Eye Spy...A morning ritual

OK I'm well late with this one, but here I go anyway :p

Co-sleeping with our little man means my morning's pretty much start the same everyday... generally it involves having him climb onto my head to let me know he's up! Occasionally I get a kick to the head but these aren't as common as they used to be (thank goodness!). Lately he's started clapping his hands when we wake up which is very cute. Either way he wakes us, I still cherish this time as I know there will come a day when he's not going to be caught dead cuddling with his mum in the morning anymore. And I will be sad. And possibly even miss those kicks to the head... :p For right now, even amongst the strewn DVDs and opened cupboards with contents emptied on the floor, life is bliss and I wouldn't want it any other way :)

Thanks to 3 Red Buttons for choosing this week's theme and of course to Cindy for hosting.

Eye Spy...a magical elixir

This has been the week for magical elixir's in this house. I've had a cold now for more than a week and I've had my share of magical potions in the form of nasal sprays, steam rooms, raw green beans, panadol, echinacea and vitamin C lozenges... It seems if you say you are still breastfeeding you walk away from the pharmacy with paracetamol - woo hoo! Or go crazy with some nurofen!!! That always does NOTHING to stop your nose running or coughing when you have a cold... :( Tempting to take my obstetrician's advice when he said 'just don't tell the doctor you are pregnant or breastfeeding when you have a cold as they way are too cautious, and the pharamacist is even worst. Call my office and I'm sure we'll say it's OK to take'. It was certainly tempting...

But I think last night and today was when the 'special big guns' potions were administered - Bec made a really yummy chicken and spelt pasta vegetable broth - didn't that soothe the soul? It was excellent. And then this morning Kym got Jett up and let me sleep in for an extra hour, and then made me some freshly stewed figs, strawberries and raspberries with porridge. Double yay! I can feel myself getting better already.

Soon I will be back to my daily maintenance program of fruit smoothies, earl grey tea and lots and lots of chocolate!

Thanks to Amy for picking this cool theme and of course to Cindy for hosting - head on over to her site to play along.

Eye Spy... a new development

Walking hanging on with only one hand... ta da!

What a super (and somewhat appropriate) theme for my return from the Whitsunday's back to blogland. So many new developments happening in our household...Almost walking, improved language skills (OK, I'm counting the 'UH OH' he has recently started saying), the lie on your back tantrum...

Jett also had his first birthday party last weekend which apart from my panic-stations with his pirateship cake (I had a moment last Saturday where I thought it best I stop and put it in the fridge to harden and get Kym to help when he was home from work), was a raging success - even if my attempt at pass the parcel proved a little long (with too many items wrapped up for short attention spans!)...

I still can't believe he's already one. Where did the time go??? He isn't walking yet, but these last few days have really seen him gain confidence and even attempt the 'one handed walk'. Very proud mother I am :D And how awesome is the ladybug he's holding onto in the picture? Thanks Bec! One of the many new toys Jett got for his birthday...

But now it's late and I'm too tired to go into details of the party and our recent mini-break - that's for another post. Tonight it's all about new developments :P

Thanks to Christina for picking such a great theme and head on over to Cindy's blog to play along.

Eye Spy... something beautiful in my backyard (OK... and a few more goodies again!)

I don't really have anything 'beautiful' in my backyard. As I've mentioned before we're not really gardening folk here in this household. My mum is a brilliant gardener and we've had many a plant have a visit to Grandma's house for a little TLC and come back to my house looking radiant... only to have them need another visit a couple of months later. I'm not sure what I do to them??? This is about as beautiful as it gets. One of the few hardy plants that flowers. But our backyard is fairly low maintenance... as you can see. However in front of this great tree is soon to be Mr Jett's new swingset he's receiving for his first birthday next week from his Nanna. But shh, it's a surprise!
If you'd like to play along with Eye Spy visit Cindy's blog and thank you to beyond pink and blue for picking this week's theme.

What's sure to be the first of many, Jett had a lovely pressie come in the mail today from the lovely Jen. How cute is it? He's already made himself at home in this house.And I even received a little package myself in the mail. I've mentioned before how much I love Hayley from RE Read's aesthetic and well... I couldn't resist this little purse for myself. How cute is it??? Love the little owl button sewn in. Hayley was even kind enough to include this awesome 'She breathed' button as an extra gift! Yay! Thanks so much! I love it! As they say on The Castle, 'It's going straight to the pool room' (well in my case, perhaps just the spot for my favourite buttons in the sewing room, but you get my drift!).

Eye Spy...something that makes me laugh

What a great theme this week by Anja at Drobtinice!


I know I'm a day early but thought it was perfect timing after being shown a very funny video on You Tube by my brother-in-law. It's a little crude but is pretty damn funny, and it really gets stuck in your head - it's called 'Jizz in my Pants'. Yes you read that right - I just wrote 'jizz' on my blog... :P Have I sunk to new levels??? Great Pet Shop Boys influence/piss take.

There are two others that were pretty funny sketches/songs from Saturday Night Live - the links are here and here. The titles sound a lot more offensive than they actually are - all they are are song clips with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in them doing a skit. The cast they got to do the Ben Affleck one is pretty impressive - Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Macy Gray, Huey Lewis, Good Charlote, etc etc. If you are offended by the 'F' word than perhaps these videos are better left unclicked, but that's about as bad as they get. Don't worry, I would never EVER put anything that was actually pornographic on my blog, let alone encourage people to click it!!

So last night and today, these made me laugh! I think I may have just 'outed' myself with my sense of humour and I hope you don't think any less of me!!! At my last work, I think I may have been the person who 'would go there' when noone else would... But I'm all out for someone taking the piss a little - I am married to a chef after all so it does take a bit to actually offend me!

One of my favourite movies is Zoolander and it will always make me laugh - still! This is only one of the many scenes I love in this movie!

And of course the boys from the Might Boosh - always gets me laughing.

I'll finish with a video from my favourite TV show, Scrubs. This show always makes me laugh!

Gotta love You Tube :D

Head on over to Cindy's site to play along.

Eye Spy... a burst of colour

Eye Spy a lone blue flower in my garden. Nestled amongst a patch of little yellow flowers and many many weeds (again... I don't have a green thumb to know the correct names of these flowers!), this little flower caught my eye when wandering around our garden with Jett this morning. Since having Jett there are so many bursts of colour throughout our house (toys, swings, playpens etc!) that I needed to get outside to notice my rare burst of colour.

Thanks to Flossy-P for choosing this weeks theme, and also to Cindy for hosting the Eye Spy. Head on over to Bugandpop to join in.

Eye Spy... something in my garden

So this is my first Eye Spy! I just want to say thank you to Curly Pops for picking this weeks theme, and also to Cindy at Bugandpop for hosting the Eye Spy.
I love this tree in my garden, not that I know what it is called. I keep thinking it's a poinsettia but I'm pretty sure it's not. I don't have a green thumb, and to be honest if you get up close and have a look at our garden you'll see it really needs some TLC. All the rain we've been having lately is causing it to go a bit nuts, and this tree in particular is in desperate need of some pruning (is that what you call it??). But I love the pretty red flowers it drops on the lawn - they remind me that Summer is here. I'm also a fan of the big palm next to it. Before I moved up here I always thought of balmy weather and palm trees when I thought of Queensland, so it's pretty cool to know I have one in my very own backyard.

I had to include this pic of the oregano in my herb garden - the weather lately has also caused it to really spread and I think it looks very lush.
Friday night saw my extended family, Mr J, and I attend Carols by Candlelight. With early evening thunderstorms forecast we decided to risk it anyway. We were there only 1 hour before we were rained out. But the carols themselves were pretty funny, if maybe a little lame. The 'host' of the evening was definitely a Jack Black from 'School of Rock' wannabe... which my sister and I found pretty hilarious. He had the same moves, held onto those high notes a little too long, tried to get the audience to 'rock' and at one point even referred to the females in the choir and the females in audience as 'the ladies'. If nothing else, he gave us a great laugh :P

Sunday we also had our family pre-Christmas party where all the kiddies had lots of fun opening presents. And the grown ups consumed some great finger food and of course some much-needed drinks. My couple of glasses of Piper went down way too easily...




Here's a couple of pics of some of the food brought by everybody. There's some bruschetta, little sausages with zucchini, olives, goats cheese and tomatoes, some buttersnap bikkies with caramel (thanks Bec, these were one of my favourites as a kid - who am I kidding, as an adult too!), and some mini trifles. Needless to say I think we all needed a little nap afterward :P