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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Amelia : Wind swept hair. You are growing up before our very eyes. Thank you for your thoughtfulness on this Mother's Day and we will get that girls day when Dad is better.

Baden: Your cheeky smile and contagious laugh melt my heart on a daily basis

Joining in the Che and Fidel (I have missed quiet a few portraits)  

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mum's there and those women that have a special place in a little (or big) ones heart.  You do not need to be a Mother to be loved or love on a day like today.

This year Mothers Day was spent quietly at home.  I knew what I was receiving from the family (Tim is still recovering from surgery and when I am the only one driving it was a little hard for him to sneak in a gift that I did not know about this year)  The best part of my day was spending it with my family and seeing the joy that being a mother brings to my little ones. 
 

I'll be back with more info about the knits that the kids are wearing later in the week

Sometimes...

Sometimes living on an Army Base means that we are exposed to some really cool stuff.

Last week the Tigers flew in as part of an exercise (think big bangs, the type that make the house shake)  They invited us to the air strip to get up and personal with the helicopters before they headed home.

 Baden was very interested in all of the buttons and asked a lot of questions.  Last week he wanted to fix helicopters, this week he wants to fly them.

bebé Piper

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing the babe that came from this belly.  And what fun I had.

 I knitted her a little mohair wrap and crocheted a little headband.  Miss P was three weeks old in these photos.  She was the perfect princess and continued to sleep like this with another blanket on top of her for her Mum for another three hours after I finished taking photos of her.

Life Lately : Straight from the iPhone

This is all that I can muster up at the moment.  If you are in instagram, you would have seen that I have been busy playing nurse and loving wife.
My husband has had reconstructive hip surgery (no, he is not old!) and we go back on Wednesday and do it all again for the other hip.

 

 So, here is a little snap shot of life around here at the moment 

(I thought that I had better at least explain the last photo)

1. We escaped to Eden for Easter. It was lovely to get away and possibly our last real camping adventure for the year.

2. The beautiful red coast line of NSW

3. Green Cape Light House: Ben Boyd National Park.  We went to the top of the lighthouse. 

4. Being wheeled off for surgery

5. Reading up on the operation

6. I wandered the streets and found a little gem in Melbourne.  A new yarn store in Fitzroy that opened in Feb.  The store is called Yarn & Co

7. A coffee and a hot apple pie stop on the highway on the way home.  

8. Our monthly girls night.  This month was an 80's theme.  Here is Carly and I enjoying a Victory Cigarette (Similar to the Fags that were around when we were kids, but not as sweet) 
Clearly, I have never been a smoker!     

Of hot glue and chickens...

Amelia participated in her first Easter Bonnet Parade at school today.

It was weeks in the planning stages.

She searched the Internet.  We went shopping and she chose what she needed and together we hot glue gunned it all together.

 

Joining in with these crafty souls

Floating though the weeks...

Where oh where has the past 6 weeks gone?  I did not mean to have that long of a blogging break.

The start of the school year has been crazy.  All have settled in well.  Amelia hit Year 2 running and ready to learn.  Baden is doing a second year of Kinder to give his confidence and language a little help before the formal learning years begin.  He has developed so much in the first 6 weeks at a new Kinder that we know that we have made the right decision.

Me, I am floating through the days in an attempt to keep on top of everything. I spend many hours driving and sitting around waiting for Kinder, Dancing and Swimming to finish (the story of every Mum I am certain)  I have been attempting to utilize this time away from the house and write shopping lists, knit and have even managed to read a book (with another on the the ipad ready to read)

I hope that you are all well. Is the weather cooling down where you are?  We have had a long hot, dry Summer this year and I am looking forward to Autumn finally getting its act together and working out that it is her turn.

 
Do you have any plans for this cooler weather? 

Joining in over here for the first time in months.

Scapulae

Starting off on my handmade challenge on the right foot with the first gift of the year off of the needles.
A little Scapulae for our niece for her birthday.  I love how this looks on.  It needs just the right dress though to pull it off.  This is the size 3 and fits Amelia at 7.  There will be more of these on the needles, Amelia has already put in her request. I would not class this as a beginner knit. Some former knowledge of knitting an item all in one and a degree in tongue twist and octopus hands is a requirement.  I'm looking into getting the cottage licence for this cardigan.  More details over on Ravelry

Joining these crafty souls.