Weekend Roundup

Had a lovely weekend at home - much needed, before I head off to Adelaide next weekend. We had a BBQ on Saturday night, one of our friend's had a birthday so we thought it would be nice to catch up with them. Dave finally got around to trimming our hedge at the front - it has really grown lately, given the lovely rain that we have had on and off for the last fortnight. The girls thought they would help:




Off to the pool after that for the regualr swimming lessons. They are both doing very well. Eliza gets a little tired of listening to the teacher by the end of the lesson and wants to do her own thing though. They had a good hour in the pool after the lesson, which they really enjoyed.

The girls had lots of fun Sunday afternoon blowing bubbles in the back yard - ELiza can now blow her own bubbles!



We also made some yummy Banana and Cinnamon Muffins, especally for lunches for school and work. They have since been iced with cream cheese icing:



We are so happy with our veggie patch - we have new vegetables coming through every day. Jas and I run outside every day to check on their progress. We can't wai to get fresh vegetables we can eat!
Beans:

Zuchinni:


Also managed to do some early morning pages on the weekend (ie 6am):

Eliza feel asleep in the pram when we went to pick up Jas from school on Friday - The quote is from Jasmin when she saw her lying in the pram. I used SEI Jolie Chocolat cardstock and patterned paper, some old SEI stickers, Carolees stickers and a bling name - which Ness found for me:


Girls hard at work painting, I used Basic Grey Two Scoops patterned paper, SEI Cardstock, Fontwerks stamp and Basic Grey flower rub-ons:


Eliza trying to blow bubbles a couple of months ago. Basic Grey Two scoops range, Heidi Swapp chipboard lettering, Basic Grey rubons and new Inque Boutique Month stamp:


ELiza eating icecream. SEI Jolie Choclat range, Heidi Swapp chipboard, Basic Grey Two Scoops rub on (Queen).

An Award for Jasmin

Jassie had her very first school asembly yesterday. Nan was supposed to go, but had completely forgotton as she had Eliza at Playgroup. Jasmin got her very first award in front of the whole school! She was one of two in her class to get an award. She got her award for "Always Smiling and being friendly to everybody". The teacher was saying that when she went up, it looked like Jasmin was going to cry, the poor little thing was sooo overwhelmed by it all. How proud am I!

We went to a school BBQ yesterday. You learn so much from the teacher when you go to these things. Finding out what Jas does at school as like getting blood from a stone. She and another little boy were picked this week to run the notes from the classroom to the office and back again. Jas also borrowed her first book from school this week. A book on the tooth fairy (she desparately wants to loose a tooth so that the tooth fairy will come.

Australia Zoo Layout

Did this simple double page layout over the last three nights. Very simple designed. Used the SEI Jolie Cholocat patterned papers, cardstock and epoxy's, Heidi Swapp grid letters and a couple of new Inque Boutique stamps.

Layout is of the fun we had at Australia Zoo last year on our Currumbin holiday. We did the 2 hour trek from Currumbin, past Brisbane to the zoo. It was a great day, very tiring, but worth the trip.

Eliza makes me laugh

Eliza really is little Miss Mischief (she actually picked up the little Miss Mischief book in borders the other day and insisted that I buy it for her!)

She has made me laugh several times over the last week.
- When she looked up from her colouring in and I discovered that she had scribbled all over her face in green texta!
- When she brought me the empty dishwashing detergent bottle which she had squeezed on to the dining room floor

We are trying to toilet train her at the moment. This has given us a few laughs. The other day I sat her on the potty, she sat there for a while (about 5 minutes) without doing anything and got up and ran off quicker than I could catch her. She ran down to the lounge, jumped up on it, sat down and did a wee, before I could catch her. I said - "that was a bit naughty Eliza", she jumped down off the lounge ran down to the bath, I could hear her say "naughty potty". I bet she was pointing her finger and looking cross at the potty as if it was the potty's fault. This evening she sat on the potty for a while, didn't do anything, so we closed the lid and she then stood on top of the potty to clean her teeth at the sink. She then says "Uh-oh", and looks down - she had wee'ed on top of the potty!

I'm sure my little girl will give me plenty of laughs over the years to come - she really does have a sense of humour.

Veggies and one Layout

So very excited - we planted a veggie patch a week ago, and we now have shoots popping up. A bean shoot and some chives! Jassie and I were so excited we had to take some pictures.


Busy weekend with a birthday party, BBQ, Swimming Lessons, and Video Shop Ordering. Back to work, to recover from the weekend!!!!

Only time to do one layout on the weekend - a photo of the girls together at Australia Zoo to go in Eliza's album. I will also do one to put in Jasmin's album as well.

New March Kits up for Presale

Still excited about doing kits for work. Have had the February kit up for sale for a few weeks now, and it is selling well. Did it on the theme of love, plenty of goodies in the kit including paint, a mask, chipboard lettering papers etc. I did two kits for March - one for boys and one for girls. They have just gone up for pre-order on the Aussie site. Here they are:

A couple of layouts I did a couple of nights ago

Some LOs

Two layouts I did last night.

A nice picture of Dave, scrapped using mostly Hambly products except the Heidi Swapp chipboard letters:

A quick layout about Nan and Jas doing Jas's very first cross stitch.

Second Day of School

Well the second day din't start as smoothly as the first day, but ended well. Jas started to cry when we left the school, saying that she "won't know what to do". A bit of the fear of the unknown. I felt bad leaving her, but when I went to pick her up, I couldn't stop her from talking. She told me about how much fun he had, and how she did "interesting things at Kindergarten". She came home and strted practicing writing numbers on a piece of paper, which she had learnt to write during the day.

As soon as Jas had taken her shoes off, Eliza tried them on - I think she would love to go to school as well!

A Week of Firsts

It has been an exciting week this week.

First Number One:

Starting on Saturday, we built our very first vegetable garden, in a dead spot around the side of the house. The area is sunny with a bit of shade in the morning and evening. We thought it would be a fun project for the family, that the kids could enjoy as well. I am looking forward to the fresh vegetables that we will hopefully get from it. We planted Beans and Peas, Carrots, Spring Onions and Chives, Zuchinni, Beetroot, Cauliflower, Asian Cabbage, and Pak Choi. I did squish some Thyme and Basil as well. Have been dreaming about the vegetables growing since. I know the girls will love picking and eating the fresh vegetables when they arrive.

Of course, Leslie, our brother-in-law built the vegetable boxes, and then we all went to Magnet Mart and got the lattice for the beans to climb on and to buy seeds. it was a heap of fun.





Second First:

The girls went for their first swimming lessons for the year. For Eliza, this is the first time she has had swimming lessons. We enrolled them with Aquatots. Dad goes in the water with Eliza. I could see her splashing with her arms and legs (I think she was meant to be listening to the teacher though), and apparently Dave said she spent most of the lesson trying to escape from his arms, to swim by herself (she thinks she can swim already, even though she can't). She is our little water baby.


Several years ago we put Jasmin in swimming lessons, which I think was a waste of time back then, as she was frightened of the water, and would not even get her hair wet. This year we have been going to the pool ourselves and swimming with back pack and floaties, she has even been dunking her head fully under the water. So swimming lessons this year are the plan. The lessons are without backpack and floaties, so she did really well. There was only one part that she wasn't keen on trying - where they climb on this big mat, and the instructor drags them around the pool, while they kick their legs at the back. She started crying, she was pretty scared, and would not climb on. I encouraged her to get on (well actually I promised her a special treat if she gave it a try, probably not good parenting, but it did work), and she climbed on with my help and tried it, she looked like she enjoyed it in the end. She and Eliza collected on the special treat pretty soon after they got dressed.

First Number Three:

Jasmin had her first day of school. The first day, was just an hour and a half in the morning, where they get dressed in full uniform, and go and play in the classrooms with the other children, and also meet their teacher and do some organised activities. The parents stay with them for the first 40 minutes, and then we tottled off to have cup of tea and coffee in the staff room. Today (Tuesday) is her first full day at school. She was a little trooper, no worries or tears at all. I didn't cry at all either, and probably won't today either , as Jassie looks so happy, and is obviously ready for this new challenge in life. Both Kindergarten teachers seem very nice.

She looked very cute ready for school, here are some snapshots of her before we left:




The fourth first:

Jasmin had her very first dance lesson yesterday as well. She is in a primary class, and does a little of each dance style - classical, jazz, tap, national dance, and then they do some singing at the end. You cannot stay to watch, but can see through the little windows in the doors when you come back. She looked like she was having lots of fun. The teacher looks great, and keeps the kids really interested. They have little breaks between each style, and a drink.
She was very tired by the end of the day.

The fifth first:
Eliza starts Gym Tots today. Nan will take her to this every Tuesday. I wanted to give her something fun to do as well, as she is too little for dance, and will definitely miss her sister every day, while she is at school. Eliza is a little monkey, so I am sure she will love Gym Tots.

More Layouts

Some layouts I had fun doing last night. I was only going to do one, and ended up doing 3 and going to bed at 12pm. I even finished reading the book that I have been reading for six months now. One of my goals for this year is to get back into reading.

Little Miss Mischief struck again today (aka Eliza), was going to get into the shower when I noticed that there was black texta scribbled onto the tiles on the step of the spa. I wiped off, thank goodness, but some got in the grout! Nobody knows when she did it, she is such a sneakster!

Here are the layouts