Happy 30th!!

Last Saturday I went to a suprise 3oth lunch at Codpiece in Newfarm. Yummo for anyone that loves seafood. Two platters of oysters came out first and I was sitting at the lucky table where no one liked them and yep...... I feasted! Out came some other yummy nibbles and then on to the main meal with a deIlicious chocolate cake to follow... and 1/2 a deep fried mars bar with berries and cream. I had a lovely time and it was a lovely suprise for Melissa... hmmm... what did I do for my 30th......Oh that's right..... Scarlett was due.........nothing!





Here are some fun photos taken in our yard. The kids were going nuts trying to jump all over me and I think I ended up getting kicked in the nose...... and that was the end of that!

this is exciting......

Due to exceeding our download limit, our computer is running in slow motion, hence the lack of posting. It is driving me nuts!! It is so painful uploading pics.....

This is what Ollie has been up to in the last two weeks. Yep... we have finally gathered the confidence to start walking for real!

The haunted house

Scarlett went to a Halloween party yesterday. Everyone dressed up and they played games and got lots of treats! Here we have the Halloween butterfly who wouldn't participate in the games. The decorations were fabulous... wish I took more photos!

the explanation

I'm sorry about the last post. I made a really cool invitation in photo shop and thought I would show everyone..... then I realised it had my address on it. I was definitely not posting that! Last week was pretty busy. I had three walls in my lounge room painted white and it was time to paint the rest. I was given some paint which I thought was an off white or cream. I thought I could use it as undercoat. Julia helped me paint. It turned out being a naturally mushroom colour. I love it! Can you see the difference? Ages ago I bought these frames from ikea for 5 dollars each. I have finally put some photos in them! Got another one too.

I've gone nuts printing photos!

This is a picture of Jesus by Scarlett

Hmmmmm...

I just had to change this post... sorry!

Freak

My little girl is a Thomas the Tank Engine Freak! Can't let her loose at the shops because she finds all the Thomas stuff which is very boyish. Scarlett spied the Foam chairs one day and I had to think quick and came up with a compromise. We got a solid coloured couch beanbag and I made her this special cushion to go on it. Have you ever seen Thomas look so girly! I need to get a smaller pillow though... it's squished in!

Don't you just love this face!!!

Saturday

We've had a lot of rain over the past week. We didn't really feel like doing much on Saturday morning but the kids were staring to get niggly. Scarlett did rain dance outside with her umbrella and then we went for a drive to Cleveland point. I finished my detox on Sunday too!! Can't believe I managed to stay on it for two weeks. I feel good and am going to try and stay healthy!

fairies and fabric

I forgot a couple pictures from the last post. Scarlett loves helping me wash up... well that's what she says!

Guess what came in the mail today???? Yep can't you tell from the pictures. I ordered some fabric from etsy because even with the exchange rate and shipping I found it heaps cheaper. So I ordered some lovely fabrics for myself and for Mum and Pud.

Take your pick from the fabrics above. Mum you have 6 and and Pud you have 4. The yellow one in the middle is a full yard so you can take it as 2 or split it. Up to you!!

Uploaded

Today I uploaded all the photos on my phone. I have posted a few of my favourites.... beware there are a few.... Oh and I kind of started at the bottom!!!

Look at that cheeky grin

They love jumping on my bed!

More spaghetti face

Visiting friends... "Where are you Ollie?" There he was sitting in the little red car!

Just will not stop climbing!

I didn't really have much to offer in the treats department so we iced some arrowroot biscuits... YUM!

Bungie jumping from the top of The Sky Tower in Auckland. I wouldn't like to be that person!!

Nick and Ollie

Scarlett had no fear!! She got nice and close to the window!

This is the picture we sent you on your birthday Ess!

Hmmm... this one speaks for itself!

Suprise!

Well...what can I say.... I have never been suprised like this in my whole life. Nick and I went out for tea and a movie on Friday night which was really lots of fun. Saturday we spent the morning cleaning and preparing for the Fireside (soccer club) Derby day. All the teams played 10min halves againt one another to try and win the 2008 cup. As I was sitting there chatting and winging a little about how long this event was I turned around and walking down the side of the field was mum and dad. I turned back around to Pud and said "that's mum and dad". The unsurprised reply was "yes it is". It was wonderful to have Gaga and Grandpa rock up for the weekend to see us, but the time flew and we really can't wait to spend more time with them at Christmas. Scarlett loves Gaga, mum you will be happy to know that she was talking about you last night (half asleep) and today while pretending the toothbrushes were people in the bathroom sink. They were at swimming lessons!