Lily
It's been all about the garden lately. Spring has
sprung in it's full glory and we have been busily planting the veggie patch and
clearing our mammoth garden in every spare moment we can scrape out (not that
many moments - things are still generally an overgrown mess!!!).
We are excited to attempt a proper veggie patch
this spring/summer. The kids each chose something to plant, and Lily, out of
everything on offer, chose brown onions. Yes. 'They are good for BBQ's' she
said, haha!
A little garden fairy, not afraid to get a little
grubby.
Eli
Too cool for school - but not for Floriade.
The kids all got a free pair of sunnies when our
tribe and Mark's parents all visited Floriade (our annual big flower festival)
on our public holiday. Eli was keen to rock out with his signature style!
We had such a lovely morning traipsing around,
tiptoeing through the tulips (figuratively of course!), enjoying the sunshine.
Canberra in all it's glory!
Miles
My little man, always with a stick in each hand,
cruising amongst the crowds at Floriade. He was walking around like he
owned the place, I tell ya!
Mark
Watch out for the guy with the axe!!!
(Clearing space by hacking out an old half-dead
hedge to make way for a row of raspberry and blueberry bushes.... mmmmm, I can
taste those berries already!! Well, here's hoping?!)
Project 52: A portrait of my family, once a week,
every week, in 2014.
More highlight from the week that was...
Snuggling a snail. You never know what you might
get to do at Floriade, huh?
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Sniiiiiff. He wore a little clear plastic backpack, filled
with jingling coins. It made it very easy to keep track of him, as he jingled
all the way around Floriade ;)
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The highlight of Floriade was riding the Ferris wheel with Lily and Eli and Marg. It was glorious and worth every
cent... as you can tell from the kid's faces, they were enthralled and I was
too! The view of the flowers and city were spectacular as well as the
excitement of rotating around. We fielded a few questions from the
kids about the likelihood of us falling out of our little cage - but thankfully nothing went
awry!
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Lily spent a lot of time building this deluxe
home for her beloved Lottie. It included a 'fairy wings' hook, rubbish bin,
campfire, bed with pillow and all sorts of goodies. Lottie seems impressed ;)
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Spiderman helps to plant the corn. His veggie
choice was tomatoes this year, but was keen to help with all the veggies, my
dear little sidekick!
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Beautiful as always!! Floriade looks amazing!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Sara - Floriade is truly stunning and changes every year. Heaps of fun things for kids too. Hmmm, a great homeschooling adventure, you should roadtrip next year and come visit us!! xx
DeleteOh, how I love Floriade! Perth has its own little tulip festival (at our wedding location!), but it just can't compare. So wonderful for your trio to be able to enjoy it with the M&D. I'm more than I little envious of their opportunity to snuggle with that beautiful snail!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your sweet comment Em... ahhhh you reminded me of your glorious wedding, one of my faves to this day :) You gotta come visit floriade (AND US!!!) one year, ok????! We are loving all these adventures w Marg and Dave, feeling so spoilt to have them here. And you would have LOVED this snail, heehee xx
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