The Swings

The promise of a ride on the swings after a sleep is always very exciting for Kirrily. Hayley just goes with the flow but Kirrily had to try the new swings near Bells Creek, Diamond Head. There is a huge slippery dip there but no toddler swing. "i'm all grown up now i'm 3 anyway mummy so i can use the big kids swings" was what kirrily had to say.

So she did. Hayley was clapping away and squeeling in delight and kirrily joined in. If i was one of the neighbours i would have wondering what was happening there was so much noise but hey, they were having a great time and it always sounds less noisy when your outside as opposed to locked in the house.

Here are some snaps. (ps. kirrily also dresses herself and i didn't think this was too bad really. She did want to wear her winter pj's last night though).

Swimming Lessons

Well we've had a dilemma with kirrily and her lessons. She was going OK for a few months but the last 3 lessons she's been screaming, crying and wanting to do a wee (which is just a ploy to get out the pool). Davina ended up shoving her under the water, tears and more tears and then she really hated the lessons.

Other parents spoke to the head swimming coach who was rather unimpressed and has since given her another warning (she's now had 3 apparently) and kirrily is now booked into some free (yeah 6 of them) swimming lessons by herself with Froggie. Now Froggie is lovely (aka Angela) and kirrily likes her too. We have some of those free lessons next week.

But having said that, on monday this week, kirrily was fantastic as swimming. she did things i've never seen her do before and was a happy camper. Maybe it was the bribery of home made ice-cream on our return home that made her happy too.

On the way to swimming lessons (we park about 1klm away and walk along the River)

In the Frog Pool before lessons

Banana Smoothie With a Twist

• Take all your banana peels (yes peels) and chop the hard top and bottom off.
• Put all the peels into a blender (i used the stick mixer) and put in some water (you decide, there's no set measurement here).
• Blend to a pulp.
• Add to any plants (except Natives) and watch them grow.

This was in one of Lisa's Women's Weekly giant cookbooks and it sounds like a great idea so i've given it a go today. I'll report back if i see it working.

Facebook

Alright so i've had a few spare minutes and I've signed up to Facebook. Not really sure what i'm doing or if i'll even do anything with the lack of spare time but if your interested, i'm sure you'll find me there somewhere.