Well we started August off with Dominic's 3rd Birthday. We took the family to Alma Park zoo with my Mum, Col and Sean, Donna, Bethany and Joshua. We had a great day!!! The birthday boy enjoyed the baby crocodile the best. The day after this trip we took the kids to the Brisbane Ekka for our annual trip. The kids had an absolute ball, and wanted to get there specif
ic showbag at the beginning of the day so we told them, they had to carry it all day and they did. Kade got the Barbie Diamond Castle bag, Dominic got the Trans
formers bag and we got Nate Elmo. They scored more bags later in the day. We saw everything there was to see, Kade and I did the girly thing and went to the fashion parade which i had booked tickets on line so we got front row. We finished the day in the arena watching night events and the fireworks. We f
igured out a way to get Nic to watch them and took earmuffs for him. I'll post some pics................ We also went for a trip to the Gold Coast and stayed at the Paradise Resort. Great place to stay with kids, very child friendly....Kids went to Kids zone for their free session at dinner till bedtime, so we got dinner without them LOL We had buffet breakfast the next day too.......... I have continued to do more markets.. The headbands and clips have proven popular. My november market will be for dolls clothes only as they are proving popular getting closer to Christmas..............I also HAVE A WEBSITE....... I'm very excited to actually be doing this myself (thanks to my brother-in-laws help, thanks Ant)... my website address is 
www.flutterbydollcreations.com it is a work in progress but by next year I should have it up and running to start taking orders between markets........................Nate has been growing in length rapidly but not putting on much weight, so we have started him on solids. He is LOVING his vegies for lunch and rice cereal with fruit for dinner. He put on 200gms in one week and can already swallow without problems!!!! Kadence is super keen with learning about calendars, dates etc at the moment and we have a magnet calendar on the fridge we do every morning. She is also learning to write her name..... I have printed out her name to practice in dot and outline font....Thanks for the idea Suzanne!! She is loving it.....We also picked up her school uniforms and had orientation this month too. She will be going to Narangba Valley next year, and looks super cute in her uniform.....especially the formal dress (navy blue with royal blue check (similar to tartan - not small check)..... so cute!!!!! We have added 3 chickens to the Tunney household and they don't mind the kids picking them up, they are from Henny Penny at preschool (we are worried now that one m
ay be a rooster), and Colin has scored a new job YEAH YEAH YEAH!!! he started a fortnight ago, deisel mechanicing for business that has up to 150 trucks in the fleet. It is the same pay as truck driving at this stage but will increase after his probation period.......so in two months time 
we should be back on track FINALLY!! with my word for 2009 being FAMILY it has been proven to me so much already this year, the importance of good family and friends around you and the importance of my family pulling closer together in times of crisis and getting through it!Now for the bad,,,,, we have spent the last 7 weeks with illness one after the other. Dominic had ear infections, Kade had a 24 hr bug that returned, then had a diarrheoa bug last week. Nate had a cough for weeks and the doc suspected whooping cough but luckily it wasn't. I have suffered from sinus headaches for 5 weeks and after a fortnight of anti-biotic
s my headache is finally subsiding. My k9 baby Skye Blue got a paralysis tick when we went camping and almost died, luckily they found it in time and we have now had to change her meds for Addisons disease due to lose of weight, and she has stomach ulcers (so more tablets) from the meds for her AD so now has more tabs to take and they made her throw up for 24 hrs..................Please a month with no illness in the house would be great!!! How can one family all go down in a heap all at once!!!Now the ugly,,,,, We had our washing machine break last week and the water was flowing for a while and went down the hallway and all through the kids rooms. This ended in 3 children sleeping in our room, the older two on camping mattresses on the floor and the baby in the portacot. The carpets were ripped up and industrial blowers under the carpets for 4 days.........Thank goodness for house insurance........positive thing is I now have a new fisher and paykel 7kg top loader washing machine that works like a front loader and is super cool!!! and the kids carpets are super clean LOL.... The other ugly for the month is Colin's dad has been diagnosed with Bone Cancer. So as he starts the chemo and mountains of meds road, we are helping him and Col's Mum out around the house so he can do the one thing he is allowed to do REST, REST, REST...........If his body responds well to treatment, he will go into remission and be ok........any prayers for him would be appreciated........We pray every night that he will respond well to treatment and be well again.
Well it has been a full on month and I'm hoping that the coming months bring more of the happiness, healthiness and money (rather than the opposite of last month) for my family, immediate and extended.......
I still need to nut out that sling too.........just need the time to get it done HA, HA....3 kids and a hubby on night shift doesn't allow for much Mummy time xxx
