In The School Holidays

 

 

~ We stayed at home for the holidays with Chris being home the first week and away the second.

I was preparing myself for a long second week, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. Instead of trying to achieve what I normally would during a school week, I tried to do the necessities first up in the mornings, and then just do something fun with the kids. We did lots of craft and bike riding at home, went out for morning tea on one day when it was pouring rain and caught up with friends for a couple of play dates.

We ended the week with a bonfire fire night at Pop's house, and we took the 3 older children to see How To Train Your Dragon 2. It was Emmett's  first time at the movies, and he only started to fidget in the last 20 minutes of the movie. Amazingly he didn't ask to go to the toilet once during the movie!

Then as quickly as they had come, the holidays were over and it's back to routine.~

 

1&2. The girls helping to wind a skein of wool on my new yarn swift.

3. Finished the garter stitch mitts

4&5. Bonfire at Pop's  

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Max ~ cheeky monkey

 

Emmett ~ played all day in the paddock where Chris was fencing, and 'helped' when he could.

 

 

Leah ~ climbing in their new find, the cubby house tree just across the road

 

Milly ~ she was sick all week with a tummy bug, but managed to get outside to climb in the tree on Sunday afternoon.

 

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014"

 

Joining in with Jodi at Practising Simplicity

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Milly ~ shot in secret while doing her reading after school. She has decided recently she does not wish to pose for any kind of photo!

 

Leah ~ making a pulley with a rope and a stick in the tree

 

Max ~ 'helping' Dad. He was pretty fond of the tape measure

 

Emmett ~ watching his sisters riding their bikes across the paddock.

 

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2014"

 

Joining in with Jodi at Practising Simplicity

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Bike riding on a Saturday afternoon. They spent a couple of hours playing outside together, which almost always results in them experimenting with something...

 

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014"

 

Joining in with Jodi at Practising Simplicity

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Leah ~ Having a go at winding a skein of wool.

 

The boys ~ one of their favourite things to do when we visit Pop

 

Milly ~ pulling silly faces while she waited to go to the movies. She was excited to finally wear her 'doggie jumper' that she chose for herself.

 

"A portrait of my children once a week, every week, in 2014"

 

Joining in with Jodi at Practising Simplicity"

 

 

Weekly Stills ~ Winter Holidays

~One week of school holidays down, one to go. The weather's been pretty bleak here, with clear sunny days peppered between lots of cold, wet foggy and cloudy days. It is winter after all.
Despite the weather, the kids have been spending a lot of time riding their bikes around the driveway, Max even joins in with his scooter.
The girls had been asking to do some craft, so I pulled out the embroidery hoops and taught them them how to do back stitch and now they're hooked on stitcheries! I had tryed to teach them to knit the weeek before, Milly found it too hard, but Leah picked it up fairly easily, a lot easier than crochet anyway. I just have to help her control the yarn while she manouvres the needles. I'm glad they both have a little crafty hobby of their own now that they enjoy, that doesn't involve glue and the entire craft box.
Carting wood seems to occupy a lot of Chris's time lately, but he must like it because I went out the back to find him, just in time to see a tree falling down that he had just cut. Apparently it had to be done right then and there, at that moment, even though it was nearly dark.
I've been doing more knitting than anything else lately, finishing some projects and starting new ones. I can't help but have a few projects on the go all the time! I've been thinking about christmas presents and motivating myself to start making gifts now to avoid extra stress in December. Sounds early, but starting in September last year wasn't early enough! I've done our family christmas present draw for my siblings and all our children and partners, I'm planning on making a lot more gifts this year. I think I'll get started after school holidays...~

1. The wood pile
2.& 3. Leah and Milly working on their stitchery
4. Emmett's gumboots
5. Rosemary in my newly planted little herb garden in an old wheelbarrow
6. Cutting up the fallen tree
7. Milly's 'caravan'
8. I finished the Boat neck Sweater

Joining in with Emily at The Beetle Shack

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Max ~ he found one of his sister's necklaces and sat here by the window playing with it in secret.

 

 

Milly ~ learning hand embroidery

 

 

Leah ~ working on her stitchery while watching tv. Like mother, like daughter...

 

Emmett ~ movie day. He was very comfy laying like this, kicking his sister very gently  every so often. Watching a movie is not complete without annoying somebody!

 

"A portrait of my children once a week, every week in 2014"

 

We're one week into the school holidays here, and it's been nice to have a break from the school routine and the lunchboxes. Amid all the fights and sibling rivalry and dreary weather, there's been moments of fun and family bonding time.

 

joining in with Jodi at Practising Simplicity