Argh...

Does anybody in this country actually fall for the whole disposable liner will make you feel fresher? And now there's a double layered one.
Add to that your toddler needs formula...
The daycare in our suburb asks doesn't your child deserve the best - that would be me
Me with my washable pads (and yes their nappies when in use), breast feeding until 3 and caring for/pre-educating my own kids

What's so wrong with the simple life

a little bit of this and a little bit of that....

(forgive the font change and size mixup - i really thought i had it this time)

oh life can be so hectic with 2 kids, one in school one at home, working thurs evening and all day saturday, plus every 3rd sunday. whilst living in an unfinished house 45min from greg's work and 30 mins for ally's school.

sometimes i feel like a taxi driver, who makes meals, does housework and semi-regularly gets to zumba (which is oh so addictive i wish i could do more)

last year alex and i signed up for a christmas card swap on http://kidscraftweekly.com/ - these are the gorgeous cards we received from around the world - we really enjoyed being involved thanks amber - the big snowman at the bottom is the stunning card alex made at school for greg and i - she's such a talented chicken

the cards we received =>

we've done a few cool little jobs around the house the most fun

(and successful) is our first paver/stepping stone up to the car - it took 2 bags of cement, some mosaic mirror tiles and some cut up glass tiles to make my snail paver - we are so pleased with how it turned out - the pic is taken whilst the cement is still wet - it looks better since it's dried and greg has scraped the tiles clean - i'll get another pic (yeah sometime karen sometime)

the snail paver in question =>

i've managed to do some sewing too - very enjoyable toothe first was a custom set of pads for a gorgeous lady who lives locally and found me via nurture nappies - ooh i can't wait to show you how beautiful they all turned out - was so exciting to create beautiful pads again

16 pads in a bag =>

and these gorgeous little aprons - i made this one for miss annette

one of the teacher aides at alex's school - i really wanted her to some colour so chose 2 eric carle prints - one from hungry caterpillar and one from brown bear

i made myself one for work too - it's very cool and i will have to get pics of it on

miss annette in her apron =>

some house pics

a bit late coming i know

you can see the colours, the size of the deck is 8 x 12m; it's 4 m off the ground at the highest point and the block is getting a bit overgrown with the recent rain. you can also see the see saw we built for theo's 3rd birthday.

enjoy.

our first night away from the kids

greg and i had our first night last week

we dropped the kids at my folks where they had a super time decorating biscuits and cupcakes; playing with playdoh; eating icecream; reading etc and sleeping really well with no tears at all!

we headed up to eumundi for lunch (to scope it for the following day's markets) and most of the town was shut due to a little horse race we forgot all about - sigh. we got lunch at a local bakery - very yummy thanks. we drove over to noosa and walked along the foreshore stopping at some of the shops to giggle at the high heeled crocs!!! then we finally found hastings street and went for a wander - yes the drunken, loud, hat wearing patrons rubbed in the whole horse race thing. i did get my new hat - it's a lovely grown up one - i should get some pictures before one of the kids destroys it

we stayed at a gorgeous http://www.cudgerie-noosa.com/index.shtml we had the whole place to ourselves - so we watched scrapheap challenge whilst henna-ing each other and then a game of scrabble whilst eating yummy pizza (mine was satay chicken) before some not for blogging us time. wednesday we got up and had a gorgeous breakfast of fresh fruit salad, bircher muesli and fresh baked banana muffins made by veronica (thanks so much). then we headed off to the eumundi markets where we bought a few things - it was most enjoyable - lots of lovely things to look at and the kids scored honeycomb, strawberries (theo) and a fairy dress (alex) and we each got a top. i bought a couple of bars of soap to tide me over until i hear back from my regular supplier. some avocado oil for my mum and some magic cards to put in alex's santa sack.

after the markets we drove to yandina to the http://www.buderimginger.com/gingerfactory/ where we got to be a pair of big kids and rode the train and more importantly the boat ride through the hundreds of puppets - oh my the fun we had!!!

when we got back to the kids at my folks place they were having so much fun with nana in the bus they barely said hello - my parents were fabulous but i think rather worn out by our kids - thanks nana and pa - for our break, for keeping the kids safe and happy and for agreeing to do it again "sometime" xox

more face paint for halloween

ally had a disco to go to the night before halloween itself - so daddy did her makeup as a skeleton - so very very cute

the night of halloween there was a mixup and ally was off trick or treating sans costume - i quickly did her up in my zombie makeup (see previous post) and put my work wig on her - my own little mini zombie - super cute. the kids loved trick or treating - way too many lollies and some incredibly kind and generous souls in karana downs - was so proud of my alex - she has the most amazing manners and only 7 years old.

two more of my work faces - day of the dead and skeleton. i did a scarier green version of the zombie makeup which frightened a few people and made a small child cry - sigh - that made me feel particularly bad. we sold a LOT of face paint 'though. note the difference in quality of white - i didn't set the white on the skeleton with powder - so it wasn't looking as great after 8 hours as the days i did set it.

we had four very busy days when i was on for halloween - it was an amazing experience - so many people in such a small space at one time (well over 4 days) a couple of times i felt a bit overwhelmed by the crush but really after my experience as a nurse - it's not like anyone was going to die was it? and it's a lot of fun helping people decide what to wear, how to decorate etc.

zombie makeup

hello

have been VERY busy

i've taken a casual job at a craft/costume shop at indooroopilly called craft ideas - 2nd floor http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=199326850303

i usually work thurs evening and all day saturday, with halloween fast approaching i'm also working sundays and the week before i'm working more shifts whilst greg stays home with theo. anyhoo part of the gig is dressing up to inspire the customers - chris (my gorgeous boss) chose a wig for me to wear - i've been spending a bit of time online searching out make-up ideas - i found this tutorial http://www.youtube.com/user/SarahVictor#p/u/79/2LJoTCuVMv4 and loved it - not a bad job after watching once and doing my face several days later dontcha think? i see now i could have used more black. and i'd love to perfect the white even-ness a bit more. i'm not a make-up kinda girl - i've just bought my first lot of eyeshadow in over 10 years - lol.

will add more pics as i try more looks - i've got some fun liquid latex to play with, plus glow in the dark face cream, scar skin and more

hhmmmm brains anyone???

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