Lots of photo's

Last month, we went to Mum and Dad's, for their local show. I hadn't been for many, many years, but knew the girls would love it. It's a LOT smaller than it used to be when I was a kid, but they still had a great time. This was us leaving Grandma's house (who very conveniently, lives very close to the showgrounds now). Daddy (pity I cut half his head off!) with Caileigh on his back and holding Georgia's hand.





The girls got to feed the animals in the animal nursery but Holly was a bit scared of the VERY pushy baby animals. She liked to observe from afar.





They were both lucky enough to get their faces painted.

Here's my gorgeous baby girl looking after her "baby" in a Bear Hug Baby sling.

We have lots of fantastic parks here in Brisbane. The girls and I have been making good use of many of them lately. Here's Caileigh at the park last week.

Georgia and Caileigh in the sandpit at the same park.

I know it's not a great photo, BUT I just wanted to show how many trees are around. You CAN have a bit of the country, in the city :)

I love the look on Caileigh's face in this photo. It's a little ritual Daddy does with them most weekends when he is home for bedtime. They go outside, light a sparkler and sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. They all love it so much.

Okay, a little off topic when there are so many photo's of the girls......but these are my first 2 paw paw's of the season. I have to pick them slightly green, otherwise the birds and bats eat them. I am surprised the larger one made it so far. They are so sweet and delicious.

It's so hard getting a nice photo of Georgia recently. Everytime I get the camera out, she strikes a pose (not always the most flattering ones either). This was the best I got the other day.

Dyelicious longies

I have had this wool for about a year! It's lovely and soft wool from Dyelicious called "Eucalypt".

Also an LTK soaker I was making for Jonah, but it's way to small for a night soaker - sorry Bec :)

My girls

Well, 2 of them anyway. Here's Georgia and Caileigh snuggling up on the couch one morning.

And Caileigh when you ask her to smile for the camera. She is such a hoot!

Oh, I had better include this one too. This was Holly a couple of weeks ago on her first day at Kindy. She was fine the first day, till I left and got a bit teary. She's been twice since and both times she wasn't happy. She has a great time once she is there, just doesn't like me leaving :(

Rainy days

With all the rain we've been having, it's definitely been indoor days. I'm trying to make more homemade snacks for the girls, instead of buying premade things. Here's what we've made over the last week or so. Georgia especially loves baking. Holly does it for a bit, but gets bored. She is a Princess after all and would like all her food made for her :)

First was the delicious muffins made from this recipe, courtesy of Belinda!

The recipe was for Blueberry muffins but I made them with fresh blueberries and frozen raspberries. They were so good and lovely and moist. They were a big hit with the girls.

Next on the list, was some Anzac biscuits - kids sized! The girls all loved them too. I made a double batch and froze some.
Then, seeing as we had some very ripe banana's, I made some banana and choc chip muffins. They are very yummy too.

More dresses for the girls

My Mum was kind enough to make some more clothes for the girls while we were up there last month. We're going to a wedding next month, so she made Holly and Georgia 2 dresses each to choose from (the pink roses and the cherries). Caileigh also got a dark pink shirred dress. I just took a quick pic of their wardrobe to show all their new dresses over the last couple of months, including their Christmas dresses which I made them. Spoilt girls :)

Another shirt - for Georgia

She tells me her favourite colour is orange - so I HAD to get her this orange with white dots. I love it and so does she.

Shirred dresses

I learnt how to do shirring!! Had no idea it was so easy. So I made some dresses for the girls. First is Caileigh's with some fabric I got off ebay a while ago.

This also fits Holly as a shirt. I actually prefer it for her as the straps are a bit big for Caileigh.

And dresses for both the girls out of some fabric I got from Big W for under $7 for the piece. Bargain!

And a surprise for Lucy!