Heart Felt

Fluttering

Today was a perfect day for putting on ones butterfly wings and fluttering in the summer breeze.




Sadie can be very theatrical...




Spreading her wings.....




Beautiful butterfly girl.....

2 weeks old

Oscar, originally uploaded by Heart felt.

Picnic tea party

These were taken last week while we were enjoying some sunshine.  Sadie wanted to have a tea party while Charlie wanted to have a picnic.  As a compromise we had a 'picnic tea party' on the front lawn.  

Honestly ~ I think we may have one of the best views in the Wairarapa Valley ~ it's a view that changes everyday and it up lifts my soul every morning when I get up to start my day.....it's just stunning. xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking back ~ December 2008

Some of my favorite memories from this time last year. xx 


Charlie's 3rd birthday party (my baby boy has grown up so much in 1 year!)




Sadie in awe of the Christmas lights.




Charlie cutting down the Christmas tree (poor Morgan Bear abandoned in the background)




Sadie with her Kewpie doll




Charlie and Sadie in summer grass on Christmas Day




Tora Coast








Raspberry picking

Heart Felt Spring in New Zealand

Heart Felt Spring in New Zealand, originally uploaded by Heart felt.

A celebration of photographs from my favorite season ~ Spring. xx

Checking the mail box

We live down a long drive. It's a nice and interesting walk down to the end where Charlie enjoys checking the mail box. We always find interesting things on the way.


The chickens thought they might like to come too.




Sadie can't resist stopping to pick some flowers on the way.






Badger the dog leading the way.



Rambling roses down the drive are in flower ~ future rose hips in the making.

 


Collecting pine cones found on the drive.

 


At the letter box at last! What's inside?

A big 'thank-you'

Well, what a week!  Oscar has settled in very well.  He's proved to be a good sleeper and has been excepted by Charlie and Sadie with lots of love into the family.  Charlie informs me he wants to be a baby again and Sadie has taken the role of my 'little helper' ~ helping with bath time, changing diapers and washing dishes. 

Ian and I have been over whelmed with your kind comments, emails and gifts ~ and we want to thank-you all for your best wishes and kindness.  Even though I haven't replied to every email and comment ~ we do appreciate and treasure every single one. Thank-you so much. xx


Me and Oscar ~ looking a bit tired, but feeling very happy.....




My peaceful little sleeper




Having a snuggle with Grandma....




Having a nibble at Grandma's ear....worth a try....




My clothes line ~ everyday.....

New Arrival

Baby Oscar born in the early hours of Friday morning ~ 20th November. All is well with mother and child. Normal delivery with no complications. They are now settling in at home with Charlie and Sadie helping out.

Biding my time

Yes, I'm still sitting here in one piece 'officially overdue'.  The kids and I have been biding our time at the river.  Not quite warm enough to go swimming yet, but somehow throwing stones into the river always turns out to be a paddle and then next thing you know it they are in ~ clothes cast a side.......  I suppose it's a nice place to sit and wait ~ but we are all getting anxious now. xx

Painting, mixing and printing

This week the kids and I started a little painting project.  I wanted to concentrate on mixing colors and introduce some basic printing techniques.

First we started off with blue and yellow paint and we mixed it to a green.  Charlie then pressed a clean piece of cardboard over the top of his painting to make a simple print.  He produced about twelve various prints by using this simple technique.





Today we continued with Sadie's choice of color, she wanted purple.  So we mixed blue and red together to make purple paint.  Abandoning his paintbrush, Charlie found it easier to mix the colors with his hands.














We produced some lovely paintings, prints (and mess).  Our next step will be to cut our prints into greeting cards and different shaped decorations for Christmas.




 
They had a lot of fun ~ but the clean up can sometimes be just as fun as the mess making.