Hooray!!

Apron - Zophia! (comment number 13)

Brooch - Kellie! (comment number 1)

Drawn by zoe, tiny pieces of screwed up  paper with comment numbers written on in her favourite bowl.

Here is the back view of the apron

It is really pouring with rain right now! We’ve been busy baking today, using packet mixes that give me incredible guilt. Do you ever use packet mixes? I usually don’t, but gee they are easy!

This week I’ve been baking up a batch of aprons. These are little ones, smaller than the preschooler aprons I made last year. Zoe wears hers ALL THE TIME. Which is good, because at almost 3 she looks silly in a bib (but could still use one, she makes SO MUCH MESS).

Gosh, I can’t believe how long it has taken me to get to 100! In some ways though I can believe it. So much has happened! I also find it hard to find the time to blog, I mean there is time, but I’m off reading other folks’ blogs rather than writing my own. Well I’m determined to change that! Regular blogging here I come!

To celebrate 100 I’m giving away a couple of my creations - a birdie brooch and a little apron! To enter please leave a comment saying which one you’d like. I’ll draw the winners next Monday!

Big thanks to K from Kootoyou for hosting My Creative Space- go and visit her, read her lovely blog and join in!

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

Introducing the wee babies; Baby Mo (or mowa), Baby Itch and Baby Hugh. All thoughtfully named by Miss Zoe. Oh she is a funny thing! I can’t wait to witness all the mischief they get themselves into with their new mummy. Made by Donna at Bits for Bots! Snaffled at a Gossamer Dreams stocking.

The most awesome hairclips EVER! From the wonderful Helen…

You’ve met Audrey the pixie, well here’s her new monkey friend (far left). Initially named ‘Boots’ by Miss Zoe, which I haven’t heard mentioned since. I’m hoping for a more imaginitive name for this guy. From Michelle of Poppy, Bean and Bloss.

And NOW for the giveaway…. One little skirt, made by me. Size 2ish. If you’d like it leave a comment here in the next few days. I’ll pick a winner on Thursday… right before the computer gets packed…eeep!

So today it was time for the final stages of the sewing room pack-up. It was very difficult to do, pack up for ‘twelve to eighteen months’. Mr Tweetheart wanted to assist, which sent me into a panic, but also made me move much faster. A few things have become clear during this process, mainly the fact that I am a hoarder. Well, not a magazines stacked to the ceiling, every back issue of TV week type hoarder. But someone who rapidly aquires ’stuff’, and who isn’t very good at keeping that ’stuff’ organised and within a reasonable quantity. I’m not going to mention just how many boxes were packed from my sewing room…

Megsie! I used random.org this time

I used a Mc Calls pattern from 1970. I’ve made the pants quite a few times for the kids.

I made a mermaid tail last night… It is for my neice who turned 5 yesterday. I’ll be back later with photos. Zoe is demanding one of her own, I don’t blame her!