Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful...

... Beautiful Boy.

Elijah Turns Six!

Well, technically not until Tuesday...... but we celebrated his turning six last night!

He wanted a "fancy dinner party please", so we invited some special Prep friends and voila! I think he enjoyed every minute.

Elijah is not your average six year old. He loves to dress up, and feels dapper in a suit and top hat. ;) He loves musical theatre (hmmm, no idea where he gets that from), singing, and dancing. But he knows who he is, and isn't afraid to be himself. I so admire that in him.

Happy birthday darling Elijah Samuel!

What's Happening?

I've received several personal emails from readers, asking what's happening here at the moment. My blogging isn't very regular lately, and for that I apologise! I'm sure one day soon things will settle and I'll be back into some sort of routine.

So.... what's been happening?

The children have been busy with school and all that that entails. Projects, homework, reading, friends, birthday parties, life. All three of them are really thriving at the moment.

William and I have enjoyed long walks in the mornings together, and cuddles at home - trying to keep warm, it has been really cold the last couple of weeks!

I have visited my home city twice in the last month - the first time was a fleeting visit, to see an amazing vocal teacher and have a singing lesson with her - that was incredibly inspiring. I've been working hard on my singing ever since, both as a soloist and in a female quartet some friends and I have formed up here. We're already being offered some gigs, so that's promising. :)

The second time was to spend a day with my Mum, and visit with some old friends if mine. It has given me strength, spending time there.

Stuart and I are still living together, though as separate people. We are going through the looong processes you must go through when separating... and it's been a rather gruelling time for us both. There's not much else to report - other than we are okay, I have started having counselling, and we are both getting lots of support from friends.

Today I'm planning for Elijah's 6th birthday party, which is tomorrow. He is SO excited. :D

I'll leave you with this link to one of our "Sisters" rehearsals the other night. It's rough, and one of the quartet is missing, but it's something to show you! Cover of "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO6ElPxwRuc

My Baby Turns 3

Last night he was restless, stirring often and mumbling something about birthdays and presents and tractor cakes. It was cute... in a "please go back to sleep, I'm tired" sort of way.

But the sun came up and there were presents, and a tractor cake, and friends and our music group and cupcakes and candles and turning 3. I think he had a great day.

He blew out the candles....

... and now my baby is three!

Happy birthday beautiful William David.

William...

... turns 3 tomorrow!!! :D

That is all.

Photos of the birthday boy to come.

To My Beautiful Mother

We drove to see her yesterday - and we pulled off a surprise visit!

The smile on her face as she saw the children walk into the restaurant late yesterday afternoon was priceless. :)

Sunset over the beach on the Sunshine Coast.

Weekend blessings to you all, and Happy Birthday Mum!

Princess Saraya's 8th Birthday

Sunday was the Princess Party, with costumes and cake and friends and treasure hunts and pizza-making and bubble catching and games!

And Monday was the day she turned 8.

Mum stayed on after the weekend to help us celebrate. We had lunch at Saraya's favourite Art Cafe in town. We ate. We chased William. The kids counted their money and bought little sand-filled lizards. Saraya sketched. I made her favourite meat pies for dinner. And she has lots of lovely new crafty things to dapple with. :)

She is EIGHT!!! And beautiful. And ours.