Hot Air Balloon Mobile

I've recently finished Finley's hot air balloon mobile to hang above his cot.  I'm super pleased with the result as it certainly challenged my sewing skills!
Finley loves to watch the balloons float around as he goes off to sleep!

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!

The little things

I frequent our local church op-shop on a regular basis, there is always a bargain to be found!  It's only open on a Wednesday morning & the kids always ask at school/pre-school pick up, 'did you go to the op-shop today Mummy?'.  Harrison loves coming along for a rummage in the school holidays.

This Wednesday's haul was especially fruitful!  I had been on the look out for a few things & was happy to find a number of them this week.

Some Enid Blyton Faraway Tree books recommended to me by one of the Mum's at ballet.  I don't remember them from my childhood so I'm looking forward to reading them to the kids.

Cutlery just like my Nannie & Granadad had when I was a child.

A flower press, ready for a new craft project with the kids.

Cute books for our collection.

Baskets ready for our nature walks and market visits.

A mini picnic basket for Amelie as she'll collect anything and everything and loves to carry it around!

A cowboy hat for Harrison to go with his new cowboy tent, look out soon for a post on one of my latest craft projects!

Golden books that I had when I was a child.

Gem Irons just like Nannie had at her house, now to dig out a recipe to try making them!

THE BEGINNING

Welcome to my blog!

'Three Little Dickie Birds' is a place for me to share my passions in life: my family, photography, crafting and cooking.

I'm a descendant from the Dickie family and thought it was appropriate to name the blog after the loves of my life - my children (my three little Dickie birds!)

noun 1. dicky-bird - small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.

Join me on our adventures as a family whilst living abroad in Sydney, Australia.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the posts.  Please feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts.

Happy New Year!

Natalie x