I'm just starting to realize...

My time as a full-time mummy is coming to an end... I've been home from work, with babies - full time, since August -05 and now I've got less than a month left... :(
I'm really excited (and a bit nervous) about going back to school at the end of August (not ready to go back to work yet - if ever!) and being with other grown-ups and without kiddies but at the same time it breaks my heart a little bit. :/ I've had very little time away from my babies, never a night away from Erin... I just can't believe that it's time to "let go" already!
I've only got two more weeks before dagis opens again and then they're both going! :O Erin will be there one hour a day for the first week and then two hours/day the following week. I think I need the slow start more than she does... ;)

At the same time I know that going back to school rather than work will mean that they'll not need to be at dagis for as many hours...
I also need to do this for me. I need to have some time that is just mine...

Anton LOVES dagis and I'm sure Erin will too so I'm not worried really...just a bit sad... :(

Going to Edinburgh!

It's booked! We're going to Edinburgh in September!! :D YAY! All girls weekend, with mum and sisters, full of shopping. Yay! :) Feels great to be going back "home" again! So happy!! :) We've gotten an apartment just off the Royal Mile, a stones throw from the Castle. Close to all the hustle and bustle...can't wait!! :)

No hubbies or kids for 4 days and 3 nights...2 whole days in my beloved Edinburgh! Not been away from Erin over night before... :/ She'll be just fine with her daddy though. ;) I really need (and deserve!) a bit of a break...been on maternity leave a bit long now and not had much/any time away for myself. It's going to be fantastic and I can't think of any other gal pals I'd rather go away with than mum and sisters. :) They're the best! :D

Tree chopping weekend!

:D Yes, chopping, not shopping! ;)

On Saturday my mum came over to watch the kids while Stephen and I attacked our bird-nest-looking apple tree. It's old and very very very unkept and we've (I've!) been thinking about the who's the how's the when forever. Since we were supposed to (haha!) get a reasonably cool day and mum could help out with kiddes we decided not to postpone it anymore.

No consideration taken to the effect on amount of loss of fruit and what's the "right" thing to do we aimed at it just looking alright, like an apple tree again. :D

It was HOT and clammy but we were not gonna be held back by that now that we'd finally taken the decision! Stephen climbed the tree and I stood below shouting directions (of which he ignored the most). :P
After a LONG, warm day about 2/3 of our big tree was gone and our "little" apple trees had also gotten a good trim.

Most of Sunday was spend hauling tree branches and twigs away and doing additional trimming of the trees, this time in occasional showers. End result is fantastic, the trees are (at the moment) looking really good! :D Healthy. :)

Took a during and after pic of the bird-nest-tree, will post it as soon as I've gotten them loaded onto computer! :)

Anton is off from dagis 'til August 4th when it's time for Erin to start kindergarten too... :( Time goes too fast...she really really really isn't a baby anymore. :)

Yesterday Susanna and her girls were over, kids swapped siblings for most of the day. Nice with a change I guess... :D Anton followed Julia everywhere copying everything she did and Erin toddled after Elsa in awe... :D
Nice, as always, to have visitors! :)

edited to add photos.

BEFORE

AFTER

*cough*

Oh my, after midsummer we all seem to have caught some wierd bug! Susanna's family, Anna and our family have all experiensed the same sort of symptoms but slightly different. Since we all got it round about the same time we've decided to blame Boris who had the sniffles first! ;P No! I have no idea who's bug it is but anyways...hopefully this will be us all "sicked out" for the rest of the summer!

I wrote about the spots both kiddies got, at the weekend both had a couple of days of fever as well. Anton's spots are all but gone now and Erin's are fading. Just as they're getting better I'm starting to feel worse, I think I might have got an eye infection, my eye feels dry and a bit irritated, but it hasn't really come out properly yet so we'll see... My voice is very squeeky and I have a not very nice sounding cough (same as kiddies) but as long as I don't get any worse Anton will finally get to go to dagis tomorrow! Poor thing, he misses it so much and now he'll only get to go two days before they're closed for 4 weeks...

The weather's getting better again after a well needed couple of weeks of overcast weather with showers...our lawn is green again! :)

Need to grab myself some lunch now before kiddies wake up from snooze!