this is what I keep saying to myself as the days and weeks still fly by……the babies are 6 1/2 months old and I honestly don’t know where that time has gone!

lots of rainy days here! We’ve built cubby houses under the table

we’ve fallen asleep in uncomfortable places

we’ve done playdough every day

and we’ve done the shops. Today we’re doing the library! We also got new trainers….mummy wishes they did these in her size..I mean they cost as much as an adult size!

yep no need to mention where this new crocheted blankie will be going…I hope it will keep someone warm and ease some pain…..I’m loving the colours which are all just odd balls grabbed from my stash in a hurry.

My mum who is flat on her back for a few weeks after an operation on her leg (again) has also offered to crochet one too which is great and will keep her occupied! If a whole blanket freaks you out and you’re on ravelry then get involved with making 12 inch squares that can be knitted, crocheted or quilted…or why not organise your own blanket amongst friends….

I went along to my first patternmaking class on saturday and realised I’m glad I paid attention in maths class. I was dividing this, adding a bit here, doing 45 degree angles, erasing here, ruling there…my homework is to make a sleeve block. I’m loving my class, my japanese teacher who goes a mile a minute, the fact I get out of the house on a saturday morning for 2 hours on my own and get a taste of patternmaking with other like minded ladies and the fact its not as hard as I thought it would be!

there is a quilt in progress on the sewing room floor…when finished it will fit the single bed in the room. I decided to use a bit of everything and it will be my biggest quilt to date. I’m joining a quilting group tomorrow (located a convenient 5 minutes away) so hope to have it finished to sit and hand quilt a floral design all over it……yes that will be a lot of flowers!

and here is the stash clean up in progress..the fabrics are piled two deep and there is still a bed covered in piles of fabric too…its good reason to stop buying for a while….I can’t believe the stash only started two years ago…whooooooops

If there is one question I get asked a lot…other than are my boy/girl twins identical..and especially in the queue at spotlight…its how do I get anything done with these three beautiful children of mine. I can honestly say I don’t know because each day just flies by and I grab precious moments to myself when I can.

I have also become very efficient at washing, cleaning, changing and feeding. I love that the babies love to entertain each other on their playmats and roll toys to each other…..honestly thats when two is better than one. Craft time generally happens on the weekend when the babies have a long afternoon nap and keira is with her daddy and night times when I have the energy

some nights I just want to lie on the couch and do absolutely nothing and other nights I want to sew, knit or crochet till midnight

and I couldn’t resist a picture of keira’s present that perhaps ummm mummy really wanted…I mean its the barbie campervan and its pink with a pool too!

when its hot outside and mummy doesn’t want paint inside there is only one thing to do to keep a toddler happy

and my little miss really does think she is painting so everyone is happy! Try it…….it also works really well on outside walls and concrete…thank you Aunty Debbie for the suggestion

This morning I nearly knocked Keira over in my excitement to take this off my mum’s hands. It turns out she had given all of our fisher price to someone in our family (now divorced from our family) but after all these years this was returned to her…

sadly this was all that we can expect but oh what memories and keira is just loving it……

its over 25 years old and still works…..they don’t make fisher price like this anymore

there was some confusion that it might be Phoebe’s (my sister) but I put an end to that myth and it will be living at our house!

(oh excuse miss keira’s smudge on the camera…I’ve just realised it after uploading)

gosh this girl makes me laugh….I was having my coffee while keira was modelling her new top

a few minutes later she’s ripped off her pants, accessorised her outfit and is yelling ‘shake your booty’!

thankfully the camera was on hand to snap the moment…and retro daddy (since he occassionally reads the blog) the shirt was 60% off at the sale today so don’t get cranky that I was out shopping!

phew, its time to put our feet up after a concert with Dan Zanes inside the Spiegeltent this morning….

It seems the only concerts I go to these days are aimed at under 5’s but we had a lot of fun inside that very warm tent

but the heat didn’t stop Dan from putting on a great show

the show was fantastic….interactive for the kids, educational, fun, multicultural and a great alternative to the highly commercialised stuff that keira normally sings along too (and I’ll admit goes to the overpriced concerts )……we are really hoping he comes back to Australia some time soon……

and we were lucky enough to find one of the 30 pianos currently scattered throughout the city for anyone to play as part of Sydney festival

all in all it was a great mummy daughter day and grandmummy survived with the babies on her own!

almost there…its just drying off after a bath to remove the water soluble pen (and an almost heart attack moment when Julie told me last night she doesn’t use those pens after she’s heard horror stories….let me tell you I raced to finish the binding so I could get those blue lines off)…and thankfully the pen is all off

this is quality control checking my work to make sure its acceptable for her room

and I will give it a nice press tonight and take some proper piccies when its looking more presentable.

ps if you want some more info on using water soluble pens be sure to look here and here