Priceless! .. but pic-less

Well we've had a lot of "oooh quick get the camera" moments these last couple of weeks, only to realise Steve has taken it to work!
Tonight was another occasion. I found Lucas under the kitchen table with the brown sugar pav (lovely caramelized gewy bits), so I joined him with cream and banana and we had a nice time under there until he decided I needed some dried sage in my face.. and lots of it :o)

Riley is super cute in his little outfits, we're already approaching the next size up as he's such a lovely budda baby - LOVE THAT! He's also re-named the Jolly Jumper as the Happy Hanger (with twitchy leg). He's really into bath time - when we can get a peaceful moment he has a long happy soak and splash. Otherwise it's a quick dip before Lucas clambers in with his toys and tries to put the "hat" on Riley (little mixing bowl).

Also, Lucas' new favourite book:He loves all the loud words and when I do the shrew's little voice.

It's been flippin' freezing here!! (below 20C) so we're all rugged up and cuddling under the doona first thing in the morning. Or fighting eachother for Nanny's butterfly blanket.

It's freezing cold here (20C). It's not even winter yet.
Did it snow by you A&A? I saw it on the news.


My little lamb has turned into a screaching child. He had his immunisations last week and has been clingy and vocal ever since. Poor little thing's all hoarse so all I hear is a raspy squeak :o(
Off to take care of the little muffin now.

rainy day doings

Sorry about the blurry pics.. this a 3 day old duckling.



Truely excited... I was anyway. Lucas had fun pushing over the pretend boulders that were in the enclosure :o/My two little monkeys under the blankly that Nanni made.

Happy Easter!

We hope you all have a great time this Easter. Take time to reflect.


Lucas got bored of painting so I did the writing while he did the footprints - that was fun :o) We painted eggs too which he loved.. got an obsession with eggs. Gotta be that satisfying scrunch of the shell.

Day to day doings

Okay, so there are very few pics of me on here.. mainly because I'm in that day to day "mum slump" and don't often look camera worthy.

Here's me and my little ones, laughing, crying and eating
Don't they look like they're doing Wallace impressions with the hands? "Cheeese Gromit"



Quiet time. Love it when they cling on with their fists clenched.

Ginny's recipe for date and walnut loaf in a tin. It's soooo delish! I ran out of walnuts so these have pecans. I've had to tackled Lucas a few times today as I find him sneaking out of the kitchen with a whole one.

Time Flies.. so does Valdi

Our friend Valdemar is Portuguese and has the itchiest feet of anyone I know. He's always loved traveling and that's why being an air steward on long haul flights is the perfect job for him!

We were lucky enough to catch up with him on his two night stay in Sydney. Hopefully we can see him again soon and dash down to the national park for some wildlife watching :o)

We haven't seen Valdemar since we left England in 2001! CRAZY how time flies... scuse the punn :o)

Wise little womble

Already beyond his years, this little baby knows when to sleep...
tell Daddy when "that's enough"
and do a really good impression of Ob1 (sp?)

End of March

Thought I'd pop a few pics from last month that we haven't put in their own little post.
Our little sports star has a thing for toothpaste.


Riley's first go in the "jumpy jump". He's doing very well swaying around on his tippy toes but I'm not sure he's figured out what his knees do yet. Lucas took a few days, so we'll see how we go :o)Me and my blue eyed boy (at least I hope they stay blue)
I'm very pleased that finally we get to have some capsicums instead of the fruit fly wrecking them all! I ripped out the tomato plants that had done their thing and we still had a good crop of greens for chutney or tangy lasagna sauce. The beans were for soup at lunch.

I took down the beans too to make room for something else and Lucas sat there munching and pulling apart ALL of the remaining beans and eating the lot!

He won't eat many cooked veggies for dinner but doesn't think twice about ripping handfuls of silverbeet, beans, capsicum, parsley etc from the garden and eating it all raw.
Ah! proud mum :o)

Play Mates

There were other play mates on this day but the pics are all censored.
Here's Lucas with Jack (giggle monster).
Drinking out of the paddling pool (the side they DIDN'T pee in!)

Pretty Pirate

Lucas discovered the stash of "treasure" in the little bush (cubby) next door where the girls live. He tried on all the lip gloss and bangles. He did pretty well since he was up a tree without a mirror.

AMAZING Amazement

Amazement is owned by a jolly English woman who got the idea of a maze park from the National Trust houses that do it in England. It's open at school holidays, public holidays and weekends but she let us come on a Thursday :o)

We only went to the small area on the left. There was so much more to this place, but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with what we saw. Steve and the Alpaca agreeing on something

These goats were so lovely and friendly.

I love this pic as you can see the chickens going into their Wendy house chicken coop.

Lucas loved the feeling of the soft lipped hairy whiskered donkeys as they ate from his hands.

This was a peddle car digger, but they have electric ones too - official John Deer farmers equipment :o)

Gentle!!!

Gramps relaxing .. as he should be!

Riley wasn't all that into it, I'm sure he will be next year.

Little getaway

Terrigal Beach - friend's apartment, wished we could have stayed longer :o(

Sandy hands, springy legs, gammy leg, power nap.

Riley at 3 months

Riley with his little knitted elephant.


This is Regan one of the little girls from next door.