HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYLEE!

It's a special day for Brylee!  She turns 14, and in this country it means she's old enough to be left home ALONE... or to babysit someone else.

Soooo... if I ever want to go out to the mall or wherever, and leave her at home, or even her and Griffin... I CAN!

Nice idea.  Doubt I will ever do it.  The thought of leaving her 'in charge' of Griffin is laughable.  Like he would do a thing she said!


But I digress.   We shall visit the mall and she can get her own Birthday Present with our cash!  lol
I kinda 'owe' her two X Box games... so they will be from Stew and I.
And maybe she can pick something else too.

We will see.

She's lucky, it's Takeaway night, so she will get to choose what we all have.  
I've asked Bex to bake a Banana Cake today too... for dessert.

What did I cook yesterday, that Stew would love?

ABOVE:  Russian Fudge.  Only... I got it wrong in thinking Stew loves it!
He doesn't love it... he only just likes it.. and only one piece, thank you very much.
How did I get that wrong?

You would think after living with him for 29 years I would know that eh?

Did I mention last Sunday was the 29th Anniversary of our meeting each other?  I know I didn't, that's why I'm mentioning it now of course!

Derrrr.   OMG I can't believe it's been 29 years already.  Where has the time gone? 

So much water under the bridge.  So many family members died, born, driven us crazy!
29 years of having a handful of weeks where it's just been 'the two of us'.

I think we can honestly say we have spent about ... maybe, 6 weeks of that 29 years together ... without kids!

What will we do when we finally do end up in our home ... just the two of us?
My mind boggles trying to think how that will be.

QUIET.  PEACEFUL.  DECADENT!  Sheesh, we could walk around NAKED even!  

Like that's gunna happen, I'd be scared of tripping over me nipples.   *smiles*

Any... way....  I think that moment is a long way off yet.
Time to start this day... and hopefully Brylee has a lovely birthday.

ONWARD...

Last night I tried putting Tallulah and Coco in the laundry.  Tallulah cried and whined straight away, so Plan B didn't work.

I went to Plan C... put both girls in the puppy pen.  Coco simply jumped out, so... it was back to Plan A.

Both girls in the family room, with the lounge fenced off and all the toys etc up on the couch.  
That worked, so we will stick with that for now.

It's bloody cold this morning.  Spring... one day hot, next day cold.  Not good for a crabby ME... I'm crabby enough right now with the cold from hell.

Anyway... misery or not, we are off to the mall to get some presents.

Mixed results at the mall.  We didn't find the two games we wanted to get, but she did get two new dance games, so she's happy.
Next time I pack a massive hissy fit and decide to chop up X Box games... I should think again!
Sometimes you can't actually replace them!
WHOOPS!

But, I'm about to go on Trade Me and see if we can get them there....

Bummer.  None on Trade me.  Oh well... we will eventually track one down.
Anyone got a Sims 3 for X Box 360????  PLEASE!  lol  Brylee would be ever so grateful.

Tallulah just had her first Brazillian!  She didn't enjoy it.  hee hee.
Has to be done... keep the botty clean and unstuck.

Stew arrived home with the cake... (Bex wasn't feeling well enough to bake).
I took it off the bench to show Dante, and this is what he did:

ABOVE:  Ummmm... he taste tested it, just with his tongue I might add.  No hands/fingers involved!

End of Day:  lots of laughs tonight... cake, puppy, kids... really nice. It was also lovely to have a yak with me Mum tonight, and ANNE in Aussy, who was super excited to have finally gone back to the gym. 

I'm starting to feel slightly better... I hope it continues.
nite nite