So tired!

On Sunday I sold my parent's house via TradeMe and since then I have been helping them pack their boxes and look rental properties. I have looked at six properties: three were yucky, two were nice but too far and the last one was too small. If the were comes to the worst, they'll get a long term rate at one of the local motels and put their furniture in storage. I really just hope that the right place turns up ...sooner rather than later! But in the meantime I am very tired and stressed (but then so are my parents).

Look at the new header!!

This is what the wonderfully talented, really kind Vicky did for me! And then she even told me how to add the code to Blogger! Oh and she is such a talented scrapper and one she's going to be famous - and then I'll be able to say "I know her". Thanks Vicky

This photo was taken at 4.15pm Friday

And yes they are both still in their PJs! They didn't want to do anything at all today except stay at home. I believe that children need time out to just "blob" so I was happy too.

Yesterday afternoon they came to the conclusion that they were actually very lucky to always have someone to play with - ie each other.

I really like how closely they are sitting together and the look of absolute relaxation on their faces

Some more achievments

Last year, Colin was getting around 51% on his Basic Facts tests and also getting quite stressed about the ten minutes they have to do the test. So I set him a goal: 75% and I didn't care about the time. He has slowly been getting closer to his goal and last Monday he got 85%! He was so proud of himself and I was so pleased too. Adrian has been working with Colin and his tables in the car on the way to school every day and this is clearly paying off.

Ross wrote the Australasian Maths exam a couple of months ago and got his results on Friday - Distinction which puts him in the top 10% of those who wrote the test. What an achievement! He also got a Class Merit on Friday for consistent effort in class. Last Monday, Ross also did his Grade 2 Gymnastics badge which he passed extremely well - they have to get at least 7.5 on all six events. Ross got three 9.5s!

We ate at Denny's twice last week to celebrate all their achievments