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| A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015. |
Thanks to Jodi for hosting the 52 project at practising simplicity.
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25.1.15
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Thanks to Jodi for hosting the 52 project at practising simplicity.
You can click on the button (here or in the side bar) to see all my 52 posts.
18.1.15
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| A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015. |
Sofia: has been creeping into our bed during the night a lot lately
Otto: "big boat!"
We have a good view of the Derwent River from our sun-room and there is a fair amount of water traffic, particularly during summer. Often the cry will go out - "big boat!" and the kids will rush to the window to get a better view of the icebreaker, cruise or cargo ships that sail by as they make their way to or from Hobart Port.
Thanks to Jodi for hosting the 52 project at practising simplicity.
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11.1.15
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| A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015. |
Sofia: a smile at last (in anticipation of pancakes for breakfast)
Otto: early morning in the kitchen (making the pancakes for breakfast)
I already feel like I am chasing my tail with the 52 project, not so good for week 2! Sofia has been sick all week with a virus and we are all a bit tired. This morning we had pancakes for breakfast and it was good to see her smiling again.
Otto has taken to pulling faces when I point the camera in his direction - mostly scrunched-up-face rather pained looking smiles. The photo of him above was snapped between cheesie camera faces.
Hopefully next week will see me picking up the camera before Sunday morning!
Thanks to Jodi for hosting the 52 project at practising simplicity.
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4.1.15
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| A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2015. |
Otto: watch out cockies!
...and we're back!
After a year off the 52 project (and most of the year off posting on the blog) I have decided that it might be worthwhile documenting the year in weekly portraits again. A bit of a last minute decision so these shots were taken today. We'll see how we go...
Bonus shot of my three lovelies in the hammock.
Thanks to Jodi for hosting the 52 project at practising simplicity.
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27.4.14
Second annual Easter egg hunt
Last weekend was Easter so we organised our second annual Easter egg hunt. Everyone turned up at 10 o'clock and hung out in the sunroom until we were ready to go. It was great to see Archie, Ellie, Sofia, Otto and Rory playing together so harmoniously in the toy kitchen before we went outside.
They were all pretty keen to get going.
The fact they were all a year older meant it was much calmer than last year, which seemed to mostly consist of a scrum of slightly bewildered toddlers running around the backyard together having someone point out where the eggs were. This year they all went in different directions and actually understood what they were meant to be looking for. Even Otto got in on the action.
Rory found a good stash of eggs in the sandpit and the girls loaded them into the bowl.
In the interests of fairness, all the eggs were pooled to be divided up after the hunt.
Of course, not all of the eggs that went in to the bowl made it back to be divvied up...
There was a bit of a post-sugar slump to deal with afterwards, but it wasn't too bad. Sofia was super excited the following day when we were out doing some gardening and she found an egg that had been missed the day before. We look forward to the third annual Easter egg hunt!
The fact they were all a year older meant it was much calmer than last year, which seemed to mostly consist of a scrum of slightly bewildered toddlers running around the backyard together having someone point out where the eggs were. This year they all went in different directions and actually understood what they were meant to be looking for. Even Otto got in on the action.
Rory found a good stash of eggs in the sandpit and the girls loaded them into the bowl.
In the interests of fairness, all the eggs were pooled to be divided up after the hunt.
Of course, not all of the eggs that went in to the bowl made it back to be divvied up...
There was a bit of a post-sugar slump to deal with afterwards, but it wasn't too bad. Sofia was super excited the following day when we were out doing some gardening and she found an egg that had been missed the day before. We look forward to the third annual Easter egg hunt!
14.4.14
Getting ready for winter
Yes, we are still here but it's been hard to find time to write anything for the blog lately.
Winter will be with us soon and we use our open fire a lot. We had a few trees chopped down last year and the wood has been drying near our garage over the summer. I didn't take a "before" shot of all of the wood on the driveway but I did manage to dig up a photo from last December when we were netting the Mulberry tree. It's not that clear from the photo but there are two full rows of wood there.
The plan was to make our wood shed a bit more weather proof, then put all of the wood in the shed. This is the woodshed from behind as we were starting. First we put up some reinforcement mesh and tied it to the woodshed frame and the garage to give the back of the woodshed some more strength. We then measured out the black plastic that will make up the back wall.
This is the woodshed nearly finished. We used gaffer tape for some extra strength then nailed it to the garage and the posts - hopefully this lasts the distance. We also hooked the plastic to the roof of the woodshed so that the wood is completely protected from the winter rain.
Once it was finished we moved all of the wood into the shelter so that it stays dry over the winter.
And here is the driveway looking all nice and clean. While we were moving the heap I also discovered that chickens love to eat skinks. One of them would catch a skink then they would chase around fighting over it.
Winter will be with us soon and we use our open fire a lot. We had a few trees chopped down last year and the wood has been drying near our garage over the summer. I didn't take a "before" shot of all of the wood on the driveway but I did manage to dig up a photo from last December when we were netting the Mulberry tree. It's not that clear from the photo but there are two full rows of wood there.
The plan was to make our wood shed a bit more weather proof, then put all of the wood in the shed. This is the woodshed from behind as we were starting. First we put up some reinforcement mesh and tied it to the woodshed frame and the garage to give the back of the woodshed some more strength. We then measured out the black plastic that will make up the back wall.
This is the woodshed nearly finished. We used gaffer tape for some extra strength then nailed it to the garage and the posts - hopefully this lasts the distance. We also hooked the plastic to the roof of the woodshed so that the wood is completely protected from the winter rain.
Once it was finished we moved all of the wood into the shelter so that it stays dry over the winter.
And here is the driveway looking all nice and clean. While we were moving the heap I also discovered that chickens love to eat skinks. One of them would catch a skink then they would chase around fighting over it.
9.2.14
Sofia turns three
Yesterday was a special day for our big grown up girl - she turned three! She got quite a few books and puzzles but her favourite present was her new scooter and she has been learning to ride it up and down the hallway. (Excuse the blurry photos - some of them are "action shots".)
It takes a while to get the hang of steering and stopping it, and there have been a few bumps...
Of course Otto never wants to be left out. You can see him in the background above following Sofia with the toy stroller and here he is trailing along behind with a great big smile on his face.
After presents we had a special breakfast.
No need for a label on this photo.
After breakfast we went to Sofia's favourite cafe, Bookcoffee, sometimes known as Ginger Brown. Then we went to the playground nextdoor to the cafe for some more scootering and a swing. In the afternoon some friends came over for a special chocolate birthday cake featuring mulberries from our tree.
Sofia certainly has the hang of blowing out candles this year
and the kids all loved the cake.
Sofia had a lovely birthday and slept very well afterwards. Thanks to everyone who sent along a present - she loves all of them.
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| Zoom! |
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| Crash! |
Of course Otto never wants to be left out. You can see him in the background above following Sofia with the toy stroller and here he is trailing along behind with a great big smile on his face.
After presents we had a special breakfast.
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| Yummy pancakes |
No need for a label on this photo.
After breakfast we went to Sofia's favourite cafe, Bookcoffee, sometimes known as Ginger Brown. Then we went to the playground nextdoor to the cafe for some more scootering and a swing. In the afternoon some friends came over for a special chocolate birthday cake featuring mulberries from our tree.
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| Sofia's birthday cake |
Sofia certainly has the hang of blowing out candles this year
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