Weekend is here already

Just going to be doing things around the house this weekend.

Tend to my vegie garden boxes

Pull out my little carrots!

Take our doggies for a walk

I am still doing crafting with the kids on a Sunday morning. We did treasure rocks last sunday.

I try to post the crafting morning on my blog on the Monday, but I think I just have a relax day after the weekend. All the kids are at school so I have a me day!

I hope you have a good weekend!

The Hottie Project

I finished the hot water bottle covers for The Hottie Project. I hope they get there in time as the last care parcel gets sent off by the end of July.

I made my jam on the weekend, strawberry and blackberry jam. All the kids went to dad when they needed something so I could get my jam made. I will put up a post of my jam making soon.

Homemade jam

I love making jam. I started making our own jam about two years ago. Our apricot and peach tree had an abundance of fruit which I didn't want to waste so I decided to make jam. I really enjoyed making it and it tastes so good. 

I made a batch in January this year and I noticed the other day that our yummy jam is getting low. So tomorrow I am making some more. I bought some frozen strawberries and blackberries from the local farmers market last month. I can't wait to get started. I told all children that you can't come to me tomorrow and ask for things, mum's busy tomorrow. 

You can ask DAD! See how we go. 

Enjoy your weekend xx

Getting back into routine

All the kids are back at school and I am slowly getting back into the routine of washing, baking and having a spare moment for myself. 

During the holidays my daughter decided to clean out her wardrobe, getting rid of clothes that don't fit and toys she doesn't play with anymore. Now I am going to show you what is left for me to clean up.

I will start on it soon, I really hope so. Let me just add that to my things to do list!

I made these cookies on Tuesday and they are very nice.

Orange Sugar Cookies

I found this recipe over at jensfavoritecookies.com.

The only thing I changed from the recipe is that I halved the ingredients because it was going to make 4 dozen cookies. I didn't want that much so I halved all the ingredients except the egg, I still put one egg in. 

They turned out great and were very nice with my coffee.

Nice, relaxing school holidays

Spent a day with family

Fed the sheep

Went for a walk

Saw the new lambs

Airport plane watching

Watching them fly over

Ordered a candle making kit

My mum's birthday present

I made my mum's birthday present today. The kids were playing nicely with each other so I used the opportunity to get the cushion done. I am very happy with how it turned out, I thought not bad for my first sewing attempt at making a cushion. 

And I even had time to sew a hottie cover for the hottie project. One down, five more to go.

What are you doing today? 

School holidays

The school holidays have started here so I won't be able to blog everyday. Spending time with the kids is what I will be doing most days. Walks to the park, a trip to the movies, going shopping and just staying home. 

I will post the Sunday morning craft with the kids soon. We did painting with nature. The kids collected sticks, rocks and leaves. Then they used their collected nature for painting tools. It was fun making pictures that way. We all enjoyed the morning. 

 Enjoy your day!