4 Years in the making

Well... as explained in the title we have been trying to win this comp for years. We had made every semi previous only to loose. And like most sport it still haunts me to this day. But yesterday was our moment in the sun. We had been playing mean as touch footy. In the last 4 weeks no-one scored more than 2 tries against us. Our intensity went up a gear and our minds became strong. We versed all our rivals in a final series a won last night 6 -2. 

 The boys

 As you can see 'Noah' is off the Ark and refereeing our touch

 And makes another solid appearance here haha.

 My nickname was 'the razzle' as this guy is about it find out why.

 I was also know for making hard yards and pumping up the team that way.

It was a great night. We won our fees paid for next year and $150 of beer, which we quickly changed to a bar tab. We pretty much brought all there non alcoholic beverages and chips and were mad lapping it up. Even game some lemon, line and bitters and chips to the referees. 

Sweet, a moment in time!!!

The 'Wright' Incredibles

As you can see it was dress up time in the Wright house hold. There was controversy in what to where as each organisation had a theme. For example RS = skittle colours, EQ = Where's Wally, Primary = Disney. I thought I came under primary as that was my calling at the time. It was quite cool how we decided to go all out and it all came from google "blonde disney characters'. You guessed it Dash appeared and that when the excitement began. I need to say thanks heaps to mum she brought me the red pants and motivated me to go hard or go home haha. It was a church activity and the real star was Joshie. I thought he pulled it off brilliantly. As you can see it didn't take long for him to rub it off. Gracie was also super cute being tinkerbell. Jessie through her creative flair designed the logos in no time and off we went. Just another day in the Wrightee Bunch...

Gracie Rocks!

I feel a little bad that all my facebook posts and blogs about Gracie are negative - tongue in cheek- but negative. Truth is while Gracie requires a LOT of attention and a LOT of patience, she is super awesome and kind and clever and entertaining and it doesn't end there. 

 

Below are some of Gracie's stories her Kindy teachers have written for her portfolio. I didn't take great photos, (if you really want to read them I will take some and repost) but I just wanted to give you a sample of how they put her portfolio together.  

Almost every single story in that portfolio talks about Gracie's determination, persistence and her 'can do' attitude. I'm so excited that I have all these moments documented. There was a whole story written for her when a ball came over the fence from the neighbouring primary school, she wouldn't give up until she got that ball back over, she refused all help but kept her frustration at bay.

What an awesome story for such a small moment that would otherwise have been missed if it wasn't for Gracie's teachers. 

Her frustration sometimes gets the better of her and she can be a little (hugely) irrational but she THRIVES on the praise she receives for completing the task. 

She takes after her father, Haydn rarely gives up when he really wants to achieve something, and he LOVES it when I tell him how awesome he is.

I am excited to see where these traits take Gracie in the future and I am very proud of her.

I need to work on the 'giving praise' part as it's what keeps her going until she finally achieves what she set out to do. I find it really hard to give praise and I won't go into why I find it hard, but I'm working on it. 

I love Gracie and I am glad she chose me to be her Mum.

P.S. Gracie has only been at kindy for two terms and her portfolio is almost FULL, we are so blessed to have enrolled her at such an awesome kindy and so blessed that all her teachers are so passionate and great at their jobs. Here is their website if you wanna check it out www.albanykindy.wordpress.com

Just for Giggles

Strike a pose....

....this ride is way fun....

......ooh, a little fast but I'm still smiling......

........if I just hold on I'll stay alive.......

.......alright, wheres the bucket?

Incase anybody didn't believe me.......

....here's the evidence. I have lost control of Gracie. I can't even BEGIN to understand how to parent this child. Thanks to Kristin's talk last Sunday that I was fortunate enough to read, I will be spending a lot of time on my knees begging Heavenly Father to help me know how to raise this girl. I don't know that I'm even 100% he knows either. I imagine him standing there, chuckling, saying "good luck!" 

He better have a special place saved for me when I get up there if I manage to get this girl through life without being put in prison.

Masacara......

...everywhere.

Notice the 'Albany Kindy' printed in HUGE letters on the side of her pants?

Yup, third change at kindy in 1 hour. She looks like a prison inmate.

Same day as Mascara day, I also found the brown pen on the walls and wasn't feeling amused enough to take a photo this time.

Which brings us to today......day AFTER mascara day and no less eventful.

Ahhh...Finally playing nicely....

Nek minnut she steals Joshie's orange rolling pin because she doesn't want the red one. (Note I didn't actually realize what Gracie had done while I was taking this photo) FLIPS out because I take it back...........

........takes herself to time out because she knows if I can't communicate with her she needs to get out of my face. I'm pretty impressed by how quickly she calms down. I go to chat with her and find her in my room, under my bed, unwrapping all my tampons from my handbag.

The End.