i'm a little late to my fave *catch-up* of the week - virtual coffee...
& boy do i have a whallop of stuff to talk about with you!
it's evening here in the english countryside...
& i am snuggled up in bed with one poorly little angel- miss.audrey {again!} & a cup of milky-sugared tea...& a couple of english bickies...
have i mentioned how much i loooove having my sister-in-law staying with us?
she bought me up the night time tea & bickies...
she made dinner tonight...
& banana muffins & oat slice for a special trip tomorrow...
& she packed a luchbox of food for my hubster to take to work tomorrow...
& she is lovely lovely lovely to be with...
she makes me feel just a little bit blessed to know her...
anyhoo...
if we were really meeting for a cup of very strong made by my lovely siste-in-law tea...
& watching over little miss.a doozing beside us...
i would share with you our birthday weekend...
it was heavenly...
our big gal became a teen...& her friends were completely gorgeous & more polite than most people you run into during a day of jobs around the place...
we had cupcakes & vintage inspired flags...
a fancy dress themed around *hippies* & the *eighties*...two extremes...
a table of pizza's & endless laughter...
lovely kids with such enthusiasm & friendship for our daughter...
an aussie girl in the depths of the english countryside...
adopted by these wonderful generous english kids...
showered with hugs & smiles...
you'd have to sit through ALL my photos if we were really having a pot of tea together...
i can't promise to not shed a tear over them...
she looks so happy...& we are so proud of her...
& yep you're probably right- i should have a stronger more sugary-milky tea...
it seems to help somehow...when one is a little emotional that ones's eldest really is getting older!
ok- i've slurped down that first lovely cup...
& i encourage you to do the same, because you are gonna want to try these little beauties on!
everyone wants to see themselves in a mo & a pair of specs at some stage...
these were a total party winner!
cut from black card in various hand drawn shapes...
we made a pile of moustaches...
stuck them on chopstick handles...
&
added 3D movie glasses to the pot...
we pushed out the lenses & plonked the lot in the middle of the table...
the kiddos loved them...
we loved them...
the camera loved them...
see...slurp down that tea & try them on...
or at least remember to make a pile of your own...
ella had seen them in a magazine somewhere & we whipped up our own in no time!
if we were really having a catch-up at mine together...
i'd send you home with a pair...they are soo much fun...
even us oldies look kinda cool...
& we got a little street cred from the birthday gang by letting them take photos of us in party mode...
if we were really catching up for a tea tonight...
i'd ask you about the birthday's you remember growing up...
the special ones...
the ones that were "better than you imagined they would be"...
there is nothing like a weekend of sunshine & a wonderful birthday party for one of your kids...
there's a long build up & a fair whack of work in birthday preparations isn't there...!?
this weekend we were blessed...
perfect spring weather...
a house full of happy kiddos...
music & laughter...
backyard cricket...
& a bbq lunch...
if we were really here together i'd be wanting to get the lowdown on your weather situation...
i still can't believe some of you are still getting snow!
i've needed this spring heat...proper warm...freckles-on-the-nose kinda heat for a looooong time!
it feels soo good...
it was a little reminder of days in our beach suburb garden at home...
*nothing* days...
warm nothing days...
the kind you always remember...
if we were really catching up for an hour or two of lovely tea in a pot...
i'd have to take you down to sit in our english garden...
i'd want you to make the most of this gorgeous english weather...
storybook spring weather...
& then i'd throw out our picnic rug on the grass for you...
& leave you with a moustache or two & a pair of cool librarian looking glasses & my camera...
you'd have a lovely time...
thanks for dropping by
&
chewing the fat...
catching up on all things
birthday
&
weather...
we are off to London tomorrow for a little big city loving with our beloved aussie visitors
before the big day-
the *Royal Wedding*
so see you when we return with tales to tell...
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i just A.D.O.R.E tuesday catch-ups
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& tell my great friend amy i said hi...
i'm off to snuggle & mummy our little a...
xox
