First Forest Walk

The last week I have been tested in the patience department with Miss Coco, she has started serious tantrums which is like waiting for a little time bomb to go off! So today we decided to get out in the fresh air and take in some of the new sights around our new neighbourhood!!
We have been here for 5 weeks now and today was the first day we ventured into the crown land behind our house to walk to the beach.
It was so beautiful walking/running/skipping thru the forest. We walked across little bridges and a big bridge that reminded us of 3 billy goats gruff, Phoebe was dubious about crossing!!!
We came to this beautiful little fairy tree, there were crystals, and shells and all sorts of gifts all around the tree, the girls sat in awe of what may go on there when no-one is around. I love the magic the girls find in everything they see.
We got to the beach and the girls had fun playing and running around in the water, today it was hard to believe that we are experiencing winter, the sun was high and bright and there was not a cloud in the sky. We are cold, but we do get to enjoy some amazing days here in Byron!
On our way home the girls chatted and giggled, and once again I smiled at another beautiful moment to lock into my memory, we all agreed that this walk is something that we will be doing more often.... Ahhhhhh what a life!!!





Let the adventure begin!!





Coco stops to take in the view


Mummy, is there a troll under this bridge???



Oh my god, a Fairy Castle!!!

Looking at all the treasures...


Phoebe is fascinated by her loooong shadow at the moment!


Who me??? I don't have a temper tantrum..... much!


Our Shadows



"Take a picture mum.... MOTHER!!!! TAKE MY PICTURE!!" Her latest way of getting my attention calling me mother!


Piggy back rides..


I can do it BY MYSELF!!!!

Speak In English... please!!!

Coco has recently taken to screaming. The high pitched noise comes bellowing out when something isn't going her way.I find this very difficult because I feel like doing anything for her to make her quiet, but if I do the screaming gets louder and more intense the next time it happens. So we have to patiently wait until she uses her words before we can give her what she is screaming about.
It can be as simple as wanting to hold my hand "aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh'
Not being able to put on her socks 'eeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkk'
Anything and everything can set off our little time bomb.
So Phoebe and I encourage her, "use your words Coco so we can understand you, then we can help"
This morning I heard the familiar noise that resonates in our house at the moment, and than I hear Phoebe in her stern voice saying to Coco.....
"Coco, screaming is like Norwegian, we can't understand it, use your words only!!"
Sometimes Phoebe can say it better than me, and she has more impact! Coco promptly told her what she wanted and off they went playing!!!

Happy Birthday Princess Coco

Today Little Coco turned THREE!!!
We had the most beautiful day, it started with snuggles together in bed. We talked about how she wiggled and jiggled in my tummy before she was born, and how she wiggled after she was born too!
Then we all went downstairs and told the story of 'crossing the rainbow bridge' Coco loved hearing this story she came across the bridge and we told a little story about the last three years. This is such a beautiful way to start the day for us, we love sharing this moment of ceremony as the day begins, the girls love it too, they love hearing about leaving their little angel wings in heaven and coming here to be with us!!
After the story Coco opened her gifts. She got some beautiful dolls for the dollhouse and a swing from us. Along with books, clothes, playcloths and handbags from our loved ones!
After a busy day preparing, we had a beautiful winter warmer birthday party.
Lanterns, bonfire, toasted marshmallows and hot chocolates. The solstice is tomorrow so we celebrated it a day early.
We had a beautiful afternoon/night shared with some beautiful friends.
I know that we all say this about our children, but Coco has been such a blessing to our family, she lights up our world in everyway, everyday. I am so blessed to be her mama.
Happy Birthday Angel, may your year ahead be as good if not better than the last THREE!!!




The Rainbow Bridge
Gift Table


Birthday Chair


Waiting To Cross The Rainbow Bridge


Phoebe Puts On Her Golden Crown



Some Of The Dollhouse Dolls


New Swing For The Tree



Princess Cake


Toasting Marshmallows


Happy Birthday To YOU

Testing Testing Testing 1...2....3....

We are still here....But like I said in the last post we no longer can get broadband, I am working on it, but for the time being I am back on dial up! Let me tell you dial up brings me NO JOY!!! The photos take forever to download and therefore I have not been blogging at all as you can clearly see. I thought I would try it today see how long it actually takes, I can use work I guess and I am also looking into satellite internet. FRUSTRATING!!!
Little Coco is 3 tomorrow. I really can't believe how time flies. We have had the 'Birthday Gnome' visiting over the past few days bringing gifts from the four kingdoms again. Coco has been thrilled with the visitor each morning and can't wait to be 3. Years. Old!!! (as she says it!)
We are still loving the new house. The girls have a great climbing tree in the backyard! They love it, especially Phoebe she sits in the tree singing talking and just being. It reminds me of the willow tree I used to live in as a little girl, I would spend hours in the tree, such a beautiful way to connect with yourself and listen to your mind ticking and thinking.
Well, after all that complaining above I have good news the photos have downloaded really fast as I cut down the size and quality, but non the less they are here....
So enjoy and I will be back tomorrow with photos of my little duchess turning three!!!!




Phoebe in her favourite place

Out at 'The Crystal Castle' hugging Ganesh!!!(far too much flash but soooo cute)



My Baby!!!!

MOVED..... aaaaahhhhhhh

We are here... yes here, in our new house. I have been suffering life without the net since we have been here, which is a blessing in itself as it has allowed me to get some work done! It looks like we can't get broadband which is a CRYING shame as the photos will take forever to upload so for now its picture free!!! Sorry
The move week was as bad if not worse then I had anticipated. To put it simply, the new house was left in a terrible state and required at least 14 hours scrubbing which I did, then Miss Phoebe's chest cold got worse and she had an asthma attack the night before the truck arrived which meant 2 hours sleep for me and I couldn't send them to pre-school, so ring backup friend to take them, it was hard to send her off sick and miserable and focus on the task at hand, meanwhile the move is on.
The next night I feel that familiar feeling off flu body aches, oh no please god oh not now!!!
Day after move I have to clean the old house, WOW, note to self employ someone for this job next time. I had a fever scrubbing walls it was HELL, I lost the plot and left after 6 hours and just put the rest off till the next day. I finished it with the help of Lucas, it was hell and now its over I got ALL my bond back which is a huge bonus!
Now to the good part, we love love love the new house. Living here instantly made me realize how good living close to friends is going to be. I have been showered with flowers, gifts, dinners and even bread and milk, one thing about making the big change is, I have realized how much I can depend on my friends! And mine stepped up to and beyond the mark!
Life has been great here, we have pulled out the garden and are ready to start a veggie patch, the girls have a great climbing tree and we have heard that there could be faeries in the garden we are yet to leave out a party for them to see! It was delightful to put the girls in the pram and walk Phoebe to school last week, so nice not needing to use the car as much and the girls have loved riding their bikes around on the paths here!
All is good, I will put up pictures ASAP, hope you are all well. Email me for the new details.
Love and Blessings to you all xxxx

I Was Not Kidding!

Today we (as in I) have packed and thrown out nearly all day! We managed to sneak in a bike ride, the girls are very excited because I let them watch TV today, they never get to watch television so they were chuffed to be able to watch! Although as usual after TV we are now suffering the consequences which is sooky la la girls.



I found them laughing and talking, I asked what they were looking at???



See Mama, the dollhouse furniture box, who needs TV when you have a box to watch!!!


As I look around at our house life all packed in boxes, I feel excited about what lay ahead in the new house, and over dinner we talked about all the things that have happened here in this house, I thought I would feel sad, but I don't, life has been great here, but now its time to move on!
Coco just came up to me with a pen saying;
'this one doesn't work... mama this pen does not work, maybe it hasn't got enough batteries!





Holy Toledo, boxes boxes everywhere!


Phoebe wanted me to point out her new cowboy boots! Wit Woo Diddy!

Sunset Apples

Phoebe has an incredible talent for explaining how she sees the world. She paints a beautiful picture of how she believes something became the way it is, like; oh the fairy of the blue sea has painted the sky today, or, I can feel King Winter blowing in the cool breeze today!
This morning Lucas came over and bought an apple with him, when Phoebe saw it she exclaimed:
"Oh it looks as though a sunset has painted this apple!"




I am surrounded by boxes wherever I look, it has been a huge tiring job that is close to finished. We officially move mext Wednesday followed by a final scrub down of this house, tonight I wonder how I will do it, I am so tired and over it! The girls have been amazing, luckily they just play while I do it all, a friend is going to take them for a few hours this weekend which will be a great help!
So this is a rest night so I can make the final home stretch!

Happy Mothers Day

May the pictures do the talking.
I am a woman twice blessed, and today was the perfect day!
To all the mothers and mothers to be, I know you know how my heart swells with the purest love for these children, I hope your day and everyday is filled with this love!

Dud Dinner

Today was a rainy day in Byron, it was nice to feel the chill in the house and hear the rain pouring down outside. Phoebe wasn't feeling great so we stayed inside pretty much all day, we went down to main beach just before dinner just to get some fresh air, the waves were crazy and there were plenty of surfers out so we parked the car and got out and watched the biggest dump fest ever. You see the waves were big, but they weren't great surfing so we got quite a show of people getting dumped mid wave!!!
I made a delicious veggie soup, sadly the girls did not like it. Coco could only eat it smeared on bread and Phoebe turned to me, rubbed my arm and said;
' I really don't like this soup, I will eat it only because I need to grow. But don't worry mum, your still an amazing cook, just not tonight'

Note to self, do not make Veggie soup again!

Where is Coco hiding???

Well, as you know we are currently neck deep in boxes, empty boxes waiting to be packed, packing boxes waiting for a few little bits and bots so I can seal them, and then of course the finished boxes marked and ready for the removalist to pick up and drop off neatly into each allocated room at the new house. I must say this is a BIG job, and with two kids in toe it can get hairy. Needless to say while they were at school today I packed like a crazy woman, then I procrastinated a bit too!!!
Most children love empty boxes, they have us fooled purchasing toys that we think of as a must have! This morning the girls made a house out of several boxes, kitchen, bathroom even a verandah, and they had a wow of a time playing in there before they went off to school for the day. On Sunday I came into the lounge room and here was a box on the lounge and Phoebe with a grin from ear to ear asking where Coco was, I played along a bit, I know this game by now... "Coco, Coco where could she be...." Giggles filled the loungeroom, the look on Phoebe's face smiling and glancing towards the box.

I peered into the box and what did I find????





How Cute!!! I was surprised by the blanket and dummy and ruggy.... but none the less here she was curled up as cute as pie.... So Sweet!!!

The days are starting to feel a little chilly in the morning and at night, its such a beautiful change, putting on clothes and getting all cozy at night, and with the cooler nights I have been giving the more regular lemon foot baths. Its such a nice ritual after dinner, they pop in their little feet, sit back and relax, while I warm up their slippers in the oven and potter around the house. It really brings them into a calm space before bed, and on the nights I haven't planned for one, quite often one or both of them will ask for a footbath. And when they are a little 'grumpy or testing' a lemon footbath goes a long way, its like a magic potion!
This is them having a footbath last week....

Do You See What I see???

Phoebe has a fascination with the camera, she often asks to have a turn. Its nothing for her to walk around the house and take 60 photos (hmmm sounds like someone else I know...)
I love looking at her pictures, see how she sees the world through a lens. The other night she took many, but Coco has no clothes on in most of them so I could only put on these ones. I must say I really have a good belly laugh when I look at the photos Phoebe has taken of Coco, it cracks me up, because a) Phoebe sets a scene adding and taking away object and b) Coco plays the perfect model and her facial expressions are hysterical!!! I will cut a few down and add them, then you can judge for yourselves!
PS- notice the house is being overtaken by moving boxes... I don't mind this as much as I thought I would, we are so excited about the move, three weeks today we will be there.... YAY


No photo shoot by Phoebe is complete without a photo of Bella, this was one of 10


Props, glasses and doll... this series of photos are especially cute because she has Coco wearing my knee high boots!! Shame she had no clothes on otherwise I would show you!



Mama Bear and Coco


Phoebe put LULU the dog up next to INDY BINDY FINDY the Fish!


Prop, butterfly and baby doll.... it was Coco's idea to put them together, Phoebe congratulated her on the idea!!!!


The full length of this picture is HYSTERICAL, she has Coco standing a certain way. Cracked me up.





Phoebe plays with the art of self portraits