All the birthdays

One is definitely not a lonely number around here - 

As a surprise for the little boys and their Poppi who also had a birthday, we visited the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel.

Can you tell we had fun? 

Big 1 year olds aren't scared of heights.

Lachy's 1st birthday

Harvey's 1st birthday

 Cake, cake, cake

Mr CP did it again.

Another cake filled masterpiece.

He swears he is now retired from cake baking.

We had great fun at their joint pirate party.

My super smart big three year old chose pancakes for his birthday dinner - excellent choice!!

A brilliant excuse for me to eat pancakes :o)

It was an exhausting few weeks - in the midst of all the birthday craziness I went back to work and we had an offer accepted on a house. We find out this week if the clan is on the move.

I'm looking forward to a day in the sewing room tomorrow. It's much more appealing now that it is tidy.

Abbe

Can't beat good advice

Some new practical shoes...

A bit of a wander with my ever-so-slightly pronounced tummy...

And then a day at the beach

The winner of my Dirty Thirty giveaway is Quilt Sue from Quilt Times!!! A lovely lady who lives in sunny England (obviously often wears bikinis) who advised as much time as possible in bikinis and high heels before I am past such things (note: she did add a warning that these things maybe shouldn't be done together...I never was one to follow good advice.)

Lets just say that google'ing images of pregnant woman wearing bikini and high heels is rather...enlightening :o)
Go on, do it.

I'll be in touch Sue and you can buy something to delight your heart.

Thanks for all of the birthday abd belly bloggy love. You all rock!
Ab xx

Dirty thirty!

Hello THIRTY!

Hello DIRTY!

 More messy than dirty I suppose. Does anyone want to come over and tidy my cutting table?

All is the spirit of gift giving and that.... ;o)

Mose well do the chair as well. A top or two to be quilted, a few threads to be darned in, a bit of this and a bit of that.

What no takers?

Fine.

Better have a giveaway.

How about $30 to spend on you.

The condition is, you MUST spend it on something you really want. Something from Made It or Etsy or your favourite fabric shop. Or maybe a market on something fabulous and handmade.

Seems fair to me.

(Winner must also clean aforementioned dirty cutting desk)

So what do you have to do? 

Give me your best advice for hitting the age milestone of thirty. Tell me the must knows, especially the ones you wish you had known.

Get it?

Got it.

Good.

Have a great International Day of Celebration of Abbe's Birthday Day!

Ab xx