Shadow, our new family member

Isnt she sweet!

First day of kinder & school

 (mum dont look at how Hj is holding her pen here!)

Kids in Rain

Plenty of washing to catch up on now

Christmas gift play & plums

Just after Christmas a plum tree in our backyard became laden with fruit - they were sweet, but small.  We collected enough to make our first batch of Bakewell Plum Jam.  We used this recipe and can highly recommend this recipe.

 Sometime play just happens without manufactured toys and just cause there is time.  I was so glad to have eight weeks of school holidays - it was wonderful.

Ok so first there was Christmas

I have been too caught up in the real world to spend much time in the world of the Internet. First there was Christmas - which surprised us all - I really wasn't ready for the end of the year - along with gee I don't have a job and any income coming in. But luckily both these anxieties have passed and now I have a bunch of memories to enjoy.

This Christmas was extra special as we meet Madeleine my darling niece who was born and now lives in London.  We all immediately fell in love with this little dumpling.

Did I also mention early morning & during the school holidays I made sure that I did PLENTY of sleeping in (and eating and reading books and watching movies).  Here is evidence of early morning Christmas morning, check out that grumpy.

This image is by Kd - just extraordinary and simply inspirational.  It is Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus.