bubbles

breakfast

We've had warmer mornings this week.
Still a little edge to them, enough to eat Haloumi Pies and warm enough to enjoy summer fruit.

piles

The purge goes on!

I have culled an enormous garbage bag of fabrics - I'll probably kick myself later.

More piles of lovely.

Sifted and sorted into something lovely.

Woo's obsessed with my 'high-shoes' or my 'wetting shoes' and has been wearing them any chance she can. I even found her at 8 o'clock the other night half way up my shoe shelf (which is quite high) trying to get them down. She's crazy.

introducing ...

No not you precious.  I think we've all met you before Spice, but for friends who have yet the pleasure of knowing her let me say she's the Queen Bee.  Okay back to the introduction.  Hmm-hmm.  Drumroll ......

Please make some noise foooor ...

Amazing Gracie!

With her adoring new mum, Flossy.

She's such a dear little thing and a very welcome addition to our crazy dog loving family (with one notable exception - he knows who he is, the children definitely know who he is but he shall remain nameless! And by the way since when did one against three win???)

Woo is smitten.  She played, danced and twirled with Gracie for hours!

Everyone in on the action and yes I am chomping on something.  And if anyone is remotely interested it was the most scrumptious Baclava from a fab Lebanese bakery, Oasis.

Just hangin' out.

Meeting Millie - the only pup to acknowledge her existence - but then she's just a friend not new nose-out-of-joint family!  I tell you those whippets are, hmm how do we say it politely?  Okay.  Aloof.

Woo at her most obedient (notice the leash?)  She clipped it on and asked for her commands herself lest you start dialling Child Protection.  I know I've told you before how well behaved she is as a puppy :)

Gracie with Woo's Doodoo - yuk. 

Gracie with her own new Cozie.

Millie passing on her tug-o-war skills.  First gently ...

...then a little tougher.

Super cute - now if only those whippies would join in.

 

And then ... even the humans were keen to join in :)

The King and Queen of Snootiness - sulking together!  I heard that Banjo even grizzled at dear Gracie this evening ...  Not nice Banj.

Just where a puppy should be ...snuggled on the lap of a loving and gentle and utterly enamoured child.

Ready for some ABC Kids  and a nap.

Welcome to the happiest home on the block.  You'll always be loved and cared for in the most magnificent way.  From a rescue program to 5-star luxury and more love than you knew possible. 

You've landed on all four paws little one.

E x

Auntie E x

oobees

Super cute, super quick.

There is a growing heap of these baby oobees at my place. Tigs school fete is coming up soon and I'm donating a clutch (the collective term for oobees) of these sweeties. I'm dreaming up some little pirate ones so the boys don't feel left out :)

You can get yourself the downloadable pattern here!

merricks

On the first weekend of the school holidays we packed up and headed down to beautiful Merricks.  You may already know just how much I love it on the Peninsula.

We camped with a wonderful group of friends.  Well it's not really camping - not quite my style - more glamping, which made it much more comfortable.  We all share a common thread in that we were all made families through intercountry adoption.  What a happy, blessed and grateful bunch we are.  I just love having all the children together. They see each other too infrequently these days as the Big Boys, who brought us all together, are now at school.  

I barely saw my babies as they ran and played for two days straight.

Woo with her best buddy, JoJo.

 Just before we left I managed to have a little walk on my own with Tigs and Woo.  He was so protective of her on the little pier and really thought she'd jump on in - which in truth she may well have done! 

Love the warrior spear, Tigs.

Woo discovered the joy of the monkey bars - it was hard to get her off actually :)

As we prepared to head for home Tigs became quite overcome with emotion that the trip was over and that his friends were gone again.  So we decided to head to Flinders for a quick walk on the beach and a milkshake.  In a case of splendid serendipity, as it turned out.

As we headed down the steps I noticed a familiar scene.  In fact, it was as if a photograph suddenly came to life.   I whispered to Greg that the three figures on the beach seemed so familiar to me for some reason.  Then I realised I'd just spotted Kristi, from giggles down under, heading past me up the stairs and her lovely boys out on the rocks, where we were heading.  Kristi takes the most beautiful photographs and has such a gentle way about her (as I discovered in person too) - I think you'd love to visit her blog ;) 

Anyway, I know for sure that I've reached a "certain age" as I didn't think twice before introducing myself to her very sweet husband, who may well have thought me completely mad!  We all had a very cold and blustery chat, where I know I talked too much and far too over excitedly.  But hey-ho, I've officially reached 'that' age, haven't I? 

What I didn't know was that poor Woo, apart from being completely ravenous, was actually coming down with some horrible bug, that is still haunting her tiny body.  And Tigs was just plain over-exhausted.

Anyway, I wish I'd taken a pic of the crazy scene. 

Especially, Kristi's gorgeous little boys and Tigs all in their matching BOAT tops. 

Blogging is great for a whole host of reasons but our chance meeting made me realise that it can be even more surprising than I ever imagined. 

May this week bring you something unexpectedly nice - and thanks for popping by.

E x

Hello again. Sorry for the absence. We've had some lovely trips away, a bucketful of sickness and a little school holiday resting. I just popped over here, to my own blog, and was shocked to see that my wild make-up clad baby was still the headline post.

I think this pretty one of Woo is much, much better.

Back soon,

E x