day FORTY NINE | year FOUR | 2013
In bed with my ranga… and my Mickey Mouse sheets ♥
day FORTY SIX | year FOUR | 2013
Best. Birthday. Present. EVER… made with love by my girls, at Build-a-Bear ♥
day FORTY FIVE | year FOUR | 2013
You know what I received from my ranga for Valentine's Day?… a cactus… Seriously.
day FORTY FOUR | year FOUR | 2013
A little Valentine's surprise for my girls to wake up to ♥
(pretzels with white choc and a jaffa… and wafer bikkies dipped in white choc and sprinkles)
day FORTY THREE | year FOUR | 2013
I love so much about this scene… my girls
are calm and peaceful (as they check out W new laptop from school)…
the light from the window to the right… the overflowing bookshelf
behind them… Willow being naked – again… Xan's tshirt… so much to
love ♥
day FORTY TWO | year FOUR | 2013
Darci rockin' it out while stacking the dishwasher… coz that's how she rolls 🙂
day FORTY ONE | year FOUR | 2013
I'd
like to be able to explain this to you, I really would… but I the
best I can offer is – a lazy Sunday afternoon, dad's old overalls and a
box full of rags… you'll have to work the motivation out for yourself,
because I'm lost! 😉
day FORTY | year FOUR | 2013
Willow (and my ranga) spent the afternoon making meringues… green ones, and then pink ones!
day THIRTY EIGHT | year FOUR | 2013
Darci
was actually presented with this Yr12 tie yesterday, but I didn't catch
her before she stripped off her uniform (basically as she walked
through the door!)… so it became today's photo… and here it is!
(so, does anyone else fear for the future of this country? 😉 )
day THIRTY FIVE | year FOUR | 2013
Does this girl look old enough to be in high school to you?… yeah, I didn't think so :/
day THIRTY THREE | year FOUR | 2013
HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY ZOE!
First there was presents… then a blood donation (her first ♥)… then she went to work… then there was dinner with family (us) and friend (Ariel)… and finally, there was CAKE!
day THIRTY TWO | year FOUR | 2013
Today's photo is brought to you by my uber-talented Xanthia (edited by me)… I think I will make a photographer out of her yet!
day THIRTY | year FOUR | 2013
…
and just like that, the holidays were over! Willow started Yr5, Darci
Yr12 and Xanthia Yr8 (her first year of highschool!)… and by all
accounts it was a successful day! Yay!
day TWENTY NINE | year FOUR | 2013
This
is what happens when you go to bed late, and THEN remember that you
haven't taken your daily photo yet… you get a dark and grainy mobile
phone selfie… and that is all I've got to say about that 🙂
day TWENTY EIGHT | year FOUR | 2013
Still
wet… still very wet… so, if you can't beat 'em – you don a
raincoat, grab a water gun and some water balloons and… join 'em!!
day TWENTY SEVEN | year FOUR | 2013
It's
still raining here… hard horrible rain that keeps us all locked
inside all day!… so what is a girl to do? Tea Party of course!!
day TWENTY SIX | year FOUR | 2013
Happy 'Straya Day, Mate!
(starring four top chicks, and one beaut ute ♥ )
day TWENTY FIVE | year FOUR | 2013
Drivers of Australia… be afraid. Be very afraid.
day TWENTY FOUR | year FOUR | 2013
Dexter really, really wanted his photo taken… that's why he hid under the table, and made me crawl on my hands and knees! 😉
day TWENTY TWO | year FOUR | 2013
In just over a week… this one will be a high school student… HIGH SCHOOL!!
day TWENTY ONE | year FOUR | 2013
So exciting; so amazing; so humbling… today I bore witness to the birth of beautiful Stella Elodie… what a privilege ♥
To see the whole slideshow of images, go here – Stella's Birth Stroy
day NINTEEN | year FOUR | 2013
Zeus…
my zeusy-boy ♥ … he is nearly 12 years old and still my sooky baby
who lays his head on my lap to get a pat… and hides under my desk at
the first hint of a storm. He is going to live forever – because I say
so… because he just has to ♥♥♥
day SEVENTEEN | year FOUR | 2013
She
will be my baby forever… but I see her growing bigger every day…
more self-assured; more independent… just more 'Willow' ♥
day FIFTEEN | year FOUR | 2013
If they didn't come up for food, I would swear they were Wii zombies!
day FOURTEEN | year FOUR | 2013
Willow… an artist a work ♥
(one of our guests is allergic to eggs, so Willow scoured the internet
to find and egg-free recipe for cup cakes… then stayed up late to make
them ♥♥♥ )
day THIRTEEN | year FOUR | 2013
Another hot day in Brissy today, so after an afternoon of shopping, we took a drive over to South Bank to cool off.
day TWELVE | year FOUR | 2013
Darci's best friends from Victoria, flew in today to surprise her… the terrible trio are back together again… help. me.
day ELEVEN | year FOUR | 2013
Look what Santa brought for Darci!!… the most beautiful unicorn beanie EVER!… brought via the magic hands of the amazing Kylie Pearce (the most talented elf of all!!)
Check out her awesome carftiness here – http://mealyandi.blogspot.com.au/
day TEN | year FOUR | 2013
Look
what arrived in the mail for Xan… her (Fairy) Godmother, Jacinta, spoils her a
lot! Xan loves them… and all I can hear around the house is jingle,
jingle, jingle! (the bells on her butt have given her quite the
swagger… the more she shakes it, the more noise she makes!)
day NINE | year FOUR | 2013
Look at my wuvvy wuvvy little Emmett… don't you just want to squeeze his little face and give him big smooches? ♥♥♥
day EIGHT | year FOUR | 2013
Being
a photographer is hard work… even the wildlife (or the blue tongue
from next door, that Xan and Willow are looking after) give me attitude!
day SEVEN | year FOUR | 2013
Finally
home from our mini-break to Sydney, and Russ was straight into the
baking with the girls… this is the easiest and best choc-chip cookie
recipe ever!
day FIVE | year FOUR | 2013
What
a wonderful day… wandering around Sydney Harbour and Darling Harbour
with my cousins… we saw the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge… and a
big duck… like, a seriously BIG duck!
day FOUR | year FOUR | 2013
Today
I had baby Esther all to myself… for a little while, anyway… and
with mum and dad in the next room… so not really all to myself at all
;P … but what a perfect little cherub she was… just so beautiful ♥♥♥
day TWO | year FOUR | 2013
My
eldest gorgeous girl … our holiday with Jaimi is almost over… but
it has been wonderful to have all my girls together again ♥
day ONE | year FOUR | 2013
Day
one of my fourth year of taking a photo-a-day of my family life… and
what a way to start – just twelve minutes into the year… Xanthia does
New Years very well 😉