, the teachers put in a huge effort, making torches, certificates and "passes" for us all with our pictures on them. We got to have a party afterwards and everyone had a brilliant time. We did egg n spoon races, horse races, gymnastics, sack races and races on the little bikes. Miss Sam had us all dancing and doing aerobics - it was ace!
FINGERPAINTING - too much fun!
Happy birthday to all our August babies: Muzzy, Ashlin, Scott, Dani, Barbie, Serena, Mark, Jordan and Morgan.

Hope your special day is/was magic.

Daddy has finished the first part of his course and is now driving the trains under instruction. He is loving every second and has made friends with everyone (as he does) He has settled into his QR accommodation in Bluff now, and is setting about making it homely. He is able to make it home roughly every 3 weeks for about 4 days at a time, which is not so confusing for me. I get to talk to him everyday and tell everyone I meet, that my daddy drives a train. Daddy has also signed up for his own facebook and myspace accounts so you can catch him there or on daca61@yahoo.com.au He will have regular internet access very soon.

We hope you are all well and that everything is good in your world. We think of you all often and although mummy is very busy, we try to keep you updated here when we can.

Love and hugs and squishes - Kylin xoxoxo

Busy busy busy

Hi everyone, where are the months flying to? Lets get to it....... Guess who did Brodie's hair? Jazzmin had her birthday at a different gym closer to home and the kids, once again, had a blast. Clever Marisol made a gorgeous princess cake for her.
Exhausted and happy!
Cooking breakfast with daddy
Look what I made!! A "senses" wall that I put into the cubby I made under Kylins bed
So here is Kylin's new bed, with cubby underneath,
the mesh is so he can't stand up and hit the fan
OOH a penguin ate my baby! How cute is that?
We are doing well, Kylin's behaviour has improved dramatically since starting at his new pre school. Some of the kids in his new centre will be going to his school next year so that's a bonus I hadn't thought of too. I now also let him come and sleep with me if he wakes up during the night, this seems to have helped with his nightmares and reduces the amount of times we are both awake during the night. Damian is really loving his training and is blitzing all his exams (as we all knew he would) Very soon, he will be on "the roster" and will have his days off in blocks so he can come home for days at a time instead of just 24hrs.

Happy Birthday to our July babies:

Nathan, Bruce, Joe, Rick, Andy, Dammien, Xander, Ellen and Rebecca.

Hope your special day is magic. xo

Love and hugs to you all - Karen. :)

The Cake

Left this out of the jumbled post last night - complete with Lightening McQueen candle :)

Hey hey........what happened to May?

It's my 4th birthday!! Daddy, mummy, Pete n Deb got me this big thing under the sheet......WOW WOW WOW - it's my very own bike, and already I can ride it like a pro.......
The blog photo downloader is playing up and the pics are all jumbled up but this is the foam pit at the gym where we had his party. We highly recommend this kind of party if you have a gymnastic centre near you, they, and the adults, just love it!
My nanny and grandpa in Melb sent me some money, most will go into my account, but a little went to this aeroplane, the top comes off and we can play "daddy" coming and going - it's ace!
I also got some spare tiny nappies for my boo boo bear as he has only one and I have been very concerned about not providing clean ones for him...............He was immediately changed when we got the new ones :)
Full of party spirit on the way to my party..........
The Gym, fully padded, kid proof, mirrors everywhere -perfect! Happy Birthday darling boy xxx
We all had red hair and "kachow" lightening stipes on our arms
He was not interested in a nice "family" shot he just wanted twisties!

Some of these shots were taken on the video. The lights up on the balcony where the table and food was, werent working so everything from my video is very fuzzy. However, this shot of boo and Jazz is great!
he ended up with 14 kids so we had all invited plus some :)
Dan made it back from the mine too which was fab, Brodie was lovin daddy and the watermelon.
Ok some other shots taken prior. More shaving cream painting in the bath

I have a bit of a thing for putting all my jocks on at once...here I am with 11 bottoms

This is my new chill out space that's just mine, I love it!
Doing hand n foot prints on the wall and floor, mummy thought the paint would wash off with water, silly mummy, oh well, it's nice to see little hand and footprints everywhere.......
I joined a band recently, the guys were really lovely, they gave me a real microphone, and have asked me to come back again...I really really loved it.
Pyjama day at daycare, I couldn't wait to get there, too much fun!
Now just where did May go?

I remembered what it was I forgot in my mothers day post......my May babies:

So apologies and belated birthday wishes to :

Andrew T (x), Chris, Rick, Pete, Emma, Michelle C, Luscious Jo C :), my mum and my ex mum in law (who is gorgeous) who both have their b'days on the same day, and Shane.

hope you all had magical birthdays.

So now lets do my June babies so they don't get left out too

Happy birthday to :

Kylin yayyyyy, Frank, Ashleigh, Madi, Jazz, Bec, Michael, Nic, Liam, Scott, Dad, Pete, Phillipa, Andrew Mc, Keir, Erin, and a memorium for Denis Snr for the 27th.

Happy birthday everyone hope you have a wonderful day.

Hope you are all happy and well, our love to you all xoxoxoxo

Happy mothers day to all you mums!

Hi everyone, it's been ages, lots to tell... Damian finally got his QR uniform and has been doing really well in all his tests so far. His classmates all get along well and hang out with each other in their spare time. He is really loving the challenge and excitement each day is bringing him now.They've done shunting and all sorts of stuff in the yards and yes....he finally got a drive.
This is his class and instructor. (Damian had to crouch down so as not to obscure small people - they haven't kneecapped him!) He is writing an account of his experiences so far and once that's finished, I'll put it up here for you all to read.
On the home front. Bindi n Dan had a garage sale recently and asked if I had anything I wanted to sell, turns out I had rather a lot. It was a stunning sucess due to Bindi's organising, painting signs, advertising and putting it over the radio. We couldn't take money fast enough and made around $1,000 in total for the day with not too much left to donate, which was fantastic. Bindi had made sandwhiches which Dan toasted, for us, made coffees and looked after the kids all day, he was amazing! Marisol, Mark and Rick visited during the day which made the day fly by.

We had a gathering a couple of weeks ago when Damian came home for the weekend, so everyone could catch up with him. The next day it was also Shane n Marisol's wedding anniversary and Bindi's birthday. Leeanns birthday the following Wednesday too so lots to celebrate.

Bindi and I took the kids to the Tropical Zoo and had a fab day with them. Kylin had a feather which he snuggled for ages before it blew in beside this..............

4.5 meters, and he screamed because I wouldn't fetch it back for him. Bindi thinks I'm a wuss.

Damian is reading books to Kylin when he comes home and recording them onto casette tape so we can play them back each night before bed.

Dress ups seem to be the main focus at the moment and so here are a few recent ensembles

These black gloves have feathers on the fingertips ?!?!?!?!?

Pete n Deb sent us a parcel recently that included this trophy for Kylin for the best Highchair burnout (after we made the youtube video) He loves it and carries it everywhere.

Just something else to amuse the small people, a bath of water, food color, and foil scraps, add a few old yoghurt containers etc, and you get one soaked kid, but it's just all too much fun.

Kylin's progress with his star chart is really going well, he has almost earnt all his toys back too without any being taken away in the last week. So another trip to a different zoo this time, in Mareeba. Damian came home a day early so we planned it for when he was home. We had a really great day and the zoo is fantastic. We got to go into the enlosure with this rhino AND TOUCH HIM! he was taller than me, absolutely huge, I just loved him, his skin was really warm and he was very placid I could have stayed and watched him for hours. The keeper was great and obviously loved him too.

Kylin was obsessed with getting around as quick as we could, (although he loved the animals), as he had seen an old train in the car park and wanted to drive it like daddy. So we had heaps of time on this at the end of our visit as well.

Getting a few tips!

It's been a while since we posted so there are other things I'll try to remember them all quickly.........I got to have lunch with an old school friend recently, my friend Jacinta had a baby girl, Vicky found out she was pregnant, Shane and Marisol have moved house, Dan got a job in the mines and is living away, Mark returned from sea, Rick moved to Sydney, Big ears is currently jet setting around europe, Kylin has been accepted into St Theresa's for the start of his schooling next year, and......that's about it I think. Because I'm doing this quickly, I have a feeling I have forgotten something HUGE so there may be an add on post later.

Love to you all, hope all in your world is wonderful. xoxo