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feeling old today....

Todays my birthday :)

I should be feeling happy. 

I should be feeling spoilt.

I should be feeling lucky.

And i am, really. It's just that i'm also feeling old. And i'm not ready to start feeling old yet! I think that this last pregnancy knocked me around a bit and i'm beginning to realise that i REALLY need to start looking after myself.

I got spoilt this morning with a wake -up Happy Birthday song and breakkie in bed!

Excuse the bed air and the bags under my eyes. If i'd really thought about it i could've jumped up and fixed my hair (and my top...ooops!) but really....this is real life people!

Afterward, my friens Bec came and picked me up and we met Rozzie for lunch at The House Of Gabrielle. I love it there....it's soooooo relaxing. Except for the 3 toddlers running around ;) Maybe that bits not so relaxing! 

But the celebrations actually started on Saturday when me, my sis and a few friends hit my Fave japanese restaurant for dinner, followed by the most AMAZING esspresso martinis at Alto's and then more drinks at the Casino.... too many drinks in fact.

 

My sister almost dropped the cake....which was a BASKIN ROBBINS ICE-CREAM CAKE!!!! With a tub of my fave flavours next to it....THANKYOU mum!!! (although i may not be thanking you next week when i step on the scales ;)

Esspresso martinis......heaven!

That may or may not be some tequlia in our glasses....

Then on Sunday we had a massive lunch at one of our favourite seafood places where the food is so so good and the serves are so so big! Perfect after a night out on the town ;)

 Oh..and there was more cake! Shared with my little bear who almost shares my birthday :)

So all in all i'd say i had a pretty good bday:) My kids made me some really cute gifts. i might try and take some pics to share if i think of it.

Happy Australia Day!

We're watching the surf comp in Burliegh...what are you doing?

Hope your all having a fun, relaxing, awesome day!

happy thoughts {mini album}

It's be a VERY RAINY last few days....so much so that the kids have been home early from school everyday this week due to flooding. Perfect weather for crafting i say!

This was a class i taught years ago, called " Make it Yourself". I called it that because in this class we made everything ourselves, embellishments, pockets, tags, patterned paper, labels... Needless to say it was a long class, but one of my favourites to teach. I haven't scrapbooked in years. Life just got busy, priorities changed and for a long time there i was a single mum with 3 kids and no free time. I still have pizza boxes FULL of layouts ( i never did get around to bying albums). Occasionally i think i would like to create something, but my stuff is all still in boxes and i never remember to print photos anymore. But i have been pulling out some layouts from the past that make me smile. I might start posting some of them for old times sake. Just be kind, and remember that most of the layouts are OLD, at least 4 or 5 years old. And i haven't kept up with the scrapbooking world in YEARS! I'd have no idea what 'in' and whats not today :)

I posted a pic of this album and a couple of you said you would love the class notes. I thought i still had them, but i can't find them! However, i thought i could just post pics of the album instead. And if you do make an album inspired by this one, don't forget to share your pics, would love to see it!

Happy Crafting :)

Tupperware, tupperware EVERYWHERE !

So Tj's new thing now a days is to empty all my tupperware drawers one thing at a time, and hand the contents to me, one thing at a time. Even when i'm on the phone.

I swear , this one simple activity keeps him entertained for hours on end (and drives me crazy). I could stop him, but i'm not sure it's worth the tantrum. My friend keeps telling me to get some child locks, but i'm not sure i want to be drilling things into my nice new kitchen cupboards just yet. Oh, what to do? 

This is what my days with TJ look like at the moment...

 

for a little whie he handed stuff to Tatiana while she made some breakkie...

Are you noticing the stacks of tupperware in EVERY PHOTO?



his other new thing is to stand up on his tippy-toes, grab my mouse and start playing with the computer...

My girlfriend gave me a belated xmas gift today...but sooooo worth the wait! Auqua chalk-board paint! So awesome :) Already planning what things i can paint. And i love the cute dinner party set. been planning my dinner party in my head ever since !

But the best bit was the bag it came in....sooooo cute. I could almost frame it!

 Holidays are almost over, which makes me sad. I'm not looking forward to the routine of school again. It has stopped raining though, and thats a bonus. Lots of pool time here in the Crittakat household! But this is what my boys look like right now. I'm gonna miss the lounging about...

 I'm feeling so uninspired lately. Mabey it's the heat. Or having my kids home everyday, or my messy house. The one thing that does make me look forward to back-to-school is having the time to clean my house! It's such a mess. But i think i might spend today being lazy in the pool :) Hope your enjoying the holidays!

a lot of rain and little owls

So today it rained and rained and rained . In fact, it's been raining for days. Nice way to spend the last week of school holidays, right? (wrong). There goes those lazy days on the beach i had planned!

Anywho.... was babysitting a friends girls today and we decided to make some tiolet-paper-roll-owls. thats a mouthful. I got the idea from pinterest (of course).

Then we decided they needed something more. So we made skirts and crowns out of diolies...

cute.

I found this mini album while unpacking a box today (yes, i am STILL unpacking!).

It was a class i used to teach. I still have the notes somewhere. I might try and find them and post them...would anyone be interested? 

Today i spent the day with these girls. (The boys were at my mums)

We went for coffee/milkshakes at my fave coffee place, and then did some vintage shopping. 

The girls had a blue slushie wich turned thier tounges blue.

Oh...this little guy came too. He LOVED hanging out with the girls...just look at that smile!

Then in the evening, we all went to Plam Beach parklands for Movies in the Park. We played in the park, read magazines, had a picnic dinner before the movie started and then all got cozy on on blanket and watched the movie at dark. Perfect evening :)

And the weekend hasn't even started yet! Awesome :)

help?

so i was playing around with my blog, and now somehow my right sidebar keeps appearing BELOW my main content! Can anybody tell me what ive done?

surf , sand and sunsets

Can you believe it's less than 2 weeks till we are back to school! So sad :( I feel like we still haven't had time to really enjoy the holidays. Why is it i always feel so rushed? Life just seems to pass by at whirlwind speed, and i always feel like i'm missing so much. I am always concious of making time, quality time for my children, but i'll be honest and say it's a constant struggle. 

Yesterday, TJ had his shots. Poor bub...i hate it when he gets his needles, i cry everytime. He was so brave.

He fell asleep late after refusing to sleep most of the day even though he was sooooo tired. He finally went down for a nap just before 4, but was restless. I picked him up to sooth him and he fell asleep in my arms. So i let him sleep there for almost an hour. I just sat on the back porch with him on my chest, listening to the birds and his sweet breathing. It was really hard for me to just be still for so long. I'm not a relaxed person by nature, i dont often  never just relax. I usually have to be doing something ;)

When the Mr. came home, he was still sleep, so i handed him over (the MR. LOVES to just relax. It's definitley in his nature!) and they took over porch duty, while i went for a walk on the beach.

After my walk, i found them all hanging out at our beach (we call it our beach cause it's the beach just up from our house that we walk to ;) and we spent the rest of the evening just hanging out at the beach. In fact we were there till 7pm...Watched the sunset and all :) Heres some pics from our evening at the beach...

my fave iPhone apps from 2011

The Amazing type-writer app

This app is so cool. You can type messages (they're called 'cards' ) and it's just like using an old typewriter. It even sounds like one as you type!

Cartolina

Such a cute way to send messages or invite a friend for coffee, tea...whatever! They also have an app to send photos and a Christmas app...definitley worth checking out :)

Paper Town Friends

Ok, so this app is probably more for kids, but i just can't help myself.... i love it! It's so cute . Even they're home page of thier website it cute! You can make new 'friends' and save them to your iPhone photo library.

Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas

My kids have lots of fun creating artworks with this app. You can even draw over a photo!

 

 TypeDrawing

If you like typography you should love this app! Create pictures with words, quotes, messages, different fonts..... the possibilities are endless!

Anyone have any other apps they think are pretty cool? I'd love to hear about them :)

bits and pieces around the home

I haven't blogged much about our renovation experience, but it's something i want to do before i forget it all. Because let me tell you, it was quite the experience.

So i plan to start posting bits and pieces here about it ... pictures and all, so you can see what we started with (our house of wood) and what we have achieved so far. 

i LOVE my house. LOVE love LOVE it. So much so, that i never really have the need to go anywhere. I have becaome a complete and total homebody. One day soon i'll write a post about all the favourite things about my house. Could be a long post tho...

But for now, heres some snapshots taken on the iPhone (using the instagram app) of bits and peices around the home :)

 

Have a lovely day!