Always room for Milo

Breakfast 8am:

Andy and I were trying everything to get Chelsea to eat her toast for breakfast. Tears.

“I don’t have any room left!”

*Idea!* “Would you like a Milo?”

“Yes please!”

“So if you’ve got room for Milo you’ve got room for another piece of toast.”

“But it won’t fit! I’m full up to here!” indicating top of head.

“So where will you fit your Milo?!”

“I have a little bit of room around my ears…”

The joys of Barbie

Chelsea and Sienna watch (#@$&#!)-Barbie all the time, but there’s a song in one that Chelsea sings to Sienna when she’s crying to calm her down. Amazingly it works a charm. This morning we were going through the usual breakfast-eating dramas with Chelsea, her refusing and crying… next minute Sienna started singing the song to her! missing out a few words, but enough there that we could recognise it! OMG it was priceless!

Sun goes down, and we are here together
Fireflies, glow like a thousand charms
Stay with me, and you can dream forever
Right here in my arms

It’s magic, when you are here beside me
Close your eyes, and let me hold you tight
Everything, that i could ever need
Is right here in my arms

WHAT SIENNA?!

Sienna: WHAT? WHAT??
Me: What Sienna?
Sienna: Nothing.

Sienna: WHAT Daddy?
Andy: What Sienna?
Sienna: Nothing.

The Australian National Anthem

As sung by Chelsea:

Australians all let us rejoice
For we are rich and rare
We’ve golden soil and land for toil
Our home is cursed by sea...

A few days at Kingscliff

Chelsea and Sienna at the park - July 2009

Cheep the Easter Chick

On Friday Mrs Williams (Sally) gave the kids a little yellow fuzzy chicken (you know the kind, you get from $1 shops) and they wove a nest for them and put some coloured ‘straw’ in. Well Chelsea fell in love with her chick and named it ‘Cheep’ and took it everywhere with her all weekend, made a new home for it, a seat belt for when it went in the car with her etc etc.
On Monday she took it to school and lost it. That night there were many tears “I miss Cheep!”...
Yesterday I told Mrs Winton (Trish) the sad story and she said she’d have a look for her (Chelsea added she had a missing eye and a broken wing).
This morning there’s an envelope taped to Chelsea’s locker addressed to Chels, inside is a new ‘Cheep’ and a note Trish wrote saying something like ‘Dear Chelsea, I had to go to the chicken hospital to get fixed up. I missed you very much but now I’m back as good as new.’ You’ve never seen such a radiant grin all over Chelsea’s face!! I had tears... I related the story to Sally and she was welling up too!
Gorgeous!