Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I was busy doing chores...

...then I came into the room and found this. (Can you see the hundreds of tiny bits of play dough all over the floor?)
I said, "Oh my goodness!!!"
She said, "Lachie did it."
He just smiled.
I think, 'I'm not sure she is telling the whole truth.'
Just another little experience that goes to show that silence is not always golden (that is except for now as it means they are both finally asleep).

posted by Stephannie @ 8:47 PM 4 Comments

Friday, August 21, 2009

A special delivery of chocolate

I love this chocolate. The only problem is that you can't buy it in Tasmania because it is only sold here (which we don't have a here down here). My mum and sisters know that I love it and often send me blocks down (the only thing better then a package is a package with chocolate). Mum was planning on bringing me a supply down with her when she came to visit a couple of weeks ago but never got a chance to pick them up before she went to the airport.
Mum could not stand the thought of me without my chocolate so on Monday she sent some down for me and to make sure the arrived safely she sent Dad to deliver them. We had no idea that he was coming until we answered a knock on the door on Monday night (he had told me that he was coming earlier but when I asked him to pinky promise he wouldn't leading me to believe that he was joking). It was such a nice surprise, almost better than the chocolate.
The kids loved having their Pa stay with us.
I loved having Dad stay with us.
We all love that it was a surprise.
Thanks for coming Pa, the time went too quickly. Thanks Mum for sharing him with us for the week. Feel free to surprise us whenever you like...you don't even have to bring chocolate (though if you do that is fine too).

(Pa showing his grandbabies the finer things in life..sasperella...Chloe said she liked it, I think because Pa did, Lachie on the other hand wasn't too sure)

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Catching some rays

I don't think I have ever looked forward to spring and summer as much as I do this year. And no Tronkies, Cabs, Tolputts and Chrish, it is not because I live so close to the Antarctic that you can only go outside wearing an outfit that looks like you are wrapped in a dooner. It is because I have two little poppets whom I share my days with, who I feel are very much like their daddy in that they love being outside.
On Thursday (with friends) and then again on Friday afternoon we were lucky to get a sneak peak of what life is going to be like in the coming months as the sun rays start to bring more warmth and the ground becomes less soggy. The kids love being out- running around, finding rainbows, picking grass, digging in the dirt and just being free. I think they would have been happy to stay out there all day with no toys then be inside with a whole cupboard full.
I can see that over the next few months we will be spending more and more of our days outside exploring and being amazed in our little patch of green.

posted by Stephannie @ 6:15 PM 4 Comments

Friday, August 7, 2009

Our own private gallery

We are very lucky in our house to have our own private gallery that features an every changing exhibition of one of our favorite artists (and I hear whispers that one of our other equally favorite artists is making preparations to begin their own exhibition).
Our little budding artist is so proud of her work and while the fridge and exterior of presents are good places to display little masterpieces I think that displaying special ones in frames shows that we value and admire what she creates.

posted by Stephannie @ 8:35 PM 4 Comments

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Some time with Grandmas

This week we have been lucky enough to have my mother and grandmother come to stay. Chloe had been excited about the visit for a few weeks and had been telling everyone up until the day they arrived that her "Grandmas were coming to her house in three weeks!"
It was my grandmother's first time to Tassie so we had to do the Ashgrove and Anvers trek for chocolate and cheese. We let the kids have a run around in the grounds of Anvers to work off some of their extra energy after having sat so patiently while we had a yummy lunch and hot chocolates.
They loved running around collecting treasures (eating them in Lachie's case) and playing in the train.
Chloe was so sweet and kept going up to my grandmother saying, "You are my Great Grandma, I love you Great Grandma."
One night she convinced Grandma to read her some stories before bed. Grandma was a bit apprehensive at first. I'm not sure if it was because as soon as I saw them reading I got the camera out (again) or if it was Chloe's choice in book (So Much, written with a Afro-Caribbean sing song feel, not so easy to read out loud for the first time when English is your second language- but once you get the feel of it, the way it is written makes it is a very fun book). However she did a great job, Chloe loved every minute of it and got her to read two more.
One of the things that was on our must do list was to go to Andy's for gelato. Grandma loves lemon gelato and she wasn't disappointed.
Chloe kept asking me to swap her raspberry for my lemon and somehow ended up with both.
We also chased a rainbow to a property for sale that would be perfect for my parents (I can dream can't I?). We kept telling my mum that the rainbow was a sign!
This afternoon before Mum and Grandma left we made some candles as a reminder of our time together.
Thank you grandmas for coming and sharing a little time with us, we can't wait to do it again soon.

posted by Stephannie @ 8:08 PM 4 Comments