Happy Winter Solstice 2015!

Shara x

Hoppy Easter!

From my family to yours! 

Shara x

Celebrate!

On Monday, for Caspian's actual birthday, we spent the day at home. A visit from a friend followed by toasted marshmallows and chocolate cake on the lawn, before it got to cold. Presents were opened from Grandma and Nana.

A few days later, the cart I ordered online arrived. He loves standing up with it, but is yet to push it along. All in good time, little boy!

On Saturday, we had a larger celebration at the park with family & friends. 

Oven ever thrown a first birthday before, it was a bit stressful in the morning, but once we were all set up, it was a really lovely day.

I was a bit cheeky & asked on the invitations for storybooks instead of toys! I'm so glad though, because he received a pile of really lovely books to add to our book shelves. And really, what one year old (particularly one with 2 older brothers!) needs more toys?

And so that is it! A whole week of first birthday celebrations are over.

Today will be spent resting and recovering from the sugar hangover!

x Shara

I am a Mum.

Even though we only realised on Friday evening that Mothers Day was but days away, we still managed a lovely day. Kaleb and Roman made me breakfast in bed (peanut butter on toast and a hot cuppa), then I fell back to sleep until 10am! While I was snoozing, Kaleb cleaned the kitchen, vaccumed the floor and did a load of washing... Swoon - I love that man!

Kaleb's Mum popped over for morning tea and bought me a lovely bunch of flowers from her garden and then she played outside with the boys for an hour.

I spent the next few hours knitting myself a new hat.

Then, after too many hours indoors, we decided the boys needed a run. So over to Kaleb's work we went to kick a ball and the boys had a play on the obstacle course. 

Caspian preferred to eat grass.

Once home, the boys enjoyed a nice warm bath, a light dinner and all 3 were in bed by 6:30pm! 

What a lovely day!

x Shara

PS: My Mum is away at the moment, holidaying with my brother and his family. We'll have a belated morning tea, together with my Grandma, later in the month....

Every year... (A gratitude Sunday type of post)

Every year, April gets the better of me! So I'm just going to share some of what I'm grateful for right now!

• Kaleb celebrated his 30th birthday. I made this lovely chocolate cake for him! I'm grateful for such a kind, loving and hands on Husband!

• So much art and creativity. I'm grateful for the chance to get creative with my kids every day!

• Roman spotted 2 Tawny Frogmouths in a tree by our tanks. This led him on a fun fact-finding mission! I'm grateful for the abundance of wildlife around our home and for Roman's curious nature!

• Lots of loving on these 3! I'm grateful to be blessed with 3 wonderful boys!

• Multiple days spent celebrating Leonardo's 3rd Birthday. I'm grateful for this boy who lights up my life everyday and for all the family and friends who celebrated with us!

• I celebrated my 31st birthday (and can't find any photos from that day? I do remember I was sick in bed with tonsillitis) Here I am in a new skirt I made for myself! I'm grateful for the lovely breakfast in bed my guys made me and the day of rest I was able to have!

• LOTS of knitting! I've got weeks of potential Yarn Along posts up my sleeve ;) I'm grateful for hands that work and a hobby that I enjoy!

• Our very first time celebrating Easter! I'm grateful for the fun morning we had together hunting eggs in our garden!

• Caspian celebrated 9 months! He is now crawling and has 6 teeth! I'm grateful for this happy boy, he is so much fun!

• Our first day of Homeschool!! I'm grateful to live in a country that supports different education choices and for a family that supports our choices!

• Did I mention these 3?? Love them soooo much! I'm grateful for the oppurtunities I've had in my life, in particular the opportunity to be called Mama by 3 gorgeous kids!

Phew! Did you make it this far??

I hope your April has been busy and full of love too!

x Shara

Happy Father's Day

To my wonderful husband, Kaleb!

And my Dear Old Dad, Phillip!

X Shara