Okay, so having three kids isn't that easy...

For the past four months, Addi has been sleeping in her rocker; she just didn't really take to the cot so, in the interests of our own sleep, we just accepted it. But she is now getting so big (and active) that we have had to commence the transition to cot. Whoah, what an absolute disaster. Thankfully we chose a long weekend to make the change, as we didn't get to sleep until 4am on Sunday morning... the sound of her resisting sleep, every single hour, on the hour, all night was excruciating - like a banshee... I'm not exaggerating.

So we spent Sunday at home, all day, feeling sorry for ourselves and dreading the coming night. It was so hard not to snap at the boys who were a bit bored (we spent all last weekend at home given the huge amount of rain we had), and so they fought and argued and copped a fair bit of negative feedback (constructive criticism?) from a cranky Mummy and Daddy - neither of us had the energy to put up with any nonsense! Addi also wasn't herself, which is understandable given she was so tired...but would you believe it, she slept pretty well in her cot during the day - so this made us hopeful.

Unfortunately last night still wasn't great, although granted it was better than the night before. But as the lack of sleep compounds, so does the effect on our resilience. We've all been in tears, and it doesn't help that Mum's family is away, as I'm sure they could have had the boys for a couple of hours to give us a much needed respite.

So today we headed to the mall so the kids could undergo some retail therapy; they spent some of their pocket money on Mixels and a model Ferrari. I'll let you guess who bought what... Then it was back to Forza with Linc (he absolutely loves it), but at least it's free...

The grass got mowed, the SV6 got washed and that marked the end of a pretty average Queen's birthday long weekend. As I write, I am terrified of what tonight will bring...we all just need a decent night's sleep. But hey, we chose this, right?!

Lastly, a huge well done to Mum for managing so well with everything (including two martial arts sessions) while Dad was interstate for work! Good job darling!