to Trick or Treat or Treat to Trick?

Halloween.......how I love it!! And why do it I love...........cause I get to go silly + decorate my house + dress my kids up + make fun invites!! So we had held another party at our house last night. They partied hard from 6pm to 8.30pm..........they ran around like crazy, they got wet from bobbing apples + sticky in the face from the jelly eating comp! We fed + watered them + filled them up with sugar + then sent them home!! All 24 of them...........9 couldn't make it!! I didn't mind!!.........lol

The Joker.

Do you love his green hair? How important was it to have

green hair............very important!!! His eyes lit up when I

mentioned that I needed to add food colouring to his

hair to give him the complete look! It got a bit

messy!!

Shopping bags make the best ghost!!

Welcoming party sits on canvas I made for last years party.

Jelly eating comp!!

Ghost on arrival at front door.

Ruby apple bobbing. And she went as a

Cheerleader this year! How easy was her

outfit!!

Had fun making up wee displays. Not alot of choice in NZ

for Halloween.......but we made it work!!

Girls just wanna have fun!!

My massive web............this was fun!!

Waiting for lolly scramble!! Nothing like sending kids home

filled with sugar!!

The spooky hallway!!


Do you notice there is 1 thing missing?

I have a child missing!

I got no photos of him in his outfit.

But little does he know I will be making him

put his outfit in again so I can get a wonderful photo of

him in his Mad Hatter get up.

There was a bit of confusion for his outfit. He told

me he wanted to go as the Mad Hatter but not the Mad Hatter from

Alice + Wonderland.............der.......the Mad Hatter from Batman!!

But hey he looked cool as the Mad Hatter!!

I hope you enjoyed the party as much as we did!!??

can we go on an adventure?

the sun was high, the togs were discarded, the mood was right, the bags were packed + the food was prepared!!


The trio set off on their adventure to the back of the farm.........armed with goodies + the camera of course!! So I take no responsibility for what you are about to see on this adventure.

It starts with one girl taking on the whole world!!

And one boy who dared to share this adventure with 2 girls!! And I'm guessing his sister told him to pose like that!!


Of course there always has to be two fair maidens!!

But sometimes one can be a bit feisty ............and claim her brother ditched + left them behind!!.........lol.......love a bit of drama to the story!!

They passed The One Pine Tree on the track.

And discovered......... a hidden creek.

So last weeks puddles!!

Often you meet travellers at the cross road.

Sometimes you might discover roaming animals.............can you see them?

And these's always a couple of characters along the way passing the time chewing some grass by the barn!!

And after a long walk from the big hill at the back of the farm the adventurers arrive home safely...........needing fresh supplies!!

lunchtime meeetings

to discuss what we will do these holidays..............resulted in the 'Idea Jar'!!

Have to admit I saw this on a blog last week so I must give credit but I can't remember who the blog belonged too (um yes hanging out on a lot of blogs lately......fun!)........ but I do know it was a Aussie blog!! So yes loved the idea + decided this would be great for my kids!!

So the kids wrote down all the things they would like to do in the hoildays.............but there is a but!! They had to pick things they could do around home...........I do believe there is a 'Adventure Jar'......... which includes day trips etc. but for now we are just doing the 'Idea Jar'!!

So now the jar is filled with their little ideas...........for example ......... chalk drawings, do some baking, play a board game of your choice + playstation for 20mins............my suggestion on the time limits for certain things!!

Ruby can't wait to pick a idea out + Finn is hoping for his idea 'play rugby'!! It will be interesting to see how this little idea pans out!!

So today our farm was filled with sunshine + everyone went out to play, skip, run, yell + yelp!!! And I got loads of washing done!! What a difference when that sun shines + warms your face!! It made me so happy today!!

One thing I love about school holidays.........is the late nights I can have!! Last night I watched a French film till 12.30 + then read my book set in Italy till 1.30..........infact finished it! So I felt rather travelled before closing my eyes!! Oneday I will go back!

I'm having a few people over tomorrow so I hope the sun shines down on us!!

celebrating 10!

Finn turned 10 on the 19th! 10 years......wow where did that go!!

It was a big weekend. Bowling on the Saturday, sleepover with 3 others, dvd, outside in the rain playing ball games + then tunnel crawling in the mud!! It was lots of fun + man can those 10yr old boys eat!!

love this pic of Taidhg..............he had such a good time bowling + was on the adults team + bet me!!

And the cake!! Finn wanted a rugby field. How easy was that!! I was feeling rather overwhelmed with tiredness by mid morning Sunday (told boys to be quiet at 1am + then they were awake at 6.45am) that I forgot to take a pic of cake without candles...........doesn't look as good with candles in. Tasted yum too!!

I made Finn 'Bart Simpson' themed invites. It was like a postcard...........pic on front + info on the back. Simple!!

just a little 'yay' its taken me all week to post this post!! Thank goodness its the last day of term tomorrow.............so looking forward to the hols!!

ps. can you believe it yesterday I was putting the wheelie bin out in the snow + collecting mail!!

I had a great time all by myself!! Snow in my hair + on my face!!

spontaneous

after a few weeks of kids vomiting I was getting a bit of cabin fever!! Which resulted in a bit of a grumpy mummy!! So I felt a bit bad for being the 'grouch' all weekend long + surprised the kids with a afternoon tea party after school. I made little name cards + wrote letters to each of them.

I got the bubbles + moustaches from Elise's blog........a pdf file she shared back when they celebrated thanksgiving. I used the bubbles on Taidhg's birthday invites back in Dec + have used them again on Finn's invites recently.

um yeah notice the lack of home baking......... didn't I mention the word 'spontaneous'

it was fun afternoon...........letters, donuts, moustaches + a teapot filled with juice!!

I saw 500 Hundred Days of Summer last night..............wow wow wow..........I love it!!.........yeah did I love it!!

and then there was silence!!

we are having way too much fun!!! :)

It's Friday isn't?

So tonight I look forward to blobbing on my sofa eating my chocolate bar by myself once the kiddos are tucked up in bed!!

long week this week.............my kids are dragging their butts out of bed everyday!! Its hard to get up at 7am every morning after having 3 weeks of sleepins!! Today felt like Friday all day!! So why I aren't I making homemade pizza or burgers??

Got some pics developed today............so hoping to get a scrap on as the I just got this mths Jenni B kit..........her kits are magic!!

new camera

I love my canon a lot but sometimes I get sick of lugging it around with me like a baby bag...........so for about year I have wanted a smaller camera so I could carry in my handbag......less bulk is good sometimes!!...............so as we left fiji on Monday I checked some cameras out in the duty free section (since we didn't buy anything on the way to fiji??).......and i picked up this wee baby

Olympus Australia Digital Cameras Digital SLR Digital Lenses xD Cards - FE-4030 details

I got it in pink!! The features are fantastic............I guess what sold for me was the extra features likes fish eye, pin hole, pop art + drawing. I have only had a little play with it so far + here a few pics I took today with it so far.

this is the pin hole feature..........giving you the vintage look

the fish eye feature............not a great pic as the chooks kept moving

The draw feature............this is pretty cool too!!

and finally the pop art feature...........chooks featuring again!! Very bright!!!

I can't wait to get some better photos + print them out..............I don't have photoshop + I'm so not techno..........so these new features are great for me!!

help its freezing here today...............wishing I was here right now...........................

BULA!!

I have just had the most amazing 10 days away in Fiji with my family...........it was heaven on earth............I didn't want to come home........I felt very sad leaving the Island yesterday + saying goodbye to all my new friends...............and then today to fly into a cold Auckland + a even colder Taranaki.

We went to Plantation Island...............its amazing............everyone is so friendly + there is so much to do. I just can't say enough about it!! I want to go back NOW!!

lots of lazy days!

lots of swimming in 1 of the 3 pools on offer!!

lots of hanging with goofballs!!

lots of flower wearing!

lots of silly photos with my girl!

a few cocktails each night!!

and to end the perfect days.............amazing sunsets!!


you can understand why I want to go back!!??