Verandah love

The last two days i have watched with excitement out the windows, as almost twenty tradies have crawled over the house painting the windows and constructing THE verandah..... 

Our Daddy jokes that I would have indeed just been happy with a shipping container with a verandah... mmm possibly.......For the verandah is what i have really been waiting for..... They really just make my heart sing - not sure why....but they do and everyone around me has accepted it....Be prepared to be inundated with photos of her from every.single.angle...at.every.single.stage.

I love her already and the boys are only on day two of construction - expected to be finished by the end of the first week in Feb.... So enough words....

Oh except I am also suitably excited that all the yellow undercoat has been eradicated from her windows - they are now white.... I have the nail biting decision of what color to paint the house this weekend.... such a big decision white, white or white....I mean warm white, cool white, grey based white - arrrgghhhhh - any suggestions from fellow white lovers??

Excuse the photos taken a yesterdays gloomy afternoon, I promise there will be many more of her bathed in sunshine.... But to compensate - what about this little slice of sunshine i found roaming around the deck as i was snapping...sweetness xx

Melissa x

Day 20 - Jan photo a day...

I'm going to share our tent we whipped up the other day.... as well as a few pics for Jan..

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Inspired by this pic from pinterest and the girls relentless cubby making with every.single.blanket we own, I decided I wanted to make some sort of cubby. I was originally going to make a tee pee but really wanted something easy to set up and pack away for when not in use. This tent is amazingly simple to make and takes two seconds to put away  - so we got to work.... 

We took Daddy along to the hardware shop and showed him the picture and pushed him out in front of the hardware man and made him ask for what we needed (us girls don't talk hardware language)...We ended up with....

* 4 x 45x19 pine

* 1 x 22ml dowel

* 22ml spade drill bit - to drill the round holes

Then we stopped at the local op shop on the way home and found a cute as pie freckles doona cover with matching pillow case for just $5.00.... I had some matching ribbon in our making box...

Daddy drilled holes in each of the pieces of wood and popped the dowl through - waa laaa!!

It took me five minutes to cut open the doona cover and sew four ties into place - one on each corner at the back and then a small way down the fabric for the front. This meant that the front had a little extra fabric draping for the door... We were super excited to find the doona press studs were in exactly the right position to "close" the front door...

hours of fun and even a sleepover in the tent that night - inside of course...

 ribbon ties.. 

If you don't have a sewing machine or cant sew you could use safety pins.

So these pics can count for the Jan photo a day challenge " where I sleep" but modified to "where the kids slept"...

And for the summer part - well more making and sleeping in a tent ..

We have been really busy making and will share some more when we have finished..

Melissa xx

Day 19 - Jan photo a day

Combining the photo for today - summer + someone that i love..mmm both of them - bless x

The grass is ready for slashing and mowing but the yellow daisies are just so pretty....

Thanks for stopping in - more house and progress shots coming soon...

Melissa xx

Day 18 - Jan photo a day...

photo a day... summer = school holidays = lots of making...

Day 18 - "something i bought" ....

Two Murray purchases on one of only two trips to town - Charlotte's bling & mummies perfect throw over for the beach and/or river..

Oh and this this little beauty that made my heart skip a beat on the drive to the beach yesterday that i just had to share.....We pulled over so i could take this grainy pic on my i phone... What a stunning country house with a heart swelling view...

Happy Day 18 friends... 

Melissa 

Day 17 - Jan photo a day

 Day 17 - Jan photo a day - summer....

Day 17 - "something old"....

An interesting old tree we found on one of our walks..

Melissa x

Day 16 - Jan photo a day

We are back from the Murray - it was a little windy but still stunning... Lots of dreamy, colorful sunsets,  good old fashioned camping fun with the hoards of kids & lots of laughs with such a great bunch of friends x

Day 16 of a pic of Summer - riverside campfire after a day of swimming = summer...

Day 16 - photo a day - water....

It's so nice to be home after a week camping. There truly is nothing better than your own bed, coffee machine & well... just home sweet home..

We have been working on some projects at home since we got back - I'll share soon...

The school holidays are just flying by so we are making the most of the time left - swimming, making, doing and spending time together... We are lucky enough to have our Daddy home with us still.....

I LOVE January...

Melissa xx

PS : Welcome aboard new followers.... Lovely to have you here....

Day 12 - Jan post a day

Day 12 - Jan photo challenge " Close - up" of mwah...on my birthday - today...

No summer shot today - I am sunning myself on the banks of the Murray, so this post is one I prepared earlier...but I will have plenty of summer shots when I get back....

Happy birthday to me - enjoy number 12...

May have to play catch up for the next couple...or will post if i get reception..

Melissa xx

Day 11 - Jan photo a day

Day 11 - summer - Christmas and all the good stuff that that brings...

Day 11 - nature... Chopping firewood last winter..

Melissa xx

Day 10 - Jan photo a day

Day 10 - summer...eating outside

Day 10 - mixing up the order - "something i made" 

Sweet birdie mobile for baby Alice..

Melissa xx

Day 9 - Jan photo a day...

summer - kite flying..

 

 

 

 

Day 9 - " Daily routine" or ummmmm "daily obsession" ....

Pinterest. There I have admitted it - addicted i tells ya...

Day 8 - Jan photo a day

Day 8 - home grown hand picked summer berries xx

Day 8 - "my sky"

Oh I cant wait to enjoy on like this again....

Day 7 - Jan photo a day

Day 7 - summer....

Day 7 - "favourite" my girls creativity...

endless drawings... my favourite xx

Melissa

Day 6 - Jan photo a day

Day 6 of January and my summer photo - watermelon..... Really is summer all over.. Watermelon is really what summer childhood memories are made of - we all have them don't we? Maybe it's just me...

 Day 6 of Fat mum slim's January photo a day "something that makes you smile".... 

My kids...every....single...day..... Their learning, curiosity, dress sense, developing sense of humor, innocence and the love they have for people and things around them..Yep, they and their world puts a smile on this dial every day.. Bless.xx

Melissa x

Day 5 - Jan photo a day

Day 5 of my photo challenge with a twist... Playing along with fat mum slim and adding one of summer... So here is summer - Lake Eildon + my uncle lou and a bike + Rebecca behind the lens = summer all over... Nice moves big guy x

Ok....two photos of summer.. my awesome cousin busting out his summer moves over Lake Eildon....Thanks for the photos Bec.....

Day 5 - something i wore....

Happy no 5 people, have a great day 

Melissa xxx

Day 4 - Jan photo a day

 Ok, after this sunset that we enjoyed in our backyard last night - I have decided to add a little twist to fat mum slim's January photo a day challenge....

I will be playing along with fat mum slim's challenge and also adding one (or two....couldn't resist this one....) photos of our summer 2012...

What an amazing sight after a scorching day... 

and then to hear the spectacular rain as we slept... Oh mother nature..

Letter box....

Happy cooler day my friends :)

Melissa xxx

Day 3, 2, 1 - January photo a day

It's January and when it's January we, as a family, love nothing more than to spend time together...Usually January for us consists of lots of family birthdays, swimming, camping and socialising... I took this snap yesterday at the pool - it epitomizes January....

So while we are doing this, I'm going to play along with fat mum slim and participate in her January photo a day....

A couple of days late - so here's 1, 2 & 3....

 Melissa .. xx