Eat your Granny Squares!

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Oh my word!!!  What more is there to say?  Click on the linkyloo and it will take you straight to the full tutorial.  I am totes requesting these be made for my birthday next month.

Just like Alice...

.... I fell down a rabbit hole yesterday, a pinterest shaped one.

I have been obsessively planning and pinning party ideas for my two smallest smalls - parties that are actually not happening till October and December!  But since I follow (toooooo) many blogs I keep seeing ideas pop up and it is the perfect spot to put all those ideas for future reference. 

So, while I know that they are not original ideas, the soon to be 5 year old is having a lego party (thanks to Donna Hay's most recent kids edition for including the most excellent lego blocks cake for me to copy!) and we are going with rainbows for the small girl because, well, have you seen those many layered cakes???!!!  To pretty for words.

It's also the perfect place for me to go troppo with my babushka obsession!

And get all inspired with other people's beautiful crochet!

Do you pin?  What are your most popular catergories?


I feel a bit blonde mentioning this, but I only worked out yesterday how to take a screen shot from my computer!!!  Did you know how to do this?  Mr Google was kind enough to send me simple instructions but basically hold down the 'Alt' key and the 'PrtScn' key (normally found up near the top left of your keyboard somewhere) then head on over to the paint function found in Accessories and paste your image in there.  You can now edit and save it like a normal image and use it obsessively in your blog 3 times in one post!  (see above!)

Point & Shoot: a kiddie focused weekend!

A trip to the movies to see Cars 2.....

...where one of these small people fell asleep on their daddy.

A couple of games of bowling....

....where one of the small people solidly beat their mummy.(And if someone could enlighten me as to why two games of bowling is cheaper than one??!!)

And just because I think it is looking so pretty...

... I couldn't wait to start joining up those 180 circles!  Two rows done with their ends sewn in.... only 13 more to go!

See some other happy snaps from the weekend with Point and Shoot over at sunny + scout.



My creative space...

In my creative space this week:

180 crochet circles were completed...

...with no two the same!

Anyone want to come over and help me sew in all those ends and then crochet them into squares whilst joining them at the same time and ensuring that no colours end up all clumped together???

And you might remember my first attempt at an owl last week?  On deciding his eyes were freaking me out so were sure to freak out the birthday girl, attempt number two was made.

Much better, me thinks.

The bonus of Tasmanian relatives

I am well aware that this does not look super appetising but let me tell you right now - this is the yummiest chocolate snowball EVER!!!!  It is made with the softest, smoothest marshmallow and covered in real chocolate, then rolled around in even more flake-like chocolate.  My in-laws are visiting with us for a few days before they trek off to Switzerland and they bought us these delicious morsels from a place called Anvers in Tasmania.

Yesterday there were 24 of them, today there are 18 left. 

I think someone needs to stage an intervention.

This week I'm grateful for... no alarms.

Oh, school holidays. How you tease me with your initial awesomeness.
A slower more relaxed pace, pyjamas all day and absolutely no screeching alarm clocks going off every nine minutes because my arm is still to sleepy to reach round the side of the clock and switch it off completely so I just bang away on top hoping to somehow hit the snooze button.

Feeling grateful?

(disclaimer:  I was actually up before 8:53 this morning.  Just not early enough to dust the bedside table obviously.)

Friday Fun

Drowning in a sea of balls at the indoor playcentre.

Finishing off my inner circles for my granny blanket (while my children drown in a sea of indoor playcentre balls)!  The one on the lid is what they will all look like in the end - not a great example as it has a purple centre, then dark blue, then the light blue, all of which haven't really iphone photo-ed very well (what a surprise!).  I have been using the Royal Sister's pattern.

A little bit of shopping on the way home.  I pledge my eternal devotion to supermarkets that provide these teeny trolleys for small people.  And yes, those are bananas in her trolley.  At $13.98per kg.  Apparently my husband is rich.

What happens when you have drowned in a sea of balls all morning, then shopped up a storm?  You fall asleep on the couch during your 75th viewing of Toy Story 2, which really just means that you now wont go to bed tonight till 10.30 tonight!

My lunch while they sleep and rest.  A combination of lettuce, avocado, olives, fetta, cucumber and some cut up falafels with some balsamic on top.

How's your Friday going?

(I'm also squealing on the inside as my followers just clicked over to 50!!!!  Gosh, I must be interesting.  I wonder how many of those are my family members?!)