Beach Day

Today we had a great day at the beach with Daddy. Mia had so much fun digging a really big

hole with Shortty & watching the water fill it & her feet sink in the "quick sand". I love wathcing them play together, makes me smile inside & out!

Our Little Mermaid

Our Little Mermaid, Ariel, i had so much fun making this costume for Milsy's 3rd Birthday Party on Saturday. We had a great day sharing with friends! & I think Mia loved being 'The Little Mermaid' for a few hours, except the hair, it only lasted about 30 seconds!! :-)
I forgot to take photo's (actually i completely forgot the camera!) so i managed (bribed with a jelly bean) to get her back into the costume today hair & all & i think she enjoyed it a little to much, she even started posing :-) Our little girl is just too cute!!

Mum's Group

One of the things that i love to do, Mum's group, there is nothing better than sitting around & chatting with a group of mum's who are in similar situations as yourself, sure there everyone has a slightly different story but we all have kids below 4 (some also have older kids) & we all understand sleep deprivation, tantrums, refusal of food etc etc. SO to be able to talk about these things & just have a laugh is such a great blessing.


Love my mum's group!! And i'm even more excited about the plans we have for expansion next year to a playgroup or two!!

During mum's group Mia dissapeared & was being very quiet, so i went into her room, opened her wardrobe & this is what i found! Lets just say she was well mosturised!! :-)

Grand Final Day 2009

Thanks to all our friends who came along & enjoyed Grand Final day with us, we had a great time! Love the friend network that we are growing here on the Mornington Peninsula, your love & care for our family is both appreciated & wanted!! Love to you all. XX

In the dog house??

So when you read the heading i bet you were thinking something different.

One of Mia's favourite places to play at the moment is in Lexi's kennel, especially if Lexi is in there. She puts up with so much our poor dog, but Mia just loves her soo much, I think sometimes Lexi thinks a little too much, but she's always willing to share her kennel, what a good dog. No need for a cubby yet! :-)

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Birthday Pressies

Thanks Nanny Raine for my horse to hold great Grandpa's saddle, I love it! giddy up horsey.

Mia also got her own big red car, a bargin from a trash & treasure market! Beep Beep, coming through.

Blowing Daddy kisses

"Mummy, where's Daddy"
"At work babe"
"Mummy take photo on you phone, Mia blow Daddy kisses"
"Ok babe"

Moonlit Sanctuary

What a fun day we had with Auntie Kez & Belle Belle, we visited Moonlit Sanctuary in Pearcedale (thank's Kez), Mia loved feeding the wallaby's. I was so proud of her, she approached them so quietly, holding her hand out with the food, waiting quietly for the wallaby's to approach, then the smile started, I saw it creeping up, until her whole face lit up as the wallaby ate from her hand, what a beautiful image! A beautiful memory. And Belle, how much fun she had, still too young to realise the need for quite, she just ran, oh so excitedly, towards the wallaby's, & away they hopped, but she didn't mind, it was still fun! Thanks Kez & Belle for a great day. XX

Mia's 2nd Birthday - Melbourne Zoo

For Mia's 2nd birthday Shortty & I took the day of work & we heading to Melbourne Zoo, it was a beautiful winters day, no rain, enough sunshine to keep the chills away. We had a great time, Mia loved running from one animal to the next, it was just too exciting. Her favourite animals were the monkeys (you can see her monkey impersonation in the photo's) & elephants. She also loved playing on the seals, but unfortunately the seal exhibit was closed for renovations, oh well, just means we have to go back :-)

Gone Home

My beautiful Grandma went to heaven on Monday, she is finally at rest, spending eternity with her Lord & Saviour! I will forever remember my Grandma for the amazing woman that she was, she was my Gramps backbone, they were nothing without each other, the relationship they shared is something i strive for in my marriage. When i went to say goodbye to Grandma on Sunday night i held her hand, i remember when Grandma & Gramps were still on the farm & Grandma would pull our socks on or off for us & her dry scratchy hands would tickle our feet, how I love those dry scratchy hands, they remind me of so many fun times at the farm, they were hands that new hard work, new the love of the land, new how to make a scones like no other! I pray that my little girls children one day see in my hands all the things i saw in my Grandma's, safety, love, fun, discipline, warmth, peace, security, wisdom, knowledge, i could go on forever i think, she was a lady of such dignity, i did not, do not respect my Grandma because she demanded it, i respect her because she earned it, i don't think anyone could meet my grandma and not respect her, she was a lady of her word, a faithful lady. I will miss her, but i thank God that i will meet her again in heaven one day.

Fishing

Rock fishing with Daddy at Apollo Bay, well actually "rock holding a fishing rod" with Daddy, no fish biting! Made for a very nervous mummy! But a very happy Baby & Daddy, good times!

...Body Paint...

"Look Mummy, oh ow"

Ok, so a nice day for painting on paper... & on our tummy apparently :-)

Artist

What a beautiful day for some painting, our little artist!

Our Little Bunny

Today we went to a church fete in Mount Martha & they had an animal nursery, by far Mia's favourite part of the day! She love's animals, as you can see in the pictures, she wanted to cuddle & kiss them all! I love the photo in the middle, she was bouncing after the rabbit, it was so cute!! Again, how lucky we are that our children can experience these things!

Blessed...

I can not begin to explain just how blessed I feel to live in a place where I can take my little girl for an 8 minute drive & arrive at a beautiful, safe beach, that we have mostly to ourselves!! And best of all, it where her mummy grew up, it just feels like home! I guess I need to remember this when i start complaining about life & situations, we are truely blessed!!

No Regrets...

So we sold our house, lost a fair bit of money due to incorrect information given to us by our bank, & moved to Hastings, even if we never see a cent of the money owed to us I don't really care, cos i know that we have done the BEST thing for our family, look at our little girl playing with her dog at the beach i grew up at, I can not put into words how happy I am that we are here!!

Auntie Char's Hat

Auntie Char is heading of to Queensland to live very soon, we are going to miss her so much, I think as a society now we take our family for granted, it doesn't matter if they are 10 minutes away or 2 hours away, attitudes seem to be "it's too hard, too much effort" I don't want to be that way anymore, Char I'm sorry we have not spent quality time together lately, i am going to miss you so much, Mia is gonna miss not having her Auntie Char around to teach her all sorts of bad habits :-) . Love ya babe! Miss ya already!

Cruise'n with my Cousins

Nothing like a swing at the park, followed by a hit of golf & then a cool of in the pool with 2 of by favourite cousins! Love Mia

The Big...

So here is our 1st "The Big..." I hope to one day have all of Australia's "The Bigs" on our blog, this is The Big Strawberry, located in Cobram Victoria, we went here for breaky & had the YUMMIEST pancakes with strawberries on top, my mouth is watering just thinking about them again!! I highly recommend it to anyone!

Hard Day

After a full on day swimming at the pool at the caravan park, jumping on the MASSIVE air pillow, playing at the park & just running around having fun.......

...there is no better place for our precsious little one to fall asleep then safe in her daddy's arms.

1st Boat Ride

How spoilt are we, we were up in Cobram & Barney was trying to get his boat started so Mia could have her 1st ever boat ride (she had been on a ferry but not a boat), anyway, long story short, the boys flooded the engine & mixed teh wrong combo of oil to petrol so we could not get the boat started, a couple of blokes & their wive & kids stopped to help out, they spent nearly an hour trying to get the engine going gave us fuel & everything, lovely, lovely people, however nothing seemed to be working, so they offered us a ride in their boat! We had a great time on the Murray, Mia really enjoyed it, as did Shortty & I, thank you again to the kind hearted, giving people who offered us a ride!

mmmm...yoghurt!

Note to self.... don't leave Mia on kitchen floor with tub of yoghurt!! I think pictures speak for themselves! However I don't think they show the full magnitude of the yoghurt painting experience! :-)

News Years Day....

Last night we had Dan, Shane, Kez, Belle, Tanya, Casey & Mason stay & celebrate New

Years Eve with us, we had a great time, GO SINGSTAR WOOHOO, however i forgot to get my camera out so no embarrassing shots unfortunately. However, the next morning my 2 bubs were struggling to stay awake!! They look peaceful, I'm not too sure about how comfortable they are though!!