almost christmas

Well more than a month has gone by, naughty me. Life has been so busy around here, I just don't know where the time has gone. Daddy and I have been taking lots of photos to make sure we capture everything. Christmas is getting closer only 12 days to go. Our tree has been up for well over a month already we have been doing some Christmas crafts together, we still have a few more to do, plus some baking to take to Exmouth. I forgot to mention we are off to exmouth for Christmas. We are all very excited and will be sure to share lots of photos.

fun in the sun

One day this week, we just decided to not do a lot but enjoy the gorgeous weather while it wasn't too hot, by having a lazy afternoon in the sun, in our backyard. The girls had a splash in there pool, daddy did some gardening, mummy watched. We all lay on the trampoline together and bounced and had snacks, we laughed together, Emily chased the chickens, Georgia watched the chickens, Daddy pretended to be superman.... it was just such a nice way to spend our time together as a family.
I managed to capture some of our afternoon in pictures.

 

 

 

 

Santa comes to TP

Today we went to visit Santa, it is the first year that Emily hasn't been scared of the jolly red man! In fact she woke up nice and early this morning and climbed in to my bed for a cuddle and the first thing she asked was "Is it Christmas day today, are we going to see Santa?" No sorry its not quite Christmas yet, but yes we are definitely off to visit Santa.

Daddy had just come off nights and he didn't want to miss out on our outing, so we all got dressed up ready for our snaps and went off early to the markets, hoping to avoid the queue. We weren't quite early enough to see him arrive in the fire truck... Pilbara style. So we went straight to Santa's grotto to wait our turn to meet him. Emily was a little nervous at first, but quite happily hopped onto his knee to tell him what she wanted for Christmas.... a little dolls house! Little Miss Georgia was quite happy until she turned into the big white beard and then no amount of bribery worked to get a smile out of her, it was tears all the way. We were very proud of the girls, Emily as it was her very first photo we have of her with Santa and Georgia because even though we had some tears, she was still happy enough to sit for a few quick photos.
I'm looking forward to seeing the professional pics, but here is one that Daddy managed to snap on his phone.

 

 

first dance concert

This weekend our little Miss Emily had her very first dance concert and if that wasn't exciting enough for her, her Aunty Shell also made the trip from Perth especially for it. Emily was on a high all weekend. She did so well at the concert, we were all very proud of her. Her first night she couldn't stop waving at us from the stage and was a little out of time, oh so very cute and funny. Daddy made sure all was recorded on video to capture this special moment.

It was a very long afternoon as we had to be there early to get them ready, a little too early really as the girls had a good hour or so before it started. So they played hide and seek and danced around the room until it was time to start. All the time Emily was asking for hot chips, its not something normally on our menu, but her teacher promised them all hot chips. Only problem was.... we didn't get any, so even when we left and she was still asking, Daddy had to come to the rescue and get some for her. Good job Daddy is her super hero!

 

 

 

milly & george.... the business

So a few weeks ago, I finally got the courage to put my creativity out there. Hubby has been encouraging me for months to do it and out of the blue I thought what do I have to lose. So I popped a picture of my very first hobby horse I made onto the local facebook for sale page to gage how much interest I would have in them.....

Hubby was right, people did like them, in fact I was blown away by the response. I had to turn my phone on silent as it just kept beeping and beeping as more and more people were commenting. In the end I had to sleep on it and decide what I was going to do as I was a little overwhelmed and to be frankly honest, freaking out as to how I was going to make them all.

So the next day I activated my facebook page for Milly & George and it was all go. I decided to go ahead with custom orders, to allow me to get my product out there and to try and reach the largest market I could, especially with Christmas just around the corner.

So for now I am currently sewing as much as I can, in between sick kiddies, a hubby who is  currently doing heaps of extra shifts and all our other commitments. I am really trying to not let anyone down and make sure all 30 horses are done by Christmas.

I am also looking forward to next year to see where my little business may take me, I have so many ideas to help it grow. Only this morning I woke to a message from my mum, telling me her cousin in the UK who has a couple of shops, mentioned that she would love one for the window display, in the children's department and to send some business cards..... squeal 

 

 

 

First swimming lesson

Well today was Georgia's very first swimming lesson and as it was daddy's day off, we decided he would do it with her. We don't have far to go as Jen does them from her home and she lives only a few houses up from us. Which can prove to be very beneficial when you are coming home with two screaming kids!

To start with Georgia was over tired as she didn't have her morning sleep, her lesson started off well and then she became teary and poor daddy couldn't console her as all she wanted was me. Emily  was inconsolable too as all she wanted to do was have her swimming lesson and couldn't understand why she wasn't allowed in the water today. Emily's lessons are on Monday. No amount of explaining or bribery was working today.

So we got Georgia out of the water early and then left rather quickly to the sounds of two screaming kids all the way home...... thank goodness it was only 4 houses up. Next door would of been preferable at this stage..

I did manage to get a few snaps though.

 

 

 

Sunday morning at Hamersley Gorge

Well I am finally getting around to popping up our photos from last weekend. We went there with some of daddy's work friends and took a little picnic for morning tea, it was the perfect way to spend a sunday morning.