My daughter turns 9

My beautiful girl turned 9 on Tuesday. She wanted to have milkshakes just with Mum after school. Of course Baby came along and had his own (boobah). She also had donuts. I bought her a few things she needed. I was very happy to see people treat her with respect. (Some people seem to forget children are people too). I can see my daughter maturing and growing up so quick.



We had dinner with the boys and then birthday cake at Nan's. She enjoyed her day.

My girl is having a couple friends over on Saturday to watch a DVD, eat and talk!

This week we met with the kids' school teachers. I am quite happy with the school overall. The kids are doing well and are happy. They will be moving to the new campus later in the year. It will be state of the art (worldwide standard). Should be interesting. They wont have classes but studios - more space for group work.

Foto Friday - My Boys Rock

Sustainable Living Festival

On Saturday we went into the city to check out the Sustainable Living Festival at Federation Square. We didn't stay long because my husband had an appointment (which fell through).


So I went again on Sunday just with J. (Now 5 months!)



Sunday was also the day of mourning for Black Saturday (Victorian bushfires).

Nicola Watson

Pixie Flap Hat

Secure?
Originally uploaded by inakid

My little boy looks a little worried here!
J wears pixie shaped flap hat in a thick blue yarn knitted quickly on 6mm needles. Feels lazy and lovely.

J is sitting up (for a second or 2!)

J has been growing up so quickly. He will sit very well supported and has just satrted sitting on his own though not for very long.

Myriad of faces

Last blue singlet in this cotton.





I love how many facial expressions appear on my son.



He can seem hiliarously happy to sad to curious to serious and even more in such a short time.

Two tone singlet

J crying
Originally uploaded by inakid

J has had his second cold ever courtesy of his 3 year old brother. He hasn't been sleeping as well as he usually does. But he seems to on the improve.

Handknitted two tone cotton singlet.

Just been thinking a lot( like others have) about the fires.

What was I doing last Saturday? (Feels like so long ago)
Hubby had promised to take the kids to see their cousins at his biological mother's house.
I couldn't take J in that heat. So he and I stayed home in the comfort of our air conditoned house as the mercury reached something crazy like 47.1 degrees.
It was comfortable (not to mention quiet). I noticed it was very windy also.
It wasn't until about 6,7,8 in the evening that I started to feel sticky from the heat.

Meanwhile the big kids and hubby were at his bio mum's. They were comforatble there. They then went to the beach nearby where it rained a little. When they came back the Hume Highway was closed off.

I heard about the fires but didn't realise their enormity til the next day and even now almost a week later I still can't completely comprehend this horrible tragedy.
Just to think people were struggling to survive, screaming as they burnt alive, witnessing loved ones do same or losing their homes. Its a horror scenario.

It makes me realise what's really important.

The closest fires to us would have been St Andrews just south of King Lake. Its really not that far.
Marysville is gone. We stayed in a beautifully built cottage in heavily wooded area in October 2007. That is now gone. Ash. We ate at their restauraunts. Enjoyed the tourist town which is now burnt to nothing. We wonder about the people we met there. Bruno's art gallery.
Our good friend used to live in Flowerdale. His uncle and aunty lost their home. We saw them on tv with some Aussie cricketers.

Our local doctor died in the inferno. He was trying to save his animals in Broadford.
I knew him very well. Though I only went to see him once for myself and once for my son, my husband often went there (mainly to get a sickness cert for work). And of course we saw him often outside the clinic. He was a friendly man who just loved his animals.

I know people in Beechworth. I have no idea how they are. I pray that they are safe.

Its just too close to home....
I can smell and see smoke now and hope that its nothing to worry about.

One

Tank with peace motif knitted in.
Thoroughbred for the main and Treliske organic merino for the peace motif.

Marysville - beautiful tourist town destroyed by fire

I have been upset by the bushfires that have occurred in Victoria
resulting in more than 100 deaths and much damage. Marysville has
all been destroyed. My husband and I went there in October 2007.

Such a beautiful place...

Another one

J cotton singlet
Originally uploaded by inakid

Yes, another cotton singlet.

Longings

J chubba
Originally uploaded by inakid

Nice thick sturdy longies for winter. (Sometimes I am organised!)
Not sure what the wool is as it was given to me without ball bands. Its about 10ply.