I am excited because...

1). On Monday Jess, Beka and I went to Woden to do clothes shopping. Afterwards we had lunch at McDonald's; we sat down at a table and about thirty policemen had their lunch only a few tables behind us ~ we felt very secure! Afterwards we went to the Chemist and I had my ears pierced. I was so nervous! When the lady put the gun to my ear I tensed myself and then she realised that the earring container was broken, so she had to get another packet. Bother! I wasn't prepared for it when she did do it. Though it didn't hurt too much and my ears are feeling normal again.

2). Yesterday my flute arrived in the mail (it is an early birthday present - Dad and Mum bought if but I put all of my birthday money towards it plus some of the money Kevin kindly gave my parents). It is so shiny and new, I love it! (I would put up a photo but I am having trouble with my camera at the moment - Hopefully I can soon)

3). This afternoon we four girls are going ice-skating with some friends and after we are having dinner out.

Lily's Word

Lily is a very studious girl {as you may have seen on my last post about her} and I am trying to get it into her head to put the letters I have taught her into words. The first one I was successful with was "Moo" and you only knew it was a word if you were told first, as it was rather scribbly. So the second one she came up with I took a picture of because I was very impressed with what a three year old can do, if she is feeling compliant.

A Trip to the Optometrist ~ and the result!

Last week Dad, Mum and Rob went to the Optometrist, as they had all been having various problems with their eyes. Today they got their glasses and I couldn't resist taking a photo of them all, they looked so good!

I didn't think Rob could get more dashing than he already is...

...But he certainly can!

Beading Up-dates

I just thought I would show all of my readers some of the beading creations I came up with a few weeks ago...


Mauve balls.


Deep red balls.


Red leaves.


Heart hoops.


And a bunch of bracelets, hair-pins and earrings.

On Being Studious...

Lily was sent to bed last night, and when checked on she was found with a blue pen, drawing on her leg. On closer inspection, we saw that she had not only been drawing, but was being diligent by writing out her lessons ~ on her leg.


Amidst the scribbles, you might be able to distinguish a few m's and A's.
(She didn't know we were taking a photo of her leg)



She was happy to pose for this one.

Helping Hands

This morning Robert and Lily wanted to help out with the jobs by hanging out a load of washing. When we went out to see how they were doing, it was too cute to miss taking photos of and blogging about. Rob would take an item out of the basket and Lily would pass him a peg, Rob would stand on the stool and hang it on the line. Lily would also take a peg and hang it on the bottom of the clothes already on the line.They continued like this until it was done.

Tagged!

I was tagged by Arianna & Nikki to write 50 random things about myself. It may get a little boring but just bear with me! Oh, and I would love to see the answers of Bethany, Carla and Suzanne. And by the way, this is my 100th post!

1. I am a christian

2. I am in the beginning stages of becoming a flautist

3. I have 6 brothers and 5 sisters

4. I have 19 cousins on Mum's side and 1 on Dad's

5. I love watching movies and reading books

6. Ice skating is my all time favourite!

7. I live on a ten acre property with my family

8. My favourite desserts are: Mars bar Cheesecake & Caramel Tarts

9. I am tall for my age (I am 14 yrs old and 5'7)

10. Last month I was told that I looked Irish. Weird!

11. I love playing table tennis and cricket

12. My favourite name for a girl is Alice
13. My favourite name for a boy is Harry

14. My favourite movie is Bleak House

15. I have 3 pen-pals (they are also email-pals)

16. I find myself getting carried away with the fun of blogging. I love it!

17. My favourite books are: 'Stepping Heavenward' and 'Jane Eyre'

18. I like to wear nail polish

19. My favourite old-time singers were the 'Carpenters'
20. My favourite piano piece to play is 'Canon in D'

21. I like the 'Nancy Drew' movie and the 'Hardy Boys' comics

22. I'm finding it really difficult finding things to write down!

23. I bond easier with girls younger than myself

24. My favourite colours are blue & pink

25. My favourite book from the Bible is James

26. I love spending time with my Canberra cousins

27. My favourite song is taken from Steven Curtis Chapman's album 'Cinderella' ~ called 'You Are Being Loved'

28. I have 4 relatives who also have blogs: my cousin, grandmother, mum and sister

29. Until I was 11 years old I didn't have a younger sister

30. I love shopping for beads

31. It is March and I still don't have a calender in my room

32. I suffer from aqua-phobia

33. I share a room with two of my older sisters, Jess and Beka, and my younger sister, Lily

34. I cook dinner twice a week ~ tonight I'm making a roast lamb with roast potato and pumpkin and gravy. Yum!

35. When I turn 15 I'm allowed to get my ears-pierced

36. I like stone fruit

37. I have only ever talked to two friends on the phone

38. I have size 9 shoes

39. Next term I'm going to be doing a photography course, and after that I hope to be able to get hold of a canon 350 or 450

40. I do Regency Dancing and love it!

41. I like working with beads

42.I am very tight with money
43. I don't like keeping diaries, apart from one that I got for Christmas I have never completed a diary ~ I'm not far into this one but I hope by the time I die it is full

44. This is my 6th tag

45. My birthday is on the 9th of May

46. I'm starting to sound less energetic

47. I love playing Family Feud!

48. I prefer to take still photos rather than video footage

49. I love watching and reading fiction mysteries

50. I have had a ball of a time completing this ~ good luck to the 3 I tagged!!

Caramel Tarts

While we were away our Great Auntie Carmel showed us four girls how to make her popular caramel tarts. Today I gave them a shot and they proved to be such a success (though I do say so myself) that I thought I would share them with you. I highly recommend that you make them!
The method is very brief, but I hope you get it!

Pastry
125 gr (4 oz) margarine or butter
½ cup of Castor sugar
1 egg
1 cup s.r. flour
1 cup p. flour

Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg and fold in flours. Roll out very thin. Cut into circles. Lay in shallow patty pan tins. Cook for approx. 10 min on 180.

Caramel
1 large table spoon of butter
2 table spoon of golden syrup
1 tin condensed milk

Put all ingredients into small saucepan. Cook on medium heat stirring constantly for 3-4 mins. until mixture thickens slightly. Pour into pastry shells, refrigerate till set.

Enjoy!

Arianna's Necklace Giveaway

Arianna from Random Thoughts is celebrating her 100th post by giving away two beautiful hand-made necklaces. Check out her blog for more details!

Our time away...

At the beginning of February we traveled up to Queensland to be with Grandad in his last days. You can read about Grandad on Mum's blog.

We arrived at the house we were staying at on the 3rd after enduring a 15 hour drive. It was a wonderful two storey house on a working farm in Cudgen, with 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a large dining table big enough for our family and some amazing scenic views.

One very happy baby, ready to get out of the car.

This shot of Mt. Warning is just amazing!

Three little frogs...

...They were plentiful. This is one that managed to get into the house!

Kicking up the water!

"Look at my hat!"

At our Uncle's pool.

Briyana and I.

Rob was glad to be able to celebrate his 9th birthday up there.

Blog Award

Thank you, Suzanne for the blog award!



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Arianna
Arielle
Katie
Bethany
Tori
Nikki
Danielle &
Carla

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