Interview with J

We moved house last weekend without too hassle. The new house isn't too bad, the lounge room is tiny and the house is small but we will manage.

J turned 3 the week before on the 21st September.

He has really started to talk now. Here is an interview I did with him today. Chuggington is a common answer since he is kind of obsessed with that show. Towards the end he got bored but he loved the attention. My bigger boys also wanted an interview so will get to that too.

My favorurite food -cheese
My favourite sport -chugging
My favourite tv show- mama need chuggington
The coollest person -chugging
My favourite thing to learn- chug chug
If I  could go anywhere in the World- eshop
My favourite colour- lellow
What to do when I grow up-eshop
My favourite song- rocknroll
Favourite book- chug
Me in 3 words -erp mtambo chug please
When I was little I liked- movie
My favourite season -mummy shop
Favourite thing to do- bout laughing you cake
Favourite snack- Brewster eat it
My best friend -no mummy no mummy (hugs biggest brother)
My wish- yep yes best smoker

Interview with Av ( desperate for a turn at answering questions then bored halfway through)
My favorurite food - pizza
My favourite sport - Karate
My favourite tv show- Transformers
The coollest person - Justin Beaver
My favourite thing to learn-Karate
If I  could go anywhere in the World-Transformers land
My favourite colour-  blue
What to do when I grow up- be a person who could make dress costumes
My favourite song-I don't really have a favourite song
Favourite book- mm ahh I'm ..I don't have a favourite whatever you said.
Me in 3 words  -
When I was little I liked-
My favourite season -
Favourite thing to do- 
Favourite snack- 
My best friend -
My wish-

Interview with N (currently reading about music and loves the maths involved, smarter than me)
My favorurite food - chippies
My favourite sport - basketball
My favourite tv show-That 70s show
The coolest person - Albert Eintein
My favourite thing to learn-  Science
If I  could go anywhere in the World-(stated our new address in full including the World, Universe)
My favourite colour- aqua
What to do when I grow up- build a house
My favourite song- Neumes - its an ancient song
Favourite book-  I read all books
Me in 3 words- clever, clever and clever. There should be a comma (edited!)
When I was little I liked-  sucking on my mother's shoulder
My favourite season -Super Winter
Favourite thing to do- read one chapter book in a day which is really easy
Favourite snack-fruit
My best friend- Unknown :)
My wish-Don't have one.
My favourite memory- Seeing my brother being born.

things I know (about J)

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Joining on this as I have been meaning to write about my toddler in particular because time just flies and I have a memory like a sieve. Which of course is why I take so many photos, even of the most mundane things my kids do. Would love to talk about all my kids but if I concentrate on one at a time it makes for better quality time to provide the best answers :). Interestingly someone stated you can't have quality time without the quantity. A little like how practice makes perfect, you can't know someone without spending some time with them.

Anyway, my son is almost 3, in a week actually.

The things I know about J

•   He "needs" things. Most things he says a preceded by "Need (wee, Chuggington, drink, bood, hug etc)"
•   He has beautiful eyes that are most like the colour hazel. He was born with blue eyes that slowly changed over time.
•   He was slow to speak but his vocabulary is becoming impressive day to day.
•   His words often cut off the first sound eg. car is 'ar

•   He has started calling his brother "Rammy". He calls baby brother by his full name or "Baby Born" though he has recently dropped the 'born'. He often asks "Where Baby doe (go)?" if he can't see him. He adores his brothers and sister even if they do upset and annoy each other too. He calls his sis "Alah" and his older brother by his shortened name - actually said his name first out of all the siblings.
•   He does not say his own name. 
•   Usually responds to questions with a "NO!" or a "Yes" if it sounds favourable!
•   His favourite tv shows are "The Hive" "Chuggington" and "Roary". He can find the latter two if his Dad has youtube on.
•   Refuses to wear my knitteds anymore. 
•   Likes to wear nothing or at least no pants. This is normal for that age I assume. He can dress and undress and sometimes he wears his clothes inside out or back to front and will try wearing clothes that are too big ie. he will grab whatever he can find so it may be girl size 14 or big boys sizes.
•   His mean tantrums often end with him asking Mama for a hug. 
•   His favourite toys usually have wheels, he likes cars, trains and trucks. Also Lego and likes to join in games with his brothers or hang out with his sister. He likes to pick up baby and wishes he wasn't so "big, hebby (heavy)"
•   He loves his sleep and food. He is a big healthy boy. He often eats and drinks and naps whenever he needs to.
  

  I love him so much, life just would not be the same without him. He was freebirthed, now free schooling, he has to be free thinking which I appreciate as hard as it can be as a parent at times.

Limbo

In limbo, life is. In this incredibly cold Winter, we have had no gas heating, relying on cheap heaters to keep warm, no mean feat in this house in Melbourne. Its sad that we didn't fight to get the heater fixed, we are really too nice. We knew the landlord wouldn't want to fix anything yet would he live here? Lack of ventilation, no smoke alarms, rising damp, the list goes on. But I refrain from ranting too much. He has plans to demolish so we are moving out. The house he started to build in the backyard is basically a concrete slab with tubing for plumbing purposes.

Only recently did we get our youngest son's birth certificate, he is almost 4 months. We literally have no money to move. But it seems we do have a house to move into. Its nearby and okay though small. A good reason to minimise our lives even further. That does interest me but my daughter did say "Stop making wool stuff! You would have more room" That is definitely my addiction. But I can't say I have stash. What would I do if I didn't make too much for my babies and even myself? At least my joy continues when others get use out of what I make too.

Tama pattern is great. I have made a few of these I think though modified as it wasn't designed for babies. I love them as they are easy on/off unlike cardigans.

I have won a few KALs on Ravelry which is a bonus as I just enjoy being involved. The patterns I have received only encourage me to knit more. :)

My almost 6 year old is an appreciator of what I make. He adored the neckwarmer I made just because so he claimed it. Also found a somewhat unattractive sweater I made for my daughter years ago and he has been wearing it every day. I love that.

I have been teaching my daughter's class to crochet a granny square. It is hard work and requires patience but there is some success. I think they are more excited about a baby at school. They were taken aback about him feeding not from a bottle but from his Mama. That is unfortunate that society has taught our children that babies are fed with a bottle. I know and respect that some are but most babies at least have a drop of the good stuff.

Smiling bubby boy.

One of 4 skirts I crocheted for my girl.