Holiday fun week 1

 The kids have had a great time with this lovely outdoor weather. A day at the park, a day at the beach, making messes in the house, creating jelly and mousse desserts. But so glad that it is holidays. Can you believe that Pilsy let me take a photo of her like this? She is a funny munchkin. I have been crochetting madly to finish making my Parliment of Owls to upload to Jenny King's website. Almost done four, just have to make their eyes.

A new phase?

Maybe it is just a fad, that is what happens to me. I get into these fads. Now don't think for a minute that I am not going to finish my studies, or my scrapping challenges, but I am really into the greatness of all the other crafts at the moment. Here is my first Owl, which is going to a very special person who needs looking over at night. Now this design is by Jenny King, who created the Give a HOOT program.  She is a Queensland, so well worth a big high five. The idea is to make an owl and give it to someone you believe needs watching over at night, because Owls stay awake at night. This is going to be one of the starting projects of the Crafternoon tea group.

What the?

Wow, since turing 40 I have had two years of a roller coaster.
I have certainly made a lot of changes and grown, I have seen a lot of different perspectivies about life, the role we play in life itself.
One thing that has become very clear to me, is that certainly once we become parents, our choices are govened by their immediate needs of our offspring to feel safe and loved. I know that my choices in the last two years have not been selfish, but a learning process about my role as a mother and an adult.
Children are our future and if we want them to turn out to be socially acceptable citizens, then we have to nurther the positive and happy elements in their makeup.

Missing in action

Sometimes I think this little angle can't get any cuter. But now she has lost her two front teeth, I can't stop looking at her and smiling. My baby is no longer a baby. She is changing in so many ways. She is growing up and I can't stop it. She is starting to define her likes and dislikes, and I must say they are very Black and White. With this princess there is not grey. He father asked her the other day if he could borrow $10 dollars until he got to the shops, she refushed him, stating that she had to save it for her holiday, as "Thats what Mummy said". Love it. Love her. Love them all.

Where does time go?

So whats being happening in the neighbourhood?


We have been very busy getting ready for a new school year.
We celebrated Australia day by putting up a flag pole and flying the flag. The kids thought this was very cool.
We celebrated a number of birthdays, including my own.
Thanks Shanny for my lovely hand made bag. I LOVE IT.
We spent some time at the shack, Thanks Boo for the poo shot. LOL
We had a few days at Lake Monduran, how cool is that place. Again blessed with the best weather.
And Easter was celebrated with Aunty Katie, Uncle Scott, and the cousins at Cania Gorge.
We made some really yummy damper on a stick, and when you add honey it is extra nice. Again blessed with some fab weather.
Then there was the concert weekends. First Keith Urban, then Justin Beiber. We really have been busy and having fun.
If life is for living, you can say we have lived lately.

Term 2 of school hopefully will allow us to concentrate on our relaxation techniques.
Just jokes, I don't know how to relax, two speeds: fast forward and stop.