My girl should be a boy.

Now I don't usually just get on here and write stuff without pictures, but I just had to get this down to remember it always.

I swear E should have been a boy.

She always amazes me with what she loves to get involved in. She always loves to get outside with her daddy and help out where ever she can. Be it with cars or gardening, what ever is going on outside she's into it.

Currently she is outside helping Sandy prune the back tree. She is picking up the branches, putting them on her head and saying that she is a big tree or a little tree depending on the size of the branch !!! Before that she wanted to pick up the dog poo but thought that the shovel was to heavy for her to lift. Sandy asked her to bring out the shovel with two hands and he would pick it up. So off E goes to get the shovel and finds that in fact she can pick it up and it's not so heavy after all. So the next job is to pick up the dog poo herself !!! What a trooper !!! Even I don't deal with dog poo. I can handle kids poo but NOT the dogs !!!

Now cleaning up the dog poo has been added to her chore list !!! She was able to scoop it up and plonk it into the drain, without any hesitation or fuss. So now E will be the pooper scooper !!! She tells Sandy that she will now be doing the job to which Sandy says, "that's good now I can have more sleep" to which E says "ok dad". My goodness I LOVE this child !!! What else can I get her to do !!! She hates cleaning up inside !!!

She is happiest when she is outside playing with the dog, catching bugs, playing in the dirt or help to fix the car. The flip side is that she LOVES to wear dresses and all things pretty. Now she has found my guitar and wants to "play" it. What will be next I wonder !!!

Overflowing

This summer has been far from hot and sunny. In fact you can count the number of sunny days on two hands. In the past couple of weeks the rain has not stopped, so for the first time in 10 years all the major dams are full and over flowing.

On the first partly sunny day for a long time we headed to our local dams to check things out. First stop was Cataract Dam. This is my favourite.

The force of the water was awesome.

The noise was tremendous.

The end of the dam wall.

Such a pretty place.

Next stop on our adventure was the Nepean Dam. Not as pretty as Cataract but just as full !!

This dam flows down a concrete slope and into a channel.

Finally flowing out. Unfortunately you can't get any closer.

Last but not least was Cordeaux Dam. I used to go to this dam every year when I was in primary school. The walk down and back was always a killer. So lucky we had the car to drive down right to it with everyone else who was doing the same thing !!

 

So as the rain continues to fall and parts of the state become flooded we all pray for a little sunshine to ease the crisis that people are facing right now. Some parts of the country have been flooded more than 5 times already this year. Although it is great to see so much water and the dams full it is creating heart break down stream. Fingers crossed for a dryer autumn.

New Teeth

Finally the time had come for my mum to say goodbye to her top row of teeth and hello to her new sparkly ones !!! So off to the hospital we go for a 8.00 am start.

Mum was a little nervous but very brave all at the same time. Of course I took photos of before and after !! So note that there are some gruesome pics to follow.

So before with her large gappy teeth. Goodbye !!!

Not a great close up but you get the picture.

Welcome home mum !!!

You should see the other guy !!!

Sandy took the above pics of the bandages as I was at work. So by the time I was able to see mum the bandages were off and the full force of the day was there for all to see !! The bottom half of her face was numb and the poor woman had no control. Trying to eat was a nightmare for her. Luckily the numbness also took away any pain.

The whole bottom of her face was droopy. Love the blood stained  lips.

The best pic I could get of her new teeth cause she couldn't smile !!!

Day 2 and mum was looking much better. One half of her face is still a little numb so she ended up with a smirk.

The best smile we could get. Look at those pearly whites !!!

So now we welcome the new teeth which I have to say look fantastic. I couldn't imagine what she would look like and am pretty happy with the result as is mum.

So now the real healing begins and so far not to much pain, even when she took them out for the first time to clean them. She was very brave to do it all. I couldn't even be in the same room. My stomach was queasy just thinking about it !! Great job mum, I'm very proud of you. xxxx