Poppy's Boys

It is Poppy's birthday today. The only think he wanted for his birthday was this picture. All the boys love him and he loves them. (We did get him another present too!)

We also celebrated our Christmas. As all our kids have summer birthdays it is all a bit much around December/January so this was nice to do. I had planned the whole decoration thing, but as per usually it all got away from me. We did however have christmas dinner and presents.

After a delicious lemon fused turkey, full roast vegies and a lovely adaption of our scrolls which I did with cream cheese, pureed cranberries and parmasen cheese, we did presents. What a surprise I didn't get Peter Pan finished (I am getting closer) I was trying to give the kids learning experiences. As there are 3 boys here, we have a lot of cars, trucks and trains. So for a bit of balance he got a tinkerbell doll, some a barbie and ken dolls and a dolls house. Below is a shot of how he should be playing with it - and the disturbing image of the naked barbies is how he did play with them. They seem to be swimming naked a lot!!

A little bit of art

As it was Poppy's birthday we did a bit of art- the idea is always better than the execution.

We now get our vegies delivered which seems to be working well, however we get lots more potatoes than we can eat. Hence a few potato prints. Its a good way to get rid of a few extra potatoes and a bit of an activity. We painted wrapping paper for Poppy.

The next day we did a bit of water painting and got Benji and Spencer involved too. They do a great job - of painting their mouths and Alexander had a good go - at painting Benji's face!

No more Mr Gates

I had planned to do a few posts tonight (yes sometimes I backdate them!) but the universe, correction - Mr Gates is against me. I installed an update of Internet Explorer yesterday which also came with a security update. I use a free internet one and am quite happy. Not today!!! The new system has such tight security that I cant get onto THIS site. After tweaking any aspect of the security for over 2 hours, I am tired and sh*tty. So, the update on peter pan, a play date, and our family fun day will all have to wait.

Oh - and I downloaded Firefox as a browser before I uninstalled Internet Explorer!! Take that Microsoft. Now to start saving for a MAC!

Sunday Funday

This Sunday we didn't have any activities as such - we went to Bunnings to try to finish off some jobs! That in itself is an activity as the time always gets sucked away in the vortex and you have to finish off the visit with the obligatory sausage!

Our renovations have been livable for a while now but there are always outstanding things to finish. We finally picked the tiles for the bathroom floor- but true to form there were not enough there, but the job is started at least.

The other thing that we got is some new rubbish bins. This is something we have need for like - forever - but any time there is spare money I can find something much better to spend it on. So, not an amazing purchase - but certainly entertained the kids!

Some of my work

Finally I have some finished projects. These have been on the sewing table for a while. The embroidered blanket it what all of my friends get when their new baby is born. I usually try and have a really quick turnaround but these were a bit different. A friend had idential twin girls (there are lots of twins around me!!) and there was a delay with the names.

Both little girls are healthy and happy. Their mum loves leopard print, so rather than the usual pink, aqua or navy backing, I needed to do something a bit different. So I chose the backing but could only get velour. With the black and white theme in place I chose the panda design. One blanket had been finished for a while - the other was lingering. The pile on the fabric makes it nearly impossible to sew and the zebra print was slightly off grain and would just twist-- ugh!

So here they are all finished and packaged ready to be delivered on Wednesday.

Airport closed indefinately

Its all fun until someone gets hurt....don't you hate it when silly sayings come true. I hate it even more when it is me that gets hurt.

A loves aeroplane rides, where I lie down on my back and he flies balanced on my feet and his hands hold my hands. We have been doing this for a while now so he is quite adventurous (and heavy) On Tuesday night we were happily playing, when it happened. He overshot the runway.

Now A is no gymnist but is of the ilk where he has no fear. He was happy flying way over my head and my hammies were stretched to their limit. I couldn't get him back so he had to go over. My biggest concern was for his neck, as he had no incliniation to tuck his head under. I had to flip him right over onto his back - when meant I had to get my weight right up onto my shoulders. It is probably a yoga pose - but obviously I dont do yoga!

We had a safe crash landing and HE wasn't hurt, however the landing gear needs major work! At his point of impact my neck clicked and it wasn't a good feeling. He was safe, but my neck was VERY sore - and the pain shot down my arm.

After a sleepless night, a very painful day with three dependants, and an osteo treatment, I can now move more than my eyes from side to side. But - there will be no more flights - as mum says "it'll end in tears!"

Play date recipie

We had one of our first kinder play dates today - it was after kinder so they were both a bit tired, but they had fun and all in all it was successful.

Kinder finishes just before lunch so I set the kids up making lunch - for a bit of an activity. I had all the ingredients set out and they got to it. I was taking a risk as I hadn't tried the recipie before - but it was SO EASY AND SO GOOD that I have to share it.

First I made aprons out of tea towel - just out a bit of tape on them to tie around their necks and waist. They even fit me~! Now you may have all made pinwheels and I may be slow on the uptake but these are from the Womens Weekly Healthy Food for kids..

I have adapted it slightly but it is:
300g/2 cups self raising flour
30g butter - room temp
3/4 cup milk (180ml)
1 tbs castor sugar
then the filling. We had two different types, tomato stir in sauce, ham and grated cheese and vegemite and cheese.
Sift the flour, mix in the sugar and rub in the butter with your fingers. Add the milk and mix to a sticky dough. Roll it out on a sifted surface to 30cm x 40cm.
Then layer on your filling. The tomato paste added some 'juice' before the ham and cheese went on. Roll it up from the long side and then cut into 12 pieces. Place these into a greased tin - we used a cake tin which was perfect. Bake in oven for about 30mins on 180-200 degrees.

YUM!