photo-a-day | day forty-six
An impromptu photo shoot with my gorgeous girls after my birthday dinner… I was experimenting with sun-flare, and fluked this one… now just to figure out how I did it!!
photo-a-day | day forty-five
Technically my birthday is not until tomorrow… but the family gathered today to celebrate anyway (both my birthday and my aunt Sue's, whose birthday was on Friday)… my mum, Mazz, threw us the best party with the most AWESOME food… that Nigella Lawson DVD set I bought her for Chrissy is really paying off!!
Thanks for all your effort, Mazz… I had a fantastic time!
photo-a-day | day forty-four
Banjo loves being let out of his hutch to run around the back yard… and Willow loves chasing him!… chasing bunnies is such fun!
photo-a-day | day forty-two
It poured with rain this afternoon… not the horrible cold rain that you expect to get in Victoria… but the even more horrible hot, humid rain that you expect in Darwin! It came down so fast that the drains just couldn't cope… out back patio was flooded within less than half an hour!
photo-a-day | day forty-one
I guess you could call this the trifecta… Darci has been voted her
class Captain for the third year in a row… DARCI FOR PM 2020!
photo-a-day | day thirty-nine
When Cleo gives you a kiss… you know you've been kissed!!
photo-a-day | day thirty-eight
I thought it was about time that I included a photo of myself in this challenge… with my wonderful husband…
Of course, I should have known better than to try and escape for a bit of one-on-one time… it didn't take long for the first gate crasher to arrive…
…but we have ways on making the the gate crasher pay!…
She tells me she was trying to smile… but we "squished the smile away"… LOL!
photo-a-day | day thirty-seven
Guess who made cupcakes today? (with a bit of help from dad!)
photo-a-day | day thirty-five
There is thunder and lightning going on outside our house right now… Zeus does NOT like thunder and lightning…
photo-a-day | day thirty-three
My beautiful Zoe… sixteen today.
I whisked her away, after school, for her own private photo shoot… keep an eye out very soon to see the rest… they are spectacular!!
Seriously though, with a model like this, how could I fail?
photo-a-day | day thirty-two
Schools back! Yay!!
We knew that Jaimi was due to return to school today but had thought that Darci, Xan and Willow were not due until tomorrow (the 2nd)… Wrong. We found out on Saturday that today was actually the day!… I don't think they were, nearly as, excited as me by the news…
photo-a-day | day thirty-one
Well, after a huge night last night, and not getting to bed till around 3am… today truly was a day of rest… this is where Xan and Russ spent most of the afternoon… with Willow and me not far away, on the couch beside them… it was just what we all needed!
photo-a-day | day thirty
Last night we had a number of my work friends over for a BBQ… one of them is a fire-twirler in her spare time and gave us an awesome demo of what she could do… Xanthia was mesmerised!!
After an hour or so of tuition and practice with an unlit stick (and much begging from Xan, her father and the fire-twirler) I finally relented and let them light the sticks…
So here you see her… nine year old Xanthia – Fire-Twirler Extraordinaire!
photo-a-day | day twenty-nine
A day of firsts… the first of the girls to go back to school (Jaimi goes back on Monday; Darci, Xan and Willow go back on Tuesday)… the first day at the new school… the first day of the looong bus-ride… the first day of year 11!
By all accounts, Zoe's first-day nerves were unfounded – she had a wonderful day and came home all excited about her new school! Yay!
photo-a-day | day twenty-eight
Willow… sound asleep with Raffie under her arm and the headphones on… *sigh*
photo-a-day | day twenty-four
We are in the final stages of back-to-school preparation… today is was shoes… four pairs of school shoes and two pairs of cross-trainers (Willow needed both shoes and trainers – she is growing way too fast!)
photo-a-day | day twenty-three
Russ has been talking about making a couple of these bar stools for months… finally, he has had enough time off work to finish one… it is made out of steel and an old wine barrel… he is so clever!… and Xan was very happy to test it out.
photo-a-day | day twenty-two
I have been promising to take the girls to the pool for the last week or two… something about me in a swimsuit makes me reluctant?… hmmm I wonder??… but I could avoid it no longer… and an EKO from work was the perfect opportunity!
photo-a-day | day twenty-one
Yesterday, I used some funky semi-permanent colours to put some fun streaks in Zoe's hair… I learned after putting in the first one (purple) that when the instructions say "use gloves"… they really mean it!… My hands are still a lovely shade of lilac… but it was worth it, don't you think?
photo-a-day | day twenty
I found this on the fridge this evening… Zoe made it for Willow… and Willow wanted to show it off…
Doesn't it just make your heart melt?
photo-a-day | day nineteen
"Look mum, no hands!!"
Darci, Zoe and Xanthia taught themselves a new trick today… a triple somersault – Bingley style!
photo-a-day | day eighteen
The best present Santa brought for my girls was this… 'Just Dance' for the Wii… hold a controller in your right hand and just follow the dance moves as they appear on the screen… the bar graphs (two can be seen on the left hand of the screen) register how you are doing… the higher the graph the better you are.
The girls spend hours playing this game… and then they collapse – exhausted!!
photo-a-day | day seventeen
Willow has been growing sunflowers in her section of the vegie patch… she checks every day to see if they have bloomed… today we came home for a couple of days away and voila! She was so proud!
photo-a-day | day sixteen
She may be almost 16 years old (just a couple of weeks away) but that doesn't mean that Zoe won't still cuddle up to Xan and Willow while sharing a book… this makes my heart sing…
photo-a-day | day fifteen
I had the wonderful task of taking five-day-old Isabelle's newborn portraits for my day fifteen photo… she was a dream model!
Want to see more??… just check out below!
photo-a-day | day fourteen
Russ, Xan and Willow made scones today… yummy, yummy scones!
This recipe is the best!
Mix 3 cups self raising flour, 1 cup Lemonade and 1 cup Cream… roll on a floured board till about 2cm thick… cut scones out and place on a baking tray… cook at 220C for about 10-12 minutes. EASY!
photo-a-day | day twelve
After much begging and nagging, I finally relented, today, and let Xanthia and Willow get their hair cut… they both wanted their bum-length hair cut into a shoulder length bob… *sob*
Ok, ok… so it looks gorgeous! You guys win!
photo-a-day | day eleven
Oh, we met the most beautiful, special and adorable little girl today… Isabelle Marie Davis, daughter of our long-time friend, and Russ' best man, Jason and his wonderful wife, Kate… as you would expect, Willow was not going to pass up the opportunity to get some baby cuddles…
photo-a-day | day ten
Willow is having breakfast… in front of the tv… at 12:23pm!! Our holiday 'routine' is so slack… going back to school/work is going to be a killer!!
photo-a-day | day nine
We took a trip up the Hume Hwy today, to visit my good friend Ruth and her daughters Isabella, Charlotte and Inez… we had a great time catching up at the pool! What better way to spend a 40+ degree day!
photo-a-day | day eight
We had Jaimi's hair cut yesterday… she lost a good 20cm off the length and the result is awesome! She can now brush it herself; and I don't have to put it up every single day any more… she loves it… I love it!!
photo-a-day | day seven
Darci is currently lying on the couch watching '10000 Hits' on channel [V]…a countdown of hits from the last 10 years… it has been going for days and they are still only at #7983!!
photo-a-day | day six
Santa brought this HUGE trampoline… and it has been a smashing success! The girls just love it and you can normally find at least one of them (but more likely more!) jumping away… Zoe, Darci and Xan are already doing flips!
photo-a-day | day five
It's 1:10pm and Zoe has only just crawled out of bed!!… Aren't school holidays the best!?
photo-a-day | day four
It was all quiet in the Bingley house this afternoon, so I went looking for what people were up too… turned out to be quite predictable, really ;o)…
photo-a-day | day three
Cleo had the full pamper treatment at a pet salon today… bath, brush, nails and ears… she even got a little bow… it was tough work, though… and she needed a rest :o)
photo-a-day | day two
Willow was the first one awake today… she amused herself by playing on the outside table, uninterrupted (!!), with the Lego… 'Raffie' ever at her side.
it’s photo-a-day time again!… but, a change is as good as a holiday – right?
As I have done each January for the last couple of years – I am
again challenging myself to take a photo-a-day for the entire month…
month? Did I say month?… Wrong – this time I plan on taking a
photo-a-day for the entire YEAR!! Yes – that's right… I said year!
Not just any photos, mind you… these are going to be 'Bingley' photos – photos of my family, my loves. my life… and here is day one…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!