only 5 mores sleeps…

We took the kids to christmas carols last night. Went with friends and lots of other kids and they had a great time. There were kids rides beforehand and the Popstar loved jumping, sliding, spinning, with Ebony, Elijah, Kaelan, Olivia and Caleb. Daisy-Baby THOUGHT she would also like to go on rides – but on the first ride she decided {as soon as it started!} that she wanted to hop off. The man was nice enough to stop the ride for her, poor little darling. It was a really hot day so I was a little worried about the kids getting sunburnt but once the sun started disappearing it actually got a little chilly. Kids loved the glow sticks, I must remember to get some next year. Thankfully Sarah and Nadine stocked up!

We had some GREAT fireworks at the end – I have to admit it was a bit of a shock coming from our Little Country Town! It’s the first time the Little Miss Maguires had seen fireworks so what a treat! Poppy spent the whole time gazing at the sky. Daisy-do did as well – but with her hands firmly pressed on her ears. She has always been afraid of loud noises.

Last year we attempted to take the girls to fireworks on Australia Day. We got half way there and Poppy vomited all over herself and the car seat. So that put an end to that!

So Merry Christmas everyone!

booty campin’

We’ve been Boot Camping for 2 months now! Woot Woot!  2 sessions a week, and at our last weigh and measure I’d lost about 2cm off each of my bits. Gotta love that. My sister in law lost 10cm from her waist which is amazing!! We have one more before Christmas, and then another 2 months. We’ll reassess after that.

The Rug of No Return

Well it was a birthday present. Then it was a Christmas Present. And with Christmas only one week away, I can see that it my possibly become next year’s birthday present.
You see, the problem is that I’m not very happy with how the motifs are joining together. The pattern was fine until it came to joining the pieces, and then the instructions seemed to just end with a picture. I tried to line them all up just like in the picture, laying them on the floor, which was a mammoth task I might add. It took up a lot of space. Then I tried to work out how to join them together by evenly counting out stitches – but it didn’t work so I had to fudge the figures and just make it fit.

I don’t like the pulling on the edges of the ‘c’ motif (the 2nd row of larger circles). I thought it might just be the fact that I had improvised by using a different yarn to the one specified in the pattern, so I even went back and started on in a similar yarn to the pattern but still had the same problem. And I feel that the gaps around the ‘c’ motif are too big for my liking. So there it is. I will endeavour to persevere and finish it. But don’t hold your breath.

Apologies for the sad excuse for photos but it’s very overcast and rainy today, and there is just no natural light. Besides that the kids have toys strewn across the floor so there wasn’t much space to photograph that didn’t require me cleaning the house. And let’s face it, that just isn’t going to happen

so this is christmas?

I know it’s getting scary – only 11 more sleeps till Christmas.  And I think I actually have all my shopping done {almost}.  It wouldn’t be Christmas if there wasn’t an ‘almost’.  We’re right smack bang in the middle of Christmas Party Season, and so I went to my sister-in-laws place on the weekend for a girls night out!  Lots of fun and very sore muscles from the dance-a-thon.  I know I should do THAT more often!  Here are my friends Busting A Move.  Thankfully I was BEHIND the camera for most of it!

And for some strange reason, at this time of year, we all seem to look back on the year and think ‘now where did THAT time go?’ and more importantly ‘what have I DONE with it?’

So my mission is to focus on the PRESENT and enjoy each moment with my friends and family.  My mission is to take lots of photos that I can look back on and laugh {or cringe?!} about.  And to NOT dwell on what has happened or might {not} happen but to celebrate TODAY. 

So to finish off, here is a toast that a friend of mine heard from an old, drunk man in a Sydney Pub:
“Here’s to you and here’s to me; I hope we never disagree; but if we should ever disagree,  f#*k you and here’s to me”.

mickey mouse clubhouse

My niece recently celebrated her second birthday, and here she is in all her glory at her “Mickey Mouse Glug-glouse” party.