.... sisters and nieces who have flown in for the week to bond with my children so that I can leave them tonight and go out on an overnight (!!!!!) date with my husband!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary
10 years ago today, Darren and I got married! I have just been going through our wedding photos and my one thought is, gosh we looked young..... and thin! We'd only been in Melbourne for a year or two so we flew back to Tassie for our wedding with family and friends and then spent 10 days in New Zealand for our honeymoon, bungy jumping and getting food poisoning sooooo bad, Darren thought he was dying!
10 years later, we have made a sweet little family with our 3 babies, Oscar, Isaac and Matilda. And on Saturday night, Darren and I are leaving them for the first time ever and going out on a proper date which we haven't had in years. New dress, new shoes (hello red patent peep toes!!!), dinner and a hotel in the city for the night.
Happy Anniversary Honey!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
My One-Large-Granny-Square Baby Blanket!
So, this is heading for a new wee baby who is yet to be born! We dont know if it's a girl or a boy yet so I had to go with some a-sexual colours. The red is a nice deep colour and the blue is almost purple. You can see that the only model I could find at this hour of the night was Matilda's wee Cabbage Patch posing in the Baby Bjorn pram. I must direct you to this fabulous ladies blog, Attic24. I have used her wonderful tutorial on how to edge a granny blanket using that lovely scallop look which you can find here. I wasn't sure how big it should be so I just kept crocheting until I was a happy with it.
What do you think? Like the colour? Should it be bigger do you think?
Monday, January 3, 2011
Point & Shoot
New Years Eve when you are 4 & 6! In fact, NYE when you are 35 looks pretty similar to this as well!
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Everyone. We have been having a very busy Christmas and New Year with a houseful of visitors - my husbands parents and now my lovely 14 year old niece! Everyone is sleeping in various rooms in the house, or not sleeping as the case may be, but rather bed hopping and ending up top and tailed in their brothers bed for the night!
I did manage to brave the Boxing Day sale at Spotlight after having an overwhelming desire to have my own sewing machine! I picked up this little number for the bargain price of $80! I know it is pretty basic but since I have no skills and have not sewed since Year 10 Home Ec it's all I really need. I have been using Nanny to her full advantage while she has been here as she is a natural sew-er from way back. I'm not sure that my lessons have been coming in any particular order but she has managed to show me how to make these sweet little skirts for Matilda! Pleats and all! Fabrics are just from Spotlight, and if you look carefully you'll see that the first one has an Alice in Wonderland print all over it. Gorgeous yes? I think perhaps it is meant to be for quiliting but nevermind, it's working for me.
My new baby with the Alice in Wonderland skirt.
This is one that Nanny whipped up!
And mine, made with only a wee bit of assistance!
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