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A portrait of each of my children every week for 2013


Muddy Organiser – Loving playing in the wheat as we shift paddocks
Muddy Pixie – On the move
Muddy Puzzler – Walking on the railway….
Muddy Boy – Content in Tonka Land

Linking up over at Che and Fidel for 52 – A Portrait a Week

24/52

 
A Portrait of Each of My Kids, Every Week for 2013
 
Muddy Organiser – Determined to push the probe in
Muddy Pixie – Just happy that it’s her turn
Muddy Puzzler – Standing out on her own, in fashion and the paddock
Muddy Baby Boy – Checking for weeds
 
Linking up over at Che and Fidel for 52 – A Portrait a Week
 


When the sun shines in winter

We have been very lucky this last week or so, we have been getting a lovely combination of rain as well as sun shine. This long weekend just past saw a particularly sunny Saturday and with visitors in residence we decided to drag out the yabby traps and see if the sunshine had tempted any to the surface.

We weren’t actually expecting to catch any, but we thought it would be a fun thing to do with all the kids. Lo and behold we ended up with a massive haul, more than enough to feed us all (and then some). We marinated them in garlic and butter before whacking them on the BBQ to cook. They were delicious. The kids didn’t go much on them to eat but loved the fun of throwing the traps in and then pulling them in later to see what we had caught. We were pleased to see lots of babies that we were able to throw back in to keep them breeding and the kids are getting more confident at pulling the traps in and getting the yabbies to hold.

When Friends Come to Stay

This June long weekend has been the first one that we have been home for in a few years, normally we have been heading to Sydney. This year however was different, we had friends come and stay with us, with their precious 2 year old twins, they packed up their car and headed west to us. It was pure bliss, they were such easy house guests and the Muddy Kids just loved showing the twins all of their toys and all around the farm. We took them up the paddock and checked the sheep, we got them on the bikes and the tractors and even the back of the ute.

We shared good food, good drinks and good stories. This friend and I used to live together many years ago and it was just like slipping into old times, being in the kitchen together, just chatting and reminiscing, but with the added element of husbands and children, it was delightful. Simply delightful.

I am so grateful this week for when old friends visit with their new families, it is so special to be sharing our families and hopefully our kids will be firm friends like we are for a long time to come.

Linking up at Village Voices for 52 Weeks of Grateful.

23/52

A Portrait of Each of My Kids Each Week for 2013


Muddy Organiser – Getting Too Cool for School
Muddy Pixie – Full of Cheek Lately
Muddy Puzzler – Larrikin
Muddy Boy – In the midst of a tantrum – as is the norm lately.

Linking up with Jodi at Che & Fidel for the Project 52 – A Portrait a Week

When it rains…..

On Sunday night I posted some  photos as part of 52 – A Portrait a Week. They were of my Muddy Kids frolicking in the puddles. For those that live in places where it rains a lot, or it rains regularly it must sometimes seem mundane to wake up to rain, another day to play in the mud and try and get to and from home, work and school without getting wet. But for us on Sunday morning when we woke up and measured 23 precious millimetres the whole house’s mood lifted.

We are in one of those areas ‘on the cusp of drought’ as the media like to put it. We have been feeding sheep – and still are despite the rain, as grass takes a little while to grow after the rain and the sheep gnaw it off faster than it can grow. We are going into our sowing later than usual. Muddy Hubby always likes to be sowing Canola about Anzac Day, this year we haven’t sown canola at all.

But when it started really raining on Saturday night and kept raining it bought a little bit of hope back into the farm. Now we just wait for the paddocks to dry out a little bit, then we spray the weeds before we start to get the tractors fired up and sowing. In the meantime though the Muddy Kids and I are enjoying the remaining puddles, weeding the garden beds while they’re still moist and just literally sitting and watching the grass grow for a change.

Grateful for A Day to Breathe


The last two weeks have kept me on my toes, kept me busy and worn me down, but today I got to breathe. To stop and spend a day at home, a full day at home with just my Muddy Baby Boy. We pottered around the garden, cooked, cleaned the fish tank, read books, explored the house paddock, spent time with the chooks and dogs. It was just lovely.

It gave me an insight into the next few years as my Muddy Pixie and Puzzler start school, where I might get some more 1:1 time with my two youngest Muddy Kids. It let me take the day slow, rather than at the full pace of the last two weeks.

I am so very grateful to my Muddy Hubby for taking my Muddy Pixie and Muddy Puzzler to the shearing shed, keeping them entertained and busy for the day. I am grateful for the special time with my Baby Boy and I am grateful for having a day at home to just be. Delightful.

Linking up with some lovely bloggers over at Village Voices for 52 Weeks of Grateful. Make some time to check out some wonderful blogs.

20/52

A Portrait a Week of Each of My Kids, Every Week in 2013


Sadly I only have 3 to share this week, my Muddy Organiser misses out :(
Muddy Pixie – Always concentrating on what’s happening with other people, a real sticky beak
Muddy Puzzler – A collector, feathers, eggs, pens, buttons, handbags, whatever takes her fancy
Muddy Baby Boy – Filthy, yet worried about a small piece of leaf on his finger

Linking up over at Che and Fidel for 52 – A Portrait a Week