~ last week ~

1.  The windflowers are beautiful even when they're dying

2.  When he's not writing and drawing he's playing cars - the go-to toy ever since he was tiny.

3.  Cooler mornings mean our windows end up like this - great opportunity for more drawing.

4.  Beautiful afternoon autumn light

5.  I won a stickygram competition with this shot (hooray).  I've ordered my magnets (made from my instagram shots - I've done some before and they're fab)...if you'd like some they are $2 off with this code ( FRIEND0U01). (I get a little credit too if you do this!)

6.  Remember those lemons from last week?...we made lemon drizzle cake from the Perfect Cookbook and it was so yum that I didn't get any photos before we ate it all.  Next time I make it I'll take some shots and put the recipe up.

7.  More dahlias from my lovely neighbour. 

I'm joining in with  the lovely Em to share some bits of our week.
One more week until the holiday and a bit of a break from the routine... I can't wait.
What does your week look like?

♥

~ weekend wrap (and some amazing anemones) ~

And just like that, two weeks of holidays are over and we're getting back into the swing of packing lunches, running around to after school sports and forgetting which day is banking/library/sports day.

We've had sleepovers, movie nights, park days, bike days and a short holiday with the cousins. 
Lots of board games, totem tennis and crafting.  
I really enjoy the holidays and having everyone home but I do like to restore order when its all over. 
I always feel a little bit grateful at the end of the holidays that I don't homeschool and I get to send them off again.

{Still...its not too long til I have them all to myself again....we're lucky enough to be heading to Fiji in about 6 weeks. So even though its icy cold and we're lighting the fire every night there is some warmth at the end of the tunnel}

The sun peeked out long enough over the weekend to let some of the anenomes we planted around the roses finally show their faces.  Such lovely, bright colours - very welcome when the skies are so grey.

This week's all about re-establishing routines, restocking the pantry with regular foods (we go a bit silly in the holidays) and some of my stuff (boring stuff like paid work - we start the final round of school immunisations this week - lots of jabbing and hysterical teens).

What's your week looking like?



♥

~ whimsical windflowers ~

Completely in love with these at the moment.
Happy wordless Wednesday

Linking with  my little drummer boys.

 ♥