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We have eight wooden pegs sticking out of the green land in preparation for a site cut!! Woo hooo..... The feeling isnt as intense as i thought - clouded by my little girl still being very unwell with allergies.. But nevertheless still a sense of excitement... Site cut to happen perhaps Monday and from here on in, i have the tedious task of contacting all the tradies we will need and obtaining quotes... I have found so far, much to my surprise that tradies have not joined the rest of us in the world of modern technology = no email = lots of photocopying the plans = snail mail... Who would of thought!

Back to my precious little one - we took ourselves off to the big smoke for some allergy testing a couple of days ago and unfortunately my little one has LOTS of sensitivities - mould, dust mites, chemicals, preservatives, colors, eggs, milk, cheese, salicylates - tomatoes, capsicum, stonefruits, strawberries - just to name a few, and oh yeah - pet hair!!! The poor little thing was almost hospitalised last week however after a big dose of steriods she was on the mend. Steriods completed and you guessed it - very unwell again. We have come to the conclusion that this beautiful old farm house may be the cause of much of her itch - so..... it is on the cards that we may have to move into something a little newer and leave the cows behind for now :(  I have a bag full of goodies from the naturopath, an elimination diet that we have started, and will pack us up to go to mummies this afternoon to give her poor little body a break from the mites... Fingers crossed for me... Just to freak you out - this is what is muching on my baby!!

Ewwwwwww........

Thanks for reading, Melissa xx

Visitors

We had special friends and family visit all week -  long overdue catch ups and spreading the birthday love..Today Miss J and her two gorgeous little ones drove out to visit the farm. We played, we drew, we fed the calves, played tennis, had numerous cuppas - and enjoyed the butterflies and green hills outside.. oh and the golden perfectly risen scones that Mr Right made yesterday and the hugest fluffiest sponge cake that nanny made...Ahhhhh...

So as a special treat for Miss J who just ADORES white - some pics to enjoy with your cuppa - thanks for coming out to visit xx

Country Living Images

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

weekend bliss

Gorgeous weather, family , friends, food and lots of laughs = weekend bliss.....

We had a visit from our very special friends for lunch and a play on the farm. The mummies chatted and the kids played outside in a puddle and with sticks making a bridge for hours... We were lucky enough to watch the cows parade by us on their way up to be milked. They were a little distracted by our smiling faces and giggles - we were the star attraction!!

watching the cows come in

Without a doubt our favourite cow

This ones for you Jac

Happy birthday!!!!!!!

Then we quickly changed into our new party clothes and packed up the car and made our way to aunt deb & lou's, and cousin abbi and lewis for aunt nickers birthday party....We had so much fun that morning a nap on the way was definately in order....bless...

We LOVED Lewis's handmade bird feeder - very clever!

We ADMIRED debbies gorgeous snow ball tree

and we put together a very special cheer leader routine!!

and managed to spend the day in the pool despite it only being spring....

How lucky we are......

Nan and Pops shared a snuggle at the party......in front of the snowballs
WE LOVE U xx

and Nicole AKA nickers enjoyed her party immensley....

Wow - what a weekend and most importantly aunt nana AKA Katrina my gorgeous little sister and her partner, bought a HOUSE!!! They have shortlisted and spent every weekend searching and it has finally paid off... So lovely to hear the excitement in her voice xxx Cant wait to share their reno journey - may even post some before and afters!!! Cant resist just posting one little before - stay tuned for the afters xxxxxx

Long days.........

I am not quite sure how - but the days seem so pleasantly long here... I and the kids have been so much more productive than usual - who knows it may wear off but for now i am running with it...

Charlottes impromtu paddle pop stick and glue gun creation started at 7.30am this morning..

Amelia's crocodile that she jumped straight out of bed at 6am and started on immediately - she said she dreamed about it... Ingenuis use of sushi soy fish i thought!!

Milly playing in the new dress mama made over the past couple of days

Milly feeding the chooks

The new skirts are perfect for dancing!!

today.......

mama washed her new fabric
mama finished sewing the girls new skirts
(this ones for u Jac xx)

milly loved honey xx


over and over xx

we painted

we made

we loved

we made...some alterations..

we played

we smiled xx

we found a dead rat
and greeted pappa with the shovel

we waited with the shovel until he was ready

papa picked up the rat

we found more dead rats

we remembered "moosie" who went to live with aunty nana with love from milly xxx

Outside before dinner..

Big sis outside soaking it up after bath time and before dinner - talking to the neighbours

Big sis was very impressed with this moosie's hair cut

Very excited that the moo's were so close to the house

Muffett's friend "scratch", who has proven to live up to his name, but there is definately no love lost xx

from one neighbour to another - good afternoon!!!

Simple sights