Sunday Snippets

Joining along with {Tinniegirl}'s Sunday Snippets Meme


{sunday snippets}: a collection of photos from your week.  No need for words.  Let the pictures tell your story.

All photos taken on my iPhone using the instagram app.  I am a little bit addicted to it at the moment and I really have to start pulling out my DSLR.  If you are into Instagram I am mealyandi over their too. These are also my photos for the Fat Mum Slim's Feb Photo-a-day challenge.

Day One, Year One

Our little girl proudly went off to school yesterday.

She was so excited she almost skipped the entire way (mind you it is a short 8 house skip away) 

The highlight of the day was the 'trip' around the school and apparently the boys here are noisier then at her old school (what can I say but country boys) her delicate ears will get used to it.

Oh and I forgot to share this super cute photo of her.  She went into reading glasses just before Christmas for reading and writing. It took two optometrist appointments at different places for someone to actually check her eyes properly.  She has exactly the same eyes and pupils as her mother (poor love) and said "WOW" when she put them on for the first time (it had me in tears)  She chose the frames herself (my girl loves a little bling - but if it makes her wear them I didn't really care what they looked like)

Today...

is our last day of school holidays.

Am I ready?  No, not at all.  You would think that after 9 weeks of holidays, packing, unpacking and setting up a house I would be ready for Amelia to go back to school.

I am so far from that it is not funny.  I fell very unorganised and honestly a little in a flap. How on earth am I going to get them both into bed so they get enough hours of sleep and are alert and ready to learn at school.

Tomorrow is fly by my pants day.  We will see how we go.  Her uniform is ready and ironed.  Lunch boxes have been found and the water bottle is already filled.  Thank goodness we have a weekend to follow (maybe they do that on purpose)

Today we went into town and enjoyed a milkshake at a little coffee shop in town.

On the way home we spotted the feathered locals.

 In an attempt to be organised (starting next week) I have printed off the weekly planner from The Organised Housewife

Have you got this year all organised?  Please share your tips if you do.  If you don't, then we can fumble through 2012 together.

Hello Kitten...

Welcome to our home

You are going to be very loved and cared for.

You have your own little bed that has been specially crocheted for you*

Now would you PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE sleep at night.

Frank Sinatra (Franksin for short) was welcomed into our home on Saturday 28th January.  A very loved and fluffy addition to our family.

*Wool in its previous form can be found here

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring

Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite
Let's go fly a kite!

We celebrated a birthday and Australia day with the flying of 

kites. 

What a fun family activity. 

We almost soared across the country side it was so windy and 

at one stage the birthday boy let go of his kite and it went 

flying and I went running to catch it before it wound itself 

around the AFL poles. 

 I love this photo of the smile behind the cake

I have also pulled out the knitting needles this week and am 

knitting something for me. I want to be organised for the 

chill factor that we will have this year and would like to 

knit something for all of the family members (a little more 

then just a beanie or a scarf)  I am the one that always seems 

to miss out, so I am knitting for myself first.

I hope that everyone is having a great weekend.  We scored 

an extra long four day weekend this week, which was lovely. 

School returns at the end of next week and we really need 

to sort out a routine and this daylight at 9pm thing pronto. 

I am starting to think I have left my run too late. 

If I am too quiet on here I have found a love for Twitter 

and Intsagram! 

I am mealyandi at both locations if you would like to 

follow along in the daily fun. 

Exploring our new environment

We have been spending the days going for walks and riding around our new neighbourhood. The new hood is different to that of many.

We are a community plopped in the middle of a defence training ground.  We are 14km from the nearest town and you can flip a coin at the front gates and decide which road to take to explore (that will take you over an hour to get to) 

We share our neighbourhood with the animals on our flag.  They wonder up to our front yard of a night and have a nibble of what green grass we have. I have not managed to snap a photo of them up close yet.  Our friend seems to want to spring them and enjoys watching them run away from her.

There are plenty of birds to find and identify.

We are all feeling very content here and at home.  The boy (who loves to explore and collect rocks and sticks) is in his element here. 

I have plans for this spot in the backyard.  It will become our vegetable plot. 

New Year, New State, New House

Well we have yet again moved across states and all of the boxes have all but left the house.  There is still a little bit of organising to do and finding just the perfect place for all of our things. Moving as much as we do it sometimes feels like a puzzle fitting our furniture and all that is us into yet another house.

I am not sure where to start.  Should I try and catch up on the last two months or just start from now.

Here is a very quick recap and I will let you fill in the rest of the dots with the photos.

Leaving Brisbane and saying good bye to some very good friends and family.  There were tears and still are.  The 3rd of February can not come quick enough so the little people can start school and kinder and meet some new little friends

 
A visit from Grandma and Grandpa on our last night in Brisbane and a ride on the Wheel of Brisbane.

Just look at the view from our apartment. What a way to farewell Brisbane.

The long drive down. We stopped at a few familiar to us spots along the way and someone was excited when we crossed the NSW/VIC boarder.

Made it, only hick up was the rock that decided to kiss us on the windscreen on the way down.

 Now to get organised for the new year, new school and get out and meet new friends and catch up with old ones.  I am starting my new year with the Chinese this year. I would like to achieve lots of things in 2012 - lets see how I go.