mother's day...

We had a good day...a lovely gift made by Evangeline...Breakfast out with Mum (Ben is still away)...With music... And dancing......And then some gardening as the weather was lovely...mostly rearranging plants I already had to make a succulent garden...And some bargain lavenders at the nursery...to put in the rose garden...All good here...Lissy

week two...part one...

And onto week two of the holidays...

Ben is in Svendborg, Denmark...as in Europe...for training again this week...a long way to go! Pity it is bad timing for a family holiday...again!

We are at home more this week as we are getting over coughs and so on...and we are all pretty tired after a very busy week this week!




We did a lot of gardening on the weekend before Ben left...well mainly cleaning up weeds and leaves and so on...more of that to do yet but hopefully onto some more interesting gardening soon...but more weeks seem to be popping up everywhere...the weather has been really rather nice...a little cool at night but nice days to be outside...and plenty of rain...hence the weeds! We are still trying to reduce the garden size so it is more manageable...and less thirsty...there are two garden beds I am removing...And we have too much lawn but I am at a loss as to what to do instead as I do not want more garden and there are already a lot of paths and paving...Has anyone got any ideas??

I am trying Morganne on some food...baby rice...she is a big baby and feeding every couple of hours in the day and not much better at night...she watches us eat and "chews" away so I figure she might be ready...not that she looks overly impressed...lol...but she has had a couple of spoonfuls quite happily...

I am too tired to be very creative at the moment although I have printed off some photos...and have thought about doing some sewing...but have been cleaning and such instead...no brain power required for that! It is wet again today so maybe after I get the ironing done I shall do something...

My printer is dying...says it needs a service...so guess it is time to get a new one since it has already had one service and a repair job a couple of years ago and is well used...I am surprised my computer is still working too...maybe this month it can be replaced!

Anyway, I hope you are having a good week - Lissy

cucumbers....

...are growing in our garden! E loves cucumber so was very excited to find some under the vines yesterday!And some fabrics arrived in the post today....These for some doll's bedding and such....from hightown fabrics on ebay... and for some Christmas projects....from eQuilter.com in the USAAnd Sharon popped in for a coffee today so I got her to take a photo...is this the last one??? Hope so!! Other wise we will be back next week with 39 weeks!And it is HOT here today...36C...or something so we are hiding out inside...hope you have a nice weekend planned - Lissy

all sorts.....

Well I have not blogged for a few days so I have all sorts of trivia to share and lots of photos...too tired to be chronological so bear with me! (is that the right bear??? brain function diminishing fast)

Firstly 34 weeks has passed and here is the bump...pretty tired at the moment if I do not get a rest...dreary green doesn't help.... less than 6 weeks to go....blimey

Trying to get things done around here before time runs out! The nursery need sorting too yet!

We have been having fun outside in the afternoons though it is raining today!

The dog, Missy is now about 6 months old and getting big...she has a new collar...Fabric I bought today with plans to make E an outfit to wear for her birthday...I have a top and some pants cut out already and I am about to start sewing...have a bit much for one outfit....Ike and E were making Art in the bathroom at bath time at the farm....we had to laugh...nothing like getting creative with tissues...this ceiling is also 12 foot high so they managed to pelt it a long way! We got our first edible strawberry yesterday which E happily ate!I have some scrapbook layouts from the Wave Rock Retreat to share....I did both Alli's and Sharon's classes as I figure it is good to try something new! Christmas layout from Alli's class...though mine looks nothing like hers! And her other class...
I have yet to complete Sharon's and then I will share..

Layouts I did also on the Retreat weekend...as you can see I am trying to get all my Christmas photos from the last few years done...some are working out better than others....

One more yet to photograph that I did at the farm...too dreary today....

The crayons that mum brought back from Disneyland Paris were a big hit...
And everyone is having babies it seems...L to R: Ike, Evangeline, Me and Grandma!
So that is it for now...not sure what is in store for the weekend...have a good one - Lissy

spring in the valley...

This weekend has been "Spring in the Valley" here which means lots of people heading out to the wineries...there are two wineries on our road so there were a lot of buses and music and such...and some very nice spring weather...

So what have we been up too? Well here is E finishing off the last Milo in the tin yesterday morning!Mum came over on Saturday with some yummy lunch and then entertained Evangeline so I could have a sleep. Then we did some more gardening. She stayed over so she could baby sit so I could go to a friend's 30th (Ben is back at work on the boat off the north west coast somehwere)...here is the mini album I made....pretty simple but nice I think... Today we set off to the Guildford Fair...meeting some friends there and the girls had a great time. E had her first ever pony ride and loved it...and a fire engine ride and a car ride...all first experiences but she loved it all :) She was also very good at fishing for ducks and won 3 prizes! I just love to see the delight on her face...click on this pic if you want to see it bigger... We brought strawberries on the way home and then after lunch I had another sleep. Mum did some more gardening...I was helping but I don't achieving much...mainly entertaining the dog and so on! E loves gardening too!
We have painted most days this holiday...which although is a bit messy it is great to see what E comes up with....usually first thing in the morning...
I have nearly done the "theme park" layout for the Retreat class so stay tuned...

So that was our weekend - hope you had a good one too....don't forget that BLOG ACTION DAY is tomorrow - Lissy

this week so far....

We have had a busy week so far!Monday we were at home...I started making all the butterflies to applique onto Evangeline's curtains...she helped by colouring in the pattern pieces..and telling me they needed to have stripey bodies...so they have stripey bodies! They are ready to layout and put onto the curtains now...
Tuesday we went off to Riley's 4th Birthday party which was great fun for the kids. E was very upset when her egg broke in the egg and spoon race so she had another go and won! lolThat night I went to see"Hairspray" with my mum's group and rather enjoyed it...you do have to listen to the lyrics etc..and it is a bit all tongue-in-cheek...

Wednesday was going to be a quiet day at home but I ended up babysitting for a friend- but that was fine as E had a playmate and they were very busy inside and out all day!
Yesterday was a mum's group get together at the Swan Valley Cuddly Animal Farm...the kids had a ball but it was a little warm as there are not many trees...but fun all the same - this kid loves animals! She patted and fed everything she could!
And some of our peas are ready in the garden - E said they were delicious!
So not sure what we are up to today...but the weather is lovely - Lissy

outside...

It's a great time of year to be outside....it started off a bit cloudy and dreary today but the afternoon was lovely....

We are getting ready to light our bonfire...all the dead trees Ben has cut down....it is in the front paddock...we were giving away free firewood to people but now with spring here and the wind and weather right, it is time to light it up! Our vegetable garden is going well...E loves to help and does not stomp on much!I will have to get some more lettuces to plant as we only have about 6 left to eat! The baby broccoli will be ready next too! And some more carrots!

We have flowers in the garden. The secret to great orchids...leave them neglected in the corner of the garden for a couple of years..lol...And I made some bunting for the babies room...this is just part of it but gives you the idea! A very quick easy wall decoration!And here is the bonfire!So that is about it for this Sunday....I am such a busy blogger these days...lol...nothing all that exciting really but I see this as my diary to record our lives and my creative stuff...Well I hope you have had a nice day - Lissy