Sunday Snippets {Blogtoberfest Day 9}

Joining in with Tinniegirl's Sunday Snippets this Sunday.

A quick photo at a playcentre during a birthday celebration

 A painting on a wall at the local cafe. 

 Face painted after a trip to Bunnings

Riding the bike without training wheels (and racing Dad to the finish line)

Hope that you have all had a lovely, relaxing weekend and ready for another week.

Going Short...

My hair needs a good cut every few years.  So what else does one do when she has finally found an awesome hairdresser and is about to move???

Get it all lopped off of course. 

It will possibly take me the next two years to find another great hairdresser.  I wonder if a flight from Melbourne to Brisbane is budgetable for haircuts?  Don't like my chances.

 A week into Blogtoberfest and still going strong - yay.

Happiness...{this moment}

 is a girl with cupcakes.

I fail with this no word, one photo thing.
The girl took in cupcakes this week to share with her friends at school.
I also nailed the icing - thanks heaps Lesley for your help and recipe.

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.-soulemama

{Creative Space} Going round n round...

Onto the next colour.

Looking forward to seeing this grow into a blanket for the newest member of our extended family.

For more creative spaces pop in and visit some of the growing list at Our Creative Spaces.  And if you have a spare four days up your sleeve pop around some of the Blogtoberfest Bloggers.

Don't...

...stand still around here at the moment.  You may be put into a bag, thrown out, rehomed or popped in the Charity bin.

With every move comes the clean up.  I am being ruthless this time.  On the hit list this week is the acrylic wool and the linen cupboard.

I did not take a before photo but I am very happy with my after result.

I have a cupboard like this one here.  Infact, it could easily be mine.  More on that later.  It only felt like yesterday that we were packing up and moving to Brisbane, that is until you come across how much the little people have grown in the time we have been here.

Joining in with the fun over at Tinniegirl and failing to visiting all that is on the list.  How is everyone else going?

A friend in the Kitchen...

Meet my new friend in the kitchen.

She has been part of the family for a few months now and to she is here to stay.

The Thermomix.  A food processor that also minces, blends, beats, whips, grinds, kneads and COOKS.  It has taken me a while to come out in blogland as I didn't want you all to think that I was made of money.

I have dreamt of owning one of these since I saw it at a friends demo in December last year.  I came home announcing that I would love one to my husband and he announced that I could have it the next day if it cooked toast and replaced the oven* (the two things that it can not achieve)

After finally killing  the food processor in May, I ordered one and have not looked back.

Just look at their faces.  This was the first time they used it and they were not impressed.

It took a little convincing the kids that this new machine was a good thing.  We had tears from both of them as helping Mum in the kitchen meant licking the beaters and I was not about to take out the blade for them.  They have come around now and love helping to make everything from cakes and playdough to micing tge garlic and watching steak turn into mince

I am enjoying how quickly it makes everything and Tim fears that if it ever breaks I will not know how to use a knife and with Baden with his reactions to food preservatives I have cut down my preparation in the kitchen by approx 2 hours a day.

Parmesan Cheese in seconds

This is not going to become a food/thermomix blog.  But if you would like to see it in action and live in Brisbane I have signed up as a consultant and would love to come and cook you and a few friends lunch or dinner so you can see its magic. There is no pushy sales pitch. I promise.

 * Little did I know that he had been on to Google and checked out what it could do.

By the Sea...

One of many things we are going to miss about Brisbane is the closeness to the sea.  (especially the male of the house)  Saturdays are on the water day around here.

We joined him on the weekend for a picnic and a chance for the kids to go for a paddle with him.

Amelia also had her first fishing lesson off of her Pa.  It didn't take long before she was over the little crabs eating it and we went past the fishing trawlers on the way home and bought some fish.

Tim then took over holding it for a while - what do you think?  Does the colour suit him?  Apparently it is Hot Salmon.

Joining in with Blogtoberfest.  Day three and keeping up.