photo a day catch up

Finally, the mammoth post you have all been dreading, but expecting!!!

We went away to the beach for a while, and I took ages for me to resize and upload my photos, but I did it - a photo a day for all of January...it was fun!!!

day 31 / 31.january.2009

we attended a friends party tonight, fancy dress - obviously! Come us something that begins with the first letter of your name. Nicole, the Nanna in her Nighty and Craig the Clown

day 30 / 30.january.2009

a much needed drink for the lawn in this heat wave.

I pump the washing machine water onto the lawn over summer to try and keep it alive.

We are on water restrictions and although we can still water by hand twice a week, we cant use sprinklers - unless we hook them upto the rain water tank.

day 29 / 29.january.2009

I love watching this little guy play.

He chatters away to himself (all day!!!!!! its starting to drive me a bit crazy!!!!)

making up stories about what his cars are upto for the day! Listening to his chatter gives you such an insite it to the complete randomness in the way a three year olds mind functions LOL

day 28 / 28.january.2009

Why is it that even though the lawn is really struggling during
the heat that the weeds seem to flourish?

day 27 / 27.january.2009

Back to school for the older two

Some peaceful relaxing time for us at home

day 26 / 26.january.2009

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!

It was weird being away and not attending our local Australia Day breaky as usual.
Seeing Nathan sitting reading the paper reminded me how quickly he is growing up too!

Can we go yet? Chad and Isaac waiting to go down to
the beach for one last swim before we pack up to go home.


day 25 / 25.january.2009

We took the new ute 4 wheel driving on the beach upto the Murray Mouth.

Only got stuck twice ! Lots of fun.

On the way back we did some cockling!

day 24 / 24.january.2009

The Daddy's got to spend some quiality time with the other kids at the skate park, while Alison Jacinta and I went for a walk, checked out the shops, market and enjoyed a yummy frozen mango, pineapple and apple slushy!

The 'big boys', aka our husbands, decided they needed to hire surf boards this afternoon.

We got to spend a couple of hours sitting in the beach shelter to get out of the cold wind, on rock hard sand on a smelly beach watching them TRY to surf !!! Can you tell we had fun ... NOT !

day 23 / 23.january.2009

My friend and her kids arrived at the beach house yesterday. Ashley and Isabella (or 'umbrella' as Isaac called her!) loved playing with Jazz! We had a couple of realaxing (suprisingly with two adults and 7 kids!) days before our husbands arrived LOL

While the older kids played on their boogie boards, Isaac had fun with his tractor in the shallows.

day 22 / 22.january.2009

the only two photos I took today! rest time before heading to the beach again

I only took away a few cars, some drawing stuff and a couple of books.

Love how Isaac drew his own roads and then got his cars out to drive on them!

day 21 / 21.january.2009

A super quick and easy lunch before heading to the beach

An afternoon/evening on the beach


day 20 / 20.january.2009

the car packed to the brim - this is what it should have looked like tonight...one clingy baby, and one 3 year old that refused to sleep today meant that this photo was taken the following morning once I finally got it packed

day 19

19.january.2009

tonight Isaac was thrilled to have his bath outside!

day 18

18.january.2009

in my laundry window

so, so close to working out the whole crawling thing!

day 17

17.january.2009

I love nothing better than sitting in the peace and quiet at night

and checking out sites like etsy - that site has the best eye candy!

Jazz testing out her (very early) birthday present

Isaac got a matching blue one - too cute!

day 16

16.january.2009

This VERY cute giraffe was made by my friend

Nell as a gift for Jacinta when she was born.

Today he could be found practicing his balancing on one leg

(which according to giraffes 'trianer', the playschool expert, "is quite twicky"!)

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a snapshot of normal everyday life

day 15

15.january.2009

It was a touch cooler today, and I wanted to be a little organised

...lamb shanks in the slow cooker - they were yummo!

A quiet moment between brothers - doesn't happen that

often between these two!

day 14

14.january.2009


Jacintas first birthday invitations designed and printed - one thing ticked off my list

Keeping cool - at least we have some tank water to have a little fun in-

I dont know if Jacinta will ever get to experience the joy of

playing under the sprinklers on a hot summers night!

day 13

13.january.2009

I was taking some photos today when this caught my eye -

the beauty of nature reflected in our sliding door.

I love living in the hills.

The grazed cheek, which by bed time was developing into a nice black eye, was the cause of lots of tears today. (This is why Mummy says DONT sit on the coffee table and DONT empty out Jacintas toy basket and use it to sit on in fromt of the TV.) He was sitting on the coffee table, slipped off, lost his footing and caught his cheek on the toy basket he had put there earlier! Im not sure if the pain was the worst thing, or the fact I held an ice block on there to try and stop the bruising and he wasnt allowed to eat it!!!

day 12

12.january.2009

I think my mojo is returning. Today for the first time in ages, I really NEEDED to scrap.

Ahhhh it was a wonderful feeling. A messy desk, glue, sandpaper....oh what a feeling!

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My middle children! These two will never know what it is like to be the oldest or the youngest. They will be the only ones to know how it feels to be a big brother and a little brother - lucky boys!

day 11

11.january.2009

Its all about the wrist action!

Thanks once again to playschool -

when ever you eat spaghetti,

you HAVE to twist it on your fork....and then you slurp it in!

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I think someone is a bit over me having the camera out every day!

Lucky for him he was wearing his helmet later on in the day.

He went for a HUGE buster off the neighbours rip stick -

badly grazed elbow and hip, and I think he will be pretty

stiff and sore in the morning!

day 10

10.january.2009

I {heart} these chubby little fingers.

Jacintas latest trick - clapping hands.

This kid cracks me up some days.

I was taking some photos of Jacinta this morning,

when he appeared behind her doing this.

day 9

09.january.2009

a little boys collection from the park

Isaac loves climbing on this bridge on the way to the park.

day 8

08.january.2009Every couple of days I wash a laod of nappies.

They always look so pretty hanging on the line .

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Isaac and Jacinta enjoying a tea party with their cousin Georgia.

forgot the camera again...another mobile phone pic!

day 7

07.January.2009

The influence of TV - one day on play school they made little people

from cardboard rolls. They stuffed paper and wool in the top for hair

and made faces on them. When ever Isaac gets hold of a cardboard

roll he rushes to bathroom for a tissue (his paper) and then off to the kitchen

bench for a texta to "make a eyes on him". todays man has unusually

recognisable features, and even includes a belly button!

***Sigh*** my little man is growing up.

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Jacinta has never been keen on drinking from anything but me. Over the past month as the weather has warmed up, and obviously her level of thirst has incresed, Ive managed to get her to drink water from a bottle (we are working on a sippy cup now). the last few days she has finally woked out how to hold it AND tip it up to get her own drink.

***sigh again*** my little princess is growing up too!

Day 6

06.01.2009

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Isaacs' bedtime essentials...a very worn, much loved

(and hopefully falling apart soon, not to be replaced) dummy,

and equally well loved, and in need of a wash, Teddy,

night nappy (day trained but still has a nappy for sleeping)

and a before bed story...Mr Men books are proving very popular atm!

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The 'boys' lounging about on their DS games - where would they be

with out their electronic gadgets?

day 5

05.01.2008

A little bit of girly stuff today!

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self portait - thought there should be some proof of my existance here somewhere!

no make up or touch ups - just everyday, round the house, me!

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a bonus shot! Id already decided on the other two shots for today,

but couldnt resist snapping this. Isaac was watching a DVD on

Nathans portable DVD player (Christmas pressie) while we were getting

tea organised - so much quicker and easier than having him helping

with preparing and cooking like most other nights!

PAD challenge #4

04.01.2009

With two 'tweens' (plus and their mates) in the

house there is always some sort of sporting

equipment laying around the yard.

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awwwwww I know Im biased, but aint she just so cute!

Technically not from today, I took this on SIL camera Christmas day

BUT i only got it from her today

PAD challenge #3

03.01.2009

Scooters, bikes, skateboards...there is always something with

wheels leaning up against this house.

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Nath and I went to buy a birthday present for his mate

and had a bit of time before going to get his hair cut ...so this is what

he decided to fill in the time with at Gloria Jeans -

Iced timtam choc shake & rocky road slice!

(excuse the dodgy photo taken on my phone)

PAD challenge #2

02.01.2009

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The last of the Christmas decorations waiting to be packed away

Nathan making a fresh batch of yoghurt

PAD challenge #1

01.01.2009

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a quiet drink to celebrate the first day of 2009

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Little mimic - wonder where he picked this pose up from ?

Dont you love how the mouse has become a phone!

Happy New Year and one little word

Cheers and Happy New Year to you all.

We welcomed in 2009 nice and quietly! My sister Jode and family came over for tea and a few quiet drinks. It was a lovely night, and the kidlets were all reasonably well behaved, although rather loud! The bigger ones all made it to midnight for poppers and sparklers.

So what do you do if your a three year old and having to have a bath and go to bed at 10pm on New Years Eve? Take your 3 year old cousin and your glowy sticks into the bath with you, turn the lights off and have a delighful time of course! It was so cute, they were so excited. Isaac spent all today talking about the 'colours' he had in the bath last night. (He even has the time right for a change. Anything that has happened in the past is refered to as happening "last night" at the moment.)

I hope you all had a happy and safe new years.

2009.....

A couple of years ago I set myself a word to focus on for the year. One little word is a concept promoted by Ali Edwards on her blog, and Ive decided to join in again this year.

'My word' is organise.

Not a pretty word, nor a particularly inspirational word, but one which I feel is relevant to me right now.

I feel as though I need to organise, my life, my home, and my family in order to stay on top of all the stuff, physically and emotionally, that comes with being a family of 6.

Orgainse the house so that everything has a place (and hopefully makes its way back there after being used!)

Organise myself so I know when and where everyone is/should be/needs to be and how they are getting there and back and who is taking them and what they need etc.

Organise the family, so that everyone knows what they need to do to help out, and hopefully does it!

If we get more organised life should run a lot smoother for all of us and there should be more time to focus on spending time doing the fun stuff, the family stuff and the stuff for me that Id like to do.

Sounds good in theory - lets see how I do! I cant even find a diary that will be of practical use to me and assist in my organisational journey on a day to day basis. So Im in the process of designing and printing my own - my old diary lasts until tomorrow, so Ive still got time LOL

It needs to have room for family stuff, each persons individual stuff, to do lists, menu planning space, birthday reminders and more - I will make something that works!


Im also embarking on the ever popular photo a day challenge for January 2009. ( Ideally I would love to do 365 days and get a snapshot of the entire year, but I will see how I go for the first 30 days I think.)
I have to edit my photo's yet, so I will be back soon with that. Im going to give them their own posts. Ive decided to choose two photos from each day. One will be something and the other one will be someone.

Lastly I wanted to say a huge congratulations to Janine K for winning a place on the For Keeps elite team for this year and another massive congratualtions to my gorgeous friend Kathie - not only did she win the photography award in the FK awards for excellence, she is also one of the Scrapbooking Memories masters for 2009.