messages for Poppy...

"Poppy I wonder what you are doing"

Awwww little Layla is such a treasure - she decided to send a little message to her Poppy the other  day - up to heaven - via helium balloon!  I love that she still has so many memories and talkes about him to us often.  Evie never met her Poppy, but Layla has been educating her on all the fun stuff she  used to do with him.  The girls have decided that they would like to send more messages up to poppy-what a wonderful Poppy he was!

When Papas away... the girls will play!

Ingredients for a "Gals night":

3x Home-made pumpkin, leek and bacon soup
3x home-grown, freshly squeezed Orange juice
1x bubble-bath (supervised by Wilfred)
3x chuppa chups
1x Toy story 2, movie
3x new glitter, nail polish.  (chosen by the cherry blossoms)
2x kids magazines, (with stickers galore)!
1x hair crimper
1x hot rollers
1x curling iron
1x bottle of hair treatment
2x brand new winter pj's
1x pot of tea
1x beautiful warm fire
1x pretty bedtime book

Walah!   Mark has been working away a LOT lately - poor Mr.  He's really busy at the moment!  So us gals decided that we would go to Spotlight and buy some fabric for Mummy to make some buntings and hot water bottle covers (Layla and Evie have GIANT hot-water bottles to take to bed and cuddle over winter), and have a good ol' fashioned Girls night!  We scrubbed our house from tip to toe, ironed, organised and dusted, then bought ourselves a couple of little treats for our hard work!   Gosh I love my little family!  These little girls of mine are going to be heart-breakers and Mark is already drafting a "rules for dating my daughter" document... Ohhhhhhh my! xx

when a little birdy comes to visit...

...we ALL go, Ga-goo-ga-ga! We had our delightful little niece/cousin, Olivia come to visit with her beautiful Mumma and my BEAUTIFUL sister, Steph last month!

We had so many fun times and made some beautiful memories... French Earl Grey tea is my "Steph n Tam tea" from now on! We had extended breakfasts, went shopping and lunching and chatted the whole day through!

Little Liv is so loved - Layla wanted to take her to school for her "news day", and Evie just couldn't stop loving her! My favourite moment was when little Liv fell asleep whilst I was cuddling her, when Steph was packing her things to go home :( I think her Uncle Monty was a little clucky too - he kept saying..." Oh this little girl is so beautiful"! He would grab her as soon as he got home from work after saying, Hi to everyone - Ohhhhhh she's our perfect neice! We can't wait for the next visit!

How does your garden grow...

Here's what's happening in our garden this week. I would love to ramble about what's happening, but it's so much easier today to just be a shutter-bug and post photos instead.

I'm so behind with my home duties at the moment with the girls being unwell and the rain, and we have Steph and baby bird Liv, coming to stay next week so I have some serious cleaning and organising to do. We have a full house for the majority of this month, and I'm a little anxious, as we have a number of social events including our wedding anniversary as well... and with uni pending... ahhhhhh! I'm really going to have to be organised. So - apologies in advance if this blog is a little bit quiet for the next few weeks. xx