Chilli Tuesday

Winter is well and truly here.. I really noticed the cold yesterday when we were up and about early taking BJ to school. It was his first day back after a couple of weeks holiday and he seemed a bit quiet and shy, I guess it will take a little while for him to settle down again, it probably seems like ages to him since he's been there. Georgia is back tomorrow, and really looking forward to it. She has been asking and asking when she can go back to dancing. It's good that she is missing it, i guess that means she really likes going. They don't start back up till Saturday week, so she still has a while to wait.

While Ben was at school, Georgia, Jackson and myself went to Eastlands to find a pressie for Jon, it's his birthday on Monday and we might be going to the shack for the weekend, so I thought I better get in early. Why are men so hard to buy for?????????? I did get one thing, but that was something he said he wanted, so that was easy, but I have no idea what else to get him. Mmm I will have to put my thinking cap on:0)

While we were at Eastlands we met up with my mum and my sister and her kids, Georgia hadn't seen her cousin Isabelle for the whole of the holidays, so it made her happy to catch up with her again.

I have a couple of DVDs to recommend, one is a animated family one called "Barnyard" It is so funny. The kids love it, Jon loves it and even I love it. It's really funny.

Another one is "Walk The Line" this isn't a kids one, I borrowed it off my mum and I have now watched it 5 times. It's the story of Johnny Cash. It's got a lot of singing in it and it so cool.

Georgia is very excited about this weekend, she now has her very own life-jacket, which means she can now come out in Herbie (our boat, weird name, I know) and hopefully catch her first fish. Jon had to go to Big W to get some things and Georgia wanted to go too. So off they went, and when they came home she showed me her new life-jacket, I was kindda surprised he got her one, because they aren't cheep, he said they were in the fishing section, and she saw the little life jacket, and she looked at him with this gorgeous look in her eyes and said "please Daddy" and Jon just couldn't say no:0) (that's my girl LOL)

Lastly I thought I share a few photo's that make me laugh. Some are old and some a recent.

Jackson really enjoying his icey pole.

Trying to get a cute photo of all the kids in their Jammie's on my bed, this is the result, a cute one of Jacco but see in the background, Ben and Georgia are having a wrestle!!!

Do ya think I'm sexy???

Crazy Girl!

I love these four, even if they are crazy!!!

Hope you keep warm

Bye for now

Ange

It's About Time

I thought it was about time I updated this lonely little blog. I was thinking about what to write about and it's kinda amazing what can happen in a month.

The most exciting news I have is that we finally found a building block, it is close by so I'm glad we don't have to change the kids school and stuff like that. We have been busy working out our floor plan, and we have settled on one we both like so now we have to wait for the titles to come through then we can get started, it's very exciting to be building again.

School holiday's are almost over:0( but we have had a great time. Mum has got a shack up the east-coast now and we can use it whenever we like (lucky us) So we have been up there over the past week. The kids have had so much fun and are still catching up on sleep, as they had lots of late nights. I loved the camp fire we had on a couple of nights, toasting marsh mellows (yum) . And the walks to the point where the kids went looking for crabs and enjoyed throwing rocks into the water.

We had Jon's mum and dad come up for a BBQ lunch on one day, they brought Clare and Angus with them so the kids had fun playing with them. And on the last night my sister came up with Jye, Amelia, Sarah and her friend Lauren, and stayed the night which was great fun. I can't wait till summer time.

While we were at the shack, Mum and I went for a drive to this little shop, it's like a Christmas all year round shop, and it also has some craft supplies so I decided to buy some felt and thread and try some stitching. I didn't really have any idea what to make, then I had a brain-wave. Jackson was watching a Peppa pig DVD which he really loves ATM, so I made him a little George and a dinosaur (if you don't know peppa pig, George is peppa's little brother and he loves dinosaur's and I think it's the only word he can say, lol) I guess it turned out OK for my first try, and I already have requests from Ben and Georgia for some for them.

I haven't done any scrap booking for such a long time, I did start a little mini album just before we went to the shack, so I hope to get that finished soon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Ange

Lazy Sunday

We had a lovely Easter. The kids woke at about 6:50am and were so excited to find an Easter egg in their baskets by their beds, then they spotted the bunny foot tracks through the house and they lead out to the backyard where the Easter bunny had hidden more eggs. We had to try and stall them from going out cause it was still a bit dark and very cold (brrr...) so the got dressed and watched a bit of telly then headed out to search for eggs. After they found them all we went to Jon's brothers house for a BBQ lunch. They live in the country and it was such a beautiful day, so still and quiet and you can't beat that fresh country air:0) The kids had fun playing with their cousins and we took Angus and Clare home with us to stay the night. Angus is Ben's age and they get on so well together, they always have, even when they were babies. Clare is about a year older that Georgia, they also get on really well.

They were really good, at night the girls were in together ans the boys were down stairs together, they talked in bed for about an hour, then fell asleep about 9:30 which was pretty good. The girls outlasted the boys though, in the end they fell asleep together in our bed (so cute) The following day Jon had to work day shift so he left for work about 10ish and the kids played happily all morning. After lunch we headed down to the beach, it was another beautiful day, they even swam and had a wonderful time. Jon arrived home at 6:30pm we had mum for tea. After tea the kids went outside for a game of spotlight in the dark. Clare and Angus got picked up at 8:30pm then it was bed time (they all slept very well:0))

The kids have been home all week for Easter break, we headed up north for a couple of nights away which was nice, just what the doctor ordered I think, I am feeling a lot better, no more horrible aches and pains I had before we went.

Yesterday GG when dancing, she is now in a class with girls her age and she went really well. I thought she would be a bit shy going into a new group with different girls and without Biz, but she was fine, and as long as she is happy that's the main thing. No point me spending all that time and money sending her if she isn't enjoying it and having fun. Right??

Jon and Ben have a new ps2 game that they both really love, it's called Barnyard, and they are hooked, It's actually a DVD movie, and it's really funny, even Jon and I got some laughs when we watched it.

Here a a couple of LO I have done recently.

This one is pretty self explanatory

And this Photo of GG is quite strange looking but i had to scrap it anyway. My poor camera has had one to many sticky little fingers on it and I was snapping away and realised the shutter wasn't fully opened, and this was the result, dunno why but I just liked it:0)

And this one, Don't laugh!! It's not what you think. I didn't realise until after I completed it that it kindda looks like Jacco has wet himself, but it's not, really it's not. The kids love playing with water outside and he just loves to splash in the puddles of water that get on the concrete.

Hopfully I'll have more to share in the next couple of days.

Today so far has been a very lazy day, we might go look at this new block of land that has come up, with a bit of luck it might be *the one*?????

Ange xx

Catching Up

*WARNING* Lots of rambling!!

Wow where does the time go??

Thurs: We picked up Georgia from Kinder at 2pm and decided to go to BigW to fill in time until we had to pick up Ben (it's a bit of a pain) then back up to school at 2:55 to pick Ben up. It was a beautiful autumn day (quite warm really) so we went home and set up the slip and slide for the kids, and the big kid, Jon decided to show em how it's done, so out came the bubble bath and pool flootie thingo and off he went, It was hilarious LOL!! The kids thought it was pretty funny too. We had a BBQ for tea, then a walk around the block before bed.

Fri: Well Jon got a free ticket to the pura cup final from work so he thought he would take Ben to watch it. Ben was very excited about going to the big sports oval, and sitting in the big grand-stand. Ben wanted to keep moving though. He wanted to go higher, and higher LOL!! They didn't stay long, Ben got a bit board after a while and they boys had the game won, so they headed home a bit after lunch. It was another beautiful day and GG (Georgia Grace) wanted to go to the beach. So we headed to the beach, which was nice,there was heaps of shells at the beach so we drew a big face in the sand and went around the lines with shells and Ben found some sticks for his arms and we gave him spiky hair, the kids loved doing this, I wish I had of took the camera. After a while the grey clouds started rolling in, I thought it was going to thunder so we headed back home. Then Jon had to go and help his brother Matt lay some carpet so Ben went along too. They didn't get home till after 7pm By this time I had 2 very hungry and tired kiddies, so we had a quick tea (yummy flat-head) then it was into bed.

Saturday: We picked up Isabelle and took her with us to dancing, it was handy Jon was up so he had the boys while I took the girls to dancing. I got home to a very tidy house ( I am a lucky girl) He had packed up all the toys, vacuumed, and cleaned the kitchen, he also managed to get the boys dressed and feed, isn't he a good daddy :0)

Ben had Sam's party in the arvo, it was a gymnastics party at the sports center. He really enjoyed himself and told me afterwards that he wanted to have his next party there.

We had our good friends Sarah and Michael around for a roast dinner (it was really yummy, even if I do say so myself) they must of enjoyed it to because they wouldn't let me throw the left-over potato's out, so they wrapped them up and took them home LOL!! It was a really fun night, I didn't have to worry about getting the kids to bed early, so the stayed up late and had fun playing with them. I really value their friendship, they don't have kids of their own yet, but they have still managed to stay good friends with us, even though we can't go out as much as we use to because we have children, we have lost contact with a other friends since we have had our kids, but things have never changed with them which is so great. I can't wait till they have kids too, I think they are planing it for next year (yay!!)

Today: It's been a pretty quiet day, not much happening, the kids were drawing outside on the concrete with chalk, and I decided to draw a hopscotch grid(not sure if that's what you call it??) for them to play on, It brought back memories of my primary school days, when you throw a rock (we used a piece of pine bark) and the square it landed on you had to miss it. It kept them quiet for about 30-40 mins.

We went and had a look at a block of land, it's exactly what we want, big, flat, and in a quiet cal-de-sac, the only thing wrong with it is the price:0( It's not fair, Jon is getting very anxious to find a block, and get building and settled into our own home again. I keep telling him to just be patient, that something great will come up soon. But now I'm getting to the stage where I just would like to know what we are doing, and if we at least had a block we could get started with things................hmm, I sure it will happen soon.

Jon back at work tonight, but only for two nights, then two off again.Yippeeee!!

Here is a quick LO I did the other night, not great, but I'm lacking a bit of inspiration, Maybe tomorrow my new goodies might arrive in the post and perk me up a bit:0)

Hope you have a good week:0)

Ange

I'm Back

I happy to say I am on the mend after my 3rd lot of tonsillitis in about 6 weeks. The antibiotic have kicked in and I'm feeling much better. I went to the doctor last Thursday and he put me straight back on them, then I had the worst 3 days, I was vomiting and had the worst migraine I have ever had, I didn't think it would ever go away, but now I feel fine still a bit snuffed up though. The doctor told me that I also have a sever sinus infection, and I may have to go onto a stronger dose of antibiotics after I finish these ones. Anyway that's enough about that.

We haven't been doing a lot lately, just everyday stuff. Jon has been walking up to the school to pick up Ben and he takes Ben's bike, so he gets to ride home, which he just loves, he thinks it's pretty cool. If I hadn't been so sick I would go too, and take Jackson in the pram. Maybe I will start tomorrow?????

The kids had a water bomb fight the other day, it took me ages to fill em up, but well worth it, they had a ball. Jacco was cracking up every time he popped one, so cute. Ben and Daddy got a bit rough for little Georgia and Ben "accidentally" hit Georgia with one on her back (don't know if you can see in the photo) and it got her soaked. She wasn't very happy about that but he gave her a free shot at him, but she just couldn't do it (the little angel) She just likes throwing them at the plants and fence.

I did this LO today. I love these photos of Jackson with the sun on his hair, it shows all the beautiful colours, so that's what I made the LO about. I used my new swirl stamps for the first time on this LO. I am also excited that after a long search I found a set of itty bitty alphabet stamps on e-bay and they arrived last week. I haven't used them yet but they are like the ones I borrowed from Mel a while back, and I just had to have my own (fell in love with em:0)

I am also happy to announce that Baby Annabell is now the proud owner of 3 new dresses, 2 new bonnets, 1 new sun hat, a new pair of panties and a new petticoat. And I am so proud (and a bit surprised) that I got them finished. Usually I get halfway through something like this and then lose motivation. She looks so cute in her new outfits and little sandals, and Georgia is very happy too.

After to night Jon has 3 nights off work, so I am happy about that, and I am really happy cause he said he would take me out for dinner. Mmm the big decision is where should we go?? Any suggestions??

Lastly I wanted to share this photo that I have been playing around with. I took it on Christmas day, it's of my Nan, who is 93 this year, and my little niece Amelia. I don't know why but I just really love it, there is just something about it?? It's one of those photos that I'd really love to scrap but I just wouldn't know how (if you know hat I mean) I know I am weird, I should just scrap it and be done with it, but I think it's just so precious I don't think I could do it justice.

Thanks for dropping by:0)

Ange

LO's to Share

I have been scrapping.....Yay!!! Here are some of them. (sorry about the bad photos) Do have some others I need to finish off so I'll share them when I do:0)

And here is a little container I covered to keep my buttons in.

Not a lot else to share, we haven't been up to much, just normal everyday stuff. I have been sewing though, have almost finished two little dresses for baby Annabelle, I will share them when I have finished also. I got these shoes for her off E-bay. Aren't they just so cute. Georgia hasn't seen them yet. I wanted to wait till I finish sewing the dresses and give them to her altogether.

Ange

Busy Week

It's been another busy week. Georgia's been to kinder again on Wed and Thurs and she is still absolutely loving it, which is so great. While she was at kinder on Thursday I took Jackson to kinder gym. He loved it so much and there wasn't too many there which was good. He didn't stop the whole time we were there (about 45 mins) but he wasn't to sure about the singing and dancing part lol!


Ben had a party tonight at MacDonald's. We got there and gave Cale his gift then he came over and gave me a hug and said "bye Mummy". I was like "oh, OK then". Not that I was going to stay long, but I was so surprised by his confidence, and how he was so totally fine for me to go. It's great, but a little sad in a way, he doesn't need me as much anymore, I guess I have to learn to let go:0( Oh and BTW the party was a hit with the kids, but he came home with a tummy ache, he told me he had 3 pieces of ice cream cake :-0 Not sure if that was true or not.


Wednesday's and Thursday's are so quiet around here, it seems really weird to have only one at home again. Poor Jackson walks around in circles, wondering when the others will be home so he can play with them. He has cut out his arvo nap now so it's a long wait for him.

Here are some photo's of him passing the time. He loves building blocks ATM.

Not a lot happening scrapping wise. I have done only one lo this week (pretty slack I know) The pic of it isn't very good, but my printer/scanner has pooped itself, don't know what's wrong with the silly thing, so I had to take a photo of it (which I really suck at and can never seem to take a straight one:-S)

I moved my scrap area around today. I was hoping to make the lighting a bit better, but it didn't seem to help much. But I think I like the set-up much better:0)

Back to dancing tomorrow for Georgia, and after that I'm going to see if I can pick up a cheep book case from somewhere.

Bye

Ange