Grateful for Friends...

This week I am grateful for friends.

I am very lucky to have landed some lovely friends in my life.  Being that I am not your usual friend.  How many people would you make friends with, knowing that they were going to pack their house up and move to another state a year or two later?

I have friends that I am still in contact with from school and friends that I know that I have not made the effort and phoned or written to in a while (really should get onto that shouldn't I)

There are friends that have come into my life through the moving and ones that I have met and struck up a friendship with over this blog and met in real life once arriving and unpacking at a destination.
It took me a long time to feel settled in here. Steph is beyond lovely and am hoping that she will be a life long friend even after we leave.

There are those that don't want to be my friend when I tell them what my husband does.  I don't blame them - why make a friend, when you know that it is only for a short time and not a long time.



What has helped alot this year is the Mum's at school.  They are all so lovely and friendly.  I have struck up a real friendship with one Mum from school and she made me a cuppa the other day.

She made me a heart in my coffee - If you pop over for a coffee, please don't expect me to be able to pull this off, it was a once in a lifetime cuppa.


Linking up with Maxabellaloves

Of Princesses and Queens...

Don't worry I am not about to bore you to tears with more photos of Kate and Will.

I thought that I would share a few photos of what I came across yesterday while having a late breakfast with a friend after school drop off.

We popped into Paddington Antique Centre and was as though we stepped into a Royal Celebration of a time gone by.

Where it all started, this could so easily have been another families story and not Elizabeth, Charles or William's at all.

I wonder how many of these we will find in 30 years with Kate and Will stuck in Dianna's place.

Martel will be all over this by Christmas (truth be known the are sitting waiting for the dress to be revealed)

and what do you think.  Would they talk to me if I turned up to the reception wearing this number?

Sorry about the quality of the photo's - they were taken quickly on my phone.  Are you going to sit and watch the Wedding?  I will tape it and let Amelia watch Kate walk down the ailse in the morning.  She is a little excited that someone is becoming a Princess tonight.

and exhale...

WOW, what a weekend.

ANZAC Day was thrown into the middle of the Easter Weekend this year.

I braved the crowd and took the kids into the city to see the march and to catch a glimpse of Tim.

We then went over to South Bank and caught up with Jennie and her family and true to form her daughter managed to require medical assistance.  (only a scratch this time - not as bad as the chin incident a few weekend ago)

We finished off the holidays with a trip into GOMA to see the21st Century Exhibit, remind me next time not to leave it until the last day to go and see an exhibit.

These three could have been left at the Lego for the day.

Easter...

Happy Easter to all.

Hope that the hopping friend visited you today and left some eggs along the way.  The Easter Bilby stops by here (It is a husband thing, he grew up on a farm and the rabbit was always seen as a pest and he likes the idea of the Bilby)

Amelia drew an Easter Bilby at School (when everyone else was drawing his cousin the Easter Bunny)

I love him and love that even in a room with 20 other friends she has the confidence to be herself.

We enjoyed a day with family, church and finished off with a wonderful roast pork dinner and a glass of wine.

I am off to bed and waking early to attend dawn parade with my husband.  I will have a gunfire breakfast for you shall I?  Then it will be home to get the kids and head in to see the ANZAC Day march (am I crazy heading into the city with two children in the hope that they catch a side view of their father as he marches past (and for your information, one man in uniform looks the same as another - all have short hair and are wearing their hats, I have no hope of finding him) And then off to South Bank to meet up with a wonderful friend (who is apparently going to attempt to sweet talk my husband into moving back to Canberra (he would go tomorrow - just have to work on the powers that be!)

 I love that these baskets are now into there fourth year of use:)

 

He Lives Happy Easter! Allelujah!
Jesus Christ, He lives!
Serve Him to receive salvation;
Eternal life he gives! By Joanna Fuchs

Back...

from here...

Back to reality and dreaming.  Have found a piece of land near where we may end up next year and sat dreaming of a little house on a hill away from the hussle of city life.  It only took 5 days, 5 days to work out that we are not really city people and would much rather a country change.

Will be back to share some more photos of our trip.

If you need us...

We will be here...

 
See you before the Bilby arrives:)

Decorating Eggs

Blown eggs turned into a bit of fun for the kids (after the parents got there breath back)

A simple activity, just add eggs, glue and crepe paper with children and let them go for it.

I love crafts where children are aloud to do as they please:)

Tip:  To make the egg shells a little stronger after blowing them, squirt some water threw the blowing holes and shake out, then place in the microwave for approx 40 seconds - only one child managed to break his out of 21 so that was not bad.

Joining in with Creative Collectives Easter Happenings