still alive and kicking ;)

lets just say I'm feeling a bit guilty that my blogging has lapsed of late :(
I will endeavour to continue blogging my little heart out again when I get the time.
Just so you know I am alive and here, it's just been a busy time for us

Since I last checked in we have lows and highs- a house of sickness, tanty's, bad toilet training stories,a long extended visit from the teething monster the addition of violent playing :( -
but then on the upside we have had play dates,picnic at the park, feeding ducks,attended a 1st birthday party,delighted in the news of a new relationship, are ecstatic to hear of another bun in the oven (not me! lol) and are bursting with crafty/arty idea's for a possible future business of my very own!!! yes you read it correctly...

I am in the beginnings of creating the thoughts of a business idea I have had for a while now, for those of you who already know me I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear it is purely a idea based on my love of art and the big wide world of creating.
I have been experimenting with new ideas and made a few pieces already but I'm not ready to go public just yet so you will just have to keep posted on that one.
I have spent many long hours contemplating what is the right name for my up and coming business project and I think I have it but we will see what I think after some much needed chocolate, glass of red, good company, good music, white paper and an array or pencils.
I'll see what comes and hopefully in a blog not too far away I will be able to share a few logo/name ideas with you all :)

The munchkins are well and although there is the odd "mum!!!", cry, scream, tanty's, ouchie bonks- there have also been the smiles,lovely cuddles, great developments, songs and those special moments that all Mother's know and love.
Thalia sadly has decided that I'm "mum!", not the cute sounding "mummy", not the adorable tinny voice calling "mum-ma" but simply "mum!!!". It seems as though I am no monger a mummy unless they need mummy cuddles when they are in pain, tired, sick etc- most of the time both Munchkins have developed the habit of calling "mum" in the way a husband might call "WIFE!!!!" -charming really :S

Thalia is getting quicker with her crawling and liking the odd walk with the help of "mum" holding her hands and supporting her until she gets to the destination and starting the crying- she has a big longing to walk and has been discovering more she can do around the house, so odd seeing her walk around the furniture holding on to things- really cements the idea that she is at the beginning of becoming a toddler!!

There is going to be a new method of tt (toilet training) for declan, soon we are going to ditch nappies for good- cold turkey day and night!!! :oI know, I'm a little scared but I think it will be a good move, after tt for 7 months!!!! and still having accidents and tanty's it's time for a new approach. We started changing our approach last week and so far he has improved already so fingers crossed!

Loving all the rain that we have been having, but it's a little annoying when the kids are always wanting to go outside and I have to keep thinking of idea's of things to do that are new and different to interest them, we have been escaping the house when possible and making lots of indoor cubbys and tunnels :)
Welcoming winter with open arms- loving the excuse to snuggle, the beginnings of winter comfort food, the cosy funky winter wardrobe, roasts, hot chocolate and yay for Easter time nearing!! :D love love love all things winter

speaking of food, I'm thinking it's time to indulge in some desert..mmm
farewell till next time with will hopefully be sooner rather than later.

A week full of sickness,Party fun, cubby house's,new food and craftiness

well here I am typing from what has been of late the house of snot, sneezes and coughing......a week at home with a household of sickness isn't the best but we had a good go and making it a good one.

Andy as per usual had 'the dreaded cold' only for a 24 hr period unlike Declan and myself who have shared many snotty cuddles and nose blowing moments.Declan has become quite attached to "hanky"- he was given a couple of children's hankies from Great Grandma for Christmas and they have become like best friends this week, going to bed with Declan and being very loved.

Thalia as usual has been her usual moody self minus the sickness but in the last few days the nose has started to run and I fear she is cursed to share our despair :(

Declan and I are on the mend *touch wood* and although we have the odd cough or wipe of the nose we are hoping to get out and about more in this coming week!!!

To fill in our at home time Declan seemed to think it was a grand idea to spontaneously organise parties every say 3-4 times a day...lol....no really he found where mummy had stashed some party hats in the cupboard and decided he would take them out when he pleased and announced with great excitement "PARTY TIME!!!"
Yes it was party hats all round, not just for Declan but for every toy he deemed appropriate as well as Mummy, Daddy and Thalia :)
Then when it came to a time where he thought fit he suddenly announce "ALL DONE PARTY" and rush round collecting all the hats and packing them up....too cute.

here is a photo from one of the many parties Declan attended this week:

another activity we spent many hrs doing was cubby building.....a hard task when you are trying to build with a 1 yr old present who enjoys pulling the colourful bits apart and a 2 1/2 yr old who suddenly starts singing "there's a house with a floor, with a floor, with a floor....." (anyone familiar with this song would know that it ends in a crash....and "there's no house anymore" :s

We did end up making a house despite all this and the finished product was much loved complete with a door and all!!! which adds to Declan's new found skill of opening his bedroom door.

Our new food for the week was dragon fruit, from our own backyard it grew and we were eager to for ripening time to see what this fruit was all about.

It looks pretty awesome on the outside but on cutting it I was shocked, it almost looked fake...a white grey blob of jelly with black dotty seeds everywhere (pictured below)

it didn't look very appetising but we gave it a go....Daddy thought it was okay (somewhere between the taste of a kiwi fruit and figs), Mummy thought it was okay ( a tad bland needing to be eaten with other fruits), Thalia gobbled it up and had very strange poos the next day and Declan although very excited that it was something to do with dragons..smelt it, licked it tasted a nibble and discarded it.
I am yet to google dragon fruit and see what to do with them recipe wise etc.


The next thing on Mummy's agenda for the week was a spotlight shopping trip (always welcome :D) to get some materials for making Thalia's very own hair clip holder.
Thanks to Be a fun Mum for the inspiration, Amanda for reminding me when she posted Bianca's gorgeous clip holder on fb and Pretty things distract me for the beginnings of Thalia's hair clip collection :)

So here is the result to be either hung on the wall or displayed on her bookshelf in Thalia's room



The background is a floral material, covered in a weave of pretty pink ribbon on which the clips will be clipped..lol...framed in a purple frame (even though it looks a bit blue in the pic)
and hot pink buttons for cuteness.
Yesterday we enjoyed a visit to Grandma, Grandpa, Great Grandma and Uncle Dave as well as the family dogs Jodie and Kayla. Thalia was thrilled with the dogs and loved playing pegs while Declan bounced with Grandpa on the little trampoline and terrorised Jodie (Dog) by chasing her, or should I say hunting her down wherever she went.....we were forever hearing "COME BACK JODIE!!!"...needless to say I think Jodie would have had a big fat sleep last night.
Jodie soaking up all the attention:

Grandma.Grandpa and the peg Lady


The peg footed Thalia :P



Grandpa and Declan having a bounce!

so that was our week! onwards we go to hopefully enjoy a week of happy healthy times *fingers crossed*