I don’t know about you, but I find I really struggle to get to the Post Office to send off particular packages. I am a shocker when it comes to sending my nieces and nephews birthday presents. I buy the present on time, which is wrapped diligently and then the poor neglected gift travels with
A Trip Away
A long weekend, three boats, four girls, one baby, two dogs and four days of relaxing, exploring, playing and discovering. Nice!
Sneaky Peek : Princess Lei
Poppy’s grandparent’s have just returned from a tropical getaway with this glorious lei and headband!
Lei is a garland or wreath. More loosely defined, a lei is any series of objects strung together with the intent to be worn. The most popular concept of a lei is a wreath of flowers draped around the neck presented upon arriving or leaving as a symbol of affection.
Poppy or James?
Here are two photos – one of Poppy and one of James taken at exactly the same age of three months. Now here’s the challenge, who is who?
A.
B.
A = James
B = Poppy
In Detail
Another weekend of appreciating the finer details in life … Poppy’s blonde curly hair; walking the dog with her helmet on (high risk activity); “breastfeeding” her dolly and James’ little feet! Bless. Xx
Princess Fairy
All she needs is a wand … oh and maybe some pants?
‘Little Miss Angelic’ here has been giving us quite a bit of grief this week. The past couple of nights Poppy has been very upset and wakeful with dreams and tooth pain. Ah, I didn’t think I would be getting up to our two and a half-year old more often than our 3 month old!
Master James had a personal best the other night. I tucked him into bed at 7 pm the and he next woke at 2:30 am for a feed. He then woke at 7:00 am – oh I love it when there is only one feed during the night. I almost feel normal again.
Cool Cazza ♥
Today I am loving this Caravan Bed available from BoboKids. You would be on your very own adventure every night!
Trend gurus predict our future lives will become more and more nomad, visionary brands create objects that can follow us everywhere and voila, even children can get acquainted to the idea of being constantly mobile with The Caravan Bed and The Tent Bed by Belgian brand Mathy By Bols, available at BoboKids in London.
Made in Belgium from MDF with plywood base, these children’s beds are available in 16 different colours. The perfect hideaway for children to sleep, dream or simply relax.
Sneaky Peek : Reflection
With our family now complete, I have been sorting through all the ‘pink’ baby clothes to pass on to treasured friends. As I folded the many clothes ranging in various pink tones, I couldn’t help but feel a little nostalgic – remembering when Poppy wore each item. Nothing stays the same and life is continually evolving, but I am very glad I have all the memories of her as a baby, and now watching James sprout each day we are very fortunate to be experiencing it again.
As James has now reached the grand milestone of three months, I am reflecting on just how quickly our time with him has gone. I LOVE weenie babies, their smell, their soft skin, their tiny hands and their innocence. Each day I am seeing notable changes in James – we are even getting smiles and giggles and our weenie little baby is no longer. He has graduated from ‘Newborn’ nappies to ‘Infant’ and is even chilling out on the couch!
Deer Me
My sister Cath gave me this gorgeous handmade card for my birthday from The Birdhouse Collection. I loved the deer on the front and I instantly envisioned a craft project!
After a trip to Spotlight with James asleep in the pram, I picked up an Embroidery Hoop and tried to find the perfect fabric to showcase the deer. Just as I was entering the patchwork collections, my little man had other ideas and decided to wake. I couldn’t concentrate on trawling through the many fabrics, so I retreated home with my hoop.
I found some red and white spotty fabric in my sewing cupboard and ta dah … this is what I created:
What do you think of the spots? I am not 100% convinced as I’m not sure the fabric provides enough contrast to showcase the deer?? I might have to revisit Spotlight!
White Sands : Windy Lands
We have just had a fabulous mini-break! On Thursday we loaded up the car (oh boy how much stuff do we need to take these days?) and headed up to White Sands Resort on the East Coast of Tasmania for four days. We joined our friends and their children and had a very relaxing time.
It was so wonderful being out of Hobart and rediscovering a part of the state I haven’t been to for a while.
I wish I could say we ‘lounged’ around the pool for the whole weekend, but the weather had other ideas – it was so windy! There were definitely no bikinis in sight!
Social Butterfly
The Poppy Files 