Another wet and dreary Hobart day. Another load of washing. Another sleepless baby.
Lucky for these beautiful colours from a Warwick fabric sample to bring some cheer to my day.
Shake A Tail Feather
James was getting into the groove yesterday afternoon when he stood up and had one of Poppy’s pink feather’s stuck to his baby booty.
Shake that tail feather Jamesy boy!
Teepee ♥
We gave Poppy this fabulous teepee for her birthday where it has taken pride of place in the corner of her bedroom. She first experienced Bea Bea’s (her Grandmother’s) teepee at Christmas but we thought she would love one of her very own.
Poppy has even ‘gone camping’ and slept in her teepee for a couple of nights!
Complete with matching bunting and her deer doona cover from Norsu Interiors – it is cuteness personified.
Sneaky Peek : Autumn Light
Here is a day,
dawn to dark,
a string of moments small enough to
ignore or notice,
a stretch of time
between awakening
and sleep to be
savored, or brushed
aside in the rush
to some distant
destination. Here
is a day, different
from any other,
with its own flavor
to be tasted. The
golden glow just
before the sun
rose held such
promises as I
knew must be kept –
knew beyond even
the nagging whisper
of doubt were true –
that this very day
the whole perfection
of the universe can
be inhaled like the
scent of fallen leaves,
the heady fragrance
of trees returning what
was never theirs to keep.
Danna Faulds
This poem was shared in my yoga class on Saturday morning and I thought it was so perfect for this time of year. I love the soft light of these Autumn days and the vibrancy of orange leaves that cling on so delicately to their homes before drifting to the ground. Xx
Big School
Now that Poppy has turned three she had her first day at ‘big school’ yesterday. Big school (Seagulls) is actually an extension of her childcare program but is located in the grounds of her future primary school – Waimea Heights and is only 5 minutes walk from home.
She was full of beans last night having had a great first day – painting, playing soccer on the oval, reading and riding bikes.
Like James, she is growing by the day. Her speech is developing, her vocabulary expanding and her attitude is blossoming! Don’t they say that three is the new two? We have had to exercise some serious ‘time out’ measures and I need to get better at being consistently consistent!
Over the weekend Poppy ‘helped’ me in the kitchen! Here is her ‘Ballerina Cake’ … oh yum!
… and we collected autumn leaves in Hobart late last week. Such beautiful colours. X
9 Months
Our little boy is now 9 months old and is quite the terror. Well … no he is just ‘Mr Explorer’ at the moment.
Long gone are the days where he would just lay on his mat and be happy to ogle at the reflections on the ceiling. ‘Big Bob’ is now off exploring the house including all of the out-of-bounds places like the fireplace, the kitchen pantry and the stairs. He is also pulling up on anything and everything resulting in quite a few tumbles and bruises to his head!
I found him yesterday ‘in’ the fireplace eating coal, with blackened hands and face. Our little coal miner has two bottom teeth with more on the way. Oh my, how quickly time flies.
Here is Poppy at the same age:
Birthday Boating Bonanza
We have had a lovely time away on the boat for Easter. We went to Norfolk Bay this year, where we hunkered down in little Monk Bay and had a lovely time with our friends. We were fortunate to be able to use Nick’s folks boat “Spellbound” (or “Schoolbell” as Poppy calls it) which provided us with more room for the four of us, plus Maisy.
BBQ’s on the beach, a birthday party, rafting up, champagne, pikelets, easter eggs and early nights … the five days soon drifted by and I cherished the moments spent together as a family and with our friends in a beautiful place.
Our little Poppet turned three on Saturday and we had a party for her on the beach where she was surrounded by all of her ‘boat’ friends, gifts, toasted marshmallows, musk sticks, birthday cake and everything and anything pink.
Poppy’s cake wasn’t one of my greatest achievements but when you start making it at 8:30 the night before you go away for five days, you aren’t going to get the results that you had hoped for. It did make the journey on the boat and Poppy seemed to be happy when she saw it. She did however say to me later that she would have liked a Ballerina cake instead!?
On Sunday we visited the Coal Mines Historic Site and stretched our legs around the ruins.
On Monday morning we rafted up with Brett and Jacinta on “Mistraal” and hosted a morning tea for ‘everybody’. Kids were hopping between boats, James was crawling all over the place, I was cooking pikelets and Maisy retreated to a lone dinghy … so the girls popped a bottle of bubbly and relaxed in the sun.
We were planning on returning home on Monday, but we decided to stay another night and cruised around to Bruny Island. We planned our departure beautifully as both Poppy and James slept for the whole two hours of travelling. Toilet paper, water and bread were running low but we managed and it was worth it to stay away another night. We enjoyed a lovely roast meal with the Cooper’s and Poppy was in heaven playing with her ‘big’ girlfriends … loom bands, hair clips and television galore.
Easter ♥
To all you little bunnies out there – I hope you have a Happy Easter.
We are heading away on the boat this morning for four fabulous days. Our little bunny Poppy, will be turning three tomorrow! Full report on Tuesday’s blog post. Xx
Nike X Liberty ♥
Today I am loving the collaboration between Nike and Liberty. I am always partial to a good Liberty print but what a marriage!
For Spring/Summer 2014, Nike and Liberty have once again collaborated to create an on-trend collection for summer.
The new collection sees some of Nike’s most celebrated footwear and apparel styles transformed with an array of timeless Liberty London floral prints.
Anoosha, a 1930’s print featuring blossom and bell flowers; Lora a print based on a 1970s version of William Morris’ ‘Willow’ pattern; and Crown a design based on various paisley block prints from Liberty’s Merton print works from the late 19th to early 20th Century adorn the Air Max 1, Air Max 90, Roshe Run. For the first time, vintage running favourite the Internationalist receives a Liberty makeover as do basketball classics, the Blazer and the Dunk Sky Hi.
I am not really a sneaker kind of girl, favouring more left of field choices but these I could happily wear.
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