Weekend in pictures

Injuries aside it was a busy weekend of friends, baking cupcakes & macarons, the Disney Live show with Lola & Lu, dinner dates with the BFF, birthday cake & play in the park, market shopping with a clean-shaven hubby (ooh la la it's been at least 2 years - weird!!!) & lots of family cuddles!

Loving it.

Blowing kisses, The little chef, Ankle injury, Zumbos macarons from a box

Dancing with my BFF, Mesmerised at Disney Live, Tigger & friends

Fruit at market, The monkey & debearded hubby, More fruit, Kahu loves a coffee

Hot date with my BFF, Cupcake & Juice break, park play

On the mend

The swelling in the ankle has gone down & I'm much more mobile today - yay!!! We even got out the house today for a playdate with miss Gracie & Leah. The monkey loves Gracie and all her lovely pink toys, & it's always lovely for the mamas to have a goss while the little people amuse each other.

After a big play and a brief hobble round the shops the monkey was ready for a nap. Arghhhhh some peace and quiet.

The monkey woke rearing to go so we whipped up some vanilla cupcakes together. Ok Kahu was more interested in banging the wooden spoon on the bench but he looked pretty cute in his apron, and the cupcakes are delicious.

I tried Adriano Zumbo's passionfruit macarons in a box. Awesome! They weren't as perfectly round as the ones from the shops but not a bad effort for a first round. Just need a bit more practice with piping perfect round shapes.

Good work Mister Zumbo.

Strapped up & ready to hobble

The little chef

Delicious macarons - mmmmmmm

The Invalid

Being incapacitated doesn't sit well with me!

Ironic since I have to sit all day with my ankle up ! Thankfully Lu came to rescue & the monkey spent the day with his BFF Lola so I could sulk alone.

One bright spot was the lovely tradies taking care of our deck - made for a pretty decent view out the corner of my eye ;-)

I did spend the arvo on Lu's couch - change of scene yay! And watched Kahu & Lola run each other ragged. Cuteness!!!!

And there was dinner as well! Lucky hey ?

Tradies at work

BFF Fun

Stuck in Titus's car carrier

Ouch!

First blog in days (work smirk!) & I am sporting an injury! Yes I have my ankle iced and raised after a spectacular fall in netball this evening I am now stranded on the couch.

The husband is running around after me and the monkey (he's a keeper!) while I writhe about in pain. Ok I'm being a little dramatic but it freakin hurts! Ouch!

And we lost our game as well!

Boo! Small silver lining is that I can't possibly get up before dawn for Ride at the gym.  I may just have to spend the day resting watching movies with the monkey.

Not so terrible after all ;-)

Sunday's monkey business

The monkey & I headed off to do some shopping while Papa & Juju did chores. It was supposed to be food shopping but we did spend an inordinate amount of time looking at toys & party things. Oh and we had babychino/coffee and cake as well.

A perfect date with my little guy!

Lunch with the family was bruschetta made with some gorgeous tomatoes & basil courtesy of Lu & Shirley. Delish!

And the next big step for the monkey is a big boy bed. But first we took the side off the cot. What a novelty - there were many bedroom escapes & giggling before he finally settled in hugging Elmo.

Awwwwwghhhhh - my baby is growing up!

Hanging at home

Slow start to the day for the Clements family today. I had every intention of getting up for Ride at the gym today but my bed was far too cozy, and the monkey was hanging with Papa, so I snoozed on instead!

I did make a batch of Whole-wheat Honey & Ricotta Pancakes for the fam when I did get up. Thanks sis for the new Donna Hay cookbook, it's getting a workout. Then our mate J the Electrician came over to do a few jobs for us (love tradie mates-they rock!)

Papa & JuJu headed out to do some jobs while the monkey napped & I did some boring domestics. But Papa did bring home some cool toys from Grandmas that were his when he was a boy.  Kahu loved all the matchbox cars & little soldiers - cool!

Off to the pub for dinner. Ribs & vino - nice. 

Good day :-)

New 'old' matchbox cars 

Juju & Kahu leaving the pub

Friday fun

Big day today.

Early start with tradies electrifying our garage doors. Hooray!!! I'm just a little bit excited for push button access.

Then off to Julia's for coffee & play with Sebby & Grace (oh & mama goss) then home for sleep for the monkey & some QT girl time with Miss Lola, who came to hang out for the arvo.

I just love that little princess! While Kahu slept we had cups of tea & big cuddles on the couch. Lovely!

Then of course her BFF claimed all her attention when he woke. Dancing, singing, yelling, racing cars, and having snacks & naps together.

 They're just so cute together ;-)

And to top off our busy day JuJu has come to stay for the weekend. Kahu's big bro & just one of his absolute favourite people.

Big day indeed!

Clockwise L-R JuJu & Kahu, Kahu & Sebby, pulling faces with Lola & Kahu, BFF naps

Jumping for joy while dancing with my BFF