the new old house!

wow! has it been so long?

 so we are kind of unpacked, living from room to room at the moment.

phil is in the middle of rewiring the house and insulating all the walls and ceilings.

in the mid eighties when this house was built insulation wasn't really thought necessary.

photos of his progress still to come.

i have just only unpacked the camera so pictures are limited sorry.

we have however been making more progress outside, the poor hubby has been removing trees like a man possessed.

thirty years of neglect has left them in bad condition, and very bad placement to close to the house is starting to effect the foundations. 

as we live on a slope with a lake at the bottom i do not want to wake up one morning only to find we are swimming with the fishes! 

these pics are from november of last year, before we moved in and the house was empty.

we snuck around for a cheeky look before we had keys so the only inside photo is taken through the window and poor quality.

drive and entrance...

as you can see the gardens are a over grown mess and need a lot of work.

nothing a chainsaw cant fix!

so more pictures to come, i will try very hard this weekend to load some more of inside the old hew house, and update what we have been doing for the last six months.

merry christmas

We finally have a phone and internet line after four weeks. 

Apparently it is very hard to change the address and set up a connection for customers that have been with the same company for eight years! 

But anyway, we have kind of moved into the new old house.

Still trying to unpack some things and find homes for everything and everyone.

I haven't found the camera charger yet so no pictures to show I'm sorry. 

But will get onto that after Christmas.

  

Speaking of Christmas, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and will catch up with you again after ours. 

Travel safe and be merry!

sold!

So our little house sold yesterday.

And we brought a new old house all on the same day.

So things will be very busy as there is rather a lot of packing to be done.

I guess we will be a bit m.i.a for a while.

And will try for a few progress reports, but I'm not sure who will be our new internet provider at the new old house.

 Have a great couple of weeks, and will see you again from the new old house!

moving on!

After ten years at this address... 

we have decided to sell and move on.

if you wish to have a little look or want to buy our lovely house can check out the listing and pictures here!

school boy

Olivers first day of school was a great success.

He was very happy to be in the same class Ella was when she started. 

And he had no trouble sorting himself out somewhere to sit.

And got stuck into some serious colouring. 

Mat time and he was happy to be left on his own...

too cool for school!

"What are you still doing here crazy lady, go home!"

Our little house is going to be very quiet indeed with both munchkins at school, what is a Mummy to do?

Any thing I want!

birthday boy -o- boy!

I have been in major denial that our last baby is turning five!
I couldn't even bring myself to make party invitations.
Instead we threw a really random party together a couple of days before we had it.
I didn't even book tables at the local pool, as you are supposed to.



This total lack of origination didn't seem to bother the boy, who had a fabulous time.
He was as usual surrounded by his favourite girls, all seven of them.
He number one girl's big brother gate crashed the party, which was good a little more testosterone didn't hurt.

Happy happy birthday our sweet boy.
Five already, it doesn't seem real, you got to here so very fast!

his last!

What a full on week we have had!
Friday was our little lads very last day at kindergarten.

First thing in the morning we made a birthday hat and play dough cupcake, with candles.
With his best little buddy helping.

All the kindy kids sung "Happy Birthday" and "Happy School Days".
And he loved being the center of attention!

Ollie had a very lovely last day, and this time I did not sit in the corner crying!
So our darling laddie, "Happy Last Kindy Day".
Just a couple of sleeps and it is off to school for you.

strawberry

Ella has been a little concerned about her teacher standing out in the cold when on traffic duty.

So she asked me to knit her a hat.
Ella picked this nice chunky strawberry yarn and the cabled pattern herself.



The hat is quite cute I think...

but not as cute as my Button!

corsage

Oliver invited his girlfriend Bella (my future daughter in-law) to the kindy disco last night.
He took her a corsage that we made from stuff out of the veggie garden.



They both had a wonderful time.
Although Oliver needs lessons on how to look after his date a little better.
When we arrived he went in one direction and Bella in another.
They did meet up to have dinner together and a dance.
So the evening wasn’t a total bust.

first dance!

Ella went to her very first school dance the other night.
She had the full treatment...

hair and make up...

and of course a new party dress...

so very beautiful, our little princess.

timely reminder...

my little sister phoned me this morning to remind me that today is my 2nd blogiversary.
I am quite surprised that this has snuck up on me!

so in honour of all things two…

here are the two most beautiful creatures I know,at of course two!

are they not just too cute!

a little something red

There are lots of new little boys around at the moment.
This wee red hoodie is for Adam.

Another project that I managed to finish while in quarantine.
You can knit one too, go here for the pattern.

kissing chickens!

Oliver has been kissing chickens and caught the pox’s!
So we have been in quarantine for the last week.

But it hasn't been all bad, I have managed to finish some projects that have been sitting for a while.

This wee cardi is for one of Ollie's girl friends.
Another Ella, who has just turned three.
Her favorite colour is orange...

so this wee cardi should go down a treat!

And a very big thanks to my very beautiful model...

i heart kindy!

don't you wish you were 4 again?



just so you can have your face painted at any old random time!

i know it's been a while since my last post, my brain just needed a wee rest.
i will try to be a better blogger now.

the boy....

The boy thinks we need to see more of him on the net!
So not wanting to disappoint, here he is doing one of his favourite things....

go my little hoon!