hula girl

The theme for our Book Week dress-up day was "Around the World" and Little Possum decided to dress up as a hula girl. Not ideal for end of winter, but thankfully the weather was nice and sunny - and she let me persuade her to bring a jacket to wear over the top if she got chilly.

Gala Day finalists!

They played extremely well all day and made it to the final. The score was 0-0 at full-time, and so the tie breaker became the number of corners each team had. Our team had 1 while the other team had none, and so the other side won.

 It was a long day - 4 matches. In between matches, they entertained themselves by climbing trees, building forts etc..... on the move for the whole day. The weather was beautiful and we picnic'ed by the oval in the sunshine. Great day.

fairy going global

 

A couple of years ago, I made this fairy headdress for Little Possum's birthday party. The tutorial was featured on "A Crafty Mumma" and "The Crafty Crow",which was fun, but a couple of months we made it all the way to Italy. I suppose this means the back of Little Possum's head is world famous :)

Read my pins

I always admired Madeleine Albright, and I really wish I could've gone to see this exbition "Read my Pins" at the Smithsonian. Mrs Albright always wore pins on her tops, but what I hadn't previously realised how she used her pins very deliberately to convey a mood or message.

stunt turtle

end of soccer

no more riding bikes to soccer matches

just as well....  riding bikes is much easier without studded boots

and we can play balancing games anytime :)

there's a whole lot of fun to be had down here on the other side of the pitch...  a bush track to explore, dirt and rocks..

The kids call the red mound Uluru. We will have to take them to see the real thing one day. It's a little bigger than this one.

a boy's gotta do what a boy's gotta do

when his siblings are making too much noise and he just wants to have a quiet read.........