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Vide-Poche ♥

Today I am loving my new leather Il Bisonte Tray that I recently bought with some birthday money!

Leather Trinket Tray

A “trinket tray”, which is a terrible name. In French they’re known as a “vide-poche”, which is exactly descriptive – an “empty-pocket” into which one can divest oneself of the day’s essentials – coins, keys, and phone of course. But they’ve been around for years, and make a terrific gift. By the bedside, on the hall table, on the desk at the office – a useful place for “stuff”, and an elegant solution for one of modern life’s problems!

Il Bisonte Leather Tray

Il Bisonte Leather Tray

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A Trip Away

Fireside Explore

A long weekend, three boats, four girls, one baby, two dogs and four days of relaxing, exploring, playing and discovering.  Nice!

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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.

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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

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In Detail

Poppy - Nutgrove Park

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

Maisy & Pops

Maisy & Poppy

Breastfeeding Dolly

James - Nutgrove Park

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James - Nutgrove Park

James - Nutgrove Park

Mum & James

James

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Princess Fairy

All she needs is a wand … oh and maybe some pants?

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‘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.

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Sneaky Peek : Reflection

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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!

James

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Deer Me

The Birdhouse Collection

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.

Embroidery Hoop

I found some red and white spotty fabric in my sewing cupboard and ta dah … this is what I created:

Embroidery Hoop

Craft Glue

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!

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White Sands : Windy Lands

White Sands Resor

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.

White Sands Resort

White Sands Resor

White Sands Resor

White Sands Resor

White Sands Resor

White Sands Resor

White Sands Resor

White Sands Resor

All the boys ... and Poppy & Phoebe

Dad & James

Jimmy & Dad

James & Dad

James

Mum, Dad & James

Sooki Baby

James

Perron Dunes

Perron Dunes

Bum up!

Perron Dunes

Perron Dunes

Perron Dunes

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!

White Sands Resor

Bicheno

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12 Weeks Old

Our little boy James is 12 weeks old tomorrow!  Oh my what a big boy he is now.

James - 12 Weeks Old

James - 12 Weeks Old

James - 12 Weeks Old

Poppy & James

Poppy & James

Poppy & James

Poppy & James

… and here is Poppy at the same age.  They have the same chubby chubba cheeks!

Poppy - 12 Weeks