ART EXHIBITION

Together with Christine de Stoop, Helen Ross, Diana Wallwork & Garry McDougall, I warmly invite you to our art exhibition. 

OPENING NIGHT: Friday Feb 28, 6pm - 8:30pm

  Saturday March 1, 10am - 6pm

   Sunday March 2, 10am - 4:30pm

 Balmain Watch House

 179 Darling Street, Balmain. Sydney  2041

I'd be thrilled to see you there,

Liv x

* There is a lucky door prize, drinks and entertainment on Opening Night. 

* The above artworks are snippets of mine, I haven't posted the other artists, but please look them up, they are all very talented.

Stills

 It's been another busy week.
 Sorry, I hate that phrase. Despite the fact it's true, it sounds like you're blowing the self-pity trumpet all the time, but it really was busy. Promise.
 Whilst the week flashed by, I managed to slow the pace and capture a few magically mundane moments.

 



1. Buz having a MJ moment.
2. Rain. precious rain…..and then, a double rainbow.
3. Lulu with a sad and sore goanna.
4. I just love the organic features of pottery.
5. Pop's bird house
6. Bear and Taffy
7. Camomile and stone
8. Jim
9. "Sebastian" the frog that found his way into my bedroom
10. Paul teaching the boys how to use the brush cutter. we used to call it the "whipper snipper" as kids, what about you?
11. A friendly pony up the road
12. My first blue/purple iris
13. My neighbours stone wall. love it.

And that's it folks. I have an exhibition coming up which has taken a large chuck of time this week. Will post on it tomorrow.
Have a fabulous weekend.

Love Liv x

Valentine's Day

(This 6am photo cracks me up. She doesn't look too grateful here but believe me, a few chocolate hearts later and she brightened up. The bear has been named and given priority over everything else in a 6 year olds life)

I know it's one big excuse for commercialism to swallow a steroid tablet, but heck, I'm cool with it.

I LOVE being loved. 

As a kid I used to love watching girls and ladies board the train with flowers, I used to LOVE reading the valentines messages in Dad's telegraph with my sisters every Valentine's day, and I used to love getting a love letter from a boy, any boy, via my brothers school bag.
I'm not sure why I just wrote "used to" because I still love all of the above (except for the love letter via my brothers school bag!).
I know expressing one's love should be a constant in your life, that there shouldn't be a special day on which to tell the one you love, that you love them, but I still think it's nice.

This morning Lucy & I  woke to a beautiful breakfast with croissants, muesli, yoghurt, choccies, roses, a teddy bear for Lulu, and best of all, and big bright smile and an "I love you".

I feel blessed and loved, and the fact that hubby includes Lulu all the time makes it even more special.
(* The best way to make a mother happy, is to make her children happy. It's a no brainer.)
The most important person in a girl's life is her Dad. Dads play a critical role in building their daughter's confidence and self esteem. If a dad loves his daughter unconditionally, they won't go seeking attention elsewhere (well, that's what Paul hopes anyway…..he is devastated that she will one day grow up).

My big guys weren't so forthcoming with their love this morning. An embarrassed grumble: "happy valentines…(grumble grumble) mum", managed to slip out twice with a lend of their spiky bed hair for a token kiss, but that was enough. One day I'm sure they'll wrap their arms around me in a big tight squeeze (figures crossed), but apparently for now "my girls" are 'too squishy to cuddle' :(

The other little fella showed his love in other ways. Firstly he sidled up to the I love you chocolate sign and sang "inch wincy" as he edged his digits closer to the prize!

But yesterday his expression of love was quite something else!
After having finished some uni work at 2:30am, and then rising at 6:10am for the school run, I was totally and utterly exhausted by the time the biggies left the house. I lay down on the couch for what was meant to be a 5 minute breather, but my head was like concrete, I literally couldn't lift it off the cushion. In the 45 mins it took me regain consciousness, I was completely covered in all his birthday animals and the shells of an ENTIRE tupperware container of peanuts. Head to toe, no joke.
So how is the study going you ask? Badly, I answer.

I hope you all feel loved today,

Love Liv x

Art Studio progress

My dad is unstoppable.

Once he has an idea in his mind, nothing will change it….as was the case with our art studio over the summer break.

I say "art studio" but I've heard whispers of "a man cave", "pool room", "inlaw accommodation", "rumpus", "camping site", "Tom's room"….hmmm

I might just have to assert my authority.

Proud and grateful.

She is going to look beautiful all dressed up.

Thanks Dad.

Liv

 x

Bear's Birthday

My baby is 3.

Animals are big on Bear's agenda at the moment, so his excitement was palpable when he woke to find a farm on the kitchen table!

(until I build the stable, the Christmas nativity stable will have to do)

It didn't quite sit right with me that he added his African animals to my cute little hobby farm, but hey, it's not my farm.

Then his Godparents followed up perfectly with a lego farm, and his Grandparents some Ninja Turtles, which quickly took on the role of "green farmer" & "orange farmer"

"I'm free"

The farm has made its way into every room of the house, the sink, the shower and... (find out at the end of this post).

But Bear's frustration that "da fences keep for-wing down" led me to take action last night whilst hubby was at a footy meeting. ALL. BY. MYSELF.

Clever huh!? I just had to put that in because this is the first time that I have used an electric drill and it has actually worked out. I'm a little chuffed.

…and right this moment, the entire farm and the red-nut farmer are having a wow of a time in my washing basket.

One of those presents that keeps on giving!

Happy Birthday my big boy,

Love you

Mum x

Let 2014 roll...

So the last day of school holidays has come and gone and "last years" study got an overhaul, as a fresh and positive new school year begins.

(Hopefully a cleaner year, but I'm not holding my breath)

 The "merit wall" also got a clean and will hopefully be as full this coming December! Can you believe we are already well into Feb?!?! Life is flying by.

With mere moments on Monday to leave the house and get to school on time, Lulu announces, "Mum I really want my hair to be like Elsa's" (from 'Frozen'). Nothing like pressure when you have to get the token 'first day shot' and Elsa's updo all within a micro second of time. Poor girl, I told her it looked like a beautiful crown from behind ;)

(poor kid)

The big guys went off without a hitch and the little fella just kept on keeping on!

Then enter 'Daddy day-care'!

Hubby took annual leave for the first three days of school as I had to attend an orientation week for my  dipEd (I'm still shaking in my boots at the thought of how I will cope but that's another story).

Anyway, on day three I got a text at 8am saying: "Lucy home sick, Muscles forgot his lunchbox and Bear is snotty….I think I'm getting my period, going to have a cry now..."

Well, I laughed out loud. The days events were perfect and I couldn't have planned 'a day in my life' better if I tried.

But he got through daddy-day-care with flying colours and thumbs up from all 4 kids.

My house was clean from top to toe, dinners were made and the ironing was hung.

Thanks mi amore x

He bounced off to work this morning, life was good again!

In more news: we celebrated my brothers birthday last weekend with all of the extended fam, Nana's stripy tomatoes are looking very pretty, and the evenings are still stretching out long enough for a run on the lawn after dinner.

 And that's it folks. Despite this disjointed post, I am slowly getting my 2014 blogger's mojo back into gear.

Much Love

Liv x