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we've been up to....

 
*celebrating mum's 60th birthday. On Tuesday was mum's 60th birthday and 42nd wedding anniversary. We celebrated at our house with lunch with Trina and the girls and then had a baked pork dinner. Pork is mum's favourite. We had a great day hanging out. 

Yes i have had my hair dyed red/pink. You know me, I change me hair all the time.

We almost forgot photos and had to do this just on dark.

Izzy started back at school on Thursday. She had to start back in her winter uniform. Mixed emotions about starting back. She was well settled at the end of term 1 and nerves started to creep back. She is getting there though. 

I love her new uniform. It is so much more comfortable than her previous school. No button through to the neck or a tie. She can also wear short sleeves. My girl is very hot blooded. She felt very hot and restricted in her old uniform. No blazer either. Yay. She had her hair cut on Wednesday night. Trina straightened her hair. She was very excited. She looks so old. 

Green is Izzy's favourite colour. So she gives the new uniform the thumbs up.

Mick has been in Temora for the weekend. Izzy and I watched Will & Kates wedding on Friday night. Yes I cried. I am a sucker for weddings. Izzy is besotted with Kate and Pippa. She has been designing wedding dresses. 

We worked yesterday and have just hung out at home for the rest of the time. 

Last night I captured a few pics of the my other baby. She is very difficult to photograph. She has black fur and black eyes which makes it almost impossible to see her actual eyes in photos and SHE NEVER LOOKS AT ME. LOL. anyway last night she was in a posing mood. She just sat and looked at me. Look at my beautiful fur baby.

Waiting for my boy to get home. Missing him. I am glad he has had the chance to have some time to himself away with his family, but I do miss him soooo much. Can't sleep properly when he's not here. 

Looking forward to the start of the series of MASTER CHEF tonight. I love that show. It is one show I will stop to watch.

Off to play trivial pursuit with Izzy. We had 2 games yesterday and she beat me both times even when we were playing the kids version. (I may have helped her a bit) LOL. 

Enjoying our Sunday.

Happy Easter

We had a fabulous Easter Sunday. Mick and I hung around waiting for Izzy to wake up so we could see her reaction to her easter gifts and go on the hunt in the back yard. At 8 o'clock we ended waking her up. I thought she would be itching to get up but our girls loves to sleep in. 

Waking her up

Her stash from the hunt

We headed down the coast to mum and dad's for the day. They organised another hunt. She said "i am so lucky that nanny and poppy were so kind to make another hunt for me" I love that she appreciates the effort and I loved that my dad gets into this stuff for the kids as much as mum. 

Finding a stash hanging in one of the trees

Mum had to hold the loot

Photo opportunity

Izzy's easter wish this year was a chocolate fountain. We set it up and it worked a treat. We had strawberries and marshmallows to dip. Mum poured the melted chocolate onto ice cream.

There was time for relaxing and afternoon sleep 

An afternoon storm. It was beautiful to see the sun poking through the clouds to hilight some of the tree tops after the rain. The picture doesn't do justice to how stunning it looked in real life. The sky behind the trees was darker than the picture shows.

We arrived home after 11.30. It was a great day hanging out at mum and dads. The best part was when were all in bed after showers and Izzy yelled out from her room "Thanks for a great day mum and dad and thanks for my presents". I love that kid soooo much. What more could you ask for to end the perfect day. 

Easter you were good to us this year. 

stuff we've been up to

 
I haven't been capturing as much of our everyday stuff lately as I have had clean up around our house and put my cameras in our multipurpose room (once was my craft room, but now Mick, Izzy and I are sharing this room, talk about how we have set this up in a later post).

It makes me sad that I am not taking as many pics. I need to move the cameras back. In the mean time I having been storing, sorting and backing up my photo files. I have been getting photos printed. This is big for me. Getting to the shops is not high on my priority but since doing project life I have enjoyed the process of editing photos, getting them printed and telling stories in a quick and easy way without a great deal of fuss. I am getting caught up since I didn't get my kit until the first week of march. Hoping to have this well in hand by the end of this weekend.

A couple of weeks back Izzy and I made some paper pom poms to hang in our room. The first one was a disaster. But hey we got the idea. We left it laying on the floor while we made a more successful second one. While we were busy, Roxy got hold of the first pom pom and started to shake it. It was so funny. Luckily that one was a dud. Izzy teased her with it and in the end she totally destroyed it. It was hilarious to watch. I should have video taped it. 

 
We have been hanging out not doing a great deal for the school holidays. Mostly this past week Izzy and I have hung out together between running back and forth to work. I have been crocheting a rug for Mick and Izzy is loving her new set up in the mp room. She has been working on her computer and enjoying being closer to the living room of our house rather than being up the end of the house in her bedroom. 

We started getting ready for Easter around here yesterday. We decorated eggs (which is the first time I have done this with Izzy) and we baked. I enjoy baking soooo much.  I so wished I was a stay at home mum. I should have been born 80 years ago. I am very old fashioned. I love having a dinner cooked for Mick when he gets home from work. I love to bake. I love to brew tea leaves and have a pot of tea instead of a tea bag. I am crocheting for goodness sake. I am loving it. I love having my house clean and having everyone's pjs in the bathroom in the evening, our clothes ready for the next day. Fresh towels daily. The little things my mum used to do that you really do take for granted until you're a full time working mum who doesn't have the time to do it all. I love the feeling of being organised and having the fridge fully stocked with fresh food. Having our meals planned. I wish I could do it all, but sadly I am tired by the end of the day and instead get mad at myself when I don't get everything done. I have given myself permission this year to chillax. However I realise that I am a control freak and I do like to be on top of things. That's when I do feel happy. So I guess I need to find a compromise somewhere in all of that makes me feel like I am on top of things and leave time to chillax as well.

Anyway enough of the self therapy session. Here is a look at our egg decorating and baking efforts. I haven't taken a picture of the finished eggs, so pics are of the process instead. I baked the cakes and Izzy decorated them. She did a brilliant job. They are delicious too. 

We used Speckled Eggs on the cakes above. I have never had them before, but we think we have just found our new favourite easter egg. Man they are GOOOD!!! I am going to battle the crowds tomorrow at the shops to try and get my hands on some more. They are a must on my Easter table from now on. I like to have little bowls of eggs out on our kitchen table for guests to help themselves. 

Anyway off to make breakfast for my family who are both still in bed. I loooove long weekends and sleepins. Although I don't sleep in, they do and I love this couple of hours of quiet time all to myself. I get a huge cup of tea and just sit at my computer and blog surf and check out face book and write blog posts. Hooroo. Off to make pancakes. Have a happy Good Friday.

 

First Day of the School Holidays

Yay for holidays. I am just as excited about the holidays as Izzy. Last night we made a list of things she wants to do on the holidays. 

Today we checked off one of the "To Do" List. That was go to Smiggle. Yes we bought stuff. I even bought stuff. Whilst we were in Wollongong we had a few other jobs to do. To our surprise, Jessica Mauboy was singing in the mall. She is lovely and Izzy loved seeing a real life star. Afterwards, we had a mum/daughter pedicure and manicure. It was a lovely way to finish off the day. We had the best day. What a way to kick off the holidays. 

it's a happy day

WE FINALLY HAVE INTERNET AT HOME. (insert happy dance here)  :) I know it's a small thing to get excited about but not having it has made our life difficult sometimes. izzy's homework is so reliant on the internet. we have been struggling to get it done this term having to take her to work. it's nice to be able to sit down with a cuppa and use my computer again. i enjoy checking out blogs and i have missed it alot. 

and speaking of being thankful here is another ali edwards thankful thought download. check out her site aliedwards.com  to download the overlay. 

i am thankful for my daughter serving me dessert with such love. i love how she always tries to present something different every time she serves us something. the actual cake was made by a friend of ours, sam (which was beautiful. thanks sam).

looking foward to the weekend and the start of the school holidays. i can't believe we have finished the first term already. time is flying!!!!

 

the weekend

Our weekend was packed.

It started on Friday night. We enjoyed spending time with family. Happy 2nd birthday to Sophia & Harrison. Hope your party went well on Saturday. Izzy enjoyed a birthday party she went to on Friday night for one of her new friends at ICS. They had to dress up as animals. Izzy went as a tiger. She looked so cute in her outfit. She had a great time.

We had shopping to do on Saturday morning. Then hung out at my brother's house for lunch before heading home to get ready for the ICS fete. Izzy sang in the choir and loved having mum and dad there to watch. I worked on the Slushie stall. We made fresh fruit and ice slushies. They were delicious. Izzy went off and hung out with her new friends going on all the rides. We didn't really need to be there lol. she found us when she wanted money... that will be the story of our lives for ever more lol.  

Lots of running around on Sunday and a big thank you to our dear friends Janine and Brad for giving us their sofa lounge. It now sits in our home office. Mick had to remove the door head and door itself to be able to get it into the room. IT'S BIG & HEAVY. It's perfect for our out of town guests who usually have to sleep on the floor.

Just as a side note, here is a pic of Mick taking care of Izzy's tamagochi (not sure of the spelling). Mick bought it to work to feed it so it wouldn't die. Wonder how many dad's would do that? I had no idea that he was doing it. I could hear a beeping sound coming from the drawer in our office. I asked Mick what it was and he said "that's izzy's tamagochi, it must need a feed".

 Have a great week!

hello april

i am HAPPY that today is the start of a BRAND NEW MONTH. but man how fast is the year going. month number 4. time to start checking off some of my goals, which by the way are sort of in hand.

THIS MONTH I WANT TO:

1. BE MORE CREATIVE

2. SPEND SOME HOLIDAY TIME WITH IZZY

3. CELEBRATE MY MUM TURNING THE BIG 60

4. CELEBRATE EASTER WITH MY FAMILY AT MY HOUSE FOR A CHANGE

there is so much to look forward to this month. so much planning and preparation. lots of LISTS which i love. party planning, menu planning, easter egg hunt planning. YAY. love to be busy.

FOR INSPIRATION

 
you can find this print here http://www.etsy.com/listing/55062267/another-day-another-dream

HAVE A GREAT APRIL :) <3 xxx

 

I just bought myself a present

Look at this COOL print I just bought. I have been working so much lately and just felt like buying myself a present. This makes me so HAPPY!!!!!

 
You can find the print here. http://www.etsy.com/listing/68237750/instant-rainbow-large-50-x-70cm-poster 

I bet you smiled. I am.

trucker girl

izzy got to expericen a day and night on the road with mick. mick was driving to persiher this week and he took izzy along for the ride on one of the trips. she absolutely loved it. although she missed a day of school, there are just some things that kids need to experience. this was one of them. she gets to appreciate what life on the road is for truck drivers. drivers who miss so much of their families because of the hours they spend. life experience is as important as day-to-day school stuff.

 

been super busy

we have been super busy lately working on stuff for izzy's fete at school. so has mum. she has been busy knitting some amazing stuff and i am grateful she wants to be involved. i have sorted out scrapbooking papers and supplies as izzy class was ask to donate stuff of that nature. did they do that on purporse LOL? last friday night one of my friends Leonie, showed izzy and i how to make a chicken card for easter. i thought they would be perfect to make for the fete and i decided to make a rabbit as well. i will be churning these out over the weekend to send in with the other donations we have collected. i hope the fete lady is ready when we arrive. lol.

here is a picutre of both the cards izzy and i have been constructing. i love that izzy is involved and wants to help too.