August moments....

I've done a bit of silk dying this month, for a spring nature table, and DD1 immediately seized the opportunity to make a cape and her very own Birthday Land for herself. Fortunately there was a small dyed silk for the Little One, and a baby crown so that nobody missed out. :)

They are actually playing now more...and fighting more as well :D

Miss 14 months is growing waaaay too quick. Look at those pearly white and a hint of back molar!

Look at my b lessed big girl, I can see my sister in her a bit with this pic. So much joy...

Myself and small...

Oh my cheeky bommie drumsticks. :) She's just rushing ahead now she's up and at 'em on her feet. She never stops. Still pretty much the same personality wise, as in always smiling, Ergo and boobie is her best friend but she's doing a lot more. She'll sit now and scribble next to Sah, she'll follow Sah like a little pup.

She has also started to grab handfuls of Sah's hair, she wants Sah's toys and she'll scream like a raptor if woe betide somebody takes something off her. She can hop off the bed now and climb up the stairs within seconds. Teeth, teeth, teeth and she's eating a few times a day now! Until about a month ago she still didn't want anything but boob and now she'll graze on whatever she's given. She signs finished, boob, water...

So much to bless....

It's a beautiful age right now, to see Sahra fussing over her and guiding her...playing with her so gently. (not all the time! But most of it...)

It's been a busy month for me. Taking Sah to school, trying to do craft...sewing, knitting, etc. We had a spell of sickness for over a week which really took the energy away. Now I'm attempting to serve up some nourishing food and get our immunity back on track.

Really enjoying being around other like minded womyn, but also loving the peace of being in my own home with my family...

This is almost a year from the date when Si's placenta was planted...a beautiful rich red
'Sienna' rose...

An Autumn Lantern that I made for the Festival...

Winter fun....

I've been meaning to update for so long as both of the girls are growing so fast, but time seems to slip out of my hands. Finally though, a free moment!

The Big Girl:

She's so close to six she can breathe it in when she wakes, can taste it on her tongue. Our rhythm has been so peaceful that it took me a while to realise that for an age there's been no breakdowns. Four and Five saw a lot of frustration and outbursts and all I could do was sit quietly and let her know that I was there if she needed me.

Well, they've gradually been tampering down until it's pretty much peace here most of the time now. So incredible that we're out the other side! All of a sudden her mind is explanding and blooming like a rose. She'll go off to make things, ask for fabric and sew, I will look for her and she'll be finger knitting, or drawing, copying letters from books or like the other night, spend nigh on an hour writing her name and mine and then cutting out the letters and mixing them together, making a puzzle.

I'm so, so glad we have never introduced these things to her so that now that she's ready, she's doing it herself. Some pics that she's creating -

This is a picture of our house on the left, the Mudgeeraba show on the right and us all watching fireworks.

This is a rainbow dragon - it's happy. She's just started to draw animals. The legs are not on the ground, lol

This picture she said is drawn as a photograph which is why it's in a frame. First she said i was in the middle with her next to me, then she changed it to her in the middle. We are playing in the rain.

She's so focused on animals atm as well. She is so gentle with her dog now, and patient (most of the time) with her little sis. Teeth are falling out like Autumn leaves, she's lost nine now and she's not yet six! Feeling so blessed with our girl at the moment. School is going surprisingly easy - Sahra chooses her own rhythm. Some days she wants to stay home, others she'll ask to go. Last week she went for five days - first time all year.

This week she's gone three. We just don't fuss. We're all looking forward to the Winter Festival next week and then three wonderful weeks at home together, with a few play dates in between....

Really, though, it's all about making.

This was meant to be a post on our Winter thus far but I've run out of time...more of myself and smallish one later....

A perfect year

        

This has been the most beautiful year for us all, my baby girl. I have spent so many hours with you lying in my arms, nursing at my breast. So much joy as you snuggled against my body in the sling. So much happiness feeling your warm body next to mine at night. Watching you grow stronger and plumper, kicking and crawling and standing and toddling and now walking so fast...exploring with such curiosity and happiness.

So much love.

Autumn love...

Such perfect, blissful days are the days that we don't have to do a school run and can simply, be, at home.

Today was one of those days.

Baking - Anzac biscuits and an eggplant and potato Fijian curry with eggplants fresh from the garden for dinner.

Dancing - Sah found the cd that was playing when Si was birthed and we danced with arms outstretched for a long time.

Crafting - Starting a beanie for either B or Sah with rich 'chocolate chip' wool, as Sah calls it.

Sitting and eating meals on the veranda and looking at the greenery, trees and Autumn leaves.

So much love and cuddles from my girls.

Truly a blessed day.

A month of quiet and not so quiet changes

...teeth and standing up constantly for my Butterfly 8 month old (she now comes with bonus cruising power) She's looking through a baby gate...












...big school for my Firefly 5.5 and so far she is raving about it -- I'm still waiting for the dust to settle down

For the rest it's been spent in simple and quiet activities; gardening, baking and crafting...

Two much awaited babies are going to be earthside in Feb....I cannot wait to meet them. :)

The most special day today, albeit tinged with sadness...

I drove over to say goodbye to my sister and darling neice Madeline - they've been here for 3 weeks of fast fleeing time and grabbed moments of candy-sweetness in between toddler calling, big-girl demands and the rare cry of the baby.

It was beautiful; we went up to see Mama (girls Gt Gma) and had a glorious swim. Mum managed to get her hands on Si for at least 10 minutes before baba complained and wanted to be close by my heart. We ended up staying, as we thought Tor's partner was sleeping so grabbed a gin and tonic (our 'Fiji' drink) and chatted on.

Si signed booby (omg baby getting bigger!) and fussed at my chest until she finally fell asleep drinking - I needed badly to go to the toilet so Tor had a nurse and then I tried to give little Madeline some time also.

Si woke up a big grumpy and Tor offered her breast and she fed for a bit. It was beautiful - she just naturally nuzzled in, Madeline looked on in interest and I pointed it out to Sah but she it didn't even blip on her radar, she was too busy riding her bike and showing Mad all her 'big' girl stuff. It just made my heart warm -- full of love to have a sister that is like myself with parenting -- and with the memories of today that will last for a lifetime -- a story tale to tell Si when she is big --- how her Auntie gave her that special love.

It also made my heart ache a little seeing Mad as a beautiful toddler - but knowing that Si will be a toddler this time next Christmas -- my baby fills my arms, heart and soul so thoroughly atm that I cannot imagine opening them up to let her free. Of course, as with Sah...I will have to...and I will...as all mothers do...

New Years day tomorrow - I want to blog more, learn to sew, open myself more fully and take time with the experiences life brings...


The three girls :)'