a phone call...

A phone call was the highlight of the week...lol...not that we have had a bad week...but it was the first phone call we have had from Ben in about 2 and a half weeks...the reception was not good but it was nice to hear his voice...he is now in Australia again having crossed the Indian Ocean...So now he will be able to check out the blog and see what we have been up to...

The girls have been playing together in E's room a lot...so cute to see...E gets a bit grumpy when M messes up the game...lol...but mostly it goes pretty well...And worn out!
A usual busy week this week and I really have not taken many photos...we even went to Whiteman Park after school one day so Evangeline and her friends could ride their bikes and Morganne could crawl around on the lawn and I had no camera with me...amazing...lol...E went off with Shauna and Lara to the park for a play and tea one night too...

I had a lovely lunch at Taylor Studios in Middle Swan on Thursday with my friend Jen as it is her birthday today...Happy Birthday Jen! E had a sleep over at mum's last night so it is just Morganne and I at home...so quiet...we had lovely cuddles and chats in bed this morning...

Yesterday I found a snake near the car port....a small dugite again...each year since we have been here I have found a dugite near the house at this time of year...all only about a foot long...but still very off putting...

Evangeline can now independently write her whole name...she used to give up at Eva or have to copy it...but now she is very proud she can do it all herself!And she is doing great work with numbers...Both our girls are fruit lovers so the are happily tucking into all the seasonal fruit at the moment...peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums...even figs...and of course always watermelon, mangoes and grapes...Morganne is toddling...8 - 10 steps at a time...Pretty wobbly which is so cute and then she decides it is faster to crawl...She also loves to open and close the gate!And she is loving the tool bench...putting screws in and out of holes and containers...she can olso just reach the kitchen bench and has pulled some stuff off...so now I am keeping everything from the edge...
I have done a couple of pages for my 2009 Life Snippets Album...I'm a huge fan of Kim Archer and love to do her classes...they are good value and I love her style...it is all about using what you have and having fun with your scrap booking...I find I just relax and grab scraps and slap stuff down when doing a layout...and usually love the results...it is a great class for recording the year..and using some of those photos to remember each month and which you would not probably use to do a whole page...I will still scrap other pages and do some mini albums but it is nice that a snap shot of the year is so easily created...You can still join in if you want to check out her site...here is my cover page so far...and the month of January...I am doing mostly 8.5x11 but you can do 12x12...
And great news this week is our friend's little baby Charlotte is off life support, out of ICU onto a normal ward and getting lots of cuddles from her parents! Looks like she is doing very well...a long way to go but making fabulous progress! GO Charlotte!
E will be home soon and we are off to a birthday party...I hope you are enjoying your weekend...And I have to go as Morganne is getting into everything! Lissy