On Tuesday Grunge and I headed to the pediatric dentist to have her first checkup. As a kid my brothers and I would go to the community dentist and we still tell horror stories when we catch up…so it was important to me that Grunge never gets that type of experience.

We managed to get a “next day” appointment which left me less time to worry (yes, it’s all about me ) and headed in early. The place was awesome, fully stocked waiting room with toys, books and activities complete with floor to ceiling Hannah Barbara characters (yes, I know a bit 80s ). The dentist we saw was unreal. Grunge got a new tooth brush which the dentist used to count Grunge’s teeth and even laid down on the dentists lap so she could hear her “teeth talking to her”… clever way to describe that awful poking/scrapey combo tool. We got a pack with stickers in it which was a big hit and stopped at the markets for some vanilla buns (yum yum yum).

While we were out the door guys finally installed our new security door – feeling a bit safer now The locksmith also came out during the week to fix our other new door – it was intermittently locking us out. It turns out the manufacturer had installed the mechanism inside back to front.

Yesterday was our Goddaughters 7th birthday – which means we’ve now been in Adelaide 7 years. Happy Birthday Laylah Mac

So I haven’t been blogging a whole lot lately, and I’d made a promise to one of our VIPs that I would – so… I’m committing to at least a weekly update

This week was a big one and as usual we had a fantastic Friday and weekend.

Friday morning is our Kindermusik class with Mr Geoff; each week each kid gets to pick an action and have it performed as part of the welcome song. Most kids pick jumping, clapping or similar however Grunge’s choices are becoming a little abstract – last week was “open shut them” with her hands and this week was “cat”. Kindermusik was awesome as usual however I noticed my knee was starting to get painful. This semester is focused on animals and the sounds they make; it’s such a great program.

After music we headed to the store to get some supplies for dinner, parmesan and sundried tomato hamburgers. Grunge picked her own treat from the bakery; a marshmallow icecream cone and we headed home for a nap.

Every second Friday is iMa Day so after Grunge’s nap we met iMa at a pub with a playground and spent the afternoon hanging out and chatting. Grunge loved watching Sarah McLachlan and P!nk on iMa’s iPhone 3GS while I played with her iPhone 3G (can you guess why she’s called iMa?)

After iMa we came home and I sat on the couch sooking about my sore knee while we watched Finding Nemo. After Em came home we ate our awesome burgers and then had a visit from our neighbour until late in the night.

Saturday we had the dog trainer out again; Grunge is getting much more confident with the dogs. After a nap Grunge hung out with our awesome neighbours while we lobbed to Bunnings to pick out our new outdoor setting. Em and I played Tetris fitting in the 6 chairs and table into the Mazda. After that we headed to an open house of a property I’d checked out and gotten excited about the week before. The property was just as good as I remembered, Em and I talked a lot about what the place needed and we’ve agreed it’s a great place however it’s just not for us.

And today, Sunday started with swimming lessons – we found out they’re moving Grunge up to Tadpoles in November with her older classmates. She’s already passed all the benchmarks for the class she’s in however she needs to be closer to 2 1/2. I can’t wait to take her swimming in Mum’s pool at Christmas!

After swimming we dropped Em off home and headed to Ikea for brunch. Grunge ate (in the style of the Hungry Little Caterpillar) One Rice Bubble Bar, one cheese sandwich, one apricot bar, one lot of chips, one pack of bbq crisps, one chocolate moose, one orange juice and some quiche. We think she might be growing!

Unfortunately Ikea didn’t have the cabinet I need (still!) and we headed home for a nap.

We spent the afternoon with Lady Magda, Lady Nick and Moshi – three of our VIPs. Nick made great scones and Grunge proceeded to eat about a punnet of strawberries and some biscuits and scones. When we got home she ate dinner (we have a kid who eats!) and went straight to bed!

So that leads to here… Sunday night on the couch, dosed up on the good drugs and watching tv. I need to head out to the office to do some work after hitting a very expensive snag during the week.

I was singing the ABC song to Grunge and she looked at me incredulously, shook her head and started singing “Baa sheep!”

It was only recently that I realised they were the same tune – bloody kid is smarter than me