Prince Caspian

 

 

 

It's a third birthday tradition in our family to celebrate at a local working dairy farm. 

Caspian is still mad about chickens (his second birthday, I made him a chicken toy), so it only seemed appropriate that a chicken cake and some time spent on the farm was the best way to spend the morning of his special day. 

We got up close to some chickens, piglets, goats, lambs and calves as well as the big mama cow. So much fun. 

Nana (Kaleb's mum) and some family friends visiting from New Zealand joined us and we had a really lovely couple of hours. 

Caspian looks like a sweet angel, but don't be fooled! He's full of mischief and cheekiness! And we adore him!! 

~ Shara ~

He turned ONE

 

 

 

 

Sweet Atticus Gabriel turned 1 in early July. He's such a bright and happy boy. He never gets a moment to himself with three big brothers, but I think rather likes all the attention. 

Now, at 13.5 months he's just started walking. By far our earliest walker and he's so pleased with himself. He makes sure he's got his audience captivated before taking those tentative steps. 

 

A whole year of our brown eyed boy!

~ Shara ~

 

The ghost of birthdays past...

Since I was last here, posting about Roman's birthday, we have had a lot of celebrating going on. Kaleb, Me, Leo, our 9th wedding Anniversary, Atti's first birthday and finally, Caspian!

 

Leo is now 5! When he awoke on his birthday morn, greeted by a pile of presents by his bed, he decided to divide the presents into 3 piles so he could share the gift opening joy with Roman and Caspian. So sweet. Of course, his brothers declined his offer and insisted that he open all the presents himself. 

 

 

To be continued....

The years fly by and all of the sudden they're looking so big. Happy 8th Birthday, Roman!

February 8th

January 11th

Summer Dinners

Smoothies with Spinach, watermelon, frozen strawberries/blueberries/raspberries & Mango

Platters with Chicken, cheese, pomegranate, cherries, snow peas, carrot, cucumber & grapes

Stove top Popcorn

Xx

January 9th

Summer afternoons. These will be his memories. Riding bikes, picnic dinners, toasting marshmallows.

January 8th

We're halfway through his first year. He is such a good fit with our family. He is adored ❤️ Atticus Gabriel ❤️

January 6th

Sweet, happy Baby Atti. 

Today he tried food for the first time. A nice big, juicy stick of cold cucumber. 

Xx

January 2nd

Roman loves to help in the kitchen. 

This morning he helped cook our porridge.

He likes to watch the Food Network & recently created a menu for his very own "seafood only" restaurant. 

xx

January 1st

Ahem.

Hello old blog.
Sorry I haven't been to visit in a while.
It's not you, it's me.
Honestly.

Life has been marching on here. Our family of 6 is pretty well adjusted to our new normal these days.  However it's certainly been a whirlwind. That's what makes it hard to get here. To even think of something to write about, when the newborn haze I was in made it hard to even string a sentence together for my husband.

While I would love to do a big photo essay on what the past 6 months have been filled with, the fact that I lost all my photos recently, when my cellphone went flying off the roof of my car (newborn haze, I tell you), means I can't. They're all saved on Instagram though, so that's a small consolation.

I can tell you though that we are all well. Baby Atticus is thriving and adorable. Such a well loved baby. He'll be 6 months next week!

I was thinking I might just try to do a photo a day type of thing through January. And ease my way back into some crafting & homeschool posts.

I can only try.

xx

In the Summertime...

Reading Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French...

A family of ducks blocking our driveway, I had to wait some time & when I honked the horn, 2 of the fluffy ducklings just plopped down for a rest!

A very quiet, simple Christmas this year.

A Christmas gift from Mother Nature - beautiful sunflowers...

Cheeky Caspian - 17months old

Leo will be 4 in April and still naps most days, sometimes in the strangest places!

A wonderful geographical puzzle - a gift from Roman's Great Aunt.

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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Ours was understated, but the boys still had a fun couple of days. We went swimming and visited my Grandma, who turned 92, on Boxing Day. She was in wonderful spirits, which was great to see. She's had many health issues this year, but is doing much better now. 

Kaleb's Aunt and Uncle drove up to see us on the 27th. They don't have any grandchildren (yet!) and love to bring gifts for our boys. Aunt Linda works in Early Childhood Education and always chooses great, age appropriate gifts.

I suppose now is a great time to tell you that our quiet Christmas is a result of me expecting a new baby! We were taken completely by surprise but we're over the moon ❤️

 I have been terribly unwell, as with all my other pregnancies, and trying my best to rest, rest, rest. Kaleb had two weeks off of work over Christmas. which was a blessing and I'm now gradually having more good days. 

Baby Number Four! is due in July. On Caspian's 2nd birthday actually - Hopefully we'll avoid a double up.

I've even been too unwell to do too much knitting, but I have made a start on a baby blanket.

Super Easy Baby Blanket by Purl Soho

O-Wool Balance

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. A lovely organic Cotton/Merino Rainbow. 

Happy New Year!

Shara x

This is us. All taken last week. 

We've been on a bit of a rollercoaster for the past couple of months, which is why I've been quieter than usual. We're not off this crazy ride just yet, but I'm so glad that we've had lots of highs to counteract the lows. And I'm grateful that we are a strong family unit and that regardless of what twists & turns come our way, we can lean on each other.

Yesterday, He turned 2!

 

Gosh I love him! He had the happiest birthday. Blew out his candles 3 times and loved everyone singing to him. I'll show you later in the week what presents I made for him.

 

Hope you had a wonder-filled weekend!

 

x Shara

On this day in 1983....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I turned 30. I don't have any profound musings on entering a new decade. I did, however, have a brief breakdown last night, and had a good cry. I don't know why. But I felt better afterwards.

 

Kaleb and the boys greeted me this morning with breakfast in bed.

A lovely card with learner writing.

A brief nap on Mama.

Cupcakes and candles from my Mum.

Enjoyed by Leo.

Continuous rain turns our bedroom into a laundry.

Looking through the hanging washing at the beautiful Tibouchina (Glory Tree).

 

x Shara