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.

Christmas celebrations and making

Christmas badges mad by Kd - using recycled badges from a project I have just finished up

Hj's creche Christmas party & their carol singing - very sweet & cute - what a great community to have been apart of for over 5 years!


Kd & Hj in costume for the Epsom community church advent play!

Christmas Card Making at our House

Yep, making Christmas cards - with plenty to make.

Having trouble getting the kids motivated this year. We are apart of the Kids Craft Weekly International Christmas Card swap again - my goal to get all the cards out on Friday - I am ashamed to say we havent made any yet for this!

Visit here for our past four years of Christmas card making.

a quick pic update of a little of the busy Decemberiness happening around here

Paper making for Christmas cards - inspired by the wonderful Verity at a recent Bendigo Community Farmers Market Workshop



A trip to the museum



Here I am the yummy wombat mummy


Hj's orientation day at Kinder - keeping snuggy near by
Celebrating Aunty Chell's 30

Family Pics

Finally I can tick off family portraits 2010 off my to do list. The wonderful Gail from imagesbygail came around in the early sunlight of Sunday and took our portraits - looking forward to seeing them all.

School Athletics

kds school atheletics