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52Q - 45

Q - which song do you have on repeat right now?

 

my latest obsession is this song by mama kin - enjoy!

a full house is a good house

sunday was banjo's blessing at church, and afterwards we had family and friends come over for a feast and enjoy the sunny afternoon. there were people everywhere!

little girls looking at treasures and being sneaky in here...

teenagers hanging out here...

my brother with his gnarly mullet (had to be shared i thought!)

the four falconbridge boys

a very yummy cake made by granni

and by the end of the day i was found here, hiding out on my bed with my sleepy boy!

festival fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

looking at art, patting ponies, making clay sculptures, eating organic treats, watching bellydancing, running into old friends, riding a camel, spending money earned from doing chores all week...all part of the joy my girls had at the local arts festival this weekend.

and my joy? being there with my little family and experiencing through their sweet eyes an event that i went to year after year as a little girl myself!

but i tell ya - $5 does not go nearly as far as it did in 1985!

52Q - 44

(better late than never hey?)

Q - how do you make decisions?

 

i am a horrible decision maker and we have some big decisions to figure out right now so my mind is flustered and foggy.

how about you - are you quick to know your answers or do you agnoise over every detail? do you pray/meditate/ask for advice/pick randomly?

sorry i haven't done as fabulous a job as i'd like with keeping up this year long challenge. if i'd known at the start of it that a new baby and an overseas move would be part of my year i may have done things differently! i'm not able to create or be online as much these days, but i think of all you 52Qers with fondness and love the moments i do get to myself to ask a question and make a little fun tag. balance, balance - it's a lifelong art to master. anyway what i'm trying to say is thanks for being patient with me and joining this journey of ours. can't believe it will be finished soon!

i heart my midwife

last week was my last official midwife visit, and it was a sad day -  it sort of felt like i been broken up with. some tears were shed, and after she left i played the music i'd listened to during my labour all afternoon and felt nostalgic.

it's such a life-altering, intense experience to share with someone, this giving birth thing. we loved michelle, and she loved us. i like to secretly think banjo is her most favourite baby ever (he was her biggest ever born at home!), and i know the thrilling gift i bestowed upon her as she left (a bag of fruit leather!) will forever carve my name on her heart.

i think midwives are incredible! imagine tending to pregnant women and delivering babies for your job - i'm fascinated by them, i want to follow one around all day and get inside their head. a good midwife makes all the difference i believe. originally i was assigned a different midwife who did my prenatal care from when i arrived here in perth to the day before i was due. i didn't feel completely comfortable with her, nice as she was - her energy felt 'off' and she constantly had me doubting my ability (and that of my babys) to have this homebirth. so i got brave and asked to change to have michelle (who i had met once before at my backup midwife appointment) - i know that i was able to have this birth because of the way she believed 100% that i could have it. what a gift to be that kind of calming, knowledgable, beautiful influence. 

truly, i will make her a cool gift and deliver it to her soon.

maybe by the time banjo turns one ;)

today was a lot like this

killer amounts of screaming from this one

grumpiness, defiance and a 'creative' acts of toileting over here

and hello little miss sassy attitude...

my patience, my being, my strength was kicked and tested today and it feels like they won!

but tomorrow is a new day.

and my mum has the day off work :)

see you at say 8am mum?

for the soul

little hands clutching small brushes, pretty paints meet wet paper.

quiet time for them and me = happy!

i really love seeing them work side by side like this...

sometimes i forget what magic some paints can bring to the day - i'm keeping the jars on my kitchen shelf to serve as a reminder!

and...

some new sponsor goodness this month - take a peek at

the copy and paste project

artsyk

book girl's studio

lisa leonard designs

liz eaton custom jewellery

some great christmas gift ideas there!

(52Q will come tomorrow as i didn't get that much quiet time today!)

happy halloweeeen...

tonight we set off for a walk with some friends...

{hand felted nose by the little witch herself, pretty clever hey?}

our destination was my mum's house, and on the way many cars were 'scared' by our witches, elf and princess...a few stops were made to try out the neighbours for some treats. although it wasn't quite as happening as it was in america - the girls got lucky with a few treats in their baskets!

(still smiling after being rejected at this house!)

{little green gnome baby}

and so we reach mum's... and to enter must walk through a spooky scene of twigs and spiders. yindi thinks "this isn't the granni's house i know..." but is encouraged by the others. the door is opened by a most hideous old witch with a dark and suspicious looking haunted house behind her...scary music, ghosts jumping out...it was a scary halloween dream! mum, scott and mum's best friend and her husband (grandparents to ivy's friends who joined us) were all in character to make this the best halloween surprise the girls could have imagined! 

after walking the haunted tunnel to the witches cave, we heard a story and petted the giant spider...then feasted on spider cake, vampire blood, ghost toast, eyeballs and maggot stew (those who dared)...

sadly due to the dark and amusing conditions, photos didn't turn out very well, but i know this is a night we won't forget!

happy halloween to you!

you've missed this little face, haven't you?

i thought so ;)

i'd miss it too if i couldn't love on it all day (and every 2-3 hours at night!)

oh that nose!

the roll beneath his chin!

those lickable cheeks!

and the little cross-eyes + turtle mouth is my very favourite of all!

i'm in love...