We got a conditional offer on our house yesterday. So that's pretty cool. But I think I am experiencing a bit of "seller's remorse"..! All going to plan it will be unconditional on 7 September.

And that's all I have to say about that!

Its been a busy weekend!

Saturday morning we went up to Joseph's for his first birthday party. So it was fun to catch up with friends there. During the party, I got a call from our real estate agent and we set up a time for people to view our house at 4.30pm. So we came home around 12pm, put the boys down for their naps and tidied the place up! I took the boys and Zac to the park during the viewing. Anyway the people stayed for ages and the agent said it went very well. We will hear exactly how well tomorrow - whether they make an offer or not! Meantime, we got another call this afternoon and have someone else coming for a look at 10am Monday!!

Me and Jamie are now all "Bourne-d Out". We want to go and see The Bourne Ultimatum, so we decided we had better rent the first two out so we know what is going on. We had to get The Bourne Identity on VHS! The lady at the store asked Jamie "do you still have a video player?". Hmmm...anyway we might get to the flicks this week.

This afternoon me and Lachie went to the Wintersons as it is Zac's 4th birthday today. Lachie had a great time playing with all the trains and I had a great time gas bagging to Sarah & Gaynoll. Jamie wasn't feeling very well so he stayed home with Fletcher - sounds like the two of them slept the afternoon away!

Hopefully I will have more news on the house front tomorrow night! Have a great week.

On the Market

We listed our house for sale this week.

Click here if you want to see the real estate agent's page on the Web.

We would like to buy a section and build a new house. So we will see how that pans out. Of course I will keep you posted. The house was listed Wednesday morning and we in fact had someone through that afternoon. But I don't think anything will come of that - the agent said they were just seeing what their money could buy here in town. It sure was a nice way to kick things off! We are not having an open home this weekend, but next. I do not know how I am going to keep the place tidy enough - and I think we need to do a bit more tidying up over the weekend!

Jamie's gone fishing today....me and the boys went for lunch at the Rose Gardens, a play at the playground and a few jobs in town. The unfortunate thing about this particular stage we are in is that Fletcher has a morning and afternoon nap, while Lachie only has an afternoon nap. So by the time we got out the door at 11.15am, after Fletcher's nap, Lachie has started to head downhill and we have only 2 hours before we have to be home for his nap. I imagine in another 6 - 8 months they will both be napping around the same time.

Another busy weekend tidying up around the place - we had one friend come over to prune our trees and another to do some plastering! Jamie will be doing some painting over the next few nights - after our new bifold door was put in two years ago we never finished it off properly. So by the end of the week it will be done!

Sunday night we went to the Wintersons to celebrate Ben's 7th birthday! Happy birthday Ben. We got him some cool quiz cards so it was fun asking him the questions, and being asked. He's a clever cookie, that boy.

Lachie was playing with a microphone at their place too - he was so cute singing away with his microphone (the Harold song) and then Martin got out his video camera.

I went to work last Thursday while Jamie stayed home with the boys which was great. And Friday I didn't do much ' cos I had a wee cold. But that healed up really quickly.

Fletcher has two teeth coming through up top - and I can see a couple more on the way. He can now get himself from his tummy back to sitting up.

Jamie and I are going to do a session (hopefully more) of a Marriage Enrich course. So last night we started off by filling in a questionnaire about our marriage that gets sent to a computer for analysis.

More soon!

Here is Fletcher and I guess you would call it his 'commando crawl'. He's just been doing it in the last couple of days.

See Fletcher Crawl!

Some pix of the boys

Fletcher likes to stand up in the bath now!

Fletcher in his highchair watching his brother's antics

Its a cold night here - colder than we've had for a while. Jamie is working a late shift so I am on my way to the woodshed for more firewood!

Over the weekend me and Jamie got into some spring cleaning. Jamie washed the house, which took most of the day. I cleaned skirting boards and ceilings and walls. And the oven - I did such a great job I kept peeking inside to see how shiny it was. I felt sad that I had to spoil it by making lasagne last night. Lachie stayed with his grandparents for the weekend so that we could attend to our tasks pretty much uninterrupted. But Jamie did wake Fletcher up from his afternoon nap by cleaning outside his bedroom window.

I went to the orthodontist last week. You see, I have a tooth coming through and there is no room for it, and my bite is all wrong. He said that I could do with braces, but I don't have to. Something will eventually have to be done. So I've just got to decide whether I have $5000 to spare for orthodontist bills!!

Fletcher is now pulling himself up on the furniture and sort of crawling around. He doesn't know how to use his legs properly - he gets into crawling position but doesn't know what to do next. I've tried to show him!

Lachlan is also great. I was reading a magazine last night and he pointed out the letters 2 and 0 on the cover to me! How impressive was that?

I also took both the boys to the Plunket nurse this morning after coffee group and they are both going great. Unfortunately I can't compare them at similar ages - I missed Fletcher's 5 month check (but did get to Lachie's) and I missed Lachie's 9 month check (but did get Fletcher's). She said I should take Lachlan to see the dental nurse. That shouldn't be a problem, he loves brushing his teeth lately and loves the taste of the toothpaste.

Bye for now!

Jamie

If you'd like to see a news bulletin from last week, featuring my husband, please click here.

A note on the video..

I heard Lachie singing one of the songs from a Thomas story & dvd the other day, so I decided to

video it. This was taken Monday morning. Its actually his second attempt - Jamie heard his first

and encouraged him to sing a little louder. And even since yesterday his pronunciation of the words

has become clearer. He's certainly not shy about sharing this song with others! I know you will

enjoy it. Sorry its a bit dark.

Been out to coffee group this morning. Good to catch up with everyone. Then did a few jobs and home to put the boys down for a nap! The rain has started up again so I have thrown my laundry in the dryer.

Here is a photo taken last week of the boys in the bath together. Ever since we stayed at Mum's, Fletcher wants to sit up in the bath now. They don't usually bath at the same time, but may occasionally overlap!

Say Goodbye to frozen peas!

I usually buy frozen peas just in case we need a green vegetable with our dinner, and I don't have anything more exciting. Well, no more. I have started buying frozen stirfry mix instead, with neat things like red pepper and snow peas in it. And with the price of red peppers etc and all the other vegetables you need to buy to make a good stirfry, I find it quite cost effective! So there's your little culinary tip for the week...

Me and Jamie have just been doing some jobs around the place on a cloudy Sunday afternoon, while the boys have naps. We went to church this morning and Mark V spoke. Speaking of jobs, I should go and do something about the two loads of laundry I have done.

I will try and post some pictures at some stage!

My first August post!

Sorry its been so long! I guess we have had another busy week here. I always feel like I don't have the time to post, but I should probably just post snippets when I have the opportunity.

Lachie has been home all week as he has a bit of a cold - no church last Sunday, no Starlights and no Mainly Music. I think he has been finding it a bit of a drag really!

Me and Jamie went to a Marriage Seminar at church two nights this week. Mel came and babysat the boys Wednesday night and Nana Ann on Thursday night.

I'm just going to do some work so I better get on with it.