One Year On ...

 DAD

A beautiful memory, dearer than gold,
Of a father whose worth can never be told,
There's a place in my heart no one can fill,
I miss you, Dad, and always will.

Great Finds

These are two great finds I've had in the last week. Aren't they fabulous?

Ella loves this little stool I found to go with her dressing table

I had been looking around for a hat/coat stand for the front entrance way for awhile, so I was delighted when I found this gorgeous one.

I love having older pieces to add to my home! Even though I don't know their history, having an 'assortment' of pieces makes my home more characteristic to me.

Can You Guess ...

Where we are off to next month?

First of March

  

Sorry I haven't been around much! Life here has been flat chat, so I'll give you a brief rundown!

• Kate is currently dancing 6 days a week in preparation for her part in this. She is part of the pre-entertainment. A fantastic opportunity for her. After the show, she'll be back to dancing 4 times a week.
• Kate was one of 15 chosen at school to play an instrument after sitting an  aptitude test at the end of last year. Her chosen instrument is clarinet.
• Both girls are dancing at the Corymbia Festival again this year.
• We've had a few tradies here lately. Alot of electrical work had to be done, a new security door to be measured up for and quotes for the remaining roller shutters on the back. 

The garden is growing well. Currently we have growing:

• lettuce
• beetroot
• pumpkin
• zucchini
• snow peas
• carrots
• broccoli
• silverbeet
• sweetcorn
• capsicum
• raspberries
• boysenberries
• cauliflower
• lemons
• limes
• feijoas
• passionfruit
• parsley
• mint
• basil (purple)
• chives
• rocket

• I help out one morning a week in Ella's class with maths. 
• I help out a lady who collects children, one day a week.
• We've booked a holiday which hopefully doesn't coincide with Kate dancing competition (date for comp is not out yet!)
• Ruby is enjoying being back at our dancing school. She's doing ballet and jazz. We love getting to see her and Jonah every week when they come up!
• I've had some awesome OP shop finds lately.  

Sickness

It's been a week of sickness for Ella and I. Sore throats, tummy bugs and headaches.

I hope everyone else is fine and dandy!

Saturday

 It's been a busy afternoon (after 6 classes of dancing between 3 girls) a visit to the garden centre and some planting done in the vegie garden that Phil made for me out of recycled materials. We planted lettuce, beetroot, silverbeet, cauliflower, sweetcorn, carrots and pumpkin and snow peas.

Last week we bought some more trees to add to our list of what we want to grow in our backyard.

The feijoa tree

The passionfruit which will grow along a trellis

The lime tree which will go in a pot to match the lemon tree

Snow Peas

The capsicums are growing well

My little helper with the dirty face

Ruby and Jonah are staying tonight while Amie & Brendan attend a wedding. We headed up the hill to the park for tea and a play. 

Kate then took the camera and took the following photos of the others playing!

Amie and Cake!

:: 24 :: on February 15

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Amie! 24 years old!

Ella's Tea Party

Today Ella celebrated her birthday with a tea party at Flying Teapots with her closest friends, and of course Kate & Ruby. None of her friends had been before either, so it was a new and exciting experience for all the young ladies!

All the girls called out for Alice!

Alice arrived and escorted the girls to Wonderland!

There was fine china and delicious eats!

Alice poured rose-petal tea for the young ladies

It was lovely to see the girls all dressed up!

Ashlee handed out sugar cubes!

Fabulous decorations!

Beautiful Ella enjoying tea with her friends

Ruby said the tea was her favourite!

And the beautiful Kate

Alice lights the candles

Ella blows them out!

Ella is The Mad Hatter

Games were played

There were songs to sing!

Courtney tries on the hat!

The beautiful Ruby!

A game of cards!

Silly dancing too

They finished off with a find Alice game!