15 Marbles

So, it turns out my finger might be either sprained or fractured. The Dr doesn’t think the swelling is consistent with fracture, so has immobilized my hurt finger for the next 2 days. I go back on Wednesday for a review. So I am sporting a boring band-aid on my two fingers that are ‘buddied’ up together.

Speaking of ‘Buddies’, MsA’s school pairs up Prep Students with Grade4 students as buddies. And every thursday, they have the Buddy session, when the Preppies get to spend time with their Grade 4 Buddies. MsA was so excited about her buddy – she planned a few fun activities to do with her and drew her a card . When MsA was in Prep, her buddy used to give her a fun task each week and a sticker or a special drawing at the end of each session.

MsAn’s teachers have also introduced ‘Partners’ in their Kinder Room. Everyday, the kids have to pick a different friend to be partners with. And all through the day, they do everything together – playing, selecting free-time activities, waiting at the table for their partner to finish food. I absolutely love the concept.

Now, on to hay fever – today Hayfever was at its peak in Melbourne – the pollen levels had reached ‘extremes’.At lunch time, I got an alert from MsA’s school that more than 20 students were sent home and many more were presented to the sick bay with severe hayfever symptoms. I was sitting inside a closed office and my eyes were burning. I am popping the anti-histamines, as are so many other Melburnians. Have a look at this article , if you don’t believe me.

More later, right now, the bed beckons 🙂

love,

Trish

We finally had a lazy Sunday, after what seems like forever. SP dropped MsA for her class while I slept in. One of the advantages of having Pizza for dinner is leftover pizza for breakfast. MsA loves eating leftover pizza for breakfast and so, I didn’t need to wake up. She woke me up when it was time to go. I am so grateful, that she let me sleep-in. I do feel a little guilty, but I needed the rest after the last couple of days.

SP came back and went right back to bed.MsAn woke up at some stage and snuggled up with me and her soft toy and kept talking.I woke up in time to pick up MsA. MsA and I got some grocery shopping done and came home with coffee from our favorite coffee shop. For breakkie, I served myself the Diwali treats that my dad sent.

After brekkie and coffee, I started decluttering. I am happy to say, I got rid of 2 more bags of unused and outgrown clothes. I used to be a hoarder, still am to an extent and so it is sort of liberating to be able to get rid of things, without a second thought. I still have heaps to sort through, but I will get there bit by bit.

In the evening, we went out to the shops, to get organised for the birthday parties, next weekend. No! I don’t want to wrap gifts in the car again. After shopping, we went to the park to shoot some hoops and practice dribbling. I may have broken/ done some damage to one of my fingers, while playing with MsAn. The finger is still throbbing with pain, but I can bend it, although with great difficulty. MsA loves playing basketball and can do it for hours together. MsAn, on the other hand was  very cranky today. She is normally a very happy child, so something must be majorly wrong. I hope she isn’t coming down with something. This is how she spent most of her time at the  park, today.

Speaking of coming down with something, I have a bad case of hay fever..Love spring, hate hayfever 😦

More later,

Love,

Trish

This qualifies as a post, yes? Yes?

Ok, so here’s what happened : There was a call out at work for Overtime, doing & learning something new. I had been wanting to do this for a while, but somehow the time/ day didn’t work out. Finally the stars were aligned and I was able to work on Friday. In anticipation of the long day, I had already scheduled my post for Day4. I came home at 8:30pm on Friday night. SP had got a takeaway dinner for me – I inhaled it and jumped into bed.

The next morning, we had to go for a birthday party. But, we didn’t have a present. So,  we woke up, got ready and went to the shops, to get a present – selected the present in record time, but couldn’t find a bag big enough. The party was at 11:00am and it was already 10:50am. So, I had to use plan B – ducked into a shop and bought a roll of wrapping paper and sticky-tape. Thankfully MsA had a pair of scissors in her bag ( Don’t ask me why!!) She is always prepared for writing and crafting . LOL! So, I quickly wrapped the present in the boot, standing in the car park. MsA rolled her eyes and said,”seriously..who wraps presents in the car boot!” I asked her, if she had a better plan and that shut her up, promptly.

Anyway, present sorted, we arrived at the party and I got to do my favorite thing ever – helping the hostess decorate 🙂 It was a fun party – I spent most of my time, chatting with a friend. MsA had her basketball game, so SP took her for that while MsAn and I stayed back. SP & MsA got back in time for cake cutting and dessert. Our hosts needed help carting the presents from the venue to their home, so we offered to help and ended up staying longer for more chit-chat over cups of masala chai.

By the time,we got back home, it was late and I had a splitting headache. Pizzas were ordered and duly consumed before I found my way to bed.

And that is why,my lovely friends, I missed out on posting yesterday 🙂

Now, to think of something to post today…

MsAn turned 5 in July..Yes I am still in shock! I am still in denial about the fact that she starts school in 3 months’ time ! My baby is a big girl now..OMG !!

She is obsessed with dogs and the Paw Patrol Show. There was absolutely no confusion about what the theme for her party was going to be .  Once I had her go ahead, I asked two very dear friends for help and we set out to plan the best Paw Patrol party ever. Pinterest came in handy for inspirations . I had so much fun planning this  Party.

One of the things on my list was ‘Marshalpops’ and that called for red edible glitter . I couldn’t find any in the local shops and  didn’t have time to look for it anywhere else. A friend sent me a link to make DIY edible glitter and I tried it.And we had beautiful sparkling marshalpops.

We made signs for the party and MsAn was such a perfect little hostess. She greeted each of her guests at the door and , instructed them to wipe their paws and showed them where the food was.

She also very clearly instructed her friends that the characters on the cake were hers and they were not allowed to touch or EAT them!

 

The cake table was set against the backdrop of her favorite characters from Paw Patrol.

And here’s the cake, a masterpiece by Hannah of KreamCake

 

Our little guests left with these little doggie bags 🙂

All in all, it was a great party and the birthday girl was super impressed ! Her smiles and an offhand comment from MsA( Actually that was a pretty cool party, mum!!) totally made it worth all the effort!

More later,

Love,

Trish