A very productive afternoon

These don't seem to happen very often. But this afternoon was one of them. I made Caileigh a pair of green fleece pants and then remembered a Dorothy iron on applique I had in the cupboard. She is Dorothy mad, so I put that on a shirt for her too. She loved it. I just wished she would smile properly instead of this cheesy grin.

Also made this pinafore that I cut out the other night. I love the fabric. Turned out great. I just have to add snaps to the shoulders.

Mmmmmmm - Chocky Rocks!

Anyone remember making these as kids??? Chocky Rocks!





CHOCKY ROCKS


INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup castor sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 cups SR Flour, sifted

4 cups Cornflakes

1 packet milk choc chips



METHOD

Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs, mix well. Add vanilla, sifted flour, choc chips and 2 cups cornflakes. Roll dessertspoonfuls of mixture into balls and rollin extra cornflakes. Place on greased baking tray. Bake at 180c for 10 minutes.

They are delicious and the kids LOVE them.

Under 8's day

Last Friday instead of the normal kindy (Pre-prep) day, we had the under 8's day. It was at a park with lots of local kindy's participating. Each had different activities for the kids to do. The girls loved it and had a great time. Here they are making "Magic Mirrors" and meeting their favourite character "Snow White"

A lovely Mothers Day weekend

It started on Saturday. Mum and Dad came down for the weekend and we took the girls to the local school fair. It was nice and they got to do everything they wanted too, which was

1. Ride a pony

2. Have some fairy floss

We also saw all the stalls, they got a Princess showbag each, won some jewellery on a game, saw a clown show and saw some of the classes perform. Overall a fun day.

Then Sunday was a lovely day. Mum and I got to go to Spotlight (with only one child in tow!). My brother and his partner came up for the day too. We had a BBQ lunch. I was very spoilt and got all that I asked for (a sleep in :) - a rice cooker, a baking tray and a toolbox lol. Very impressed with all of it. We spent the afternoon outside playing Rummikub and catching up.

It was a very tiring day for a little girl who just turned 18 mths old 2 days ago :(

Hibiscus

My Mum gave me this gorgeous hibiscus for our garden. Aren't the flowers gorgeous. The colours are so vibrant.

And a close up.

Sisters

This just goes to show how much Georgia and Caileigh love each other. When Holly is at Kindy, they love playing with each other and just having fun.

My baby girl is growing up

We bought Caileigh a bed yesterday. She is 17 mths old. Holly went into one at 13 mths, Georgia at 14 mths and I thought it was time for Caileigh. She isn't a big fan of her cot and the last couple of weeks, she screams blue murder when I put her to bed, so I usually end up laying with her till she falls asleep.

So I bought her a Dorothy the Dinosaur doona cover, seeing as she loves her, hoping it would encourage her to stay in her own bed (instead of coming into our bed which she does EVERY night). I don't mind it so much, but with the hours Jimmy works, he was a bit fed up with the broken sleep for the last 8 + months. I don't know if it was just a coincidence, but she slept in her own bed ALL night (till 6am) then came into our bed and fell asleep till 8am! We'll see what tonight brings though. Not getting my hopes up too high just yet.

This isn't the best photo but it was taken at night time. Here's her new bed. The walls are actually a really pale green and the carpet is cream, so the colour isn't too great. (oh and I'll definitely be getting a valance to hide the stuff under the bed lol)