I've got a couple of weeks leave so im giving Mr Mum another crack for a while. The amigoes were in school today so I got to potter and do some housework. I even managed to fit in a couple of episodes of spooks.

Marshall met his nemesis at school today. Rapata. It sounds as if they had a disagreement and Marshall was keen to tell me when he got home.
"No push me rapata, dont like it, go away."

The boys had chips with their tea tonight and Xander genourously offered his dad one before dipping it in sauce. Of course I replied, "No thanks mate, no sauce for me." So he looked at it, sucked the sauce off and handed it over. What could i say, it was yum.

backup

Ive been searching for a while for a good way to back up the blog , just in case. Well I havent really come up with a viable solution but i have backed it up. All i did was save as, "web archine single file" and then open it word and save it as a word doc. I then printed it out. You have to change the settings so that all the posts are on the screen as well though.

I used this to print out all the posts (thanks work for the printer) and i posted them off to the dodes on Friday. It looked okay but had to read from back to front to make sense. You also dont have to comments which is a shame, but it is a easy way to keep some copy.

PS , There is a fantastic bit of software to do this blogcollecter but its about 200 bucks. Anyone who wants to buy it???

Marshall was apparently in a funny mood this morning and refused to take off his pyjama top. He was so stubborn about it he ended up at creche in his balls/sports jammy top. Saved time in the evening though.

Xander, Marshall and Amelia all had a milestone today. They have their first bank accounts. They include a little policeman money box which was a hit. Xander insisted in sleeping with his. A fool and his money easily parted, no fool my boy!

Xander also played his first video game. Dora the explorer on the internet, he has the idea of the mouse down really well and Marshall enjoys watching Xander play.
If your interested



: http://nickjr.co.uk/play/games/flashHolder.aspx?name=dora_pirate_game&type=flash&height=351&width=620

Daddy Day Care

Carmel was unavailable for child care today so I had a RD and was Daddy Day Care. Fortunately all three were fantastic and we had a great time. I did washing, mopping and cooked tea. An award you say?? I enjoyed myself and would like to do it more often but i guess it would become less novelty based. Unfortunately Marshall got upset when we got back from the shops. His 2yo molars are coming through and he was inconsable over little issues. Back to work tomorrow.

Marshalls vocabulary is really growing and if you dont understand him sometimes Xander will translate. I think Xander has watched Shrek too much, although not for ages. "Daddy, Ogres are like onions, they both have layers." He then went on to eat his onion in the stir fry as he was happy to eat Shrek!!

Amelias bottom teeth are coming right up now and easy to see.

Saturday- Amelia has started swimming lessons and loved being in the water. Xander and Marshall are doing well too.

Sunday - Lovely weather here today so the boys went for a bike ride to the park. We packed up the trailer with two children, the Sunday paper and some snacks and off to play and feed the ducks. Home for a rest and then gardening. All three had fun in the garden with Amelia in the sand pit and the boys kicking a football about and riding there bikes. BBQ hamburgers and chips for tea and a quick watch of Lion King.

Happy Birthday to Gemma!!! They keep growing up dont they!!!