Oppa Bushman style

There are not enough words for green to describe to australian bush. 

We went rain forrest style on Anzac Day
( why yes, I do mean the ANZAC day that was a month ago)

What better way to respect the fallen diggers then to enjoy what they helped keep safe

Ps i know its been a bit since Anzac day - but this post was brought to you by Rain lots of Rain, chilled noses and a cake running about - oh only 12 hours behind.  So this is my hot cuppa and make me smile post!!

Soaking up the last of the sun!!

Winter is my season - in my dreams. 

My dreams are filled with warm quilts, hot drinks, trashy telly, soups and good magazines. 

And while I do get these things ( in dribs and drabs) in reality my winter is 

Snotty noses, endless washing, and cranky kids stuck inside. 

So before it hits we are soaking up as much of the outside as we can.......

Walks in mumma made dresses and stockings!!!

Stockings are my favourite thing of dressing little girls.

Under everything!

Art with chalk.

Makes me smile every time I pass the driveway

And pure kid happiness for 40 cents - Bliss!

Our own Ancient ruins with rubble from our deck building

Walks by Nepean River

Eye candy filled street performers in the city

Oh PS - how the heck could I forget about Man Flu. We get a lot of Man flu here - over run by future men!!

PPs - smelly wet dog as well - thats always fun.

For Beth..........

the past 6 months or so

Cake 

redneck waterslides 

Bushwalks

14

Family time

8

funny four year olds  

Sisters and cousins 

Already!

I cant believe January is almost over! Its gone past in a blur!

Holidays are almost over, Rod goes back tomorrow ( sob) and the boys back to school the week after that ( Josh to high school - sob sob).

My youngest nephew and my sons

January has been about family for us. We have used the month of his holidays ( the longest he has ever been off) to run off to my sister in laws holiday house, to go to Jamberoo water park and just small escapes to the local park , etc.

While Im not looking forward to any of them going back, Im looking forward to having more routine again, my days with less fighting, and a cleaner house ( and less fart and burp jokes!) Im also looking forward to having a bit more time to scrap and blog!

The layout is for scrap the boys - and pretty much sums up how we have spent our summer holidays - WET!!!!!!

Ps Im not sure how I feel about this one, and challenged my self to use only what was with in reach, and the background - a chux wipe - just so happened to be in reach!

PPs - was very excited to come back from our last mini break to find out that I had my first lol for the year picked up!! And to a mag I had not been pubb'd in before - creations - yay!

PPPs - How the heck did I get a HIGH SCHOOL aged child?!?!

Party from a 12 by 12

Thank for all of Coopers birthday wishes. He had a blast of a day.

The mini shoot I did with him - hilarious. Lots of millions of monster faces and lots of blurry photos from where I am laughing too much and he is moving too much!

Though I did get some sweet ones as well.

All week he had been carrying around a cake book from the library talking about his

"dinodoor birfday cake"

All of the items I used were from one 12 by 12 piece of paper ( My Minds Eye - Wheels - Micro dot in orange)

1. I fit the party hat ( short of time, I found a free online template. I used clear bra elastic so I wouldn't have awful white lines )
2. The party Blower ( I had seen a few instructions here and there and so I winged it - make sure that seal around the straw is tight!!!)
3. The door garland ( winged it - a big 3, circle punch and some crepe paper roll)
4. The above cake flag ( the negative from the 3 and some scalloped scissors - swinging it old style!)
5. And an extra number three - that was loved to death the night before.

The hardest part of making all of this was that I couldn't move fast enough for the boy! To be fair though I dont think superman himself could have moved fast enough to match the excitement of that lil guy!

Ps The party hat seen some lovin by the time I took that photo. And also some throwing - the thing held up pretty good. 3 year old monsters are very fickle creatures!

linked up to Whatever goes Wednesday and Friday Flair

THREE!!

It has been a big week this week

This sweet lil guy turned three.

Im happy and sad at the same time - my last little boy is no longer a baby!!!

But three year olds are lots of fun!

Even if they have to make faces at photo shoots!

( Actually thats one of my favourite things of him! He makes the best three year old monster faces ever!)

Happy birthday my sweet Cooper. I love you a million.

Happy new year.

(excuse the bird flipping - Lara 6 weeks old)

I still cant believe it is 2012, um excuse me but where is my flying car and instant people importer?!?!!?

(Cooper - boxing day - with really annoying singing dancing elf hat)

Not that I can drive a flying car and but if that instant people importer does not come soon I will actually have to learn to bloomin drive.... But its beside the point!! According to movies like back to the future number 611 ( and if you dont believe me just wait a week or 2 Im sure channel 10 will have it on ... again) I was meant to have these things, and Im feeling slightly ripped off.

(Tyler - new years eve)

But if it means I get a happy healthy ( and I pray it stays that way) family and good friends and great food im a happy girl - esp when it contains great food. mmmmm food............

(Josh - practicing his used car salesman stance - 16 Dec - ready for his formal,

Photos of this kid are scarce - he hides when the camera is out - plus with the 50-50 split with his dad - what he does not know is this year IM making it my goal to get lots of photos of him.....

Well he is almost 13 anyway - he is due to be really annoyed by me..........)

Im not doing resolutions I cant say that I ever have really, but Im going to give 101 in 1001 a try. The link is a link to my half finished list. Is it cheating to make finish the list as one, cause I have!

Ps Just cause I could - the photos sprinkled through are some of my fav photos of the kids from the year - and all have happened within the last month or so.........

(and for good measure one of me - not my fav but I dont have many to choose from !!)

PPs for the first time really in a year or so there has been actual scrapping by me, I know bloomin shocking right!!!

But I wanted to make a butter sandwich...........

Or alternate title -

Why toddlers should never be left alone for even a minute!!!

He did enjoy the game we made of cleaning the train though!

Ps excuse bad photos, was laughing to hard.