Well this poor old blog has been abandoned for months. Time for a little bit of blog loving I think! I did just pay to renew the domain.

We are in a different house in a funny housing estate that could almost be a retirement village. Lots of oldies, very manicured lawns, no rowdiness. It is really rather relaxing. We are surrounded by water, but alas… NO SWIMMING. The canals get deep, run quickly on the tide and may possibly be home to sharks. Poo. I would really really like a canoe though.

On the up side, we are really close to a 5 star resort, where it appears we are welcome to swim. Yay for that, and there are pretty amazing beaches a couple of minutes up the road.

So Tate has started school! He is going really well. Loving it in fact. Their feature author for this term is Dr Seuss, who Tate assures me is pronounced ‘Dr Zeuss’. I think I know Green Eggs and Ham by heart, and Great Day for Up. He has started playing soccer too. The training is pretty hilarious and adorable to watch. Some of the kids are still at the ‘NO HANDS!’ stage, they get confused as to which way to kick etc. Tatie is pretty good, he can kick really far. He is so tall and skinny, and asks me for snacks all the time. Usually he wants cut up cucumber, cherry tomatoes and little squares of cheese. Yes, I am asked for that EVERY DAY. Tempted to buy those precut squares of cheese…

He is still as sweet as they come, showering me with love and cuddles every day. Bless.

I’ve listed a few things in the Made It shop. Little bibs, a couple of aprons and Little Miss Muffet hats.

Back soon… I promise xox

So far November is going swimmingly. Literally. We have been swimming a number of times already. Our mates live at a resort with a pool, so convenient and free!

We had our friend’s Alice in Wonderland party last weekend. Tatie and Mr Tweetheart went as tweedle dee and tweedle dum - the Tim Burton version. They looked super cute. Here’s Tate..

Zoe was Alice, like her big girl friend Mikayla.

We also dressed up to go to Australia Zoo on Halloween. Tate’s pirate costume didn’t last long, too hot!

So we found a place to rent. It is perfect, apart from the lack of fans or air con. I don’t cope exceptionally well with hot weather, so this will be a test for sure. Pedestal fans don’t work as well as ceiling fans do they?  Bum. We’ll work it out.  It is a great place though! We even discovered a great playground just around the corner.

I hope you’re having a wonderful week!

For fail, flunk, fooey. Blogtoberfest was a wipe out for little tweetheart this year. Once I fell off the wagon I couldn’t get back on. Apologies to anyone who rubbed their hands together with glee when I announced my participation in Blogtoberfest, a month of posting every single day. I failed you.

October for our crew was rather busy, and at times full on. To give you a run down… there was the birthday of Mr T, the ghost of Margaret in our house who required a visit from the local psychics, my newly acquired and I hope to be short lived cola addiction, trips in the boat, chins badly injured in scooter accidents, house hunting, market stalls, Mr T travelling for work, a BAD haircut (mine) which has resulted in the wearing of all manners of head scarf.

 We have had visits from cute frogs, annoying ants, numerous beetles and gratefully few spiders. Mr T bought a chopper. So did his bff.

It needs a new paint job, but I must admit it is pretty cool. We sold our caravan! Tate was stung by a bluebottle at the beach (was that October?)

Um, what else? I surely picked up some cute dresses at the oppy and bought some tan in a can.

OK, I’ll stop now. Did I mention our computer lives on top of the washing machine? Very uncomfortable and not conducive to blogging. For real.

Melbourne Cup day tomorrow! Can’t wait for a squizz at the dresses

xoxo

Look what we found on the way home from the market!

Oh Queensland, I love you more and more each day. That’s our fabulous friend Mikayla, she is just so ace and such a good friend to Tate and Zoe. We love you Miki!!!!

At the request of a grumpy almost-three year old, today I made her a skirt from her most very favourite material. Yep, Michael Miller Mermaids…Man! She adores this fabric so very very much.

Now I’ve worked out how to ‘roll hem’ on my overlocker, I can’t get enough of it. So roll hem, 3 thread overlock together and shirr the top. Done! So very easy. I was banned from taking a photo of the skirt, so I had to sneak this one. I told you she was grumpy today.

I cut out another little apron. I’m hooked on these.

Oh, and on Monday I finished a cute frilly apron for Sunshine n Lollipops. It is in the store now!

I hope you’ve been a bit creative this week too. For inspiration check out all the crafty peeps mcs-ing it this week over at Kootoyou   xoxo

Yes, that title immediately brings to my mind that Blur song. The kids and I do go hand in hand, lots and lots in fact. Holding hands across the road, ringing a rosie on the jumping pillow, skipping our way through puddles past smiling Grey Nomads. Yep, lots of hand holding. Zoe has mastered the CUTEST SKIPPING EVER. It isn’t as graceful as one might expect from a girl so sweet, but it is REAL skipping that she has been trying to hard to do. I must get a video of it. I think I’ll start calling her ‘dirt girl’. Any chance she is in the dirt or  mud…

Our caravan park life will soon be coming to an end. We’ve found a great little furnished unit really close to the beach. We’ll be there until mid September, and what happens then is still being worked out. The unit is ACE! Perfect for our little family and will seem like pure luxury after living the park life for the last few months, and remember we moved out of our own place all the way back in January!

Oh, and Tate had a hair cut today. At the barber!

Did you know this is my 97th post on this blog? It has taken far too long to get here, but I’m thinking a special giveaway should be on the cards for post 100. Hmmm, I sure have enough birdie brooches to give away. I wonder what else I can rustle up?

xoxo

It has been a funny few weeks. We came back from a 5 night trip to Noosa on Tuesday Night. I spent Wednesday in my PJs, only half dressing to run down to the oppy. I returned with a sunshine yellow chenille bedspread, a magnet Eric Carle game and a few newish mags. Yesterday I worked and today has been a little ho hum.

So Noosa? Not entirely my bag. Especially when raining and the waves are brown and churning up dirty foam. BUT the wedding we went up for was GORGEOUS, AMAZING, INSPIRING and just PER-FECT. Completely perfect. The Bride really looked ‘a million bucks’. As someone sitting behind me said “she looks straight out of a magazine”. She did. So did the bridesmaids. Beautiful! Tate called them princesses. All three were blonde and stunning. I must say Mr Tweetheart scrubbed up rather nicely himself.

Tate very proudly wore a red tie. Zoe wore her pettiskirt. Oh my! So many people commented how cute the kids were on the way to the wedding. Well one child in particular, I don’t think I need to name names! We walked there along the boardwalk.

After the ceremony I took photos of the kids. Lots of photos. Well, they were running away from the festivities, and honestly I find small talk and mingling with people I don’t know so well pretty hard. So frolicking about with my camera in one hand and a glass of champers in the other was great!

 Most of the time those pesky children refused to look at the camera.

Occasionally I caught them.

They loved the professional sandcastle builder. Tate couldn’t understand why he wasn’t allowed to help! Bless.

What else can I report? I purchased a very expensive although PERFECT bra. Finally I’m wearing underwire again, and loving it. We went for big walks, saw a large snake in a tree, ate alot of ice cream and enjoyed the pool. Yeah, we had a good time. I promise I will NEVER ever agree to travelling with carry on luggage only EVER AGAIN.

I did crochet that Roselette top. How cute it is! I will share some pics once I’ve sewn on the buttons etc.

xoxo

Hmmm, so a lovely lady from mums group brought in her week old bubby today. He is tiny and sweet and Wendy is fitting back into her jeans already (!!!). Seeing really new ones like this make me a wee bit clucky and make me think back to my own kiddlies being little. I don’t have photos of tiny Tate on this computer… but I certainly do of Zoe. I so wish I could’ve enjoyed it more at the time. Her babyhood went by in a blur, and although I now have the most gorgeous of little girls, I still long for that sweet baby. Sigh.

And I’ll never forget this bootiful boy. Still as sweet as they come.

Sigh… off to make a little baby dress for a little baby I hope to meet tomorrow. Shhhh, don’t tell Mr Tweetheart about the clucking. It’ll send him into a panic!

I realised it was ‘creative space’ day when I had begun creating the Tiny Travelling Dollhouses. I’ve been wanting to make these for ages, and finally went out and bought matches and a hot glue gun. I now have lots of unhoused matches, but 4 little fairy houses. I’ve been pretty sick this week. I was in denial at first but today it caught up with me. I took it easy having a nap (!) and sitting quietly making these while the kids spent time with their grand-folks (thank goodness!!).

I just used what I had on hand, and didn’t feel like searching TOO hard through the mess sewing room for more felt. They aren’t amazing and perfect but they are for little kids who dont look too closely

One each for my cherubs and one each for my little nieces, here are the back-sides.

I think these little doll houses would be really sweet little stocking stuffers.

I bought this not-so-tiny doll house at a white elephant stall/school fete on Sunday. I have grand plans of doing a design*sponge/jazz up/pretty pretty on it and giving it to the kids for Christmas. I’ll let you know how that goes! We have a brilliant wooden toy shop near here that I can’t wait to visit and check out their dolls. Maybe tomorrow if I’ve stopped coughing.

I knew I was really sick when I agreed to buy this for Tate yesterday….although it DID taste like fairy floss, he hadn’t even finished it before the tanty started… and yes, he was still wearing that long sleeve red shirt today.

To see who else is playing along with my creative space this week, go and see Kootoyoo!

Ha! I tricked you with that title. Well, kind of. We did go to the beach today, and I did buy a rainbow or two at the op shop. This morning Tateb had his first look at kinder for next year. I’m pretty sure it got the thumbs up from him, running, jumping, playing with other boys, checking out the guinea pigs, using fluoro playdough. The list goes on. An ice cream bribe was required to get my children out of there without screaming. Unfortunately for Tatie, this is the best photo I took of him… he he.

After kinder it was time for a trip to the cafe that sells ice creams for the kids, and a foccacia for moi. Then onto the op shop. Thankfully a kind man was manning the desk today. He was very tolerant and kind and even showed me a top that still had the $70 tag on! Pity it was tiny, and not really my style. I tried it on anyway. I did make a couple of purchases, a rainbow silk scarf/sarong/square that is bright and lovely. Also a rainbow spotted top, that is a bit big and unusual but I like the fabric. whoopsie! Oh, and a couple of children’s books (as usual).

And THEN, we went to the beach. Of course we weren’t planning on going to the beach. There were no towel or bathers, but like the other kids, there was swimming in undies!

see you tomorrow for the final day of blogtoberfest!!