More pics of Sienna's Birthday

On Sienna's birthday she was not feeling well at all and just looked flat and unhappy the whole day. After everyone had left in the afternoon she told me her head hurt so I gave her some medicine and within 20 minutes she was laughing, happy and running around. I couldn't believe it. I kept checking her temp all day and she was fine but I knew she wasn't well. Here's a few more pics of her after everyone had left except for my sister Lisa.

No Donna Hay tonight!!!

Yesterday for dessert I thought the kids might like some "pie apple" (basically apple out of a tin) with their yoghurt. They both objected and didn't really like it very much so I thought that today I would make an apple crumble out of it and they would eat it that way. I also added a tin of peaches and looked up a recipe on line and made the apple/peach crumble. I spent a little while preparing it and it took 30 mins to cook, then cool down and it went into the fridge. At dinner time I zapped it in the microwave for 15 seconds just to warm it up again and served it with ice cream which mind you I had to make a special trip to the shops for after we arrived home from school. I was feeling very pleased with myself about the lovely dessert we would enjoy together. Well............. that's as far as it went.

James took one mouthful and nearly threw up and ran to the bin and spat it out. He went all red and teared up and starting crying. Umm... not what I expected as I really thought he would like it and then I calmed him down and he ate his ice cream and that was it. Sienna is sitting opposite him saying YUK in a sulky voice and then said "THIS TASTE LIKE DOG FOOD" to which I nearly spat out the crumble that was in my mouth from laughter. Since when has this 5 year old girl tasted dog food. We don't even own a dog and don't really know people with dogs. I happily sat there with my beautiful apple/peach crumble and ice cream and ate it and I thought it was delicious. After all my hard work this morning I certainly did not get the response I had hoped for. That quote about the dog food has to go in my word document I have with the kids quotes because you can never remember them and I type them up, put their age on it.

I'm actually a very good cook and it blew my mind that I got such terrible reviews from the kids about my apple/peach crumble but I don't take it personally......hey they are only 7 and 5 - what do they know!!!!

So I hope your evening meal goes down better than mine and that my story puts a smile on your face.

Sienna and Fluffy

Yesterday afternoon Sienna wanted to go for a swim even though it was a little bit windy and cold so got into her togs and before the swim she was playing with her chicken Fluffy. I love the way she hitches up the chicken on her hip and looks so comfortable. The chickens are a part of our life and we love them. We definitely still love getting 2 fresh eggs a day as well. I have sent this picture to two friends and they both commented on how grown up she looks.

Hidden Valley World

This morning I took the kids to a new park (not new, but new to us) which is about 30 mins drive away but it was totally worth it. They climbed, they slid, they scootered, they had swings on tyres and spun around and generally had a great time. The Brisbane City Council has really built some fantastic interactive parks for young children in the past 5 years and I'm going to be trying out a few more with the kids.

Coffee and Park afternoon

This afternoon we took a little drive to Samford (about 20 mins drive from home in what we consider here as the country). My sister and I had a quick coffee and the kids had a milk shake and it was all over in about 10 mins including ordering. Kids find cafe's boring so we finished our coffee and headed over to the park which was more fun for them. It was raining a bit so we only stayed for about 30 mins and headed home but the kids had a great time and it was nice to go for a little outing this afternoon even if it was a quick one.

Bedtime Books

Our bedtime routine is teeth first then I read a book to Sienna in her room and then I read a book to James in his room. I was pretty tired last night and hadn't taken my photo of the day yet so decided it had to be a picture of reading the books. As Sienna is more than willing to be in photos at the moment she seems to feature more often than James so I was trying to even it up so the photo of the day will be the one of James and I on the bed reading the book.

Naturally I still wanted a photo of reading to Sienna and since I had the camera out, the tripod, the expodisc (for the white balance) I set about to take the "reading books to my beautiful children" photos. Remember I have to set the camera on timer, check the focus point, press the shutter and run to get onto the bed and pretend to be reading before the shutter goes off. At one stage in Sienna's photo we had the book upside down and my glasses weren't even on. She was quick to point this out to me however I said "oh well, it's just for the photo and no one will ever know"....well right up until I put it on my blog that is.

Thank You Cards

After the kids birthday's I always like them to send thank you cards to family and friends for their presents. I always use a photo from the birthday and put some writing on it. This afternoon Sienna was writing her name on the back of each envelope so we can post them out. I love the way she is sitting on her legs....just so cute.