Wordless weekend

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Wordless Weekend

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How to get the most out of homemade ice creams.
(A tutorial brought to you by the smallest member of the household.)

Take the bowl in which the mango-passionfruit icy-poles were mixed and discard the provided spoon immediately.
Use your hands instead, you will find them much more effective.

When you can't get enough of the remaining contents out using your hands, lift the bowl to your face.

Twist yourself slightly so you can get more of your head inside the bowl to best lick out the contents.

Oops - try to do it without your mum catching you!

If she does, assume a stunned-mullet look and try to ignore the mixture that is in your hair and around your mouth.

Hope you are enjoying some summer fun at your place too.

Thanks to Buttons by Lou Lou for the homemade ice-cream inspiration.

Isn't she too young...

to be chasing boys at the park....?

Oh what a night!

Warning - very pic heavy post ahead!!

After a few last minute cancellations we ended up with nine crafty folk around the kitchen table tackling Trixi's Tiny Tavelling Doll's Houses last night in aid of Girls Night In for the Cancer Council.

Bowls of supplies dotted the very bright pink tablecloth (the colour chosen in honour of the occasion, not personal preference!)

Ribbons ready to go with a 'snap' attached - so that if anyone pulls on your doll house it will just come off, or was it merely an excuse to use my new snap press, you decide!

All the girls busy at work. At times they were all quiet as they concentrated on their houses!

The inital order turned to crafty mayhem as ric rac, ribbon, felt, cotton, glue, sequins, scissors, beads and buttons were all handed around among the cups of tea and glasses of wine.

And here are the results.

I've shown the front and back of each house in case you want to take away some of the ideas for inspiration and make your own.

*Please note that not all these houses are for small children so some do have little pieces on them!

Tamara and Netta

Tamara incorporated the sliding door knob that pops the doll out when you pull on it - very cute!

Netta considers herself not crafty at all and surprised herself with her efforts, much to the delight of her small daughter who was a very happy girl this morning.

Felicia and Julie

Check out the garden complete with carrots for Felcia's veggie loving son, and Julie's sparkly flower garden, which one of our girls said looked like it had fairydust on it.

Jacki and Anita opted for colour co-ordinated 'display homes'!!

Check out the super-cute beaded bed linen for their dolls and the stitching on Jacki's 'wood grain' door.

Robyn and Annette's crafting experience showed in their efforts with lots of lovely embellishment

Thanks to all the girls for a great night in chatting, crafting and eating, and in the process raising several hundred dollars for the Cancer Council.

Thanks also to Trixi for allowing me to share her great idea with my friends.

To organise your own Girls Night In, which aims to raise money for breast and gynaecological cancers, visit the Cancer Council.

Upwardly mobile

Alert, alert!!

She is officially on the move - in a big way!

The smallest decided that despite having a bad case of chicken pox last week, it really was time to get stuck into this walking business.

That decided - off she went.
Since then she really hasn't stopped.

In case you haven't worked it out I am blogging lots more at the moment - in fact I've posted each day this month.

That's because I am participating in Blogtoberfest as hosted by Tinniegirl. Click the button in the sidebar to go on over and have a look.

I'm really enjoying posting more often and dedicating a little more time to this part of the world. The only downside so far is that I can't keep up with the posts of all the other lovely bloggy girls who are also participating.

There's a great list on Cathy's blog - should keep me busy for all of November once the Blogtoberfest is over.

Jumping puddles

I'm in love - seriously look at these.The Aussie dollar is so strong - it makes it hard to resist, so I didn't.

I've been in love with Puddle Jumper shoes for a while, the smallest is about to grow into a few pair and I can't wait.
But she needed some new ones all of her own.

After all a girl can never have too many shoes, can she??

There are also gorgeous polka dot versions in every colour of the rainbow.

Check them out here
(which is where the pic is from).

Future fabric addict???

Me?

No I didn't make that mess in your fabric scraps mum, nope, not cute lil' old me....

Oh, these pieces around my arm, let me see, well, umm....

You got me - I did it.

Lovely stuff isn't it mum!

A future fabric addict in our midst I think.

Milestone madness

A few weeks ago the smallest in our house reached the ten month mark.

It's hard to believe she's been here that long yet, in other ways I can't remember life without her happy little face.

To celebrate ten months she decided it was time to stand up.

And doesn't she look pleased with herself.

Of course if you can stand you can climb up stairs, and walk your way along the couch. I think this little lady will be walking by her first birthday the way she's going.

In the same weekend she started clapping her hands and now gives herself a little round of applause when she finishes her dinner and she also cut her eighth tooth.

My only piece of advice at this stage is, slow down, we don't want you to grow up too quickly!

Three reasons...

why I am loving my new camera.

And then they were three

Two lovely ladies turned three last week.

Because of circumstances beyond their control it's become a birthweek instead of a birthday with the celebrations concluding on Sunday, a full six days after their actual birthday.

Still who minds having to eat more cake, not them that's for sure.

I didn't make new birthday dresses - they looked sweet in the ones I made for Christmas so they did the trick.

I did however get stuck into the two cakes and having the girls request two of their favourite storybook characters made their book-mad mum very happy to oblige, and so Olivia the pig and Maisy Mouse joined the party.

I posted more pics last year on their birthday if you want a trip down the lane of my memory.

My lovely girls, you were super-cute as babies and every day you grow more and more gorgeous, spirited, bright, happy and fun-filled. You light up my world and I am so proud to be your mum.

Roar

We went to the zoo

A small tiger followed us home

I think I'll keep her.