A 4th visit to Bella from the Tooth Fairy

In our household this week the Tooth Fairy came for the 4th time to visit Bella! She lost one of her top teeth, a nice big one too! Now she can poke her tongue through it :-)

We also recieved a special letter & coin in our letterbox from the tooth fairy just for Bella. I have attached a photo! This letter suprised me too (it was care of our lovely nieghbors who love bella dearly).

Also a random fact,after checking Bella's baby book for the order of when the teeth came in, they are actually falling out the same order that they grew in!! Very interesting to see if this pattern continues.

Roma Tomato

I went out onto my back balcony this morning, looked down at my Vegie Patch and was so very excited by the colour of red :-)

So out i went in my pajamas to see and pick off our 1st 3 home grown tomatoes!!!!!! Bella of course came running out too with my excitement & it was so lovely to see her reaction to what we had grown ourselfs from just a seedling of a plant!!

I will make a salad tonight and put our home grown tomatos in it, we can't wait to try them and hope that they taste like yummy roma tomatos!
I would like to share this quote i found -

"I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from and Old Manse

My morning at the Baby Expo

Today i attended the expo at Southbank in Brisbane. It was faboulous, and i guess why it was so for me because i was babyless, my husband had the day off so i could leave the pram at home and have a morning to myself. It was lovely.

As i wandered around i collected every free thing being handed out. I ended up walking out of the convention centre with 12 enviro bags :-) Lots of lovely advertising to read. the best thing about all this advertising of course is the freebies.....I love a good freebie :-) Here's the list of what i was lucky enough to recieve -

NAN H.A. Toddler Sachet
IglooBlue Birthday Greeting Card
Beyond Blue Bracelet
Mustela Cleansing Gel
Tupperware spoon & fork
Balloons
Moov Insect repellent gel
Magnets
Milton Hand gel
Milton Tablets
Milton nappy rash cream
In the night garden colouring book
In the night garden Magazine
Stuck on you Label
Toy Story 3 sticker album
Mother and Baby Australia Magazine
Marina Infant Mixture
Dermeze soap free wash
Wet ones
Medihoney Barrier cream
GAIA products
Nature baby care nappies
Living with Water DVD
Aromababy pure baby wash
Nature within baby body and hair cleanser
Pens
Paper Eskimo wrapping paper
Cold Power
Dreambaby Outlet plugs
Paper Eskimo baby boy gift tags
Enviro Bags

Alot of stuff.......I think i am a lucky girl, it was definatly worth my trip on the train into Southbank!!!!

Cupcakes Cupcakes Cupcakes

Today we had a family gathering for my husband's nieces birthday's. Bella and i decided that we felt like making yummy and very pretty cupcakes.

They were a real hit and everyone was very impressed. I have not blogged for a while, i have been very slack, so i thought i would share our yummy cupcakes.

Almost Crawling

Look at me - I'm almost crawling Mum.....

Ryan is so cute at the moment as he is very close to starting to crawl, he gets up on all fours like this and just rocks back and forth ready to get going somewhere but doesnt. Although i think its cute, he finds it sooo frustrating. Little does he know that it will happen very soon and he will find a whole new freedom!!

Toss Out Tuesday

Today is my Toss out Tuesday..... I have done so well and am feeling much better about myself for making a start on my craft room. It was a total mess and i was feeling very lost and unmotivated due to the state it was in.

A few more hours and it should be done and i'll take a photo to prove my work to myself and hopefully not ever let it get to this again. It seriously effects my whole life attitude.

I will blog again tommorow with the success of my toss out tuesday :-)

Back to Reality

I love going away on holidays, but it's always so hard to come home....and i hate unpacking. Worse still that today is Monday, Dan is back at work, and the unpacking is still not finished. I am very grateful though that today is a pupil free day so at least the school stuff holds off for one more day!

Our holiday away was fantastic, we all went to Alexandra Headlands with my parents and my brother & fiance. The Mirage is a beautiful place to stay. Mum & Dad booked us all a great 3 bedroom rooftop apartment. Plus the resort had a few swimming pools (which our water baby bella loved), Tennis Court, Playground & a Gym (i was really good and went to it lots :-).)

Family are so important, I treasure the memories that family holidays like this create. I have declared this my year of the family, as my close freinds will discover as the year rolls on and thier birthdays come around and they recieve the wonderful pieces i have been working on for them. I love my family xoxo, treasure all the moments you have together!

http://www.miragealex.com.au/ This is the website of the great resort, we would recommend to anyone.