A House with a Roof

Yesterday was a day of rest and recoup at our house. DH was home with an RDO, however the kids seemed to have woken on the wrong side of the bed!! They were all rather precious, and seemed to be a bit like that all week. Things didn't really improve for poor Stella and we ended up in an after hours appointment at the Doctors and a diagnoses of an Ear Infection and the start of a throat infection!! No wonder she was miserable and slept on and off throughout the day (that in itself spells trouble , as she hasn't had a day sleep for some time now!)

Anyway, by the afternoon, the kids needed some entertainment or activity and a bit of a pick-me-up, and a craft session is always a winner!!

I hadn't planned anything , therefore whatever I decided to do , had to be quick and easy to organise and complete.

At kindy, Stella has been learning about herself, her body, her family, where she lives etc, so I thought houses would be a nice yet simple activity.

All we needed and used were;

A few buttons for door handles

Popsticks for a fence

A few Feathers, perhaps materials etc

A few cut outs of clouds

Some cirles for suns

And different sized pieces of cardstock for doors, windows, chimneys etc.

You really could use anything and everything, and had we had more time, better moods and a bit more forethought, we would have headed outside to collect things from the garden to use. Such as rocks for a path, leaves for trees etc

Obviously this is Stella's. She can now write her name so fluently, and confidently, is gorgeous!!

She used feathers for the suns rays, pieces of paper she cut herself for flower petals and a button centre, and I helped her to use little pieces of fabric as curtains in the windows!

Max and Lacey need a fair bit of supervision, or rather help, when it comes to glueing etc. If not , you would not be looking at something that resembles a house!!  Max was more worried about using the glue brush, and Lacey was full ball into just sticking anything down!

Hers is quite simple because she was more excited about putting her picture on the board than finishing it!!

So now we have a new look to our art board!! This has honestly been the best thing we have done, and our display is constantly changing, its wonderful!

And the best thing? Clean up only took a few minutes!! Got to love that!!

You have also got to love the beautiful baby watching everything!!
( See the white cupboard inbetween the 2 existing ones? With the laminater on top? Its our new Microwave cupboard!! I can't wait for it to go up, and to show you!!)

Another easy and quick craft to do with your kiddies!!

They will appreciate you making the time and effort and you will appreciate the handmade goodness at the end! xo

New Buffet

Over the past few years, we have had quite a number of discussions as to what we were going to do with our house! We purchased it nearly 4 years ago, as a Spec home, off a local building company and were stoked!! We had just sold our Starter house, a typical 70's house, pokey rooms and aged decor(but in a fantastic location and large block) and had doubled our money. We were moving into a brand new home , in a new and great suburb, one which we had lusted over!! And we lived happily and contently ......until we decided to try for another baby!! Lets upgrade!

Shall we buy another , larger home? Should we build? Should we stay? After buying a block, and putting our house on the market, our decision was made.

Then we fell pregnant with the twins!!

And I couldn't be bothered!

Couldn't be bothered with moving twice, once into a rental whilst building, then into our new home.

Our lives were going to change dramatically enough, let alone , throwing in a move too!!

Not to mention , the words of my dear Mother, all hale Mother Dearest!!

"You grew up in a 3 by 1 and that did us just fine!!"

Amen!

So.... we decided to stay.

That doesn't mean to say I haven't thought about it again, only like a thousand times. But we have decided to stay in our house, a beautiful 4 by 2 , not too big, not too small, not too many rooms to count, not a theatre, not a games room, no activity and no study.

Our front "formal Loungeroom" was converted into a toy room, and we are still doing things, step by step, finances permitting, to make our house , our home!

And then...... But wait, there is more...... a surprise package, in the form of baby Morrison # 4!!

Ohhh how lovely, how blessed are we? Oh dear, how squished we will be!!

 Never fear, Ikea is here!!

A phone call away, and 2 days later, some mega awesome flatpacks were delivered right into my garage!!

And this......... finally, is where the new Buffet comes into play!

Seeing as though that bedroom #4 that has been used as my amazing craft room, sewing room, scrapbooking room, will now have to make way for 2 little people to inhabit, so their new sibling can go into the nursery, everything that has been in storage in there, and lots up to 4 years, needs a home!

Any available space is going to be put to good use, but in a classy and organised fashion!

At our entryway, we used to have a small , wooden hall stand. Remember this?

It was pretty useless really, and only good for a small collection on display, and the entry way is so spacious, it was a perfect spot to put something a little more substantial!

And this is what we chose;

A buffet unit from Ikea, HERE, in a gorgeous Grey/Brown colour. Not too dark, not too light, and just the perfect size for that piece of the wall!

Oh what fun I am going to have creating displays here for Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter!! Oooow

And inside now lives our Photo albums, Photo storage CD's, DVDS (yes we have alot from numerous trips overseas) and other technical stuff.

The Maroon pattern boxes are full of photo prints, from the years gone by, lots from when film was still used, and are all on my "To-Do" list of scrapbooking!
The white CD boxes are full of the Photo storage CD's- And easy access incase of fire etc , right near the front door and all in together.

These Boxes house our DVDS, and are labelled according to contents- TV Series, Music DVD's (Noel) etc

And the files are also full of DVD's, and no , we hardly watch them, and never ,ever go to the shop!
 So there you have it, the new storage addition to our house! I love it, Noel loves it, and we have received plenty of comments already!

And a sneak peak of another new furniture piece to our home, it is devine!!