The last few weeks have been Exhaaauuusstting to say the least, And I cannot believe that over a month has gone by since my last post! It seems like yesterday that I sat down in front of the computer to tell you all about the beautiful sewing I have been doing(and much more has been done since then) Things just sort of got manic here on the estate! Well I am not sure if anyone has missed my ramblings but I sure have missed rambling..... I thought I would quickly catch you up on some of the things that have made my life so ridiculously hectic over the last month... so here goes....
School concerts, Gymnastic prize givings and Ballet concerts took up nearly 3 weeks.
The school concert was absolutely amazing and all credit must go to the wonderful teachers at Little Madames school for getting all those aspiring little thespians to perform so well in the beautiful story of The Rainbow Fish...... There were little fish, mermaids, ninja turtles, penguins, sharks and dolphins, and it was no mean feat to get all of these little sea creatures to sing, dance and act perfectly! The show ended with a beautiful rendition of "You are the music in me" sung by the entire school (All 3-6 year old)- there was not a dry eye in the audience. The show was outstanding, so much so that LSO and I snuck back the next night to watch it all again!
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| Sweet Little Fish |
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| Dolphins and Penguins |
Equally good was the Rhythmic Gymnastics Prize Giving, the entire club performed for us and we got to see our little angels all having fun and how well these exceptional girls had done at various competitions throughout the year. The mentoring and love that all these little girls get from their coach, Eli is wonderful and they all love her with a passion!
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The Gorgeous Girls from The Club |
Now onto my favourite event! And just looking at the pictures will tell you why! Little Madame and her ballet class did a SuPeR SwEeT version of Swan Lake complete with Classical Tutu's and the epic music of Swan Lake. To say that Little Madame was GIDDY with excitement over the fact that she was getting to wear a classical tutu would be a serious understatement!!! It was all we heard about for the 3 week run up to the concert! She looked GORGEOUS..... See for your self.....
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| A Very Proud Dad and His Little Swan |
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| Oh So Sweet!! |
While watching the concert I happened to glace down at the other little Ballerina's and my heart jumped for joy at the sheer beauty of the tutu's and eager little faces all watching and feeling like Real Life Ballerina's(this was said by Little Madame) and so very proud of themselves! Miss Gem Gem the Ballet teacher did herself proud with these elegant little swans!
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| How Cute Is This Picture? |
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| A Little Pirate and His Mermaids |
Many, Many, Many boring fix-up things were also done around the house, my favourite being a little re decorating in our bedroom! YAY!!!!! As you all know we moved into our house a few years back and to be perfectly honest with you we never really bothered with our room, it was starting to look really, well BORING! So we bought a new bed(Or rather moved the new bed from the guest room into our room- I mean really, we had been sleeping on a 10 year old bed while all our guests got to sleep on the new bed in our guest room!) Two beautiful new bedside tables were a very happy purchase, as a matter of a fact my heart sings every time I walk into my room and see them! A new duvet cover and curtains were purchased and a few bits and bobs moved around and HEY PRESTO! a whole new look bedroom! It is calm and dreamy and I simply LOVE, LOVE, LUUURVVEE it!
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| A Little Reading Nook |
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| My Favourite Place - Bed! |
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| My New Bedside Tables! |
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| So Happy With My New Look Room! |
My Beautiful Roses started to bloom again and so I just had to include this gorgeous collage of one that I picked and put into a vase in our hall!
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| A Rose By Any Other Name..... |
With the school term's end rapidly approaching, Christmas gift had to be made or bought. There are just so many people to buy for, all the coaches, dance teachers, swimming teacher and wonderful school teachers that have been so loving and nurturing to my one and only Little Madame.. buying 10 presents does tend to get dear, even though I would sincerely like to purchase the moon and stars for all these people, we decided that to once again make yummy biscuits for them, was the best option, so out came my trusty Nigella books and "Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies" were made. I am so not going to bore you with the recipe for these now, but promise faithfully to post the recipe soon! Suffice to say they are totally, totally YUM!
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| The Making And Bottling |
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| White Chocolate Chips - YUMMY! |
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| Crochet Snowflakes and Ribbon |
So finally, I seem to have caught you up........ Whew! I am so sorry that this is such a long and possibly boring post with no wonderful recipes or Ta Dah moments!
Oh and One last thing.... all my present buying was done and dusted( and wrapped) by the 30th of November, ready to be shipped of to our various families all over the world! I am a total ROCK STAR in that department, even if I did really neglect all my lovely peeps out there - PLEASE forgive me....... xxx
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| Presents Waiting to be wrapped! |
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