May....What happened?

So May came and went and I didn't write!
Bad, I know!  But I have a good excuse!
The best time for me to write is in the evening.  But I have been trying to avoid late night computer sessions.  I start out with good intentions.  Just going to update my blog.  But then facebook calls, checking a new recipe, read a couple of newspapers before I know it's 2am and I'm exhausted, and the blog still isn't updated!

So May saw a lot of dentist visits.  Both Mikey and Christopher are suffering.  Mikey got toothache, went to the dentist and found that his teeth are crowded.  His jaw is too small and teeth are over lapping. So far he has lost 3 teeth. One tooth that was taken out had a strange root, instead of the usual two roots it had 3!  Even the dentist had never seen such a tooth!  A week later Christopher started to complain about toothache.  Turns out he has two bad teeth!  He is getting fillings, maybe a couple more visits and finished!

Recently the local supermarket has been selling whole chicken.  I got one a couple of weeks ago. Made a lovely roast dinner, but this is the wrong time of year for roasts.  I bought another one for tomorrow (Hubby's birthday) but I'll cook it tonight and do a load of salads to go with it!

Christopher saying hello to the chicken

Finished product!

I am sure more things happened in May but I can't think now!
I will try to do better in June!

Hannah's Birthday

We celebrated Hannah's birthday this week.  She is now officially a teenager!  My little preemie who decided to come far to early, was only given a 50/50 chance of living is now 13!  Hard to believe by just looking at her.  She is strong, stubborn and knows her own mind!  She can still surprise me sometimes.  When we talking about bullying she said that as much as she doesn't like to be bullied she knows who she is and doesn't need her friends to agree with her all the time!  She has her own likes and dislikes and is not easily swayed by peer pressure!
Yesterday we had a little party for her.  Plenty of good food, a cake and some presents. She got a book, a DVD and CD.  Also Christopher bought her a book!  We took some photos, why does it take so long to get one good photo?  This time only half an hour instead of the usual hour or so!

Hannah with her cake

The Nakano Kids

All of us

In the morning poor Mikey had to go to the dentist.  According to the dentist he has a small mouth and his teeth are to crowded which makes it difficult to brush properly.  Mikey had a tooth pulled yesterday and has to go back for some more treatment!  I feel so sorry for him as teeth problems are really hard to deal with!

A Typical Evening At Our House

This is what happens when there is nothing on TV.

 

The editing is not so good but you get the idea!  I think my kids are crazy, this kind of daftness goes on all the time!

And the reason we need a good laugh is that things keep happening!  I am doing a lot better since my eye surgery.  I am still recovering, not so much from the surgery itself but from the stress that I built up before hand!  I am now exhausted from that!  I have to say thank you to my students for their good wishes and for putting up with my moaning before hand!  Also one of  my lovely ladies stopped by with cakes and a beautiful plant after my surgery.

Then just because I need more stress Hannah came home with a broken finger, again!
It's a hairline fracture on the joint end of the second bone!  Again trying to catch a basketball during PE at school!

Hannah's broken finger and I don't know why she is sitting in a basket!
 

All in all interesting few days, lets hope things get better!

 

 

I CAN SEE

I had my eye operation last Thursday! I am so glad that it is over and done with!  I NEVER want to go through that again! 
I was so nervous before hand that I was shaking and managed to bring back what bit of lunch I ate!
I know it was silly to get so worked up.  In my mind I knew this wasn't a big thing, I've heard from many others who have had the same operation and also from reading about it online, it is quick and easy.  But sometimes my mind and emotions don't communicate very well!
The operation was strange. They placed a sterile cover over my face and a plastic cover over the eye to keep it sterile.  Then the local anaesthetic was given as an eye drop.  Then a little cut was made under the eye lid.  After that all I saw was bright lights, when the old lens was taken out it was really weird! Nothing to focus with so all I saw was pretty lights!  I was just getting comfortable when the doctors said it was all over with!  No pain, just some pressure around the eye socket!  I came home with an eye patch which made things very interesting! It is very difficult to judge depth with just one eye, so I kept trying to grab things but couldn't figure out where they were!
Friday I went back to check it was okay!
Now I can see all the dust that I missed for the past couple of months!
Looks like getting the spring cleaning done, I've had a great excuse for the past few weeks but no longer!

Playing Catch Up

I am so behind on this blog.  Time just disappears, before I know it a couple of weeks have passed and no time to write!
The beginning of April saw Hannah starting junior high school.  Of course the day of the entrance ceremony the weather was bad. No rain but very cold and windy. The gym where the ceremony was held doesn't get heated, so after sitting there for a couple of hours I was well frozen!

Hannah in her new uniform

She seems okay at school.  Thinks the English lessons are better suited to kindergarten than junior high school and already hates math!  Her homeroom teacher is a math teacher so I hope she can help Hannah a bit!
The most difficult thing is getting Hannah to and from school.  All through elementary school somebody would go with her to school and meet her after but now she needs to become more independent.  But she has an awful sense of direction. The other morning I walked half way with her. All she had to do was walk down to the crossing and turn right, but she got lost. I don't know how she managed that!  The past few evening she came back with a friend which is nice!

Christopher is now in the last year of high school. He has to decide what to do next year.  During the spring break he finally got new glasses.  He looks cool in them.  But Mikey and David decided to play with them!



David is wearing Christophers old glasses Mikey his new ones!

And we have finally made a start on the yard!  Last wekk some my husbands friends came and laid turf.  Half the garden looks good, the other half still needs doing!  The weather on Sunday was so nice, a real spring day but the rest of the week winter returned with heavy rain, thunder and cold winds.  That's my excuse for not doing the garden!

Preparing the ground for the turf!

Spring Holiday...Almost Over

Christopher and Hannah's spring holiday will be over in just 4 more days.  Even though we didn't go anywhere or do so much I have enjoyed myself!  Not getting up at 5am is so nice!  I'm not a morning person!
We had a nice little party to celebrate Hannah's graduation.  Ate a lot and watched DVD's!  Nice and relaxed!

I asked David to whip up the cream for the cake and trifle, but he creamed me!

Hannah spent a lot of time drawing and watching her musicals.  I don't mind so much but she plays the same songs over and over.  Even I can remember the words and they are in Japanese!

Our yard needs to be done.  We have a few flowers but not much at all. I hope to get some done this month.  The camellia tree outside of the living room looks really nice but that is the only thing that looks nice!

 

There are other things that happened but I can't thing at the moment.  Spring brings out my allergies and I am so doped up on medicine that it is hard to think straight!

Hannah's Graduation

Last week Hannah graduated from elementary school!
The ceremony was nice and not overly long.  Hour and half in the gym and thirty minutes in the classroom after. The speeches were short and to the point, no old grandfather waffling on forever this time!
The weather however was awful, rain and wind.  Mikey drove David and I up to the school gate but we had to walk from the gate to the gym. Not far but the back of my dress got soaked and I had to sit in it for the whole morning, rather yuk!  David took photos for me! With my eye still bad I never know if the camera is out of focus or its just my eye!  He got some nice shots until the battery died!

Hannah dressed up for graduation

Hannah waiting, her friend yawning

Receiving her diploma

With her teacher and friend, at the end the sun came out

We have to finish sorting out her elementary school stuff, pack away all the things she doesn't need any more and make space for the junior high school stuff.

Hannah's hat and bookbag have now retired.

For me it is going to strange not dealing with elementary school anymore.  I've had a child in elementary school for the past 17 years.  Really the end of an era.  I feel old! While Hannah was still an elementary school student I felt younger!  Now I have one kid in junior high school, one in high school, one at university and one working.  Not a young mother at all!