Just Being a Mum

Ok I know, this weeks capture topic was Spring, but it isn’t Spring in Australia it is Autumn. So here are a couple of captures of Autumn here is Oz.

I just love Autumn when the leaves change colour and start to fall, covering the ground with crunchy leaves. Don’t you just love the sound they make when you walk through them.

Here is a tree that I spied and thought that it really gave the feel of Autumn.

I do love looking at spring though, so check out Spring at I should be folding laundry

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Yummy Gingerbread Recipe

Run run as fast as you can you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man. I think most would be able to run faster than our hand cut gingerbread men.

Here is what you will need

Ingredients

150grams butter, chopped
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1 tspn bicarbonate of soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tbspn ground ginger
1 tspn mixed spice
1/2 tspn baking powder
3 cups plain flour

Here what you need to put it all together.

1. Place butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan over a medium heat. Cook, stirring, for about 3 mins or until you think the sugar has dissolved. Bring it to the boil, then remove from

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Cooking Fun

Little Man had great fun cooking with Grandad this weekend.

He really enjoyed making Gingerbread Men, stay tuned and we will give you the recipe during the week, so that you can have just as much fun.

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When I saw that the capture for this week was Sweet, I just knew that it would have to be pictures of my sweet little faces, of course I am a bit biased as they are my sweet little children (not that I would say that all the time of course).

We did a bit of a photo shoot the other day in the garden of the children modeling my hats that I am going to selling, so you even get a sneak peak at them before they go up on our new web site.

He is a natural!

Stop to hug the dolphin

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Bubble Baths are the Best!

The little people were having a bubble bath the other day, and I just couldn’t resist taking the camera in the room with them. They just looked so cute all surrounded in bubbles. I don’t really know what it is but the kids LOVE it!.

I remember having a bubble bath with my sister when we were little, they are so much fun. You can use all your imagination. Play, play, play until the water is almost cold.

The Little Man always makes me a Chai Latte as that is my favourite drink, he calls it a Chai Matte which is very cute. They just have fun.

Here are

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Fun with Play-Doh

They just love Play-Doh, I know that I can have a cup of Tea when they are playing with the Play-Doh

Not good for houses with carpet though, better for tiles or floorboards.

But loads of fun!

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Out in the Fresh Air

Really wasn’t sure what to do for this weeks capture, but we decided to get out in the fresh air, at the beach, making the most of it before it gets to cold. In the photos it looks like it was a bit cold, but it was actually just right, not too hot, and not too cold.

Reminds me of the movie The Storm Boy (for those of you who have seen it)

Pelicans are just great. This one was being cheeky, there were a few fishermen fishing off the rocks and he was hanging around waiting for them to catch a fish, then

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Make a Stove from a Cardboard Box

The Little Man kept on at me that he wanted a stove and oven like Mummy’s so that he could do his own cooking. So I thought to my self, it can’t be that hard to make one. We just happened to finish a box of Nappy’s so we used the box to make the stove, but you could use any cardboard box that you can get your hands on. Easy peazy!

What you will need

- Cardboard Box
- Roll of paper (I can get rolls at Ikea) or you could use sheets but it may take a bit longer to stick it on.
- Glue Stick
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Heading towards Colds & Flu season

I can’t believe that it is not even winter yet and we already have a colds in the house.

We haven’t seen a sniffle or a runny nose for months, and as soon as the weather decides to change and get a bit colder, thats it it starts.

What is it about children and getting colds. We have train tracks coming down faces, we have sleepless nights because we can’t breath, nothing a bit of vics on the chest can’t fix. But we still have colds in the house and it isn’t even winter yet. The little man isn’t even at preschool, we are on school holidays.

This

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Cheeky Monkey Jumping on the bed

One Cheeky Monkey Jumping on the bed, fortunately she didn’t fall off and bump her head.

I was making the bed the other morning, Little Miss decided that it looked like a great opportunity to have a jump around.

What is it about small children and jumping on beds, it must be all children or they wouldn’t have written a song about it.

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