How much is too much to ask from a grade 3?

Well, I hope you all had a lovely Mothers Day, I know I sure did! I was spoilt with breaky in bed, lots and lots of squashy hugs and kisses, a vase of roses placed on my bedside table and rose pettles sprinkled all over my car by my sweet little man! What a catch he is going to be when he is older but for now im not sharing lol.

This week has been so very stressful on the whole family let alone Jake himself. He has been getting so much homework lately, projects, infomation reports, tests and the list goes on and on. On top of all this they are all happening at the same time which can be hard. We have been studying before school as well as after school when he gets home and only taking a break for dinner and still finishing up at 8.30pm just in time for bed. Yesterday morning I took him to school and he fell asleap in the car the poor little thing! Is it just me or is this too much to ask from a 8yo? Hes only in grade 3 and personally I dont remember school being so full on this early! I think we have just about done all the work for now...well...that is until he gets home tonight so I am giving him a break and taking him rollerblading this evening. I think he deserves a night off after all the hard work he has been doing. Jake's project was on Snakes and he was so very happy with how it all came together so I thought I would share a few photos that I took of Jake and his project this morning with you all.

He was so excited handing in his project this morning...we even found a few plastic snakes to stick onto this poster which was an added bonus as the children thought it was so cool.


Yes, I am so very proud of my boy, he is growing into a wonderful person with so much to look forward to.
'Well done on all your hard work Jake! Love Mummy xo'

So lucky to be a Mum

Mothers Day will be tomorrow and I can not help but think about how very lucky I am to be a mother and a wife. I have a wonderful husband and a beautiful son who loves me with all their heart. I consider myself very, very, very lucky to be blessed with my two boys and can not imagine life without them. I think anyone can bring a child into the world but not everyone understands what is involved with being a Mum? I feel very sad when I see Mothers neglecting their children and not giving them the love and attention they so desperately need and wonder how they can be like this? Jake and I have the most wonderful relationship that I treasure each and every day...we are so very close and open with each other which is very important to me. Just seeing him smile makes me so happy! I think being a Mum has made me a better person, taught me so much more than I ever knew and most of all showed me unconditional love which is the best of all!

So I would like to thank my husband and son for helping me be the Mummy I am and to all the Mothers out there, wishing you a very happy day filled with much love and happiness. We are so lucky to be Mothers!

'Happy Mothers Day'

Inspired by french ribbons and roses

OK, I finally got around to posting some photos of my newest mosaic piece which is now available on my website. I have been looking for a over mantle to mosaic for ages but never really found the right one. I didn't want to mosaic the whole front so I was keeping my eye out for one with recessed bits that could house my mosaic work. Finally I found this beautiful over mantle sitting at a flea market! Original beveled mirror and all! It just needed a bit of paint and some french china for the makeover.

This is my all time favourite china...Tracie...does it look familiar?

Its a real oldie this piece and made of blackwood so you can imagine how heavy it is!

I popped all the old hooks back in their original position as I thought it would be very handy to hang just about anything on.

It also features these two sweet little shelves in the top corners.

Thanks so much for popping past to visit, I hope you all have a wonderful week. xo

Sunsets & walks in the park ahead of us

Its been a long wait from the day we first put a hold on our block but the day has nearly come where we will be receiving our title. Finally we can put all the finishing touches on our working drawings and start constructing our new home. Our property is now looking like a block and not just a piece of land in the middle of nowhere. We have neighbours to one side as well as to our back so we wont feel so alone when we move in which is a good thing. We now have fences so its easier to see where the house & pool will be placed.

We ended up putting double driveways (one on each side) so we can construct a U turn drive through made of recycled bricks rather than try to grow grass down in Melbourne which is pretty hard to do at the moment with all the water restrictions. I'm thinking I will have nice borders of David Austin roses going all around the driveway and up both sides.

They don't have much else to do before hand over, just put the final layer of tar on the road and away we go so we are hoping to have title at the end May-early June.

Our happy little man standing proud on our new block!


And have a look at this glorious sun set! I can not wait to sit back on the alfresco enjoying this and...

THIS!

I hope you all had a wonderful weeked!

Boys and their toys!!!

Hi everyone, hope you are all keeping warm with this cold Melbourne weather we are having at the moment. Over the school holidays Hubby and I decided it was time for an upgraded quad bike for Mr Jake as his knees were knocking on the handlebars! Anyway, I think he fits this one much better now!

I remember when my dad bought Jake his first bike I totally freaked out thinking how dangerous bikes can be but when you think about it, everything can be dangerous and if your child learns to respect the bike and drive safely they can have so much fun out in the open. My Dad is building a holiday house at the moment and it is situated on 20acres, I can just imagine Jake getting out on his bike and enjoying all the natural surroundings. Now Cane wants to buy a bigger bike for himself so they can go off together, not a bad idea really and its nice for the two of them to spend quality time together as father and son. My two boys have just gone off to the hobby shop to check out more remove control cars...like they don't have enough of them already??? Cars, helicopters, planes, boats...gee...when does it end? I'm not to sure which one of them is the bigger kid here? lol.

P.S. I have some photos to take of the new mosaic I have been working on but the sun is just so dull at the moment. I hope to share some pics this week.