Bush Dance

To celebrate the end of the school year, Charlotte's new school holds a bush dance in the local hall. The kids practised every day for the last week of school and had quite a repertoire of dances up their little sleeves on the night. Charlotte is pictured here with her little dance partner and her big smile. She danced with that smile on her face all night and absolutely lost herself in the moments!! It was a sheer joy to watch - my big girl confident enough to let go and just love the experience, and all the other children doing the same..

Its beginning to feel alot like Christmas ! Finally...

Apologies in advance for the quality of the photo, i was playing with the camera on the i phone and this was the best photo i could get of the tree. The farmhouse lounge is very dark so i couldnt get a shot i was happy with - but you get the picture... We hunted for days through the boxes to find the Christmas decorations and bought some more just in case we couldnt find them - but the determination paid off... So we have a flying creature theme - you may not be able to see properly but we have birds and butterflies and a few of the home made clay decorations...

Charlotte mid way decorating the tree.. Santa hat and blaring carols to boot xx

Milly was much more interested in reindeer races to the carols, whilst Santa looked on xx

Merry Christmas !! The excitement is building in this house... Last day of school tomorrow concluded with a bush dance send off...

Melissa xx

Making

Every year we try to do some sort of Christmas making, and this year we were inspired by an article in December issue of Home Beautiful on how to make ceramic decorations.

I took myself off to Spotlight in search of some white clay and bought the "Jovi" white modelling clay for $14.95. It does appear a little blue in the pics as it is until it dries white. The clay was fairly easy to roll out using the trusty old rolling pin, however a bit tricky for little hands, so that was mumma's job. But the girls loved using their cookie cutters to cut out lots of christmasy and not so christmasy shapes..

We then used a skewer to poke a hole up the top of the shapes that we will thread some ratten or ribbon through. I also used some crochet doilies to press some lovely shapes into the clay, the girls pressed in jewels, their finger prints and today we will stamp some..

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These photos are from when the clay is wet therefore still blue - ill post some pics of the finished product.

We decided we could use some as special gift tags for Christmas and the rest will hang on the tree...I think they have turned out well and was at least an hours fun for the girls and i and the the least bit messy... We used baking paper to roll the clay out on and then cut the shapes on - wa la!!!!

Thanks for reading :)

The PERMIT went in today

Awwww - I could just jump for joy!! Today Mr right put all the things we needed in for the permit to be processed - except one engineers report, but nethertheless the ball has well and truly started to roll!! I am so happy that we acheived this milestone ( even though one little report still needs to be added before it can be approved)...It has honestly felt like the process to date has been so drawn out - especially for me, the single most impatient being that roams the earth... Unrealistically I know, I assumed that we would move out here and this gorgeous big white full verandahed beauty would just grow out of that luscious green hill, without a hiccup.... Needless to say it hasnt - YET, but i will not give up hope....

Not too much to ask for - just to spring out of the hill???

We enjoyed miss amelia's kinda concert last night! For hours before the concert she would state randomly "I'm nervous" however with some gentle encouragement she took to the stage with gusto....... well almost and we all delighted in her confidence. Not one to enjoy the spotlight - she nailed her parts however informed me afterwards that she was nervous about singing too much. She also wiggled her way around on stage for awhile before her sweet teacher noticed she needed desperately to go to the toilet - disaster averted.. Photos to come!!

Miss Amelia also enjoyed orientation day at school this week for half a day. Mumma became slightly unhinged at the sight of my two sweet girls dressed in matching uniforms, the tears swelled as they scootered off up the hill together, only for me to wipe the tears and meet them at school. Charlotte was the ultimate big sister and took great pride in looking after her little sister - it just makes you so proud to watch them together!! Anyway, Amelia loved school, and Charlotte loved having her there and when I picked her up, I asked her, "how was school??" and she exclaimed calmly, "very good, I learnt how to read".. Bless xx

fresh moos

Isnt she just gorgeous - just a few hours old!! Still very wobbly on her feet and sucking reflex not even kicked in yet... The most stunning eyes and long jet black eyelashes, she sent our hearts a flutter, we named this one bambi, she definately looks more like a deer than a calf.

This one arrived today also, we watched her feed and stumble around the pen for a while on her wobbly little legs. We thought her hair do was just so sweet !! Three new arrivals today - i wonder what the morning will bring!!

Farmer C is keeping her eye out for the cutest one of all to bring up to the house, so we can feed and love her so!!

We marked some eggs with black texta today as we have a brooooody hen.. The girls are ever so excited that in three weeks time (just in time for Christmas) they will have their own little baby chooki...Fingers crossed mummy hen keeps those little eggs nice and toasty.. Charlotte informed me on the way to school that if her baby hen is brown she will call it "brownie", if it is fluffy, she will call with "fluffy", and if it is cute - she will call it "cutie".. Makes sense, i bet a fiver that it gets named cutie!!! Milly thought it was quite fantastic that her little friend Scarlett named her new baby guinea pig "poo poo", so whats the bet we also have a "poo poo"!!!

Thanks for reading xx Melissa