it is school holiday time for us - FINALLY!

yes! we are on hols, today is the first day.

we need it, it has been a. long. hot. wet. term!

I love, LOVE, LOVE school holidays!!

I am not delusional....

Miss Paradise is 9 and Lil Sis is pushing 7,

but right now they thing I am way cool!

(Now people, DON"T SPOIL IT FOR THEM!)

so today, we played hair dressers!

Lil sis, has some twisty action that ends in my first attempt at a fishtail plait. we are all pretty impressed with me on this one!

then we come to Miss Paradise.

She has my hair - I am sorry gorgeous, people will comment for the rest of your life, it is so thick, it is so strong, it has such curl.......

- you will always wish you got your sisters hair!

so for Miss Paradise we went with a controlling braid - that I have never done before!

for a first effort we are both pretty darn impressed!

as I told her, it can only get better!

so onto the really cool stuff.

We (the 3 of us) have been working on an old WIP.

A shaggy for Mr P.

we have laid out the design,

laid out the backing, and we have 5 rows fully assembled.

YAY US!

Jodie

August Sunshine

School kids get two show holidays in the month of August. The first is mid month for the Ekka, and the second is this Friday for our local show.

BEFORE our current winter heat wave struck we were having our normal gorgeous August weather. The girls and I packed up our picnic basket and headed out to enjoy it.

They started with a few games of "Guess Who" before hunger pains set in.

So we dished out the quiche,

and the strawberries and watermelon.

After lunch there was a little light reading for me,

some colouring in for one, and

some playground action for the other.

Once their lunch had digested it was time for a swim. (not for me though. it may be warm in the sunshine, but not warm enough in the water!) They took a bit of getting in, but eventually they got wet!

Some unwelcome Ibis,

Some playing in the sand, and

a late afternoon visit from Mr Pelican.

Hope you enjoyed our day.

Jodie

My Girls

Chanel the butterfly, with big sister Charlotte.

Jodie