mornington

we had a fabulous morning yesterday. the sun was shining it was a glorious and we took ourselves off to mornington. the racecourse market was on always buzzing and full of people. its been ages since i enjoyed a stroll through the stalls and thoroughly enjoyed seeing lots of new stalls have been added to the mix. after picking up some chocolate coated licorice (yum), a hotdog, handprinted teatowel and some scone cutter a very belated mothers day present for my mum,

we headed off to catch the mornington train.

 it runs from mornington to mooroduc, and was so much fun! $14 return for adults and kids under 4 free all money goes to help maintain the train and tracks as its volunteer ran. such a fabulous job they all do sharing their love of trains with everyone. something we will definitely be doing again as miss poppet grows up but for now her first ride on a 'toot toot' was fantastic!

spinach

how do you get veggies into a little miss (poppet) who refuses to eat anything that is of course even remotely good for her?

you put it in chocolate!

i heard of this method years ago, (not sure where now) and thought remember that for 'one day' well my 'one day' has arrived it's at the end of my tether. and in the hopes of getting something into her that contains vitamins, calcium and iron i have combined chocolate muffins and spinach. they look 'normal' and taste 'normal'. i'll just have to wait to see if she thinks they are 'normal'.

deadline

well my deadline is fast approaching, my assignment is due midnight tomorrow and instead of being head down bum up i've had a lovely day with my little poppet. because as most know trying to tell a 16 month old mummy has to ignore her, lock myself in a room and study is just not acceptable!
so instead we did a big walk around the perimeter of our local golf course hung out at the park with heaps of other kids and parents and then back again.
followed by an itty bitty nap that i was hoping would last 2 hours but instead gave me all of 40mins.

we topped off the afternoon by baking some chocolate chip cookies from a fabulous cookbook "baking with tiny tots". and as the recipe has oats in it i had less guilt than usual about letting her lick the spoon.
now that she's sound asleep i now have a chance to freak out about how much work i have to do, how much i just don't understand, that i should have started this earlier and you know what i had better get cracking on re-arranging those cupboards ; )

lions, tigers and bears, oh my!

       

we took miss poppet to the melbourne zoo today. it was a beautiful day for it and half of melbourne agreed with us! her attention was held mainly by the many, many people milling about her however i'd have to say the giraffes were the hit of the day. they are magnificent, i'd have to agree with her. you forget when reading saffy and miffy at the zoo the actual size and grandeur of these amazing creatures. we all had a wonderful yet tiring day, hopefully no peeps will be heard throughout the night : )

a little shoe crush

                                    

i have a bit of a thing for cons, have done for years. colours have come and gone but i still get a kick out of my pink ones. now that miss poppet is walking, running, growing up so so fast i can don her in my favourite shoes. she received her first pair from her nana and papa when born and her second from her mama the other day. i'm now treading dangerous waters as i was unaware just how many colours are also available for little feet. ah oh!

keys please?

there is only so many times one can search for hidden keys before losing the plot. so off i headed to mitre 10 in order to buy miss poppet a few uncut keys of her very own. where upon the lovely lady at the keys counter handed me 3 miscut keys free of charge. i was a teeny bit excited a) because that was really, really sweet of her, b) put a big smile on my face & c) saved me $4.25 per key. so now miss poppet has her very own keys, mama has her very own key hook and we are both very happy girls. it's the little things!

on a jet plane...

tomorrow we are leaving for 10 days in samoa. i can not wait. bf has been working way, way too hard for the last 2 years but especially the last 4 months and is in dire need of a break. so, i'm very excited, this is to be our first big holiday as a family. miss poppet of course has no idea what is soon to transpire but once we're there i know she'll love it too. lots and lots of swimming, sand (which i hope she will soon get sick of eating), friendly people and relaxed parents what more could a little girl ask for!

sleeping beauty

my little poppet has so far this week slept through the night 3 times. now i'm not getting too excited, oh who am i kidding, it's been wonderful! i have most likely jinxed us now. but i'm so excited that this could very well be my foreseeable future. hope everyone has a lovely day today! 

big girl

i have just enrolled miss poppet into child care this morning. i'm still very anxious and nervy about it. i am being assured by my peers and friends she will benefit from being with other children and will most likely adapt faster than i will. it still doesnt make it easier. sniff, sniff, sook, sook : )  oh well i'll just have to grow up and be a big girl and let my little girl grow too. 

new room

the only room in the house that is completely unpacked and just like new is little miss poppets. in an attempt to help her with the transition and to speed up the settling in process i made it my priority to have her room all organised as soon as possible. so with her butterfly hooks, birdie mobile and belle and boo print up; her books on her book case and her clothes (all of them, too small, too big and just right) in her drawers and closet my little angel is all settled in. as for her mama and the rest of the house, well that's another story...

happy father's day

happy first father's day to my "unsigned" hubby. hope you have a very special day with our little poppet. thank you for everything you do for us both. our poppet is so lucky to have such a fabulous daddy. thank you xox