Growth & Development

 

 

My girls are growing so fast it makes my heart ache
I see them everday and the changes go unnoticed
Then while pondering my photos I stop to take a breath
And there before my eyes my girls have changed, never to change back.

Most of me is thrilled, my insides warm and close
That my little girls grow strong, healthy, happy and unique
Yet a little knot inside my belly starts to whirl and dart
They grow so fast - they grow so fast - childhood passes in a blink

I look back on days gone by and lament the pass of time
Lament that the days are never long enough, I was too busy running round
Too busy doing things that never really matter
While all the time my girls are growing faster, faster, faster

So then I have to shake myself, let go of my melancholy
I have so much to be thankful for, my precious girls are with me
I hope they grow and see me as their mum and as their friend
To tell me all their secrets (well, the ones they decide to tell!)

So laughter returns as I decide to revel in the moment
To enjoy my children and notice the changes happening every minute
I will celebrate their independence, support their deep desires
And remember fondly, with a little ache, how my babies came to arrive

A Merry Christmas to All (cough cough, hack, splutter)

There aren't many of us that have got away with Christmas germ free - my parents have both come down with the Brisbain Flu, mum in particular hit badly. However, we seem to rid ourselves of the neverending bugs and germs just before and had a very nice, quite day! Lunch at one, lots of fun, tv telly, mince pie bellies.

Since then its just been a matter of adjusting back to routine - brrr. With frozen pipes (who the HELL put our water pipes just ONE INCH into the ground? Eh? How clever they must have thought they were!). So no heating, no hot water off and on, with Shaun running around with a little blow torch trying to heat it all up! And before that the boiler had decided to pack up as well which took 3 days to fix. brr again.

First good news was going back to college today - brilliant. Made a "head piece" (don't ask) that looks very like it belongs to the queen of the fairies!

Second good news is that the primary school is doing an Eco week and really getting into the swing of getting the school "greener" which is really exciting.

Third good news is ... ta da we are going on a Summer Holiday! Its amazing! We have never, ever been on a summer holiday. Firstly because we had the boarding kennels and summer was our busiest season and then we moved and just didn't give it a thought! So we are off to Brittany by ferry to a little cottage in the middle of nowhere and I am very very excited. TWO WEEKS!!!!

Mon dieu!!!