Room for a BOY

We had planned for Flynn's "Big Boy Room" to be ready for 2nd Birthday, just as we had done for Lucy. I guess moving Lucy out of the nursery and into a new room was probably motivated by the fact that I was 3 months pregnant with Flynn and so we had a deadline that we really needed to stick to. Unfortunately the second child syndrome was in full swing and his room is now ready for him for his 3rd birthday.
He hasn't been upset about waiting. In fact both of the kids have spent most of this year camping in odd spots around the house and sharing Lucy's room. We have kind of embraced it because we figure that eventually they will be too cool to share or bunk together so if we don't do it now, the chance will disappear never to be enjoyed again.
Part of the reason of the extra wait, was simply because I couldn't settle on a furniture design concept. Or a decorating concept. I find girls rooms are incredibly easy to design and decorate. And most things are easy to adapt across large age brackets. But for boys, things are either too young or too old, or they don't really mingle well. For example: Girls can mix butterflies, fairies and princesses easily. But for boys - cars, super hero's and space themes don't always fit together well.
Plus to really throw a spanner in the works I want my kids' furniture to be able to last them through till at least their late teens. Wall decals and bedspreads are easy to swap out to suit their personalities as they grow but the furniture needs to stay!
So after a bit of too-ing and fro-ing between Hubs and myself, we settled on a slight industrial feel for his bed and furniture. Clint did some magic and Flynn now has an awesome bedroom suite with cool checkerplate features. Truly that man - my hubs - is very good at his trade, and super good looking too! Score for me.

There is storage under the bed so even his blanky and special bunny have a safe place  to live.

Storage galore. I highly doubt he should ever run out of storage space!

Because of the open shelving on the side of the wardrobe - display options are endless. And I will absolutely take every opportunity to show off his cool things. I can just imagine all of his trophy's up here one day too!

I loved the idea of model planes suspended from the ceiling. Clint supersized the idea and went with a huge RC plan that even has landing gear. I insisted that he cannot play with it until Flynn is old enough to play too. Not sure how long that rule will last! I painted the clouds with ceiling white paint and a sample pot of grey and a cotton tip for the detailing. Simple, cheap and effective.

To add an extra element to the room I had this idea of a light box. And as per usual, I mentioned the idea and Clint is doing all the hard work and bringing it into reality. We are still waiting on the light parts to be delivered, so it isn't in there yet. I will do a separate post when it is all finished.

I know I should have waited till I had all the finishing touches done - and then do this post. But honestly I just couldn't wait, I am so proud of it. And better still, Flynn loves it!

all things pink and lovely

5 years ago our lives changed for the better because Lucy entered our hearts.

 And so we CELEBRATED!

Cupcakes and Cake pops

Fun Fun FUN

Food and decorations

Happy birthday Lucy. Sorry about my dodgey cake skills

gift for a cheeky girl

Inspired by Pinterest, I spent a few days collecting supplies and then a few days creating.
The little girl who I was making this for is most definitely too cool for standard type 3year old girl gifts. And I have no doubt she already has a good collection of accessories. So I just added a few new ones for her. And this was her reaction.

She has perfect present opening style - Rip into that little sucker!

What a cutie pop


Her birthday is in the height of summer and this year Mother nature put on a show of over 40degrees again. But that didn't seem to phase the kids at all. And the best party tip that I learnt from this party was that no matter what, we NEED to get a bubble machine. It was honestly like a snake charmer for kids. They couldn't get enough of it.

Hello 2012. We are pleased to meet you

Happy new year everyone. I hope this is everyone's best year yet. Our family got a very special chance to go away to Margaret River in the first week of the year and it was a great trip. Here is some photo's of the adventures we had. (Also we have hidden a tiger in some of the pics so see if you can spot him!)

On our way 

 To yummy to drive past. Their chorizo is the best I have ever had

The official driver (because I was the official drinker!)

The ashy landscape after the fires in Prevelly. It was quite eery and yet beautiful at the same time.

 Cool sculptures at the hedge maze place

Ready to be challenged by the hedge maze. This place was so much fun. Can't wait to go back there on our next trip. The maze itself was a good test too - definitely not too easy. 

Having a rest in the maze. We were lost!

A play at the icecreamery

Plus milking the fake cows. So cute and funny.

I have some more photos but will put them in another post.
Did you spot Mr tiger in the photo's?

the rest of December and 2011

Phew we finally made it. I had planned to post a blog every couple of days over December, but the month was out of control. So here are some pics of our December

the boys did some "boating"

Some cool off swims at a friends house

Passing out sitting upright

Putting reindeer food out on Christmas Eve

All the magic of Santa

Fancy feasts with cousins

Awesome Christmas day fun

Followed by more present madness

Passed out in the car before we made home

Getting dressed up for more celebrations



Such a pretty petal.





Cooling off in the paddle pool

falling asleep mid action man play

Finishing off the year with Camping-our-way. Also known as pitching the tent in airconditioned loveliness!

Day eight - and some serious restraint needed

Day 8 - on our advent and today is "decorate a gingerbread house"

I purchased the kit from Ikea. Even though some might think it is cheating - I honestly don't think the bother of it all is worth it in the end. The fun part is the decorating.

So much FUN

This will probably only last 24hours in our house - but eating it is the 2 most fun thing about the whole task. I will me meditating in the corner so that I don't join in on eating all that sugar. Wish I was a kid again, don't you?

Day 5 and Day 6 and then Day 7

Day 5  - we got "go out and see Christmas lights" This was perfect because Clint and I had slightly overdone it in the exercise department and we were feeling a bit sorry for ourselves. So we took the kids to a new local playground and then grabbed some takeaway (thank goodness Macca's does salads) and went driving around the neighbourhood. Later that night mother nature put on her own light show so the kids camped out in our room.

Lucy gave this house a score of 4

Then she gave this house a score of 100

this house only got a 3 because she didn't understand it. Ha

This house is our family favourite

The whole light show is set to music which you can tune through your car radio!

Day 6 - Lucy has showed us that it's "have a picnic dinner at the beach". Mother nature has trumped us again and a big storm has rolled into town. The kids have agreed to hold onto that to use another day. I am very happy they are such flexible and understanding kids. I guess they realise that they won't miss out. Plus they probably figure they will camp in our room again tonight! Oh well we could all use an early night.

Mother nature let rip

Day 7 - play a Christmas CD. Love it. I'm thinking we will play it every morning instead of watching all the kids crappy stuff.

Hope the weather clears up so we can have some fun in the outdoors again!