Parks, new babies, dinosaurs & trains

Big week in our little world this week. A new baby boy was born to the lovely Luana, a little brother for one of our BFF little people Lola. Baby George is our new godson & were thrilled to meet him!

Kahu loves babies but really he loves parks more. We discovered a new park in Queanbeyan this week. This little gem is tucked away in amongst houses and is now know as 'awesome park' (thx Gracie!)

With all the busy-ness in our lives we decided a family day was in order. We headed out to the National Dinosaur Museum at Gold Creek. It was pretty cool & Kahu loved it! 

We followed up the dinosaurs with a visit to Cockington Green - odd name but it has trains, and little houses and people. 

Big day out & about and we all needed nana naps in the arvo. The Morgans came for dinner so Kahu had Miss Gracie to keep him company while the adults hung out...

Oh and the country changed leader ...  Election results unsurprisingly ushered in a conservative government. I'm still reserving judgement about that.

Last swim lesson of the year today - Kahu really doesn't like it & it's pretty much a struggle every week. Loves the water, hates following direction (definitely my son right!!!)

Loving all this spring sunshine & blue skies. No heating needed & short sleeves aplenty.

Roll on Summer!

Spring has sprung...

1st September and its blossom time!  Weather is getting warmer (yay!) and there's blue sky all day!

Here's a run down of life lately 

The monkey caught up with his mate Jake for some boy time, we hung out at McDs (something whenever do but the little guy loves the nuggets so he wore me down! At least you can get a half decent coffee at McCafe), oh and general spiky cuteness.

My lovely mama GF is due to have twin girls in a few weeks. We threw her a high tea baby shower at Benedict House. Great afternoon with some pretty awesome chicks (check #showertwopeas on Instagram for other shower goodness)

That night we had some good friends over for dinner - I managed to take a couple of pics of some of the Moroccan feast - namely pearl couscous and roasted pumpkin & broccoli salad, there was chicken, chick pea & olive tagine as well - delish!  The next morning we had a family lie in for Fathers Day - lovely!

Fathers Day began with presents, a special cup from Kahu decorated at Preschool, French toast for brekky and plenty of cuddles for papa.

We headed off to lunch at Poachers Pantry and then off to check out the paragliders.

 A gorgeous day in the countryside, and hanging out with Daddy. Pretty fantastic really.

Father's Day is pretty special in our household and we make sure that we celebrate. This year has been a tough one as its the first one where I don't have my Dad here.  

I miss him every day.

Happy Fathers Day Dad xx

Friends, Parties, Snow, Family & Cuteness

Life cruises along pretty quickly sometimes - and gets pretty busy!  Here's a quick recap of our world lately...

Cutie pie James came for a play date. We haven't seen this little monkey in a while so Kahu was very excited to hang out with his little kiwi cuz. James was such a great mate - running around after 'Koko' and sharing all the toys. What a fab lil kid :-)

One of the little people Maddie turned 3 and her party was at Gymboree. Great idea for a kiddies party with plenty of action for the little people - soooo stealing that idea for the next birthday!

Gingerbread man - can there be a more fun sweeter treat? Probably not

L-R clockwise: watching the diggers & trucks, carb loading at a cafe, hanging out on the fort in the backyard, laughing at mama

Playing 'kitchens' with BFF Lola while Mama had a morning of spa treats courtesy of the lovely Lu. Bit special!

Lately we've been busy....

We've been busy peeps lately - back from our NZ holiday, settling back into work & daycare routine, sorting out the newly renovated house, kiddie birthday parties, hosting a baby shower, dates with my boy, fighting off winter bugs, and work functions.

Can't complain - life is pretty good!

Watching planes land

Party time for Gracie's 3rd birthday

Baby shower treats for the lovely Luana

Panel of library types at Digitise or Perish!

Newest art piece and/or family member

Xx

Thankful....

Yes indeed - many reasons to be thankful .....

But this one is topping the list ....

Lord of the keys

Picked up this cutie back home in NZ - love me some Tolkein inspired homewares, and how much the homeland keeps LOR love going.

Living spaces

We've finally unpacked all the boxes, hung the pictures, dusted off the keepsakes, and moved in the new furniture, after moving back in post renovation 4 weeks ago.

The recent trip to NZ resulted in a few art pieces which are now hanging in various parts of the house. Yes there is a lot of photos and perceived clutter, but that's who we are (you should see inside my head!!!).

Study nook & the monkey's play zone

Dining area and new white leather lounge (are we mad?)