He is 5 !!

Peanut  turned 5 on the 12th of Jan and had a great party... way to many kids for me but he coped fine  it was a bit much for Shrimples half way through took himself for a nap but came out smiling and Happy I think for Shrimples it was very hard watching  Peanut get pressies and him not getting anything  but instead of moaning or crying ( like he usually does ) we had a chat about it before the party and he did really well. 

Peanut started back at speech and had a massive meltdown ( weve had a few hard weeks on that respect). We got his report and I don't like to read it LOL its like most reports we get which say in testing he was  blah blah blah behind and severe this and severe that  but we feel due to Peanuts lack of compliance and attention he could have tested better ( so really same old shit)

But we have had some good times these holidays Shrimples is now in Level 2 for swimming lessons and Peanut is going into a mainstream swimming class  (which we will see how that goes - insert Snort-). Shrimples is actually quite a good swimming and confident if he can stand or is in lesson but out in someone else pool he freaks out and worries alot where as Peanut is not so great in lessons but  super confident with his arms bands on ( hardly inflated) and can stay in the water for hours blowing bubbles  kicking and  plodding about constantly making noise  ( which  means I really need to get to the  Naturopath again - YES Im a hippy) 


Work has been slow for both backpacker and I so our finances are HURTING! lol but we keep our chins up and struggle on through.  We are actually looking into buying a house through a shared ownership scheme as rent keeps going up and up.  Of corse it would mean a tiny house with next to no back yard but as least we would own it (or have a mortgage on 70% of it LOL.) 

Peanut had his Chromosome microarray tests yesterday and now we have to wait 4 months for the results.  It was fairly traumatic for all involved I shed a tear and backpacker looked scared for his little man. Which is F -ing Silly ( we are drongos) its just a blood test and Im thankful both boys are healthy and dont need alot of them. It took 5 of us, the first needle came out cause he wriggled and screamed the second needle came out half way through cause of the self retraction thingo and the third needle finished the trick.. he was such a good boy despite the screaming and wriggling. He got a bag of m&ms and a prize and went and wee'd in a cup.  As per usual with Peanut after something traumatic he talks alot more. 
Who knows what it will bring maybe nothing but I feel it was to important not to have him tested. 

In general  Peanuts Communication is getting better ( at home anyway ) recently Ive heard the boys have conversations limited ones yes but actually conversations and this morning I even heard this 

Shrimples "you wear a nappy"
Peanut "NO you are a nappy"
Shrimples " No your a nappy"
Peanut "NO you nappy"

these sorts of things are music to my ears a little laughter and teasing between brothers. 

Also hear these things constantly! 

Peanut "do you want to ride bike with me?"
Shrimples "NO!"

but don't worry  Shrimples gets the same 

Shrimples "want to come on the trampoline with me?"
Peanuts "No I don't want to go trampoline"

But we also get them agreeing and saying okay and going along with each other. 

I have a secret… SHHHH

 Don’t tell any one  but I just turned 30 !! I know I don’t look it from the stick figures drawings but yep Im 30 now the big 30  3…0 and I tell ya I feel no different at all.   The only change in the last few years is a swap from cover girls foundation to Maybelline age rewind. I still don’t use moisturizer even when I had the time I didn’t do it, its just not me I’m a natural beauty ( well thats what I tell myself) and to be honest my fatness stops my face looking wrinkly so its all good!

My lovely mum came up (she has a farm down south that makes some of the worlds best olive oil) Lets call her Nynie and she brought her dad with her, my Pop, popperoni, popicles. Who is 88 and one of the most amazing men I have ever met. The boys adore Nynie and Popperoni. So Im super excited to know they are in very capable and fun hands while Backpacker and I went to a 5 star hotel for the night Nynie took the boys to the Zoo and had to deal with a meltdown before leaving over a toolbelt having to be removed from peanut, which I know was hard for her to deal with to see him so upset over what for us is nothing is hard to watch.

She said the boys were good to be honest as long as they are alive and well when we reunite I don’t care if Shrimples was swimming with penguins and Peanut climbed into the lions den   what I don’t know wont hurt me. 

So Backpacker and I booked in to the hotel early bounced on the beds looked in every draw and cupboard and Backpacker sat at the inbuilt office pretending to transfer over a gazillion dollars into our bank account. We walked around the shops went for high tea and then met up with my AMAZING FRIENDS! We all went Bowling, on to dinner and ended singing like rock stars at karaoke.

So now it’s actually my birthday I am 30 and I’m waiting for nynie to return with peanut and shrimples cause I did really miss them. I’m also waiting for the hangover fairies to go away! and the housework fairies to come and clean this darn house cause as of tomorrow it is the start of all the Assessments from the Autism team, and I’m shitting a brink I really am. Super nervous and I get upset if I think about it too much. It’s been a long time coming but its still hard to think of Peanut with an official label.