Our five year old

Hi everyone. Been a while since I've updated. We've moved house, had birthdays, study, change of employer (for Terry), and of course Aimee starting school. We both did really well at her school visits. And She has done really well with going to school every day. The first week was a bit hard for Aimee and me. The monday she started both Terry and I were there to drop her off. I cried when we left her in the class room. Terry said that she wasn't even crying - I cried harder!! Even now typing this I feel a heavy feeling. I've been looking forward to her going, I've always struggled being an at home Mum. I love the girls to bits and would lay down my life for them, I didn't think I'd find being a mum hard. Anyway, I am sad to have all three at school now. If it weren't for my study I think I'd go a bit insane. I thought I'd have a lot of time on my hands - what a laugh that turned out to be! I'm busier than ever! I have been able to help Rachael with Abigail, I entertain her while Rach gets some of her OCC stuff done. I'd forgotten how much energy it takes with a wee one. I'm glad to play with her, and glad to hand her back!

I'm going to attempt to attach some photos. Bear with me as its been a long time since doing that. Let me know if the photos don't turn out.

This is Aimee all ready for school. I had wanted to take photos on her first day but she wouldn't let me, I made her promise that I could take them the next day. "Nup, no photos today" she said. So here she is on her third day! She got her Strawberry Shortcake bag for her birthday, the tiger she's holding is for being 'star of the day'. She felt very proud of that. She loves her teacher Mrs Wing. She's great with the kids. She now sits on the mat right up the front and just waves goodbye to me. I always leave a bit sad. I'll get over it I'm sure.

Here is her wonderful, beautiful strawberry cake, thanks to Jo for doing that for us. I am useless at cakes unless they're just plain round! And it took a bit of stress of as we were moving the same weekend. Five candles, it took a bit of blowing for them to go out.

She had a few friends over and we played some party games and I had fun because it was simply done and at Rachaels house. Another thankyou to Rach & Neal for that.

now I forgot to turn the photo around, you'll all have to twist your head 'cause I can't work out how to turn it now.

I thought this photo shows just how much concentration it takes to open pressies!

Oops, I've done it again! Sorry about that. Our little girl, now a big five year old. Hard to imagine

that this girl was just a baby five years ago. It's amazing how much they grow and learn in such a short time. Emily only has another three years at primary school before she moves on to high school!

Both Em and SJ are doing really well at school. Em has a couple of boys that like her! She's still so innocent and naive. We're going to try and keep it that way for a long time yet! SJ loves everything girly. She's a natural sporty person but itsn't interested at all. She says it's to much a boys thing! Em is naturally academic, unfortunately she doesn't like maths (takes after me). We're really happy with the school and how it's dealing with the kids.

Terry's settling into working for Uncle Don. It's a lot earlier start - 7:30am, He is so wonderful because when he gets up at 7am he makes me a milo and brings it in for me, helps me wake up. Aimee comes in to sit in bed with me and wants to drink my milo. Usually I'm too sleepy to deny her. Terry's started making Aimer her own milo!

Well I think I'd better go. Meant to be studying. Aimee's home and watching 'The Secret Garden'. The rain hasn't stopped and hopefully the girls don't get home all muddy.

As we still haven't finished the laundry I have to give all our washing to Mum Smith. Between her and Terry we are toting it back and forth.

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3 down hopefully no more to go!

Sorry, no photo's yet. I actually keep forgetting to take the camera! I will try really hard to remember to take it tomorrow. I've just asked the girls to remind me. Sarah-Jane and Emily are doing the dishes and SJ is singing 'My favourite things' from Sound of Music. She has a very good voice. There's good singing voices from both sides of the family so the girls couldn't really miss out.
The title for this post is referring to my third Generalised Seizure (grand mal) in the last 6 wks. I was at Rachael's when it happened. We were walking to her place when I had 3 partial seizures (absences), I had just finished telling Rach about them as she made me a coffee when I had the grand mal. Quite funny really as she thought I was demonstrating one. I of course don't remember anything, I came out of my fog to find myself in the loo feeling very sick, then I must have blanked out again because the next time I 'came to' I was on the couch and a couple of ambulance officers were taking my vitals. I'm not sure of the details. I remember Rach taking me to the doctors and having migraine type stuff happening. I think I phoned Terry and he came from work to pick me up, I can't remember very much. When I got home I slept for about 3 hrs. Its very tiring and I find I'm very confused in my mind about a lot of things, things not necessarily to do with the seizure. It lasts for a couple of days.
Terry's taught Emily how to use my phone to get hold of him. I hate the fact that our nine year old has to learn how to look after me if I have a seizure. I hate that she has to have that responsibility. I even have to make sure the bathroom door is unlocked just in case I have a seizure. I have lost confidence in going out without Terry, I haven't seen a seizure but I know what I do during one and I would be so embarrassed to have one in front of people. I know that I shouldn't worry about that sort of thing but I do. Rach said an interesting thing the other day, she said that now that she's seen me have a generalised seizure that my epilepsy is more real to her. I can relate to that in the same way, for the last 8yrs I haven't had a generalised seizure and was starting to feel like it was gone. Guess I got showed the truth to that one.
I'm not sure what the doc will do. I think she'll refer me back to my neurologist and we'll talk about medication.

The move is going fine at present, except the laundry has turned into a mission. We had thought that we just had to replace the tub and back wall, when Terry pulled it all of today we see that the floor is saturated and we'll have to replace quite a bit of the floor and another wall. But God came through for us with regards to a new supertub. Terry was talking to someone at church and was offered a new one for $100. Isn't God good. Hopefully we can afford a new toilet now. I've been busy cleaning the cupboards and oven. Thanks to Daphne, Sue, Margaret (having the girls), and Kevin, we got most of the garage stuff moved and most of the kitchen cupboards clean. I don't think the tenants ever cleaned the oven! I thought I was bad but at least I clean the ovens before we move out of a house.
This will be our 14th move in our 10yrs of married life. I don't know how many times we moved when I was a child. Only 2 of our moves have been into our own homes. And most of the moves have been in Rangiora and Kaiapoi. No, I'm not going to say this will be the last one!
I better go as the girls are brushing their teeth then its bed time for little Aimee. Her third and last school visit is on thursday. I am of two minds with how I feel about her going to school. I look forward to getting on with my study (which is going really well), and being able to get out for some excersise, (hoping to be allowed to ride my bike again soon) and just being able to keep the home a bit tidier-until the girls get home from school-and the garden too.
Better stop waffling now. God bless