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

Australia Day McStyle

..catching shrimp to help catch fish..

...reeling in the big ones with daddy...

..kickin' around in the water at Wooli...

.....chasing away the fish daddy is trying to catch..

...and just generally rockin' out on a public holiday

Day 22 - Darkness

I missed a shitload of days, i am not good at rules...

i took this while i was on holidays, it is a fairly good representation of how i am feeling today.....

Day 11 - Why i don't believe in religious figures

Having a few quiet moments thinking of those who lost their lives in Toowoomba yesterday, while watching the water of the Clarence River fill the paddocks behind our house.

Floods in Qld, NSW, fires in WA.......

GOD if you do exist summer break is OVER get off your arse and sort this shit out!!

View from my verandah at 7am - 11.1.11, - 4.82mtrs @ Prince St Gauge

River breeching the banks at 1.15pm - 11.1.11 - 6.0mtrs @ Prince Street Gauge

The view when i arrived home from work 4.45pm - 11.1.11 - 6.62mtrs @ Prince Street Gauge

Latest Reading - 5.15pm - 6.7mtrs @ Prince Street Gauge

Day 8 - Bitchin' New Wheelz

Day 7 - Fluttering By

Day 6 - A drive in the clouds

Day 5 - Uralla's Hidden Gems

Day 4 - Let them eat cake

Happy Birthday Tara May !!!

Day 3 - New Shoes

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.

Christmas Lights

took a drive around town last night checking out the Christmas lights with the kids !!

sometimes i wonder...

..if i am a single mother of three.....

Crafty Delivery

I love a good crafty delivery, today in my mail box - a delivery of paper craft bits and pieces.

Hanging @ Minnie

Hanging out at Minnie, awaiting the warm weather.

Historic Buildings

I just adore old buildings

if only the walls of these beauties could talk

what amazing stories they would tell.

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

100 Stars !!!

Miss Lilli has been working on her star chart all year.

She earnt stars for good manners and for helping others,

for setting the table and clearing up after dinner, tidying her room,

helping pack her school bag each preschool day,

and other efforts she made throughout the year both large and small

Her self determined goal was 100 stars, her self determined reward, Seaworld.

Well last week, Lilli made it to 100 stars,

and not a parent to go back on my word

and wanting to give her the reward in a timely manner

i booked in to take a flex day and we took

Miss Lilli and Mstr JD to Seaworld yesterday

and i don't really know who had the most fun ...... i think it was ... me :)

I took ALOT ( 281 ) of photos and of course

i can't show them all here, so here are a brief selection from the day.