Election Baby

We love politics in this house. My husband and i are both political junkies and support opposite political parties ! Election night is always a high tension night filled with good food, good laughs and a lot of ribbing each other.

Eleanor was only a few days old when Julia Gillard become Australia's first female PM, and i am sure it is something we will tell her about when she gets older.
She got a "I Voted" sticker from the polling both and while i was tempted to take her photo out the front near all the election posters, i decided against it !

My husband joked that she was upset because she was with me when i voted for a certain party.



This post is part of Point and Shoot on FAT MUM SLIM

M & I

I love this picture of M and I , i took it yesterday after our picnic on the lounge room floor, while his little sister slept. It was so lovely to spend some quality mum and big boy time.

E is for Eleanor

I have just bought this for Eleanor's nursery. It was custom made for her by Kylie @ WallFry. And i love it so much.
Kylie was such a big help in getting the colours and style right to suit our little ones's room.

Funky Furniture From Fantastic

We are considering building in the carport on our company supplied house. We would just use heavy duty fly screen to make it an indoor/outdoor area. And so, i was looking for some cheap but cheery furniture to fill it. And i come across Fantastic Furniture
And they have these chairs with this funky pattern on them. Not at all what i was looking for, but none the less very cool.

Cute as a Button

I have just purchased this for Eleanor's nursery. It is from Clares Place
Can't wait to put it up.

What's going on today..... Gardening

Today, we are planning a day of gardening. It is chilly outside but the sun is shinning and my husband has the day off. So, thought we might get stuck in and use our green thumbs.
We live in a house supplied by the company my husband works for and as such, i refuse to spend to much money, time or effort on the place.
So , i have been buying beautiful pots to decorate the place with, we are currently planting Aussie Boomers (Syzygium australe Boomer PBR) which are a type of Lilly Pilly and make beautiful topiary trees in pots.

Native with non-invasive roots. Grows to 1.5 metres high x 1.5 metres wide. Can be shaped into any size or shape. Ideal for hedges, container planting, topiary or general garden planting. Makes a great specimen plant or a spectacular hedge. Dark green foliage topped with bronze/red new growth.

Info from Logan River Tree Farm

Aug to do...

This month i will try and....

~ Walk 5 times per week
~ Finish Eleanor's Nursery
~ Cut down my chocolate intake
~ Make healthier food choices (as per previous post)
~ Do much more housework
~ Organise E's Christening

Nursery Sneak Peak

A sneak peak at Eleanor's work in progress nursery....