Fun at the park

On Sunday we went out for lunch with my mum and sister to Sizzler. MMMMMM I love that place. I really really do. Anyway...........the kids were fairly restrained for most of the lunch but by the end were very VERY restless and needed a chance to run around. Fortunately for us there was a park right next door. So off we set.

Some headshots that seem to sum up their personalities.
Charli just delightful and sweet and lovely. Most of the time.

Caitlin pretty and shy and eager to please.

Hamish with the personality. If he doesn't go into musical theatre when he grows up I will be shocked.

Bailey, serious and quirky and sensitive.

Charli enjoying driving the ship. Do you drive ships?

Bailey just hanging out.

Hamish pulling a weird face.

Cate looking determined to get to the top.

Yes Daisy Belle came along too. She comes most places with us. Bailey very kindly helped her play on the equipment.

Then he taught her to hang upside down.

All in all a fun fun time.

Charli's 4th birthday

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

She had a lovely time. Bay was at camp so he missed out but next week is her birthday and he will be back for that. I can't believe my baby is 4. Time flies huh?

I swiped this idea from Whimsy girl

I always....
* drink too much Coke

* read two or three books at the same time
* have panadeine and asprin in my handbag
* go to the toilet even if I don't need to before I go anywhere
* have great plans and ideas ( they don't always come to fruition)
* dream about the future
* sing Bohemian Rhapsody very loud and do all the parts and harmonys at the same time


I sometimes.......
*stay in my pj's all day
*have cereal for dinner


*don't answer the telephone if I am doing something I like better
*put my old 80's christian music on and remember the good ole days
*spend money on things that I shouldn't

I never......
*eat tomatoes
*wait to apologise if I have done the wrong thing
*go near big birds if I can help it

*miss an episode of Gilmore Girls. I love that show.
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Talent Quest Victory

Today was the kids school Talent Quest. Caitlin has been practising for weeks a Hannah Montanna Number - song and dance. Hamish performed in a group Upside down show edition and Bay being in Year 6 wasn't able to perform but was the prop man. They had loads of fun. Here are some fun photos.
Do you love Caitlins blonde wig? We thought it added exta sizzle. LOL

She came first and we were so proud of her. Parents weren't allowed to attend the show because there wasn't enough space with all the building works going on but one mother video'd it and we will watch it on DVD. Cates teacher said she was really good. Didn't make a mistake and was very very confident. Thats my girl.

This one is Bailey looking cool as a Blues Brother.


And of course Charli couldn't miss out so she had her photo taken as Hannah as well.


We didn't get any photos of Hamish for some reason. He came third and was very pleased with himself. So were we.

So now it is holidays time. I will still be working but hopefully get to do some fun things with the kids.

Dusty City

This is what we woke up to on Wednesday morning. The sky was the weirdest color ever. It looked like we had been hit by an atomic bomb or aliens had invaded. But it was a dust storm.

That was the Sydney Opera House in that photo and the visibility was terrible.

We had to take Bailey to school at 6AM for an excursion and it was just eerie. The entire car was covered in a thick layer of dust. After a time you could taste the dust on your tongue and my hands felt constantly dirty. The government announced that all children had to stay indoors for the day, so all schools were held indoors for the entire day.

It was dull and eerie looking all day with enormous winds blowing the dust everywhere. This photo was taken in the daytime. Hard to believe hey?



Then at about 3PM the blue skies came out and it seemed that the wind had blown all the dust away. They say it will come back this weekend. Hope not.


You should have seen the car wash lines in the afternoon.

More fairy magic

This is our new fairy home, that was made with lots of love. We think it is just beautiful. What do you think?



Last night to celebrate our new fairy home we waited up to see if we could find any fairys. And guess what? We did. Here is the first beautiful one.
And then we found another gorgeous one. It was very exciting.
This fairy was almost jumping for joy.
But sadly as the night hour grew longer one of the fairys became very very cranky and had to go to bed. She was very tired and very CRANKY.

Fairy furniture delight

The girls and I have been quite taken with the idea of a fairy garden. I have spent lots of time looking at ideas on the Internet and found some so gorgeous things to make with the girls. There was one site called Magic Onions which showed how to make fairy furniture. SO I made a fairy bed out of a piece of bark and twigs for legs and then we made a petal bed cover to go on top. Very sweet but not pictured here.

I also decided that even though apparently fairies prefer natural things to duck down to Spotlight for some glam fairy things. All these jewelry pieces were on sale and so I hot glue gunned the girls a heart chair and a butterfly chair. They turned out really sweet. I also made a fairy flower table. To put their rhubarb pie on.

The rhubarb pie were an idea also found on Magic Onion. But were taken from a site called WHIMsy. So so cute. We made them at work with the oldies and they really look real. I am very happy with them.

I also made a fairy flower carpet to help create atmosphere as well as a few extra tables for the pies and voila we have a tiny fairy garden. The girls love it, I love it. I want to make more. I think I will. The only problem is they are so delicate that they keep snapping legs off things. Oh well it is for the kids. I won't be precious about it. Just keep the glue gun handy.

If I was a fairy I would go here for sure.