An Introduction

I have realized I have been a horrible blogger so far. This has annoyed me greatly. I realized last night that I have not yet introduced myself. This post is an introduction. I will introduce you to myself and my family.

My name is Lynette. I live in Melbourne with my four children Tinkerbell, Pirate Monkey, Mate and Bubba. Obviously these are not their real names. I also live with my fiancee.

Tinkerbell is six years old or as she says six and a half. Because, you know, the half is incredibly important. Pirate Monkey is five, Mate is two and Bubba is one. I told my kids I needed fake names for them for my blog this morning. My older two kids came up with their names themselves. Bubba was easy to come up with because that is what Mate always calls him. Mate proved to be a little more challenging. Tinkerbell and Pirate Monkey offered suggestions. These included:

• Crazy
• Funny clown
• Buzz Lightyear
• Rubber
• Naughty
• Funny alien

None of these suggestions seemed right. I ended up asking my two year old what his name should be. His reply was Mate. I don't think he knew what I was asking but Mate worked.

My kids have completely different personalities. Tinkerbell is a lot like me. Poor girl. She is anxious, high strung and can have a very bad temper. She is also caring, funny and a delight to be around.

Pirate Monkey is the complete opposite of me. He is very laid back, he rarely looses his temper, unlike his sister but when he does it is the meltdown to end all meltdowns. He can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about dinosaurs.

Now we come to Mate. Sigh. Mate is a totally insane toddler. He sings at the top of his lungs (generally the duck song, it's on YouTube, check it out). He has an obsession with ducks and birds (which he calls tweet tweets) and generally asks for chocolate. Mate dances crazily around the house most days and insists on sitting on my lap whenever I am sitting down, even if I am on the toilet.

And now Bubba. Oh Bubba. He is pure delight. Bubba loves walking around the house, talking on his toy mobile and generally trying to put everything he can find into his mouth. Bubba loves smiling and laughing and is quite placid (unless he is teething).

Then there is The Fiancee. He frequently drives me crazy, as I do him. The Fiancee is loving and kind and a wonderful father. He is also very funny. We drive each other crazy, laugh at each other but at the end of the day we love each other, and that is the most important thing.

About Me. What can i say? I love my kids and Fiancee (even if they do drive me crazy on a daily basis), I study from home (I am completing my bachelor's degree in communications) as well as run the household, buy food, attend parent - teacher interviews and the 150 other events that requires parents to be at school, write my blog and spend a lot of time on twitter and Facebook. I also read. I read a lot.

I am also rather obsessed with Grey's Anatomy, particularly Patrick Dempsey and fantasize about him regularly. I do not talk when anything with Patrick Dempsey is on and no one is allowed to talk to me and if you call me I will not answer ( not that I answer my phone at any other time). I am also in love with mint chocolate. I could eat buckets of the stuff.

So that is my family. They constantly drive me crazy, but I love them.