Mammajoy

well....hello!

Or should I say welcome to the most in-frequent blogging known to man-kind.

I think it somethings to do with running your own small business. It seems to be a vortex into which all of my spare time just dissapears.

So that's my exucse.

Let's move on to some photos.  These are from Matt's camera, because ever since the big move I've been unable to find the cordy thingy that attaches the card reader to my camera and I have a full memory card that I can't download onto the computer.  Frustrating?  Yes.

 

Did I mention that we went to Noosa for a holiday?  We had a lovely time and unlike our holiday plans I talked about here (which we'll never speak about again), everything went smoothly.

We took the kids to Underwater World at Mooloolaba and they had a great time.  The hot favourite was watching the wading pool and they even got to have a hold of some starfish!  I'm surprised Jess didn't freak out about this - cold, wet, slimly things aren't really her thing.

 

Not really sure why Joseph has this seroius look on his face.  Maybe he's thinking that starfish there is going to leap out and suck itself to his face.  'Hurry up mum, just take the dang photo, I gotta get out of here....'

 

We spent hours at the beach, which most days we had blissfully all to ourselves.  I forgot just how much I love the beach.  It just feels like I've come home when I'm sitting on a beach.

 

 

it's show time

We had a blast

Jess and Rach on the superslide, a favourite each year.

Joseph on a smaller superslide they had just for toddlers.  He played happily on this for twenty minutes.  I want one for the back yard!

My toffee apple was DE-LIC-IOUS.  Super juicy and the toffee was so crunchy.  YUM.

The kids loved the animal petting pen, it's a hit each year.

Cowgirl Rachael on her trusty steed.  These ponies (miniature horses? shetland ponies? I'm so not a horsey person) were so cute and gentle natured, Rach just adored them and enjoyed standing at the fences patting them.

Well, the shows over folks!  It was everything we were hoping it would be.  Oh, except for the freakish jet-powered super-charged UTE OF DEATH that raced around the main ring, burning off a heap of fuel every 20 meters or so, scaring my children to death.

That was not fun.  Poor Rachael just ran from the grandstands, screaming, covering her ears shouting 'I wanna go home!'  Ahhh, precious memories.  Good times.

But apart from that, it was great.

See you next year show!

 

 
 

100th Post

So yesterdays post was my 100th!

Not a huge milestone, but hey, I'll take it all the same.

So to celebrate this little bloggy-occasion I thought that I would see if there are any 'lurker's out there who I haven't heard from yet.

I know that there are people who read my ramblings, so come on outta there and say

'Hello!'

I don't bite.

I promise!

fairy party

Yesterday my first born babe turned five.  FIVE.  Can someone please tell me where the last five years went 'cause I don't remember being okay with this.  I can't believe it's been that long.

Here she is at four months old.

On her first birthday.  I still have that sippy cup.  See if you can find it in my next post.

 

Yesterday on her fifth birthday .  I seriously couldn't watch this cake being cut.  I know logically that yeah, you make a cake in order to then eat the cake, but really?  I spent so.much.time on that cake.  Can't we just, look at it for a few days then we can eat it?  No?

I love how Matt dressed up as a fairy, complete with a blonde wig and a wand.  I love that guy, he did such a great job hosting the party, organising all the games and making sure the kids had a great time.  We had painting, balloon animals (well, mamma could only make a poodle, dad gave up trying after bursting so many!), fruit-loop beading, colouring and playdoh.  It really was a great day and we had some wonderful help from family which was a life-saver.  The party was at 3pm.  At 12pm nothing was set up.  Nothing.  So yeah, we were a tad un-organised but it all came together at the last minute.

We bought Jess a digital camera and she loves it so much.  She wanders around the house taking photos and I love flicking through and seeing what has caught her eye.  It's so funny and tender and delicious to see photos of her feet, and her baby brother, and her toys carefully arranged in order of height, her lunch and the weird looking beetle we saw outside the other day.  It's like getting a peek at the world through her eyes.  I'm thinking we'll get her a scrapbook so that she can print out her favourite photos and create her own album/journal.

That's it now for our family birthdays for '09.  Next one is Joseph in February and he'll be two.  TWO.

Oh don't even get me started!

Sleepy Poetry

Sweet, soft skin

Small hands

Warm, tender

Breath on my neck

Snuggle in close

Life

My heart swells within me

 

inspiration and celebration

I found this cute little doll at a friends garage sale and immediately knew that I had to buy it and make more just like it.  Cute?  Oh.I.do.think.so.

It looks relatively easy to make but I'll be winging it a lot as I don't want to cut this doll up.  I have a feeling that I may become slightly obsessive about doll-making and so I can see myself spending many a cold winters day making dolls!

In other not-nearly-related news Matt and I celebrated our five year anniversary last Friday.  Five years.  Is that all?  Really?  It feels a lot longer given that we've got three children and are about to have our fourth.  Time is a funny thing isn't it.  But the past five years have been the best and I can't wait for the next five.

 I love you baby.

pimp my ride

Up until one week ago, this was our one and only mode of transport.

 

A 1974 Volkwagon Kombi.  At this juncture I will point out that said vehicle has no air-conditioning, no power-steering and approximately ZERO comfort features.

This is our new car.

 

A 2002 Toyota Tarago.  All I can say is OH HAPPY DAY.

Air-conditioning in cars is the best invention ever.  And the kombi was a very loud car, so the fact that I can hear the girls when they want a drink, or the music turned up, or to tell me they saw a cow, or to tell me they are hot; is seriously great.  The other day I heard Jess muttering to herself about something, but I loved listening to her, BECAUSE I COULD.

Usually when they want something?  I have to yell back at them ' I CAN'T HEAR YOU, WAIT 'TILL WE GET HOME.'

Good times. Precious memories.  We still have the kombi, we (and what I really mean is Matt) is planning on doing some work on it so that if/when we sell it we can get a good price.

She served us well, ye ole' kombi.  And now she can enter a time of sweet, sweet retirement.

Love my new car.

right now

feel like :: listening to Iron and Wine

getting ready :: for tea to be ready - lamp chops and veges

thankful :: that Jess's first day at Kindy went perfectly

thinking :: about Joseph's 1st birthday - only 3 weeks away and not one invite posted yet. eek!

feeling :: sore.  tired.  blissfully happy in our bubbly routine.

thankful

Had an amazing night last night.  A group of my closest friends and I went to a lovely Thai restaurant in the city and shared a meal with two dear friends who have recently moved away from the area.  It.was.just.lovely.

I feel so incredibly blessed to call such a beautiful bunch of Godly women my friends - they inspire me, they encourage me, they teach me and they make me laugh until my sides hurt.

And just as a bonus I could actually eat something other than toast, and can I just say that food?  All sorts of food, TASTE.REALLY.GOOD.

I believe I may have turned a morning-sickness-related corner.  Yay!

Better go and get ready for church.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Christmas Tour 2008 (Take 2)

Welcome to my very first Christmas Tour!  I'm so glad you've stopped by and I hope you enjoy this little peek into our home this festive season.  Thank you to BooMama for hosting the tour again this year, she's like a seasoned pro.  If by chance you are wondering what in the heck I'm talking about and have no idea what a BooMama is you can get all the details here.  But don't forget to come back here so we can begin the tour!

Ready? Let's begin.

Here is our front door wreath.  This was the least skanky Christmas wreath I could find and I'm sure you would agree that she ain't too bad.  I think in this case the lack of red bows does wonders.  And there's no felt covered leaves because there is nothing worse than a pretend leaf that isn't even trying a little bit to feel like a real leaf.  I would like to make my own wreath one day but that inspiration hasn't hit me yet. 

This is the bunch of fresh flowers that are sitting on my entry unit.  I love these colours.  Side note :-See that vase?  $10.  Nothin' wrong with that.

 

This is a snapshot of my eldest daughter J decorating the tree with some of our handmade felt shapes.  She loved doing this. 

 

And here is our finished tree.  We bought a Norfolk Island Pine and the nursery said that this particular tree was a Hawaiian Hybrid variety.  We pretty much fell in love with it the moment we saw it.  Let's just hope we can keep it this size - these trees can grow to be 200ft tall!

 

I'm not sure what to call this.  Card string?  String with cards on it?  Wall of cards?  You get the picture.

 

My dining table needs to be kept fairly empty - having 3 kids under 5 a lot of eating/drawing/playing/cooking goes on here and so I only have room for a little bit-o-fancy and this is it.  I found these red candles at Kmart and the silver star ribbons from my local $2 shop for there's-no-surprises-here, $2.

 

And no Christmas Tour would be complete without a picture of my favourite tree bauble.  I can take no credit for this photo - my husband is a pro with the filters and the tripods and the flashes and all that stuff.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Have a Merry Christmas!