Sewing, Parties and World War III

Well here it is..Damian's 1st Birthday pressie - a pair of navy cords with little fish sewed onto a bondsie. I hope it fits. Its very cute....... And to match a cute little fish card (thanks Mum).

The girls enjoyed Damian's party but also experienced a bit of tough love from Mum. After breaking up two fights over toys I packed them into the car and brought them home. We lasted 1.5 hours. Annabel sobbed all the way home for 20 minutes..." Mum I don't want to go home."

World War III seems to erupt every 5 minutes in this house. They are either best of mates and play beautifully or are fighting over toys. I generally find Georgia starts the fight by running away with something Annabel had in her possession. And instead of sticking up for herself, Annabel stands and screams like a banshee. Its all just too tiring.....

And a photo of my models in their new cord pants that I finally finished. They looked so cute in these outfits. Teemed with a $5 cotton on shirt and a long sleeved spencer you can't go wrong. This outfit actually reminds me a lot of Peta and myself....Mum always dressed one in pink and the other in blue. But I suppose its better than being in completely matching outfits!

Sewing Mumma

The start of some cord pants for one of the girls

A birthday pressie for someone. I can't reveal what it is for another couple of weeks
(so just a little sneaky peak)

Today I finally got to some sewing. The girls were quiet happy to entertain themselves while I got started on a few projects. I am finding that I am too tired to sew of a night so I have set myself a little task to do a bit each day while the girls have a rest! I have also decided that this year I am going to try and make most birthday pressies for the girls friends. I bet this lasts till brothersister arrives. We have a 1st Birthday Party this weekend for Damien so watch this space......

Our Graceful Fairy

Annabel has taken to pretending to be a fairy. She wears one of my oversized t-shirts around and flaps her arms. She is not particularly graceful (as you can see from the photos)

but it keeps us all entertained!

I hope Aunty Jen is still planning on making the girls a fairy outfit for their birthday.

I personally believe that she has been watching too much of that crappy fairies show on

Channel 7 each morning.

12 Weeks and 2 Days till Brothersister Arrives

Just thought I would post a picture of my belly for the international / interstate family. Its finally gotten bigger. I have gone from looking fat and tubby to actually looking pregnant. We only have 12 weeks to go (hopefully a little less) until the new baby arrives. Thankfully I am no where near as big as when I had the girls. The girls arrived at 29 weeks + 3 which is only 13 days away!!!

Mothers Day Weekend - Camping

We have just returned from a weekend down the coast at Barlings Beach, near Rosedale (where Nic & Keith have a weekender). We stayed in cabins with 3 other families. The kids had a great time - swimming, playing and running wild. The beach was beautiful but breathtakingly cold. This didn't deter the kids and Georgia seems to be finally over her fear of sand!

Chilly Autumn Day

What do you get when you turn your back for 5 seconds on a chilly autumn day???.............

Georgia Leigh stripped down to the nuddie and hosing herself off with the grey water hose from the washing machine. At least we are doing our bit for the environment!

Easter Photos

We had a nice Easter and me a great Birthday. Lots of visitors and today a picnic with my Mothers Group and all the kids at the Botanical Gardens. Just thought I would share some pictures.................

Australia's Next Gymnastics Stars

Annabel, Bree, Mia & Georgia

Annabel (pink) & Georgia (white)

The photos say it all...................

brothersister - Our latest addition

We had our 20 week scan of brothersister (the girls name for the new bub) today. Everything looks good, although they are still uncertain about the exact due date but I suppose this bub will come when its ready. As long as its not another early arrival. The bub was lying with its legs up and its hands behind its head. Think its taking after Daddy already! The best new is that we are already half way there..YAY

The Girls First Year

I decided to play with some of the girls photos today and created a montage of their first year. Here it is....
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Holidays with Nanny, Poppy & Aunty Jen

We have spent the last week having a break with the family. The girls loved all the attention and playing with poppy's animals - chooks, ducks, Bonnie the dog and the elusive Rabbit. We often found Annabel up the backyard trying to catch the rabbit..."Come on Rabbit"....
We spent a day at the beach (Lake Cathie), time hanging out with Nanna Shirley and the family and Poppy took us yabbie pumping.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year - only a month late

Well we have been a little busy.... Our xmas was very quiet but nice. We joined some friends for brunch at the park in the morning and then had a late lunch / early dinner. The girls had a great day. They got spoilt rotten. They didn't know what to play with first.

Pearl Beach

On Friday we drove up to Pearl Beach (an hour north) of Sydney to meet up with the family. We rented out an amazing beachhouse with 5 bedrooms and 20 metres walk to the beach. It rained every day apart from Friday. But it still didn't stop the girls from swimming. Annabel loved the beach. From the moment she got up in the morning all she wanted to do was go swimmin and diggin. Georgia enjoyed the water once she got in but she hates the sand. Hates walking on it and playing it. Not sure where she gets this from. She is a bit of a princess. Next time we will take her gumboots. It was a great weekend......nice to see the family before Christmas.

34 Degree Heat, Evaporative Cooling & Chocolate Paddlepops

With the heat we have had lately and the thought of heading into another long, hot summer we decided it was time to bite the bullet and install some cooling. Fortunately with the 30 plus temperates we have had lately....it has already had a workout! It is nice to be able to put the girls to bed and know that their room will not be sitting at 28 degrees.

Here are some photos of the girls enjoying a chocolate paddlepop. It was their first ever icecream on a stick. What a nightmare. We had paddlepop from one end of the back step to the other!

New Hair

Well today we both got new haircuts. The little mullets are gone, replaced with a cute bob and pretty clips or kips (as Annabel calls them). It was a bit traumatic to begin with but after being bribed with biscuits and baby chino's we sat still!
HOW CUTE DO WE LOOK???

Few & Far Between

Well our updates have been pretty few and far between. We are not slack its just been sickness central here once again!. Mum has been sick with a nasty gastro bug that knocked her for six!
So what have we been doing......hanging out with Dad. Thankfully all the bugs have gone and this week we will be able to resume our normal activities like music class, cooking with Mum and seeing all our friends. Two new photos - Georgia's new smile and Annabel eating the batter off the beaters after helping make some biccie's.

Daddy is an Aussie Citizen

(Georgia, Neve, Amy & Annabel)


This morning we proudly watched Daddy (Michael) make his affirmation to Australia and accept his Australian Citizenship. Yah. It has been 6 long years since we kicked off the process with visas. As Daddy often says "it would have been cheaper & faster to catch a boat to Australia." But now its done and Daddy's allegiances will have to change to support Australia in the cricket and rugby and he can now legally vote! he ha
The girls actually sat for an hour throughout the ceremony. I did have to bribe them halfway through with dried fruit and biccies. We sat with Anna, Neve & Amy, who are friends in our playgroup. So we were also able to watch Simon accept his citizenship.

Who Needs Expensive Toys??

Not us....It has been hot here the last few days and it is still only spring! So I have been letting the girls play out the back with a small bucket of water, some cups, a face washer and a pot plant. What more could two little girls want!!!! My pot plant has never seen so much water. They spent about an hour an half moving water between their buckets, Charlie's bowl and the pot plant.

Floriade

We spent yesterday with my MG at Floriade. It was lovely, great weather and a nice picnic lunch. We didn't really check out too many flowers but just hung around the Kids at Play area. The girls had a great time.
Today we went back with Nanna Shirley. We spent 3 hours looking at the flowers, feeding the ducks & playing at the park. Needless to say we were all pretty tired by the time we got home. We are loving someone else to play with and help entertain. I think next Friday will be a sad day when we put Nan on the plane to go home. I have told Nan she could take them back up home for a few years...but she said she is a bit worried about keeping up with them...they don't stop!!!

One Night in September

Congrats Liv and Pat...and thanks for sharing your special day with us. Enjoy your honeymoon...in Vanuatu.
Just thought I would share some photos of the stunning Liv and us.....