perfection...

I have just found perfection in curtain fabrics for the girls...I have been needing to make Evangeline some curtains for about 2 years....oops...but finding no fabric I liked I was just going to do pink and applique....I made one drop before Morganne was born but didn't like it...so it came to a grinding halt...until this week in Spotlight!

They are both the most lovely heavy weight linen type fabrics...not your normal horrible children's curtaining fabrics! It look like expensive designer stuff...but was very cheap...amazing! I found this gorgeous ballet dresses one for Evangeline...at $8 a metre...I checked with her first in case she did not like the brown background...the colur is slightly different in real life...and this divine Geisha doll one for Morganne...at $9 a metre...Hopefully she will move rooms soon and we will go back to the master bedroom...but we shall try and finish E's bedroom first...Ben is making her a tree house bed...it is half done...It needs a roof and a door...curtains for the windows and it will be painted pink by request of E! And I shall make a couple of beanbags to go underneath...

And speaking of the bed...Morganne is a climber like E and climbs into the bed to play...unfortunately last Wednesday she fell out on her head and ended up in PMH with concussion...but thank fully all was OK...she still wants to climb in but we wont let her until there is a door! And she does say "fall off!" So obviously she remembers! This is Evangeline's drawing of the event...the doctor at the top...Morganne on the bed and the rest of us at the bottom left!You can pick ups by our hair dos!
Ike has been down with my sister for a few days on school camp...Evangeline went to mum's with them last night for a sleep over after we all had tea here...a and so today it has just been M and I...Morganne has been up to mischief all day...drawing on walls and such and changing the babies nappy...but she is cute...We are mostly all over our colds...I had a very painful muscle spasm in my back on Thursday...where the ribs and spine join and the pain was excruciating every time I coughed or sneezed...thankfully a trip to the physio Friday sorted it out..I should have gone on Thursday! oh well!

And we have had our first mango of the season...if you are reading this Ken Evangeline is waitng for her box of mangoes from Papa in Broome!A bit of a dreary day here today...but not too cold...so we have been outside a bit...we might get a shower of rain which would be good for the garden...that is it for now...Lissy

hospital...

I was thinking recently I had been lucky never having been to hospital with the kids....well Monday night that changed...

Morganne has had a cough and cold for a couple of weeks. I took her to the doctor last week but she was fine...just something viral as her glads were up. Then Sunday her temp started going up getting to 39.5C...it would go down after some paracetamol but go up again...she was a bit wheezy and her breathing was a bit laboured (she was grunting)...she slept in my bed that night...then Monday morning I took her to the doctor and she said she had a chest infection and an ear infection and to watch her breathing...her breathing was worse by the afternoon and so I went back to the doctor and she sent us to hospital...so we spent the night in Princess Margaret Hospital for Children...not much sleep...mostly M sleeping in my chest in the reclining chair...but by morning she was improving so we came home...

She has been up and down since yesterday with some wheezing, temps and grunting but not as bad as Monday. She slept with me again last night as I wanted to keep an eye on her. Her temp did go up but her breathing was pretty good. It was tiring being in hospital but reassuring to know help was on hand. The staff were all fabulous. I hadn't been sure on Monday if her breathing was so bad and if I was just being a paranoid mum which is why I went back to the GP...as it turned out I am glad I did...better to be safe than sorry as they say...

Mum had been out to see us on Monday afternoon ( she spent Sunday with us too) so I was able just to leave Evangeline with her for the night and go which was great as Ben is at sea.

Other than that we have had a good week! E had her dance concert rehearsal...M clapped and kicked her legs around as she loves music. The concert is next week.

I have fixed some reticulation - I am very impressed with myself!!lol...Here is my handy work! This photo for Ben! I haven't filled in the hole yet so he can see it in real life when he gets home!!Evangeline had Lara's birthday party on Saturday to go to... And we babysat Lara on Saturday night and went to the school dance...Morganne loved the music too!
And Evangeline has taught herself how to blow up a balloon...she is very pleased with herself! Morganne has learnt to climb up onto the lounge chairs...she loves to climb in there with a book...but twice she has fallen over the arm! I have put the cushion on the floor to make it lower but still she went over the arm...So she had a big egg on her head on Friday which is now just a bruise...the triage nurse thought I was at the Emergency Dept for that! Ben may be changing onto another boat...so he may or may not be home a bit earlier...and then going back to work just after new year...so we will see what happens...Lissy