First Dates and Sexual Harrasment!

So in the short year that we have been in Australia, Cyrus has managed to find a girlfriend and has had the same one for almost the whole time. Her name is Eneka and she is a very lovely little girl.

About a month ago we were on our way to yet another birthday party when from the backseat he asks me if boyfriends take their girlfriends on dates? I amswered with "well the good ones do, lol!" So then he says that he would like to take Eneka on a date and did I think that the movies was a good date?

Of course I said yes and that we would have to clear it with her mum first. So finally we had agreed and found a day that worked for all of us.

So last Friday Cyrus took his girlfriend on his first date. We went to the movies and they sat in the row ahead of us and we watched Night at The Museum 2. They shared popcorn and we would see them giggling with each other. Too cute for sure. I still think that 7 might be a little early to date, but it was all in good fun. That same night Max was at yet another sleepover with a couple of girls.

Gaia and Ella. These are 2 very confident 5 year olds. While Cyrus was at the movies, Max was being kissed and hugged and told how much they loved him. There was even a fight over who would spend time with him the most at the sleepover.

At one point Max was in a closet with one of the girls and was re arranging shoes? While the other was being left out. I was told later by the mum that Max was sitting on the stairs looking sad and said that he just didn't want to be kissed anymore. Poor kid! Lol!

Then they fought over who was going to sleep next him, mum eventually seperated them all. The next morning when I called to let him know that I was on my way to pick him up, he told me that they hadn't had breakfast yet and he wasn't quite ready to go. So he seems to be no worse for wear and was glad to see them both at school this morning.

Cyrus and his girlfriend!

Cyrus had his birthday party at a place called Time Zone, like a big arcade...He only invited one little girl named Eneka. She has been the object of his affection since last year. Well he had some points to buy some things at the counter when the party was finished and he bought the ring that I told him I had liked the last time we were there.

So when he walked up to me and showed me and asked if it was the ring I liked I totally assumed that he had bought it for me..you know his mom, but he right away said "good, I really hope Eneka likes it"

He later told Grandma that it wasn't a silver ring that you get when you get married though...What an sweetheart!

Max

I have my very first Canadian visitors! My cousin Kevin and his girlfriend Lisa. I am very happy to have them here and it was nice to see some familiar faces.

My cousin Kevin is about 28 years old and Lisa is 19, cute, bolnde and fun. So right away my boys are showing off and wont leave her alone. On Friday night we are at the table eating dinner when Max breaks into his version of 20 questions, I am almost immune to this now and only answer about every 5 questions. Lisa on teh other hand is all over it.

Max finally asks her how old she is? She answers that she is 19. Max looks very confused by this and glances over to Kevins direction and gives him a good look over before asking how old her DAD is!!! My mouth drops open and I am trying to put this all together, and Kevin starts to answer by saying that his dad is.....And Curtis and Lisa and I all jump in and say...Max wasn't asking about "your dad" he was talking about you. Well we all laughed for a good 20 minutes and will now never let him forget the day he became the "old guy"!!

Holy Hot Batman

OK so when we first got here to Perth, the weather was pretty crappy and depressing. I have never seen so much rain in my life. I kept saying "does it ever get nice here" well about Feb. 8 it does. It is so freaking hot that I can't stand to be outside. We haven't been to the beach or pool in over a week, cuz we would fry like an egg. Now don't get me wrong, I am in no hurry to see the rain again, but a breeze would be nice. It is so hot that the great tan I did have is starting to fade as I can only be outside for just about long enough to have a very quick cigarette.

I know I shouldn't bitch too much as the rest of Australia is either flooding or buring and I do feel for those people. I am not really bitching, but it is finally hot enough for me!

Some of my favorite songs!

So I downloaded a play list with a few of my favorite songs. I hope they bring back some good and fun memories for you.

Some of my favorite songs!

So I downloaded a play list with a few of my favorite songs. I hope they bring back some good and fun memories

Breezy or Flakey

Ok, so I like to consider myself a fairly laid back person who sometimes does really dumb things...if you know me, you have most likely heard of the time I spent $214 on cardboard boxes..not my proudest moment. However, I am also a girl who isn't afraid to take a chance on say like moving my family around the world. I also like to think that I am a really good parent and somewhat responcible.

My youngest son said something to me tonight over supper that made me think back to when my oldest was in Kindergarten. After we left the house to take Cyrus to school he would always ask me if I had locked the door, packed his lunch and had his backpack. He was always worried that he would be late for school. Now I have never forgotten his lunch, I always locked the door and he was never late. I thought he was just one of those kids who worried.

So tonight I asked Max, the youngest how his day was and if liked the sandwich I had put in his lunch. He is a pickey eater and lunch is tough. He told me that he ate half of it and wondered what I had put on it. I told him that it was ham and cheese and butter on one side.

He looked at me with his most grown up serious face and said that tomorrow he would just like ham and butter and no cheese. I said, of course I can do that and started to clean up the supper dishes., Apparently he did not think that it was a good enough answer. He looked me right in the eye and asked if he should get me a pen and paper so that I could make a list and write down exactly what he wanted.

Really....WTF. it is a sandwich, I think I can handle it. He was dead serious.

So I started to think back to when Cyrus first started school and how he was always concerned about everything...now I am wondering if it is me and not the kids... Breezy or Flakey... you be the judge.
If you don't know the cardboard box story I will tell you, but only on request, it was bad and I now will never buy anything from Discovery Toys!

So the boys have started school again. Max is in Pre-Primary and Cyrus in Year 2. We have just finished the first week back since the Summer holidays.

We had a great summer, we went to Bali, John Forrest National Park, did a lot of swimming and just hanging out with friends and at the beach.

On the first day of school when I went to pick up Max, I asked him how his day was. He had a great big smile on his face and told me that he was kissed by a girl.....He was so excited! I am so excited that he finally is enjoying school. By Monday next week he will be going full days just like Cyrus. What will I do with my days......

Cyrus is really liking year two and can't wait to learn everything he can.

Christmas In Bali

So we went to Bali for Christmas this year. It was so much fun and an experience I will never forget. We seen a volcano, a beautiful waterfall, we took the boys to Waterbom Park, lounged by the pool and learned how to barter. We spnt a day in the Monkey Forrest and seen some beautiful Temples and were even blessed. I have never met more friendly people in my life. Both the kids spent a day pool side and took a break to get massages. I spent 4 hours in a Massage place getting a pedicure, manicure and facial and 2 hour full body massage, all for $35. Because the Balinese are a Hindu community they don't celebrate Christmas....However, the hotel we stayed at put together a Christmas show for us with dinner and entertainment. We had a D.J dressed as Santa and live music.

So Santa comes in right before dinner to shake hands with all the kids and wish them a Merry Christmas....then we eat...Santa makes yet another appearance and this time he strips...turns out he is a body builder and then some more come out and start a pose off. We all thought this was pretty neat and now the boys think that Santa is a muscle man, lol... So the D.J starts to play and I am pretty sure the song was about whores and booze and drugs... not festive, then we had belly dancing and then.....

Enter Drag Queen....now the kids think that Beyonce's put a ring on it is a Christmas Carol! The Queen then gave everyone a lap dance and kissed our friend Micheal... Max thought that was great. Then he heard us say that he was kissed by a man... Now he tells everyone that Michael was kissed in Bali by a boy and he's a boy too!!! So now that I have warped my kids idea of Chrismas and gave them their first taste of Drag, I am sure that I will be paying for their therapy for years to come.

It was definatley a Christmas I will never forget and even the boys can't wait until we go to Bali next year for Christmas!

On the serious side

so we moved to Perth with the hopes of adventure. We have seen the Indian Ocean at sunset, we have BBq'd on the beach and went to Bali at Christmas. My kids are thriving and I have even made a few friends. I really like it here. So here is the issue, Curtis has an amazing opportunity, he is one of only 7 people in the world who know how to run a new tool designed by Weatherford. Now Weatherford Slickline, the division he works for here is just starting and is a bit slow, They have made up for this by giving him courses that will only advance him back in Canada, they have provided us a trip home a year and have made it possible for us to live here while they get everthing sorted out as per the comapny stuff. Curtis (husband) was hoping that a few of his buddies back home would come over to Perth and work with him., well 2 of his closest buddies have fell in love and are doing really well where they are in Canada. they have just told him that they were no longer thinking that Australia was in there best interest.. I have to agree with them. Due to their lack of experience they would not be offred the same package that Curtis was and with the lack of work thus far, I also think that it would be not in their best interest to leave what they have on a maybe. For us it has been worth it. Both the ups and the downs has brought us closer as a family and the rewards to his career are priceless, even if they don't count for much here. He is missing his friends and I understand that. Curtis has been waiting for the last 7 months for his friend that will not come, while I knew that mine would never come to vistit. I made new ones and kept in touch with the great ones I had for when I return to Canada. It all came to a head tonight, combined with too much scotch, the pity party has begun, he also found out that this father and mother who had quit smoking due to his fathers heart attack a year and a half ago have started again, which means that I am not to answer their calls, in case it is another bad news call, due to their stupidity. It is hard to be the supportive wife to a husband who doesn't want to listen to reason right now. I know that tomorrow when sobriety hits that it will all make a bit more sense to him. I also know that he feels less than worthy because he is slow at work and not bring in the money he used to. It is still all that we need and the experience is worth more than I can put into words. We are not suffering and in fact are doing just fine. We have had to alternate our lifestyle a bit, but I think for the good. Thanks for listening to me bitch and moan. I sure hope he sees what an oppourtunty we have here and does not take it for granted. My rule is to regret the things you have done and not the things you didn't.