Day 181 - Happy

Maddie is not a happy shopper, nor does she like to sit in a trolley any more, these two things combined make for an awful shopping experience for me and who ever I am with. After the movies on Friday we attempted to check out some stores in Tuggeranong, but Maddie was particularly uncooperative so we only managed the cheap store on our way out. I was looking for fairies for Maddie's fairy garden, and it seems she was looking for toys for Tucker. Maddie was adamant that we needed to buy this purple toy bone for him insisted that he did need it when I told her otherwise. As she fell asleep in the car, it was forgotten about until I grabbed it today. Turns out Maddie was right, Tucker did need that toy, as he absolutely loves it, his tail went nuts when it squeaked and he was still playing with it when we got home after doing some grocery shopping.

Day 180 - A Big Day

We have had a massive, exciting and sad day today, which started off with a trip out to Majura Park's Toys R Us for a Monsters University Party. I thought that it would be loads busier than it actually was so Maddie and I arrived about 20 minutes early, which was before they were even setting up, so we had to kill some time shopping for toys and birthday present ideas. There was green screen photos, colouring, tattoos, balloons and lollipop giveaways before it finished with a raffle draw in which Maddie won a colouring book.

I'm saying that Maddie won the book, but whether or not she was actually the winner is up to interpretation. The number would have been Grace's but seeing as she left to go to dance, her parents gave Maddie the ticket. It really is a bit of a funny conundrum. Poor Grace totally misses out as Maddie is so excited that she won it and loves it, although at this stage she has no interest in actually colouring it in. 

So the exciting thing happening this morning, in the freezing cold rainy, gloomy weather is the extensions roof going on. Max, the roofer up the top is a total photo bomber and of all the photo's that I took of the roof today, he has managed to get in every single one. This is one of the earlier shots that I took, and I hadn't noticed he was posing until I had taken a few and was actually paying attention. 

Scary for me, and I am sure him too, when I was walking past out to the shed to pack some things for Amy, who moved into her own place today Max had a bit of a slip and slide on the roof. When I turned around to see what the thud was, he was sitting down having a bit of a chuckle about his trip. I had to keep walking so I didn't freak out, it sure did make me nervous after that. Especially as I climbed the rattly ladder to have a look at the almost finished product. The roof looks awesome and is totally making the extension actually look like part of the house.

Seeing me take photo's of the exciting developments of the roof, Amy said that today's blog should be all about her, seeing as she is moving out. After saying that though, she refused to participate in having her photo taken. How Rude!!! So this photo shows Dad and Nathan loading her ute up, while Amy stands around to watch, I wonder how much of her moving she has actually had to do. Woo Hoo! The shed is empty, now I can start filling it up again and get some clutter out of the house. Well after I work out what we are doing with the floors in there anyway.

Day 179 - Movies Again

After the success we had seeing Monster's University I took Maddie to the Movie's again today to see Despicable Me 2. The guy that we ordered our tickets and drink from made a mistake so he up-sized everything for Maddie, which meant that the popcorn was almost bigger than she is! It looked pretty funny on her lap while she sat there eating from it, and she hardly put a dint in the bucket. I don't know if it was because the movie wasn't really suitable for her age group, or if she was just so excited to see Leah, but today Maddie didn't manage to sit still very well and was a lot more active while the movie was on. Still, the movie sure did have some funny moments, and awesome jokes in it for its adult audience.

Day 178 - Delivery

The roof sheeting and all of its compartments were delivered bright and early this morning all ready for installation hopefully on Saturday. I actually helped get the sheets in position by attempting to pull them towards the house while the delivery man pushed from the truck end while simultaneously lowering them on the crane. The power and phone lines that connect to our house make it very hard to get anything into the driveway area but this trucks liftie arm thingo extended out a few times and actually made it loads easier.

I couldn't believe how long the sheets were, in this shot they were pretty much pushed up against the garden bed just in front of the gates, and extend almost the whole length of the driveway. Thankfully they aren't too heavy and Drew and Nathan were able to move them out the back with the help of a couple of trolleys.

Day 177 - Motivation

After quite a few mentions of House Rules by the Morgan's Nathan and I sat down and actually watched it last night. It is so awesome seeing how fast they can totally transform a 'zone' and it inspired me to get out and do some more painting today. I really like the 'Smurf' colour that Nathan chose to go with the house colour. Just one coat has completely changed the entire look of the house in this area, and now I'm itching to choose the carport colour so that I can see all the new colours together. I'm not convinced that it is a good idea to have another colour going though, seeing as I have 4 different paints in use at the moment.

Day 176 - Sleepless night

Maddie did not want to sleep last night, it turns out that is because she is unwell. After quite a while of trying everything I could think of I asked Maddie if she wanted to sleep on the couch. Sure enough almost as soon as she was comfortable and covered she was sound asleep. I cant say that I slept well on the other end of the couch with her though. Poor little girl is all blocked up today and very unhappy.

Day 175 - Cake Hunt

Maddie and I have been discussing what she wants for her birthday again today, and she has stuck with wanting a chocolate cake, but now she wants it to be pink. Today to pass some time we checked out some cakes on Pinterest, with this one being her favourite. Some people really do have some awesome cake decorating skills, I can not imagine the time that would go in to making something like this.