Monday Monday

Girls deposited to school

Cleaning the house

Grocery shopping

A nap! Bliss!

Outside play after school

Tap dancing for Kate

Roast dinner

Homework to complete

A walk through the park






Stop for an orange juice






Bathtime






Storytime

Bedtime. Another day over.

I'm going to start painting the bedrooms in the next few weeks.

Kate & Ella share a room and have new butterfly doona's that I got at a very good price. So I'll work with those in mind.

Aren't these cute?

Cute little cupboard


They don't have bunks, but love this space saving idea!

This room appeals to me for its' fresh look

Love this!

This is sweet!

My twenty year old (how did that happen??) would love this:

And this

I think our room will be green. Isn't this refreshing?




And probably yellow for our 4th bedroom , currently occupied by Ruby.

photo source: flickr

Five things in my kitchen

I got this idea from Kate at Our Red House

I would love to see some photo's from you too!

An old wooden penguin Phil bought me about 20 years ago

A special wine glass from Kate one Mother's Day

My favourite water jug

Kate's milkshake maker that she bought with her own pocket money

Ella's favourite cup

Swaps

Anyone remember these?

Growing up in NZ in the 1970's, swaps were a big part of school life. My favourites to collect were those of babies, doctors & nurses and Winnie the Pooh. My friend Sally always had the best swaps ~ I was so jealous of her collection.

I'm a real horder when it comes to stuff like this. My girls enjoy looking through the tin from time to time, with supervision of course. The are too sentimental to me to let go just yet.

I must get out my brownies and girl guide badges next.

The house is peaceful
Yay for Fridays
My most favourite day of the week
I need to deep clean the kitchen
A bike ride after school with the kids
Out tonight for some adult time
Hope you all have a good day

All things come to those who wait ...

Ella had been waiting to ride her new bike further than the letterbox, so tonight after dinner we set off

Kate is always up for a bike ride

And off they go

A quick play in the park before home

A swing is a must

Lots of smiles

Look at me

Isn't this just the cutest sight?

Weekly Blessings

• A cool weather change

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• Having Phil home again

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• Peace and quiet in the household for the afternoon

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• Pay Day

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• A night off from cooking

Dancing Shoes

Our house is full of dancing shoes

Two pairs of tap shoes

Numerous pair of ballet slippers in various sizes







Pink Tights

Tan Tights

Tutus for small girls and bigger girls








Jazz shoes as well

I have never seen so many dancing shoes in one house before.

I bought this tin the other day just because I loved it. It took me a couple of days to decide what was going to be kept in it. Then it came to me.








DANCING SHOES!