Cloud Staring and Butterfly Chasing

My soul feels revived after spending the afternoon

lying on a blanket staring at the sky and chatting with my beautiful friend Flick.

We munched on Chokito Cookies

and watched my 3 children (3,5&33)

catch butterflies in the bug catcher and play on the equipment.

Saturday afternoons just don't get any better that this.

a sunny saturday

with not much to do, or should i say while procrastinating on cleaning all the things today,

i enjoyed a latte @ Gym Beans with Felix and the kidlets, then we headed to the park for some fun, lollipops, jellybeans and crochet. Ahoy!

Crafternoon Chaos

Valentine's Crafternoon of delight

Featuring:

Little L

JD

FelixExplody

and

Lola

downloadables from:

Kiddley ( Paper Dolls and Little People);

Creature Comforts ( Tea Note Flats )

KaiserCraft Digital Freebies in Gypsy Sisters

Day 2 - The long awaited..

Picture of my children together !!!!!!

Every parent, photographer or not knows how difficult it is to capture

that on perfect image of your children TOGETHER.

you know the one WITHOUT silly faces, closed eyes, fake smiles, tears.....

i did it, i finally captured that PERFECT photo.

Day 1 - Happy New Year

Welcome to 2011 @ iknitshit

i am kicking the year off with my snapping buddies by participating in "a photo a day"

Today's photo was actually shot last nite, we are holidaying in a sweet little seaside village at my Grandparent in Law's beach house with aunties, uncles, neices, nephews, grandparents etc etc. it's a full house and a family that i am over joyed to be a part of.....anyway back to the photo, as is customary while holidaying at the beach we take family walks after dinner or as it happens this year - bike rides.

New Years Eve is no exception, my little people just love the salt air and the sun.

Hanging @ Minnie

Hanging out at Minnie, awaiting the warm weather.

Interesting Things

After a busy morning doing a photo shoot with the gorgeous little Bailey.

I returned home and we decided the pack up the car and take a trip to a little village about 30 minutes away.

Nymboida was just a blip on the map until last year when Russell Crowe decided to buy the local pub and build himself a museum.

"The Museum of Interesting Things" is really just a place for Russ to store is excess wardrobe I am sure, with most of the "interesting things" being costumes and props from his movies.

And obviously Russ only has a small garage at home because he has park a half dozen of his personal motorcycles at the museum too.

But there is something a little bit special about this museum,

something a little bit personal, you see, my dad is a car man...... no that is an understatement, he is a car NUT, you see my dad owns a Robinson Jaguar, it is his pride and joy, I don't know a lot about cars, but I know I like this one, it's red and it's shiny !

The kids were very excited to see "Poppy's Racing Car"

although Lillian was reluctant to have her photo taken with it

(she was distracted my the mannequins in the stage coach, after we had just explained the process of taxidermy and the giant horses pulling Russ's Gladiator Carriage, she was a bit concerned that the people had been taxidermed too ! )

ParkLife

I jus tlove a good saturday afternoon at the park with the husbeast and the kids!

to see my favorite photo pop over here to my photography blog

why you should not take your children to work..

... because the co-worker who's chair you tied all the balloons too that were left over from safety week last week will offer said balloons to your child, and you child will not be able to refuse the delighful gift that said co-worker is offering and will accept with a squeal of ecstacy, you will have to shove the ballons in the rear of your station wagon and use only your side mirrors to navigate your way home, and once home you will be requested to "take pictures of me mummy, with my lovely ballons, please mummy, i love them, i feel like a bug"

Boys and Toys

Took JD to check out the Grafton Aero Club Jacaranda Rally this morning.

I think he wants to be a pilot...

She's a Poser

Oh dear.. look what a photography obsessed mumma has created.......

a little poser

JD turns 3!

My little man is three!

where did the last 3 years go?

It feels like just yesterday that the Dr was retreiving him from my womb and placing

a perfect little man with a shock of black hair on my chest and into my arms for the first time.

We have had some ups and downs in those 3 years,

but everytime he pulls through, he is a tough little bloke my JD!

I love you buddy xxxx

10 Pin Bowling !!!

what do you do on a rainy saturday morning with a 2yo and a 5yo???

GO BOWLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So much fun - huge congrats to Lilli who won on 90 points, JD how came second on 76 points and poor mummy came last on 68 points.......and i was actually trying !!!!!

Miss J turns 5 !!

Birthday Party, Big Chair and Bubbles = AWESOME

My Special Little Guy

My special little guy is growing up, today was his first day ever without a day sleep, a sign that he is turning into a big boy :)

Sunday in the Park

An afternoon at the park with the kids and Glenn = Delightful, I sat in the sun knitting for a while as they played on the equipment, then we took a stroll around the ducks pond and feed them some bread.

JD is becoming such a character, posing and pulling faces when i take photos of him; and miss Lilli was as coy as ever!

Lachlan Valley Railway

Last weekend the Laclan valley Railway Steam train visited Grafton, we decided to take the kids on a 2hr steam train ride, it was fantastic !!! my little brother tagged along to which was lovely !

Easter