little fig

seven

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found objects

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luca aged 2 and 3/4

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:48:00 +0000

when the tanks are overflowing....

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:10:00 +0000

when she was tiny...

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:45:00 +0000

sunday arvo

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:14:00 +0000

up a tree

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

circle work

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:34:00 +0000

pussy cats

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:33:00 +0000

pia's ballet concert

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:49:00 +0000

my winter babies

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:43:00 +0000

almost 2:

almost 6:

out and about

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:31:00 +0000

We've just spent the weekend camping in my favourite place Wye River. It was lots of fun, but dont be fooled by these beautiful sunny photos, I freezed my nuts off!! It was so so cold overnight, I needed 2 layers of clothes, a sleeping bag, doona, hat, scarf and and when all that wasnt enough, I had to put Luca in my sleeping bag too!!

I took the first photo yesterday morning on my walk with Luca in the pram (Yep I pushed him all the way up that hill - with a coffee in my hand as well). How amazing is that view.

more cuteness

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0000

I just can't get enough of Pia's little drawings and paintings at the moment. This one was waiting for me when I arrived home from work today. And now the dishes are done, the kids are in bed (and asleep) and I have the theage melbourne magazine to read. yay for me.

cuteness

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Here are just some random cute photos from our weekend. Pia has decided that she wants to be an artist when she's older. She has moved on from wanting to work in a fish and chip shop!

And now it's monday morning, raining outside and I have an energetic 20 month old to entertain. It's off to the pool I think.

5 year old art

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:40:00 +0000

Here are some paintings from my little girl who is home from school this week with scarlet fever:

hey!

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:18:00 +0000

Yep its been a while! This mini blogging break all started when my computer crashed and took 2 weeks to be fixed. The first week was really hard, but by the second week I was actually enjoying not having a computer and liked doing other stuff. Dont get me wrong I LOVE reading your blogs, and I will never give up my bloglines.

So what have I been up to hmmm, well Pia started school and is loving it. Luca started creche one day a week after a ridiculously long orientation period. I started to feel like a child care worker, but his in now and happy.

Ed and I had a childfree weekend in Sydney which was sooooo good. We ate ate Tetsuyas and had a fun night out at Bodega and Longrain. We shopped in Surry Hills, and bought some gorgeous fabric and Cloth.

Easter was great, we went to a tiny little country town called Euroa and slept in a tent by the river. This was surprisingly easy and so much fun.

small town pics:

I thought I'd throw in a photo of my gorgeous friend Shell who is due with her second baby today:

But I have to say, I am enjoying this little blogging break and I'm going to be gone for a little while longer.
X
Jo

the list

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:27:00 +0000

bag:

towels:

dress:

These are my 3 projects for February. With Pia at school and Luca having big afternoon naps, I've got no excuse for non-productivity!

holiday fun

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:09:00 +0000

The Sunshine Coast was very kind to us this year, delivering four gorgeous days out of seven. Not bad considering the beach was closed the week before we got there. And the rain started again the day after we left. So I am feeling quite lucky. The kids loved it, we hit the main beach in the morning, went back to the house for afternoon naps and then down to Noosa River for more beach plays and dinner in the evening. fun, fun

Noosa Heads is still as full on as always. Lots of white outfits, gold jewllery, wedge heels (for the beach) etc Bugaboo's are still the in pram. But not just any old bugaboo - forget black, red or navy and those multicouloured ones of 2007 are definatley OUT. The bugaboo of the moment must be camel coloured. Yes Noosa is full on, but the beautiful beach, yummy ice cream, and national park make up for all of the carry on that occurs on the street. Next time we are up there I want to visit the Noosa Everglades. Has anyone been there?

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:14:00 +0000

Check out teddy’s new car!! Made from a basket and a school hat, with spoons for a seat belt, and a ballerina as the petrol pump.

stitching for boys

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:59:00 +0000

I've been making alot of dresses and pretty things for Pia, so it was definately time to redress the balance and make something for Luca. But sewing for boys is not so simple, I wasn't exactly inundated with options while fabric shopping. I decided to make a cot quilt and chose this grey Japanese elephant print. If anyone has any sewing ideas for boys, I'd love to hear.

I found this funny photo on my mum's camera today. Now I know what they all get up to while I'm at work - dancing in Nana's lounge room. I know from the look on Luca's face that she is playing the Seekers. I better not tell Ed, he will freak out. I'll just tell him they were dancing to Husker Du or Radio Birdman - that will please him.

she's a party girl with a .. bad habit

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:12:00 +0000

Some bunting for my little BIG girl who is starting school in two weeks.

And here is a shot from my work party on monday night. Can you guess the theme? My posh spice inspired look was a very very lame attempt at dressing up. This party was quite outrageous I have to say. It was at our friend Tracy's pub The Fox in Collingwood. A really cool pub if you live over that way. 3 am is sooo far past my bed time and needless to say, I am still recovering.

Anyhoo, I know we are already half way through January, but here are a few of my plans for 2008: More movement - maybe Yoga, maybe pilates but certainly lots more walking. More fun - more child free nights. I will hopefully see a movie this year- as I didnt get to the cinema in 2007!!! Maybe a little bit of crafting - but only if I feel like it. There are a lot more things, but I wont bore you.

on the farm

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:00:00 +0000

cruisin' the hood

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:46:00 +0000

First of all I hope everyone had a happy Christmas. I know we certainly did, I do love the whole Christmas palaver (and yes I have been reading Jamie Oliver cookbooks today). What other day can you eat Wagyu beef and Parma ham for brunch and pop French Champagne at 11.30am? Oh it was a lot of fun. We all did well in the gift department as well, Pia has a whole new wardrobe thanks to Fiona Scanlan and Luca has the cutest new bike in the world (too bad his feet dont even touch the ground). We have a new webcam and now we just need to find some friends to talk to!

Moving on to pressing issues, our trip to Eumundi on Wednesday looks like coinciding with a friggin CYCLONE. Can you believe it?

And thank you to everyone who recommended I buy a bias binding folding thing. I was able to make this dress in half the time. From now on all patterns must have bias binding or quite frankly I'm not interested!!

Happy New Year everyone! May 2008 be full of love and happiness for you.

X Jo

noreply@blogger.com (Jo) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:31:00 +0000

I cannot believe it has come around so quickly but Pia had her last day of kinder today. She's been going to the most amazing community run kinder and I am so sad that she has to move on. But excited for the move to school as well. I will miss her teachers so much. They had so many little rituals with the kids like in winter they would make hot chocolate early in the morning and then sit around the open fireplace.

School will be so different. I cant wait for her to learn to write. At the moment I have to call out the letters to every word of her story which can be quite tedious. Tonight she has written about 'Charlie and Danny Gumboil (?????!!!)'. The story began ... Charlie has been smoking in the bicycle shed...' Oh my gosh - Pia I cannot partake in this story. Why is my child obsessed with people who smoke?

Last Friday was the kids trapeze concert which was gorgeous. Here is Pia doing her thing.

This kinder was in our old neighborhood which is round the corner from my work so it was convenient to keep sending Pia there (even though we’ve moved 10kms south). The downside to this is that she only knows one person going to her school next year. And man has she given me a hard time about it. I think she'll get over it as soon as school starts, but right now she is making me feel so guilty.
So anyway kinder is over and I have to entertain Pia for the next 6 weeks AARRGGGHHH!!!! Here is our first activity….stitching. Check out the look of concentration.

I must go and hear more about the adventures of Charlie and Danny Gumboil.