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Sting Ray Fish

Sting Ray Fish are amongst my favourite things that live in the ocean. They glide through the water. When we visit Underwater World we spend a lot of time near the Sting Ray Fish and watched them being fed even.

4Mar2010 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Swine Flu Vaccine side effects

A couple of days after Sam got a temperature and was really tired. I kept him topped up with paracetomol and got him an early night. Harry started to experience side effects about 4 days after the vaccination. His side effects were much the same as Sam’s really but it seemed to [...]

2Mar2010 | Hayley Louise | 1 comment | Continued
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Swine Flu Vaccine – did I make a mistake ?

We are all hearing to expect a surge of Swine Flu this year. It’s been on the TV constantly and every time you pick up a paper it’s in there. Well, as you all know we are trying for baby No. 3 and Sam has asthma. This makes both of us high [...]

28Feb2010 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Friday Follow

I found out about Friday Follow earlier in the week and couldn’t wait for Friday to come. What’s it all about ? Click to enter a link to a blog post you have and that will add you to the list (this can only be done on a Friday). Copy and paste the banner [...]

26Feb2010 | Hayley Louise | 5 comments | Continued
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Great White Shark Pictures

Great White Shark Pictures are highly searched for in our house. My boys are so interested in sharks. In the first part of this post you will find some Great White Shark Pictures that I have found for them and the second part is of our visit to Underwater World where we get [...]

9Feb2010 | Hayley Louise | 1 comment | Continued
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Marriage Proposal Stories

What with Valentines Day fast approaching (wonder which box of chocs I will get this year) it got me thinking back to the early days when things were a bit, not a lot, more romantic. The days when I would get a hug and maybe a pinch on the butt when he came home [...]

5Feb2010 | Hayley Louise | 6 comments | Continued
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My First Remedial Massage

I absolutlely love massage. If I were rich I would be one of those women who have a massage once a week. However, saying that, I would no longer go to the spa’s etc. I have found a woman who does massage from home and she is so good. I have [...]

31Jan2010 | Hayley Louise | 3 comments | Continued
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Good news!

Don’t you just love it when you get a bit of good news – good news, whats that? We haven’t had any for that long I forgot what it was. You know when you feel like you are on a downhill slope? Well, whilst I was at my crummy tele-marketing job that [...]

29Jan2010 | Hayley Louise | 2 comments | Continued
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Motion Sickness Remedy – needed for a swing!

I know this sounds crazy but I got terrible motion sickness last week from a swing. It was not a normal swing though – one of those merry-go-round ones that you get at the fair (I have included a photo of one I have found that looks similar – forgot my camera on the [...]

16Jan2010 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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My Mom and Dad have gone home

My Mom and Dad went back to the UK on Sunday after a 5 week stay. That day is always hard, saying Goodbye. The last 2 days of the stay always have an unspoken cloud over them – the dread of saying Goodbye. We all know now that it is for the [...]

14Jan2010 | Hayley Louise | 1 comment | Continued
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Kids Croc Shoes

Kids Croc Shoes are just about all my boys wear since coming to Australia, apart from school shoes and they both have a pair of trainers every winter. They wear them constantly and are really happy in them. Harry now owns a Batman pair and Sam did have a Diego pair but now [...]

29Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Children’s Bike – Harry’s new Ben 10 bike has done the Trick!

Harry got a new children’s bike for his 6th birthday a couple of days ago – a Ben 10 one I hasten to add! He loves it. He knows how to ride bikes the only problem he has had is setting off himself (we have been giving him a starting push). Until [...]

22Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 1 comment | Continued
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Someone Told Harry off at the Park!

This is only a quick post, well a rant really. The other day I was at a park with the boys. It was a fenced in park and the boys were at the top of a tube slide and I heard a child shout and Sam start crying, I managed to look up [...]

16Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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My Mom and Dad have arrived

My Mom and Dad have arrived from the UK to stay with us for Xmas. I have been literally counting the days well minutes for the past 4 months. You see its been 16 months since I last saw my Mom! 10 months since I saw Dad. The flights are so expensive! [...]

9Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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The Wonderful Day

We have had one of those wonderful family days today, you know when the battles between the children are at a minimum and when you only have to ask the kids twice instead of ten times to do something.
We went on a half an hour drive to Noosa where there is a park [...]

7Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Decorating Christmas Trees

Decorating Christmas Trees is always a winner with the kids. Now the question is are you one of those Moms who gives your kids the decorations and lets your kids loose or are you a Mom who does it though the night when the kids are asleep so that it can be done perfectly [...]

4Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Pet Fish Supplies

When we came over to Australia from the UK we had to leave Harry and Sam’s pet fish, ‘Dora’ and ‘Boots’ behind. They were added to my Grandad’s fish collection, he has a huge fish tank in his lounge. Harry in particular had been asking for another fish since we had arrived [...]

2Dec2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Singstar ps2 games

We have just invested in some Singstar ps2 games to have some fun at Christmas. Nows probably the time to admit that I am a bit of a karaoke addict , don’t get me wrong, I can’t sing, but just enjoy the laugh that goes with it. In my younger days I have [...]

30Nov2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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The Pelican Bird

My son absolutely loves the Pelican bird or ‘peryeekans’ as he pronouces it. We see them nearly every week now in the area where we live. Last weekend we went to a play park next to the Marrochydore River and there was a Pelican in the river. They really are a beautiful [...]

25Nov2009 | Hayley Louise | 1 comment | Continued
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Daily Sodium Intake

I was watching TV the other day (something that I rarely induldge in these days) and there was a program on that got me hooked, it was about our daily sodium intake, how much salt we eat on a daily basis. Salt is listed on food label ingredients as ’sodium’ and if you start [...]

22Nov2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Childrens Digital Cameras – V Tech Camera

I bought my boys their childrens digital cameras last Christmas, I went with the V Tech ones and they were a big hit. They love them. Still a year on we take them ith us when we go out for the day – whether it be a day at the zoo, Movie World [...]

17Nov2009 | Hayley Louise | 2 comments | Continued
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Trick or Treat Pictures

I wanted to share my Trick or Treat Pictures with you. Its the first year that we have been trick or treating. My eldest Harry is a bit sensitive and can be scared easily so I didn’t think he would enjoy it. However, about a week before Halloween when I was putting [...]

6Nov2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Gender Prediction Quiz

Results for the Gender Prediction Quiz that can be found at my Baby Gender squidoo lens (look away now if not seen questions yet – stop peaking)
1)girl
2)girl
3)boy
4)boy
5)girl

4Nov2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Presents for Dad

Presents for Dad this year were done by our little guys. I wanted to let them choose on their own. Normally I just get something little and we wrap it up but I wanted it to be something more personal from them to their Dad. When I asked the boys what they [...]

29Oct2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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Work From Home Blogs

I love twittering, squidooing and work from home blogs but us Moms have to compromise. At the moment I am on the bed (5.30a.m.) typing this post whilst my youngest watches ‘The Bee Movie’! No alarm clocks are needed in our house at the moment – both my boys are early risers. [...]

22Oct2009 | Hayley Louise | 0 comments | Continued
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