It has been a busy and exciting week for us. On Wednesday I felt like I could take on the world! I guess that is what happens when your baby only wakes up ONCE at night and your 2 year old stays in her own bed ALL night. It's safe to say on Wednesday I was convinced I was living the perfect life, with my perfect kids and perfect husband. When Aarahi got home from work I announced that we were going out for dinner to celebrate all this perfectness.
During the week the kids and I had been practising how to behave when we are out in public to eat. In the past their behaviour hasn't been terrible but it's not great either. So I was keen to see how our practising and training had worked out. THEY WERE AMAZING!!!!!!!!! they sat quietly, didn't get out of their seats, didn't yell or get grumpy, they ate their dinner without complaining and Aarahi and I were able to actually enjoy our dinner and have a conversation. It was a pretty fantastic end to my perfect day....then I woke up to Thursday, which wasn't quite as perfect.
On Friday Aarahi and I had an appointment at the bank for our home loan. I was nervous and excited at the same time. I knew we had worked hard to get where we are, but I was still worried it wasn't going to be enough. Once we sat down with the loan manager, and he looked at all our accounts and paper work he was blown away with how we had managed to accomplish so much on, one income, and 3 children. He gave us pre-approval for WAY more than we wanted, and told us to go find our house. It's the blessings of paying our tithing I have no doubt about it.
On Saturday Morning we celebrated Valentines Day with a special breakfast then headed out to deliver special Valentines goodies to some of our favourite people. Aarahi and I have been working hard to try teach our children to think of others before themselves and thought this would be a good opportunity for them to put that in to practice outside of our own little family. We have an acronym we try to use J.O.Y. Jesus first, Others second and Yourself last.
After delivering our gifts we headed out to the display village to look at houses. The kids thought it was fun and I think they would be happy to live in any of the houses we saw. Aarahi and I on the other hand were able to decide on what features we did and didn't like. I think we have nailed down a house that we like and will speak with the builders this week probably.
We later walked over to McDonalds to get a treat (go to the toilet). It was the strangest Mcdonalds we have ever been too. It was brand new and had too many "fancy"features. Lili wouldn't get out of the playground I had to go in and get her wearing a dress. I'm not sure if she was stuck or just being stubborn, anyway I was not impressed....can you tell my perfect family really isn't so perfect after all?! haha
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| This kid slept for almost 2 days straight only waking to eat. I suspect a growth spurt as he put on a full 1 kg in a week |
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| Being nice a quiet in the restaurant |
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Auron so badly wanted me to buy these for Ammon "He will be sooo cute! it's just perfect for Ammon"'
I couldn't say no... |
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| one of our Valentine's treats |
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| All ready to go |
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| I love this photo of these cheeky two |
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| Ammon is full of smiles these days...well mostly, he often looks at you like you are crazy too |
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