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Not a lot of blogging happening this last month but lots of other great stuff. So to calm my energetic and adoring fans {my sister} hear's a little catch up. 

Lots of easter goodness going on, hat parades, breakfasts and BBQs, egg hunts and of course a whole lot of chocolate! These egg and bacon cups were easy and a hit. Recipe here. 

Sadly I had to forgo my dream for this years school hat parade. A top hat that blows bubbles out the top as you walk. Cool right? Unfortunately my engineering skills are not in tune with my imagination. This is the hat my son ended up with, he cut out and decorated the eggs himself. It makes me giggle and luckily Fyn is still young enough to look cool with a faux stuffed rabbit on his head. 

This is Paige watching the hat parade. She started Kindy this week, she's younger than my other children when they started. I love that I get to sit, eat, shop, work, walk and pee without an entourage, but still feeling guilty twinges. 

Babies galore around the house at the moment with a recent shower and of course our newest little one. 

I tried out those cute pompoms I wanted to make and voila, my thanks to Martha. Easy and effective and even though they cost less than two dollars each I don't really want to throw them away so they hang on in my dining room. 

 

Plus; royal wedding fever, washing, cleaning, doctors check ups, first immunisations, washing, parks, baking, date nights and even more washing.

And that's the haps.

Baby Brain

Ok I have given up trying to think of something spectacular to write about for my first 'real' post and the pressure was really taken off when i realised that nobody even knows about this blog! So moving on.

I only have 4 weeks until I am officially mama to not 3 but 4 kiddos {insert maniacal laugh here} and I am yet to finish the nursery for number 3. The catch is kiddo number 3 and current resident is a girl {Paige} and number 4 will be a boy so I need something very baby and not so gender oriented which is lucky because at the moment it's a blank slate. I also plan to leave Paige in the room for as long as possible, so no switching to a boy nursery just yet. When we were building I didn't know I was having a baby girl and planned on the nursery being a very beachy turquoise, grey, green theme. Which I am still loving. Now I am desperate to finish it off for both of them, I have lots of lovely girly things to add but it's probably too late now and I find my mind wondering over different boy finishes I should be getting ready to introduce. mmmmmm.

Here it is now completely unfinished ready to get started.

Still love this fabric from Heather Bailey that I made into a duvet cover. Never got round to the bumper though and grew to love it bare.

Still loving these colours for a boy or a girl.

 

This is the pillow that started it all. 

So much to do! I definitely need some linen and I think I want a cool mirror plus some accessories and soft colour artwork to cover those walls. Speaking of those walls the colour is Taubmans Taupe Stone, which I had in my playroom and LOVED. So I went off to Bunnings and purchased some more using a Dulux one coat paint, yep you only have to roll one coat, bonus! Or so I thought, the colour turned out ..... darker and thicker, if that makes sense and I didn't love it {although I must improve my photography skills as it looks much warmer in real life than this picture shows}. I found out later that one coat paint is actually mixed with a different colour recipe, would've been handy to know that BEFORE I spent 2 days prepping and painting.  Also as it turns out my 3M velcro picture hanging strips {which I use on everything} just DO NOT stick on this paint, so I also have to make holes in the walls if I want to hang anything, which of course I do.  Just roll it twice people. I learned that lesson for you.

So lots to do, no time, big tummy .....  enter inspiration board.

And bit of soft turquoise furniture in a retro design would be so cool.

You may have noticed I have a lamp base and no shade! I picked up an ugly lamp for $10 at the tender centre {electrics were fine} and took to it with a can of flat white spray paint. Took 10 minutes. I sanded it back in places and now I love it. The shade that came with it was old, rusted and the wrong shape. I want a modern drum shade in a graphic print, so have to sort that out.  {As a virgin blogger I have just noticed my serious lack of 'before' or even 'during' photos of any of my projects. Will have to sort that out too.}

I LOVE this gorgeous nursery by Joni at Lay Baby Lay {the look no further than this nursery blog} and plan to do a family photo collage like this, lots of inspiration over there.

And this is the nursery by Elizabeth Sullivan that inspired me to get a gorgeous mobile.

I can't take credit for this crafty creation though. You could absolutely make one up with fabric remnants and some cute ribbon. I purchased mine from here though, they are custom made so I just handed over my scrap material and they whipped it up for me. 

Lets hope I can post about stage two of baby nursery soon, better get back to work!