Kenya's 9th Birthday

 The celebrations started on Friday night Emo & I took Kenya, Milli & Kenya's school friends, Tamara, Adele & Claire to the movies to see Big Mamma, like father, like son, I made the girls up a little goodie bag of popcorn , Chocolate & drinks, they had a lovely day, then back home for KFC & a sleepover, a great night had by all with no drama's. Pancakes for breakfast on saturday & the girls stayed most of the day,  On sunday Kenya had an early soccer game (football) which they won 10-4 by the way, she is loving it, found something she really enjoys doing, when she got back she opened her presents & later we had a sausage sizzle out the front for a few friends & neighbours she had a great weekend, we all went to bed exhausted...

Friday night sleepover

Bend it like Beckham!!

 

Pinata birthday cake

Birthday girl, blowing out the candles

Clay platter

This is my latest creation from my pottery class, some times I'm brimming with inspiration & other days I just sit there fiddling with the clay just making hearts & buttons but I enjoy it all, there's a good bunch of us there & its very relaxed & its great to sit & have a cuppa & bickies, Carolyn "the teacher" is lovely & doesn't like it constructed & neither do we, so it works...

Sewing Class Result

I have been to my sewing class twice now, its every other saturday so its good that I still have 2 saturdays a month free & Kenya has football games now, some on sat & some on sunday so I wont miss many. I have a class on sat & I am making something for my friends birthday. This is what I made in my first couple of classes........

Lucky Finds

Due to our Tomato Plants being very fruitful with copious amounts of tomatos of various species, I have been either giving them away or having lots of meals with tomatos in or with, Instead of them going to waste I have made my third batch of chutney, everyone I have given it too has loved it especially on steak!! I put chilli's & curry powder in it so it has a bit of a kick...

On the way home from work today I popped into the Salvo's junk shop (as I do about once a week) & the "special" today was fill a bin bag with linen for $10, bargain, I got some real beauties, well pleased I popped in... I love vintage table cloths & got a few in amongst my goodies! 

Hard to capture all my goods!

Fab find for my outside table

Camping at Colo River

Last weekend we packed up the car, well both cars actually as neither of them are very big!! & off we went to Windsor which is about an hour from door to door, the road got worse & worse as we got closer to the campsite, it wasn't a luxurious site with electricity & a nice shower block, but a rustic one with a real fire & a dodgey toilet block, but thats the way we like it, if your going to camp, no luxuries allowed, my straighteners stayed at home for the weekend!! we met up with 2 other couples & their children, we all had a ball, the weather was gorgeous & the river was warm & shallow with a rope swing perfect for children. PLENTY of yummy food & wine which we managed to keep cold.

relaxing

Breakfast

Emo's cave man setup!

garden update

The garden is truley flourishing, some things have finished & others are extremely fruitful, Emerson is very green fingered I cant take any credit actually, I just potter around with my collecting basket & pick them when they are ready, We have an abundance of cherry tomatos which are juicy & sweet & rock melon have taken over one part of the veggie garden but havn't a clue where it came from we have also had water melon which is Kenya's fav.... 



Rock Melon

This is our Olive tree, we have had it for about 3 years & it has finally started to get olives, although I know its not a simple process & its not a question of picking & eating!! will have to google to see what it entails,

Olive Tree

Little Olives appearing

Finally my Hut, is  looking good, although it still has some final touches to be done, around it is going to have white river stones & I have to stain the decking so its all one colour, I do sit in it alot though & its waterproof!!

My Hut

Chef Milli

Milli loves using her imagination & is something different everyday, whether it be a dr, a vet a teacher or shopkeeper, today she is a chef & made some beautful make believe white chocolate & Raspberry muffins, complete with 70's childrens cookbook I found in a junk shop, I'm sure we had a similar one when we were children!!