Three Princesses in Waiting

Finally getting around to posting about my trip to Sydney. We went down for a holiday that just so happened to be right when my Dad (Mikie) had heart surgery. Usually when we go back Home it is so very rushed, this time I wanted the girls to do some holiday things that they would remember.     In the 30+ years I lived in the Blue Mountains I had never been to the Winter Magic Festival, it use to be 'When all the Freaks, came out to play', but I thought it is something different and you don't get to see Blue Mountain Freaks very often so hey lets do it. Now I grew up in the Lower Blue Mountains, it is very different to the Upper Mountains, we really are just suburbia with bushland and less traffic.. We got on the train and as we travelled closer to our destination it become clear the freaks were out to play. My Mum is the queen of giving the eye and the nod - did you see that signal.   As we got off at Katoomba it was just a little cold, I didn't even have a t...

Each Tuesday night at church we have an activity for youth 12-18 yr olds. This week we got them over to our house to run around the oval across the rd for a game of capture the flag with the twist.  Twist 1. It was dark Twist 2. They all had flour bombs to throw at each other  Twist 3.  The leaders all stood in the middle throwing food at them.  The reaction of the youth when they got hit with spaghetti when they thought that we only had flour.  Haha. I never want to grow up

My glasses girls. We now have two princesses in glasses and they look just so cute.   We picked up Miss Poppy's glasses last Thursday night. She has to wear them all the time. After school on Friday I asked how she went with her new glasses today? She replied "good mum I was heaps smarter today" How easy would life be if we could be instantly smarter if we just got a new pair of Specs.