Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Today...


Four days of solo-parenting with Paul away on a work trip meant slow and simple days for us girls over the weekend.  We had a few morning outings to parks and duck ponds, ate meals consisting mostly of left-overs and allowed ourselves the luxury of a few much needed sleep ins.

As for today, Tuesday is normally Grace's kindy day and my grocery/errands day.  However, having caught her sister's cold overnight, my big girl has spent most of the morning resting on the lounge with Sophie running around creating mess and chaos next to her.  I've ignored the house that looks like a bomb has exploded in it and focused on the lovely parts of my day instead.  Here's a few snapshots...



I've been taking some photos of Sophie's nursery for an upcoming post and am debating which colour to paint the wooden 'S' in the photo above.  I'd like to pick out one of the colours in the sweet mini-bunting hanging below it... but which one?  Any suggestions?



These two have played relatively well together considering we've been cooped up indoors due to it being a dreary day with on and off showers (not that I'm complaining as my vegetable patch will be very thankful).  There's been play dough sessions, a Happyland village created, puzzles and dress-ups.



I have been pouring over my recently purchased patterns, looking over out pieces and trying to decipher the list of materials needed.  I'm hoping to pick up some fabric tomorrow from Spotlight so I can get stuck into sewing very soon.  However, I'll have to master the skill of inserting a zip... or perhaps find a simpler pattern...

And now, with Sophie napping (hopefully) and Grace having a lie-down, I'm off to take tonight's tea out of the oven (shepherd's pie), make myself a cuppa and catch up on what's been happening in everyone else's worlds...

14 comments:

  1. I hope you all feel better soon, sounds like your managing quite well without the Mr but we wont tell him that :)
    I love the nursury art it looks so pretty, Id paint the S red or pink.

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  2. Hopefully Grace is back to her regular self again very soon. Sounds like a relaxing weekend Amanda, even with Paul away. I am looking forward to this coming weekend and hopefully a bit of sun as I need to get some bulbs in (very late) and my vegie patch sorted :)
    xx

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  3. You have a lovely blog. I like the olive green in the bunting ....

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  4. What a beautiful space! I would go towards the coral (ish) colour. Shepherds pie craving just developed. Hope wellness comes to you and yours. Xx

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  5. I think red. That mini bunting is very cute.

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  6. The nursery wall looks so pretty. I would go completely different and pait the S a sunshine yellow xo

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  7. I think the pale blue for the 's' would look lovely. x

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  8. I think a red a few shades darker than the darkest of the butterflies would look nice.

    I hope Grace's cold passes quickly. So many germs around at the moment!!

    Good luck with the sewing :)

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  9. So much better to have those slow days when solo parenting. Not too overwhelming.

    I love that wall in Sophie's room. I actually don't mind the S as is, as it ties in with the owl hoop frame and the bunting.

    I have been meaning to make a Shepherds pie too but no one here likes mashed potato so it will just be the mince & veggies xx

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  10. Mini bunting!! Squee!! I think that red will add a nice punch of colour, but if you wanted to keep it softer, that pinky-apricot colour would also work well. But seriously, I don't think you can go wrong with whatever colour you choose! Will look divine! Sorry to hear Grace is sick, I am at the moment too! There's a lot of it going around!

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  11. I like the craft colour the S already is!! x

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  12. Sorry to hear Grace is now under the weather. We are STILL all sniffly and coughing.....ugh!!! Over it!
    Love that photo of the girls playing playdough. So sweet to see them interacting and 'really' playing these days.
    Sending lots of love xx

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  13. oh, poor little bug. we've had sickness in these parts too; I was up almost all night last night with a darling Hamish whose temp was hovering just above 40 deg. Still smiling though, bless him :) Sophie's nursery looks gorgeous! I'd go a bright sunshiney yellow :) xx

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  14. I love seeing little ones playing together so beautifully and play dough is so much fun, one of my favourites. I hope everyone is feeling much better now, this time of year is so hard to escape sickness. I think your collection of framed pictures are beautiful as for a colour for the letter I think the aqua colour is very pretty:) xx

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