Another birthday bag

Juniors' best friend is turning 4 shortly and will be away on holidays in Thailand for his birthday. So as a birthday gift we have put together a little bag of goodies to keep him entertained during the flight. We chose a monogrammed drawstring bag - I followed the very easy goodie bag tutorial I found on the side bar of the Lovely Designs blog. Sharilyn has some fantastic tutorials and ideas and also has lovely photos of her stylish (and immaculate) home - how does she do that with a young child in the house!
Juniors' friend is a dedicated Thomas fan so we thought that a Thomas activity book with some pencils and crayons might come in handy during the flight, along with a small book to read. We also made him a birthday crown in his favourite colour (yellow) to help him celebrate while he is away.

Hope he likes it.

Guilderton Revisited

I had to share this drawing that Junior just gave me. It is Daddy and Junior on the Kayak at Guilderton with Mummy and Bub playing on the beach. I thought it was very sweet!

Guilderton

Last weekend we had a very nice (if exhausting) weekend away to Guilderton (just north of Perth) to celebrate our 5th Wedding Anniversary.
Unfortunately Bub has been unwell for a few days so he was very tired for a lot of the weekend. My usually happy little man was showing his red head side with more that the occasional temper tantrum. But despite that both the boys loved the sandy beaches and protected water of the river mouth.
Hubby even got the Kayak wet (for the first time in longer than he cares to remember) and Junior got to have a paddle as well.
Guilderton is a great spot for a family holiday and the chalets at the caravan park were perfect for an easy weekend away. Just a shame they have to be booked so far ahead to get in.
I think we are all keen to go back again but hopefully Bub will be feeling a bit better next time.

Junior's Quilt

I'm currently taking a beginners quilting class with my friend and neighbour Jennifer from "What's new since terminal 4". I'm working on a lap quilt for Junior's birthday but I'm making very slow progress. I have finally finished assembling the main panel for the quilt - just in time for tonight's class when we will start on the boarders.
I won't show you anything too close up or you may be able to see all the little dodgy bits I haven't had time to fix - but I guess it is supposed to be a unique hand-made piece right? If this little project goes OK then I might be feeling brave enough to finally finish my other quilt which I have been working on for years and has been sitting waiting to be quilted since before Christmas.

Happy Birthday Jack Dog

This weekend our beautiful golden retriever (our first boy) Jack turns 7!
So to celebrate we made him some mini muffins and sang him happy birthday!
He also got a walk at the river and picnic tea.

Foraging

As you can tell from my previous post Bub loves his food. So much so that he has taken to foraging when he is playing outside - stealing grapes from the neighbours vine!
They always taste so much better than out of the fridge!

How to eat a sandwich

Like all things in life Bub does, eating is embraced with much vigour and enthusiasm, ...
... generally with both hands at once, and lots of mess. Our dog Jack just loves it because we tend to eat outside as much as possible and he hovers beneath the high chair waiting for discarded bits to rain down on him!
Bub showed interest in eating solids from about 4 months onwards.
We delayed for a little while but he was clearly very keen so we tried the baby lead weaning approach, which worked a treat for him.
He hasn't looked back and hopefully it will be a little while before he becomes a fussy toddler when it comes to food.