Summer nights in Sydney..

Nothing beats the Opera Bar with a glass of bubbles and good friends! Top it off with a fabulous meal at Guillaume and a wonderful night was had....

Some day soon there will be a post about sewing, and no-one will believe it!

Secret Santa Stash

I received this lovely gift from Kirsty from EB Newbie Quilters for my SS gift. I just love it all, especially the divinely smelling soaps, thanks Kirsty xxx

The Birthday Party Girl

Yesterday we celebrated Zoe's 5th Birthday...it is not her birthday until 31st December but decided to have the party and then have a quiet family celebration on the day. I actually baked her cake...not even with a packet mix!! Just call me Martha Stewart - LOL! It was delicious and I got loads of compliments so I was delighted! We also had our favourite entertainer Fairy Fun, come along to look after the kidlets - they all had a ball!

Meet Vespa

The carwash we use is fantastic, not only do they do a great job washing the cars, they have a fantastic cafe with a kids area. Meet Vespa - he lives at the car wash. So many times we have been lucky enough to meet and pat him but today I actually had the camera with me. Zoe, as with everything was very cautious and admired him from a distance. Ciára however went in with her usual gusto for a close up hello and a pat!

Christmas Tree Tradition

We have a little tree from when we lived in a unit, this is the 3rd Christmas in our house and still we haven't bought a huge big new tree like we always planned, must be too attached to this one.

Our tree is very eclectic...and daggy! We have collected ornaments over the years on our travels so it tells a bit of a story for our family. This year the girls made 12 new baubles - we had so much fun doing it!

My mum joins us when we can to put the tree up and decorate it. It seems to have become a bit of a tradition over the past 4-5 years that she actually puts it up and decorates it, first it was just with Zoe and now with both the girls!
Here we are with the finished result last Sunday afternoon!
And here's Zoe + Ciára with some of their handiwork last week, making the new baubles.

Hoping to get some sewing posts in here over the next few weeks, time seems to be scarce at the moment and I haven't touched anything quilty for a week or two now! So Sad!

Isn't it Summer time Now?

So it was the first day of Summer yesterday. I love Summer but was a little disappointed when it was cool and showery all day. Well now it is Day 2 and we are all wrapped up in our dressing gowns and the girls are complaining of feeling cold. Now, I am not a fan of 35 + degree days, but surely 25+ is not too much to ask for? The view from the front of our house this morning, there was rain and wind for most of the night....

Unofficial Advent Blog Along

The lovely Car has organised an Advent Blog Along - I don't think that enough really happens in my life to blog every single day for the next 24 days but I will give it an unofficial whirl!

This morning my darling little two and a half year old had her Chrismtas concert at daycare. It was adorable!

Here she is in "Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star" mode. Cute huh!

And with her our family friend, best little mates who also goes to the same daycare..