Well it's Sunday and so far my weekend has been really 'nice' - very homely :) Just as I had planned.

Friday night I stayed up late sewing miss 9 and mr 7's hoodies, both tured out very well - helps when you make the pattern properly and not just try and cut it out and hope like made it'll fit lol.

It's great having Sky TV in my room again (moved it out to put in the room dad was in). It's great to have it there to keep me entertained while I'm sewing and cutting out.

Saturday morning we had the boys league games, both had home games thank god!! They both had AWESOME games - very proud of them both. Mr 7 got most improved *yay* He's an outstanding defence player - but when his team have the ball he still stands on the outside, I guess hoping that the person with the ball will send it out like they do in the 'big boys games' but no - never happens, all the other kids all bunch up and fight over the ball LOL, same thing happened last year...btw - last year he got Best Defensive Player at end of year prizegiving. So I gave him a talk and told him to when his team have the ball 'get IN there' so get IN there he did!! WOW, he did so well...even got a try - I was a very proud mummy :)

Mr 12 also had an awesome game, last week he got 'Best Forward' so that was neat - just sad I missed that game. But this week he did have a great game again...his team is great - the coach is also really good - awesome combination.

One of the older siblings of the boys has stepped up to be my co-manager *YAY*!!

Anyway, in between games, I managed to pop into my Fav Fabric Store - which is in the same suburb as the boys' league team *woo hoo* lol. I bought some blue sweatshirting fabric (school colour) to make miss 9 and mr 7 some track pants for school. I have always bought their uniforms, but now that I have everything set up at home, I thought why not make what I can? So it's cost me $18 for 2mt of sweatshirting fabric. I can get 2 pairs (Pretty sure I can get 3 pairs!!) so that's at least $9 a pair. They are simple track pants so won't take long to make at all...the school sell them for $25 - so a good saving :) And they'll fit perfectly - especially for miss 9 who is pretty 'tubby' lol.

After the game we came home and I got into a bit more sewing, cutting out actually - another hoodie for miss 9. Ended up having a wee nap though, was sooo tired. Woke up at 6pm, had taken out wiener schnitzel for diner, was going to crumb it up and have it with creamy mashed potato and some steamed vege, but just couldn't be bothered, so went down to the super market and picked up some fresh baked bread rolls. I cut the schnitzel into long, really thin strips, marinated it in light soy sauce, sesame seed oil, oyster sauce, and dash of dark soy sauce and corn flour and a bit of crushed garlic, thinly sliced LOTS of onions...quickly stir fried that...and waaa laaa!! Help yourself night. lol. Too easy.

Today, I would love to stay home and do more sewing, I still haven't made the kids school track pants yet! But since dad was here (7 weeks) we only went to the Inlaws once for sunday lunch, which is what we always do usually. I do love to go there, I don't mind at all, but it has been a good break I suppose. So, we'll get going at about 11am, the kids will get ready for church *bless them* and hubby and I will stay home and do all the cooking lol. Which if I haven't already mentioned, is always a HUGE (banquet almost!!) of Island food...enough to feed a small army for a week...or 15-20 Samoans LOL.

I hope to come home early though, which means 4pm - but I don't know if that's gonna happen :( If we don't try and come home early we sometimes get home as late as 9pm and that is wayyy too late for the kids and school tomorrow obviously, so I usually start saying at about 4pm, "We should go, kids have school tomorrow" lol...by about 6pm, it finally sinks in and we make our way home.

OK well...before I leave, I like to make sure all the kids uniforms are washed and dried, or at least hanging up, school bags and shoes 'check' cos there is nothing worse than coming home tonight, tired and sleepy just to realise that one of them hadn't put their uniforms in the washing on friday.