Autumn

  

Mothers Day Apple Picking

My request for Mothers Day was to go apple picking in the Blue Mountains, about an hour and a half drive away.  Bilpin is know for it's apples and there are orchards everywhere.  Pick your own had obviously been a popular activity in recent weeks and there was only one orchard open on the weekend, it grew the Pink Lady variety.   We were so lucky to get a beautiful Autumn day and had a great time walking up and down the rows of trees picking apples in the orchard.  It was interesting to see the difference between Harrison and Amelie's picking styles, Amelie was all about picking apples as fast as you can and Harrison was very careful to find the biggest and the most red apples!
We treated ourselves to a piece of homemade apple pie for dessert after our lunch at the cafe!
The Blue Mountains looked stunning with all the Autumn leaves and we had a fun afternoon exploring the Mt Tomah Botanical Gardens and playing in the Autumn leaves.
I had a wonderful Mothers Day with my Three Little Dickie Birds!

Ten on Ten: May 2014

"ten photos over ten consecutive hours on the tenth day of every month."

one / Rosy cheeks after cuddles in Mummy & Daddy's bed.

two / Getting ready for soccer.

three /Busted chewing on the bouncer straps!

four / Enjoying your soccer game, you scored 3 goals today!

five / Beautiful Autumn leaves on the walk home from soccer.

six / Lunchtime antics.

seven / Just chilling.

eight / Your arm is full of loom bands, we gave in to the craze this week and bought a loom.

nine / Bubbles to entertain your sister, you're such a thoughtful big brother.

ten / Off to our friends house for dinner.

Easter Craft

 I bought a pack of ceramic eggs with designs already printed on some of them and the others were blank.  I had intended on doing my own eggs but when I spotted this pack of eggs for a reasonable price I decided to take the easy option this year.  I also picked up a set of water colour paints for each child and we were good to go!

The kids had a great time using the water colour paints for the first time and painting each of their eggs with their own designs.  Harrison was concentrating really hard to stay within the lines and spent a lot of time on his eggs, whereas Amelie was super quick and trying to get through all of her eggs first!  I love how once they were lined up you could see how Harrison favoured blue, green, red and orange for his eggs and Amelie with pink, yellow, purple and blue.

The end result looks so lovely sitting in the centre of our dining table.

And because he's too little to paint his own eggs I had to include a photo of Finley's first Easter!