Mumma H

Its deer season again. But this year we have an almost 3 year old who has the Sass of a 15 year old and a school aged kinder kid.

How.

Just.how.

Lincoln is still the kindest most inquisitive kid. He makes friends with everyone and feels everything so deeply. Hes started auskick and is loving it, although his listening ears have been a little..... questionable..... but we're working on it.

He LOVES school. We ended up getting him in to a private school near my work because of his allergies. And the need to have him close. He goes to after school care once or twice a week which he enjoys, kind of, but would rather not go.

We had another serious incident at day care where they were having a paint and sip with milkshakes and he was given the wrong cup. They didnt work through his allergy action plan quick enough, but I got there within minutes of getting the call and took him to the hospital. Im so glad to be almost at the end of his day care journey..... im still so nervous sending him there.

Sienna, is Sass all over. She loves her brother, Metallica, gumboots and getting messy. But she also loves lip gloss, ballet, babies and dresses.

Thankfully, she has NO allergies! Which is amazing, but its also been a learning curve trying to teach her how to be careful of her brother.

Shes a stage 5 clinger who we really struggled to transition to bed and getting her to go to sleep on her own has been a battle, but we've finally gotten there after 12 months, and shes almost always sleeping through the night.

Being a mum of 2 is the hardest and most rewarding thing ive ever done. Watching these two grow to be strong independent kind and so bloody funny has been my greatest joy. I cant wait to see what the next 12 months looks like

Tonight husband is hunting so I'm solo parenting for the weekend. Bed times are usually fine but sometimes (tonight in particular) are tricky. Sienna napped until 2 which then threw out bed time and Lincoln was overstimulated and was standing in his bed refusing to lay down ( he was overstimulated and had a case of the sillies). I got a bit overwhelmed and growled because he was refusing to lay and rest even though I had promised i would be right back as soon as sienna was asleep.

Well, she finally went down and i went in to Lincoln, who was now laying but still very awake and hopped in to bed with him. I told him I was sorry for growing and explained that I get stressed when I do bed time on my own and I was feeling frustrated that he wasn't using his listening ears. I looked at me, with his big brown eyes and gently said "hey, mum. I love you" and snuggled in.

This kid has the kindest soul. He is so helpful, gentle, patient, and loving. I just can't believe we are finally in this place in our lives. With two of the best kids, I could have ever asked for.

With sienna's birthday and his last year we kept getting in to the head space that it was ages away and being way under prepared. But because of what we wanted to get him, and it pretty much all needed to be ordered online, it's done and will be here in a week or two.

Our sky is lighting up tonight. I cant wait to show Lincoln these photos in the morning. He is 100% obsessed with the sky and the solar system at the moment.

I've never seen an aurora Australis in person before, but it's something I've wanted to see for years. The levels for this to happen (without driving out of town and sitting on the side of the road) have not been this high for over 20 years.

In the 11 years we've lived here, we've had snow, which hasn't happened in over 100 years and now this. What's next?!

1 whole year since our little firecracker came into our lives. You're so full of love, personality, and have the most infectious giggle. You came along right when we needed you, and you've completed our family perfectly. We are so grateful you chose us.

Happy birthday, Sienna Eevee Wren. We love you to the moon.

The bond these two have is incredible.

Lincoln's old room at day care was on the ground level of the centre, the same as siennas. So throughout the day during their outside times, they would see each other and interact through the fence (kind of like pool fencing with gaps). Now he is in pre K, he has moved upstairs, and he is missing her so much. On Wednesday, he got really sad and was standing at the door of their classroom, and when the educator asked what was wrong, he said he wanted Sienna. They called downstairs, but she was sleeping, so they couldn't. But they instead took him outside and showed him where he could see the nursery outside area from upstairs so he can keep an eye out for her. Now, every now and he then he yells out to her and gives her a big wave 🥰

I must admit I was very nervous about this close age gap, but oh my goodness, watching them grow together has been amazing.

Miss sienna has decided that she can confidently walk around furniture and take assisted steps 😭 she's also pulling herself up on things and letting go.

She has also finally popped her first tooth! Bottom left, same as Lincoln! The other side is really close behind.

I actually think the HFM came from sienna. She was feeling warm last week and very sooky. But she's teething so we put it down to that. However, on Friday she was yelling in the highchair and I caught a glimpse of a sore in her mouth but couldn't get her to open again to check it our further.

This is the worst our little guy has had it. His whole nappy area and mouth are full of sores and he's been telling me "feet are a bit sore, mummy" all day.

Towards bedtime, he was sitting on the couch watching play school crying and saying help me, mummy. Help Lincoln. Ouch in here (points to his mouth). It broke my heart in two. Short of ibuprofen, he won't take anything else, and at the moment, swallowing is so painful for him he doesn't even want that.

He's in bed now, but very, very restless, and is just crying when he wakes. I just want to scoop him up and take the pain away