Our own piece of land

We're finally building!
Even though this has been in the works for a few months I haven't been brave enough to say it out loud. After many years we are finally building our own home. Even though it is not the 15 acres with a strawbale house that I envisaged it is a start and it will be ours.
Located just 3 minutes from the beach and in a gorgeous estate the parcel of sand you see in the picture is ours.
I will update the blog with how the build is going and hope you will join in on our joys.

Pay It Forward

The first three people to comment on this post will receive a gift from me, sometime within the next 365 days.

Who knows when it will turn up, or what it will be, but rest assured, it will arrive.

All you have to do is promise to make the same declaration on your blog, and send out gifts to three of your lovely readers.

Easy Peasy.

Happy New Year

Well New Year's resolution number 1 is to update my blog more often. No excuse really just slack!!
Well what will the new year bring. Well for a start we will be starting home education. I have been thinking about it for a long time and it seems that now is the year for action. I am hoping this blog will help share our joys and maybe even inspire others to take the plunge.
We were hoping to start the new year with approval to build a house but that has not happened. It is obviously not our time yet and we hope we will be able to keep renting where we are for another year despite the fact the house is on the market. Again we believe we will get what we need and if that means moving so be it.
Since we will be here a little longer I am going to keep adding productive fare to the garden. We currently have corn, pumpkin, cucumber, water melon, strawberries and a banana tree in. Will keep you updated as we plant.
I am always envious of my friend Belinda's Queensland jungle. She has a goal of 100 productive trees within the first year, she is half way there with 4 months till deadline. I hope she makes it. You can read her inspiring homeschool/garden blog here
So here's to a wonderful, fun filled, inspiring 2008. Hope to share the journey with as many friends and family as possible.

New Years Eve

We had a wonderful New year's eve down at the beach just the family. We are so blessed to live within a stone's throw a beautiful and safe beach. So this is what the kids looked like on the last day of 2007.

Lovely La la

Xander Man



Roh Boat



Pacie


The last sunset of 2007...DIVINE!!!

Slack I know!!

36 +1

I know I have been slack! Promised shots of the Medieval Carnival but Phil has been home because of rain so I have switched off. Absolute bliss!! Feeling recharged and ready to face these last weeks. So here is one photo I have managed to do..another belly shot.




Isn't it cute!! Almost a celebrity belly if it wasn't for all the stretch marks from the first 3 :)

Chicken Pox update
Well apart from a few lasting scabs X is all well again and back at school. So far no sign of it on Roh so I guess we were very lucky and have missed a second bout. This means Mikayla's party can go on this weekend and hopefully Roh's will follow next weekend. Then it is just Mikayla's Baptism on the 16th and all formal events will be over and I can get on with having this baby.

Car
Since Phil has been home we have been doing the legwork (well phone work) to get the loan for our car. HOORAY!! All seems to look positive and we should know by early next week if we have the loan. Then we have to pick a car that fits into our budget. I think we will go with Nagoya Motors in Sydney as they will deliver to us.
http://www.nagoyamotors.com.au/vsale.asp
We are getting a Delica and I am starting to get excited. This may actual happen.
In the meantime we will service and fix up the other cars. We will sell Daisy, the yellow one and keep Bob, the green one for future trips/dog etc.

So that is it for now. The sun is finally shining and will hopefully stick around for a while.
Off to buy the food and Roh's birthday presents.

4 sleeps till my baby turns 3!!!

Happy Birthday Mikayla!!

Today is M's 8th birthday. Man how time flies. The phone started ringing at 7.15am way before any of the kids were up but hey gotta say hello on a birthday. Unfortunately a school day but none the less a day of fun and attention. First up was a quick call in to Aunty Judy's for her present, (we gave hers to her yesterday since dad would be at work) then off to school for Happy Birthday songs and chocolate crackles to share.

One of the many calls for the day. This time Uncle Greg from Melbourne. What a lucky girl.

Both Nanna and Grandy and Mum and Dad gave M some new clothes for her birthday so we had a bit of a fashion parade tonight to show off the new duds. She looks soo grown up."sigh"

The outfit from Nanna and Grandy.

Top from Mum with pants from Nanna.

After a treat of sushi for dinner M had the ceremonial blowing out of the candles. Nothing like a birthday cake to top off a great day.

And sorry to those who have been waiting for updates. The house has been struck with the pox..chicken pox that is. I discovered them on Xander on Friday so between that and a weary mum I haven't had much time to blog. Just waiting for Roh to get them now. A website I found rated the chances of a sibling contracting them as a 9 out of 10 chance. So we may have to postpone parties again as the second wave erupts. Oh well what can you do??

Pox boy, fortunately or unfortunately he still feels great and is hating being cooped up all day in the house....note so is his mother :)

Sew Cute!

Little Jester.



The Medieval Carnivale is on in Balingup on August 25th and 26th.

www.balingupmedievalcarnivale.com.au

I thought I would dress Roh as a jester so had a go making him a costume this morning. So far just finished the hat and pants but I am so proud of it and I think it is groovy enough for him to wear all the time. Its made out of felted wool that I had left over from my nappy making days. I think I will make a vest to go with it and then add bells to the hat. I 'll post a finished pic when it is all done.
Such a cute model!


Jester becomes renaissance kid.


After playing with the vest I decided that he didn't have to be a jester at all but just a medieval kid. I think he looks sooo trendy. Wore the pants to school to pick up the others and heaps of people commented on them. Oh gloat!!!

This is a close up of a groovy stitch I did around the whole vest to add some detail. I love my sewing machine.A top view of the hat. This was my first attempt at a hat and it was surprisingly easy. Now I can make up a batch for summer.

So all in all a productive day.

Oh and I got my costume ready too. Using the dyed template of my wedding dress with the addition of a vest to cover the fact that it doesn't do up over my big belly :) Pictures of that another day!

Let's get started!

Well since blogs seem to be all the rage I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon. Yes mum I know I have always been a sheep :)
Since we are away from family I thought this might be a great way for them to keep in touch with the goings on at the Baudains' ranch.
So where are we..as of tomorrow I officially have 7 weeks to go with this pregnancy though I am quite sure that it will be at least 8.


A self shot of my "bump" not nearly as big as the others but certainly as active.

The house is nearly ready to accommodate the new arrival but there is still some serious cooking to be done.
Rain is keeping Phil home at least one day a week so I am putting him to good use. Today it was cleaning out the unwalk in robe. What a job..glad to say it is clean and organised and we discovered I have a huge stash of material. Will have to get onto converting it into presents and clothes.

The whopper from down under


This weekend we uprooted some of the winter potatoes we were experimenting with growing. Out of the gorgeous dark soil came this whopper weighing in at 516g. This is a pic of it next to a regular sized spud. Oh and they are Royal blue variety my favourite.

The boy with the hat

I think every boy has a photo of him naked with a cowboy hat on. Well today Roh gave me the chance to take such a shot. Not a cowboy hat though, one that Granny brought back from her trip to Argentina.
Can't wait for his 21st to bring that one out.