14/52 & 15/52

14/52

 

"A portrait of my child once a week, every week in 2014".

 

Kobe when you are sweet you are very sweet. Oh so gently cuddling your chocolate Bilby (before asking if you could eat him).

 

15/52

 

 

"A portrait of my child once a week, every week in 2014".

 

Kobe, you actually asked me to take your picture then pulled this funny face. Its one of my all time favourites of you.

 

*Joining in with The 52 project.

 

 

Happy Easter Sunday friends!

 

Grace

 

 

 

DIY Easter bags

 

 

Last year Kobe was too little to understand special occasions like birthdays & Easter. But now that Kobe is nearing 3, I thought we should do an egg treasure hunt as a treat. Plus I spent the past week bribing him if he were good I would tell the Easter bunny who visits on Easter to leave some chocolate eggs for him & now had to live up to my end of the bargain. I had the urge to get crafty so I decided to sew some bunny themed bags for Kobe to collect the eggs in.

 

 

I bought some felt & cut it out in the shape of a bunny then sewed a face with wool I had hoarded in my craft box. After sewing the sides, I stuffed it with a few Cadbury lil chocolate eggs.

 

 

This calico bag came with a quilt I had bought so I trimmed it half its size & used the scrap from the felt (from the bunny bag above) to sew some bunnies. I borrowed 2 of Kobes beloved pom poms (out of his mini craft box) for tails & found some scrap green felt for leaves. Overall not bad considering all I spent was $1 (for the felt).

 

 

 

 

As we don't have a backyard only a paved courtyard (with no good hiding spots) I scattered the eggs, bunnies & chocolate Bilby around a park. There were 2 boys riding their bikes nearby but none of them noticed the chocolate, phew! Daddy was even nice enough to help Kobe get his bunny bag off the tree.

 

Who would of thought an hour before the lil one was emptying out his chocolate haul he was telling us he didn't want to go easter egg hunting? We enjoyed watching him excitedly running around searching for his treasure but the bitchfight getting a toddler on a sugar high down for an afternoon nap was painful.

Happy Good Friday friends!

Grace

Easter Inspiration

Images: 1. Free downloadable card here/ 2. Bunny frock/ 3. Etsy rabbit (sold)/ 4. Oxfam knitted bunnies/ 5. Peter Alexander chicken pajamas/ 6. Bunny ring (I actually bought this a few years back from here).


Well Easter is literally a hop, skip & a jump away & here I am last minute late night internet googling for inspiration. After much procrastination, I have decided to make an Easter bag, chicken mask & some Easter themed cookies for Kobe (post coming if anything eventuates:)). Until then enjoy these images.

Happy Tuesday friends!

Grace

13/52

13/52

 

 

"A portrait of my child, once a week every week in 2014".

 

Kobe, you are in your element & happiest making a giant mess. You recently discovered that mixing blue & red paint gets purple paint. I found a trail of mysterious purple hand prints along the outdoor pavers. I asked "who did them?" & you cheekily replied "its a mystery".

 

 

*Joining in with The 52 project.

 

 

Happy Thursday friends!

 

Grace

 

What I wore: crazy print jumpers

 

With the start of Autumn I welcome a new season when the mornings & nights have a slight chill to them hence its time to pull out the woollies (& pray the moths haven't brunched on them). I heart this crazy 80's looking print jumper I thrifted for Kobe that I thought I could match its eccentric pattern with this monochrome jumper for dear old me. Some might think I subtly try to match us in a kooky sort of way:)

 

 

 Autumn Im hoping brings me a new attitude. These past few weeks I have been running around like a mad woman tyring to juggle it all that I have hit the wall of tiredness (while also adapting a super bitchy whine to go hand in hand with my tiredness). I have the personality type that cant sit still & every minute has to be filled productively. Im slowly working on trying to just chill but then I find my mind running thru a list of what I should be doing?!?

 

 

 

Now back to the wall, I hit it fair & square on Sunday night. After the hecticness that was Saturday (morning playdate, girls lunch out, then a movie night with a friend) followed by Sunday (market trawling, Kobe's swimming lessons & a kids birthday party) I couldn't help but cry myself to sleep exhausted. For the sake of my tired body its time I learnt to say no to a few social engagements, finally liberating myself from always having to be somewhere (unless its a relaxation massage ofcourse!). So what do you do to relax when you've reached breaking point?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This place where these photos were taken is the essence of all things calm. You just want to swing your legs off the gazebo & sit still & admire the scenery while chanting "Slow & steady wins the race".

 

 

(What I wore: Jumper, boots, bag, sunnies/all thrifted. Sass & Bide jeans/ I have had in my wardrobe for ages & upcycled into shorts).

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday friends!

Grace



12/52

12/52

 

 

 

 

"A portrait of my child, every week in 2014"

 

Kobe, this week you told me "When Im bigger I'll do the ironing too".

My response "Darling don't forget vacumning & the dishes too"...

(a mama can certainly dream!).

 

 

Happy Monday friends!

Grace

 

 

 

 

Earth hour & a community garden festival

 

 

Words like "eco" & "sustainability" get thrown around a bit that a lot of people use them then forget to back it those words with action. I know Im guilty of using them to preach about certain environmental issues then I go backflip & buy the lastest fashion magazine & drool over the lastest throwaway fashion. Eh FAIL...

 

Habits are hard to break but I shall keep on trying to reduce, reuse, recycle. Im pretty good on the latter I mean it isn't hard to recycle & I am trying to reduce wastage on food by trying to grow my own small supply of fruit & vegetables. They seem to always go to waste in our house...

 

I needed inspiration so I gathered lovely friend Helen & headed to this community garden festival but unfortunately the weather gods let it rain down like buckets. My boots (& poor Helens jeans) was a bit dampened but the rain didn't wash away my enthusiasm for wanting to get back in my garden (not sure if you can call 2 small raised garden beds the neighbours cats use as kitty litter a garden but each to their own). I feel like there is zero advertising for community gardens, this is the first one I heard of, I thought they were myths only seen on tv like on River Cottage. Who knew you could hire a plot to grow what you want, you can learn to compost, gain general knowledge of how to look after your garden, or you can hire the passata or olive press. I doubt I could grow enough tomatoes or olives to be able to make use of them but just thinking about it if I could makes me smile. One small step at a time Grace...

 

 

 

I got home just intime to charge up some appliances before I turned unnecessary appliances like the tv & light switches off before Earth hour. Yes its cheating but I cant validate sitting in the dark (ok not necessary true as I had a giant candle plus one of those big ass torches) for an hour when I could use the time to watch River Cottage on a fully charged up portable dvd player. I love this show the foraging episode makes me want to run about town pillaging wild flowers, wild apples, wild parsnip if I only knew where to go other than the local farmers markets. So I sat on my bum, wrote this post & now plan to turn my barren raised garden beds into bountiful produce. I usually give up once the catepillars dine on the seedlings alfresco style but I shall persevere. Wish me luck that my idea doesn't just stay an idea & is out to fruition.

 

 

Happy Saturday friends!

Grace