Bedside interviews

I saw this mini quiz on Facebook. One of my friends had posted it. So when the kids settled into bed last night, I went and sat on their respective beds and quizzed away. We had good little chats.

Yesterday Facebook reminded me of earlier days with this flashback to 2012. Summer was almost four months old and Izzy 2 years.

I remember this day. We were in the middle of a heatwave and the air conditioner had shit itself. We'd had the house closed up all day and went to Mum's in the afternoon as the house was like a sauna. 

What is your name? Isabel
How old are you? Eight.
When is your birthday? November the 11th
What's your favourite colour? Greeny blue 
What's your favourite food? Strawberries
Who is your best friend? Aya
What's your favourite song? Down with the pew(you tube song about nerf guns)
What's your favourite animal? Dolphin
What are you scared of? Snake
What makes you happy? Cats
Where is your favourite place? Queensland
What do you want to be when you grow up? Behind the counter, at Toys R Us.
What does love mean? I don't know...Friends

What is your name? Summer
How old are you? Six!
When is your birthday? November ninth.
What's your favourite colour? Pink and purple
What's your favourite food? Um...Grapes.
Who is your best friend? Kaylee
What's your favourite song? Jingle Bells
What's your favourite animal? Dolphin and Giraffe
What are you scared of? Dark...but only outside
What makes you happy? Funny things
Where is your favourite place? Queensland. They have good water parks and stuff, and I went on a roller coaster.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A shop keeper...at Target
What does love mean? When there something that you love. Like there is something colourful and you love it.

It seems our holiday to Queensland last year left an impression. I want to be there too sometimes.
Who knew Dolphins were so popular in our household?! 

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February is...

Our hottest month is February. I love hot weather. We are having lots of it too, but not the usual heatwaves. It was low twenties during last week and I was cold! I don't like being cold.

I've been doing lots of watering in the garden. We are getting lots of flavourful tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers from the garden. I made pesto with some of our summer basil last week. I love cooking with homemade produce from the garden, so satisfying. When I get some time this week, I'll pull up some beetroot.

These are some things that I relate to February, in the form of an acrostic poem...





F...Falling bark from the gum trees, all over the lawn, the

E...evening chorus of crickets and

B...Blood-stained cockatoos(little corellas) squawk and swoop through the sky, from tree to tree. 

R...Riding bikes in the street before bed time, sitting

U...under shade from the hot sun or inside with

A...air-conditioning. Eating

R...ripe tomatoes and peaches from the garden, where blooms of

Y...yellow flowers on zucchini and cucumber plants grow.


Are some of these similar to your February? Depends where on earth you are, I suppose.

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Why worry?

Worry is not my friend. I worry about all the things. Especially after that moment my head hits the pillow. 

My issue with worry, has more to do with anxiety than anything. I spend too much overthinking things that I don't need to spend my mental energy on.

I do my best worrying when I am stressed. When my mind is under attack, all the things that I can't control take over. It extends itself to my shoulders, arms, back, stomach and legs. It can be physically and emotionally exhausting.

I worry about my adult son. He has aspergers and schizophrenia. I worry about his health, mainly his mental health. I worry that he will relapse. I worry about his future. 

I worry too much about what other people are thinking. Like the job I do at work. I worry I am not cut out to coach kids, and that I don't do a good enough job. I know this is not true, I did a fab job last year at teaching four year olds. I need to believe in myself more.

Things that help me-

• Not crossing bridges before I have come to them. Trying not worry about things that might happen, not worth it.
• Realising that everything is not as bad as I think. Things are going to happen no matter how much I worry about them. In reality everything will probably work out fine.
• Address any fears, rather than dwelling on them. It's better to get the hard things over and done with, the smaller things will seem that much easier.
• Talk to someone for a different perspective, or for encouragement.
• Taking some quiet time. Light some candles or incence. Read. Breathe. Garden.
• Write lists, and feel good about crossing off achievements. The smallest things can add up to realising my day was actually really productive. 
• A good cry is a great outlet to get rid of some anxiety and pent up stress. I find life realigns not long after the release of a good sook.
• Accept that not everything is controlable. There are some things that are uncertain and that is ok.
• Spend some time for worry and then let it pass. Life is still there to be lived. I don't want to miss out on the good things, experiences because I let worry consume me.

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Let's go to the zoo!

I returned to work last week, with Term 1 of Kindergym at the gymnastics club.

One good thing about this job, I don't have work in the school holidays. I do know what teachers go through now though, with all the extra work and preparation that goes unnoticed.

This terms' theme I decided on was "Let's go to the zoo". Lots of amimal themed activities and locomotive movements-

• swinging on bars, like monkeys
• tip toes, reaching up tall like a giraffe on the beam
• Balancing like elephants on a piece of 'string', which will probably be a rope on the floor
• sliding like snakes
• kangaroo jumping in hoops
• leaping like frogs on felt lillipads
• galloping over jumps like horses
• feeding hungry alligators
• crawling through tunnels like a wombat
• bear, crab and spider walks
• rabbit bunny hops in hoops
• rolling down slopes like crocodiles rolling(log rolls)
• rolling down slopes like echidnas (egg rolls)
• penguin walks on double beams

We have a great gym here in Millicent, loads of fantastic equipment and space.

I do have to make a few things to go with the terms theme though, and thank goodness for google and the amazing crafters that share how to make stuff. I have found a wealth of ideas to help me.

Seahorse made out of pool noodle. I use this for an ocean theme too.

Elephants out of paper plates

Felt lilly pads for frog leaping, this was made by my predecessor who left at the end of last year.

Alligator made from a box. Beanbags for feeding. I also use this one for my Pete the Cat themed class. In the books, Pete the cat has an alligator friend who is always hungry. 

Jump over the snake

Rope ladder climbing between the parallel bars. Watch out for lions!

Weaving through cones and over jumps

I sat up last night and made some zebras to hang up. Some binoculars(not shown) from toilet rolls too, to find animals. This helps kids explore all of the gym, and maybe they might have a go on something they normally wouldn't.

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