Project 5- re use jewelry

Somewhere along the way I seem to have amassed an impressive collection of necklaces, most of them chunky bead things that get a little lost in the drawers.

Lost no more, thanks to a handy $7 investment at Target, I can see all my jewelry. Yay! Now I can see it, I even manage to wear it sometimes. Other times it gets pulled off by curious children.

Rockpools

This wasnt this weekend....Going to visit Nana is always such fun with rockpools n beach. Even when it's 15 degrees....

Rainy day entertainment

There's nothing quite like a cardboard box is there.

A great teacher

A morning lesson in working the remote controlled car. What a sweet brother.

Bianca's first birthday

Just a little cake to celebrate. She took to cake like a duck to water.... I had wanted to do a "house" cake for years and figured that I better get in before she had an opinion about it. I had originally planned to use freckles on the roof but someone ate them.........and it was just 3 adults and kids eating it, so I stayed small. I am particularly pleased that I managed to get Freddo frog in to it. I also found a tip for icing cakes, freeze it for a bit, makes it easier to cut n ice. heaps less crumbs get stuck in the icing I must say. Top Tip.

The best toy ever

We have had this for 2 years and all of the kids use it pretty much daily. I read somewhere that it is the number one selling car in the US. I can see why. All three of them fight over it's use. You can stack two kids into at once if they're small enough and once they're bigger, one can ride on the outside in the luggage rack. It's fabulous. I ummed and arhhhed for ages before buying it as wasn't cheap but on a cost per use calculation, it must be the best value toy we have. Yay to the Little Tikes car.

Toby's u tube cake

Here it is. I'm not sure why Jake looks so worried. Toby chose this cake months before the actual day and unlike Jake who liked to change his choice of cakes on a daily basis, Toby stuck to his guns. It was a super easy cake to make although I must say having a u tube tutorial to follow was rather handy. Thanks Tobes.