Saturday, May 31, 2014

STILLS : A WEEKLY COLLECTION (WEEK 22)

Linking up with Emma at The Beetle Shack for Weekly Stills and we are not far half way into the year with time flying by and these kids growing up in front of my very eyes.  Here's what's been happening this week.

Sienna helping James carry his sleeping bag and pillow for his first school camp at 6.30 am.

 At the local nursery with Sienna.

Pondering over the flowers.

Part of a local mural.

We love watching white clouds against a blue sky.

My Photo Year Book for 2013 has been printed and arrived this week.

An example of one week's spread which happened to be the Royal Birth week.  Naturally I didn't take those photos but it is an historical event which went in that week.  It's hard to photograph this page with light hitting the pages but you get the idea.

This is Sienna's "Hotel" she made out of various boxes for "Sparky" her pencil sharpener.  It even has a disco ball.

Evening shadows in the toy room.

All sorts of kids belongings cover this coffee table.

Sienna with "Sparky" the pencil sharpener.

A little message for James from his sister to welcome him home after his 3 day camp.  She's so thoughtful and James thought it was nice.

 Tidying up around the place and found Sienna's notebook.

Friday, May 30, 2014

22/52 - "The 52 Project"

Linking up with Jodi at Practising Simplicity to take a portrait of your child every week for 52 weeks. 



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014."

James :   Heading off to his first school camp away at 6.30 am.

Sienna :   In the process of making a slide out of towels for her little hedgehog "sparky" to slide down.  Sparky's main job is a pencil sharpener and he is going everywhere with Sienna at the moment.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

STILLS: A WEEKLY COLLECTION (WEEK 21)

Linking up with Emma at The Beetle Shack for life around our place with our Weekly Stills Collection.

Walking to school this week in the mornings.

Beautiful flowers in bloom which look like pom poms.

Local murals on the way to school.

Sienna doing some crochet in bed.

James showing Sienna some of his electronics tricks.

Throwing Autumn Leaves


Sienna, my 8 year old.

James, my 10 year old.

Sienna having a little time playing golf on the x-box.

Power Wings on the driveway on a beautiful day.

Kitchen light in the afternoon.

This is our favourite Five Seed Bread that we make for toast in the mornings.

James and his skateboard.

Friday, May 23, 2014

21/52 - "The 52 Project"

Linking up with Jodi at Practising Simplicity to take a portrait of your child every week for 52 weeks. 



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014."

James :   He loves playing with his electronics kit.
Sienna :   Having a quiet moment in her room doing some crochet by lamp light.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

STILLS : A WEEKLY COLLECTION (20)

Linking up with Em at The Beetle Shack for Weekly Stills Week 20....how these weeks are flying by already.

Sienna sorting out the TV channel.

I had the opportunity to see this guy in concert.  Michael Buble is awesome and the concert was fabulous.  Source of photo is here.


My digital version of Project Life is so close to ordering the book now and I will have an amazing photo book of last year's photos off my computer which is a mission of mine.

Saturday afternoon at the skate park.





Sunday bike ride with the kids.


Autumn leaves on our bike ride.

20/52 - "The 52 Project"

Linking up with Jodi at Practising Simplicity to take a portrait of your child every week for 52 weeks. 



"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014."

James :   Thrilled that I finally took him to the skate park.

Sienna :   Always entertaining herself playing outdoors mixing up some dirt and grass with water.  She put the glasses on after some dirt got in her eye from the wind.

STILLS: A WEEKLY COLLECTION (WEEK 19)

Linking up with Emma at The Beetle Shack however very late in posting Week 19 which was a big week in the kitchen baking.

Cooking a huge pot of Chicken & Veggie Soup for the week.

Making a Chocolate Brownies which have grated zucchini in them no eggs or butter and it was delicious.

Made a batch of Pizza Scrolls for the freezer for the kids school lunch boxes.

Made this slice for school lunch treats from The Lunch Lady, Kate Berry.

Having dinner at the bench.

Enjoying these dumplings which Sienna calls "brains" and rightly so.  Whilst they don't look that great they're 10 out of 10 on our menu.  Delicious Dumplings we made together.

James gave me a voucher for "one free clothes peg" for Mother's Day and he roped his sister into helping him as it was a huge basket load of washing to peg.

 Time out from pegging to chat with his sister.

Mother's Day gifts for my Mum and my sister.  Aunty Lisa doesn't have kids of her own so on Mother's Day we always give her an "Aunty's Day Card" and a little gift.