Banksia Bower

Well I have lots to tell and show. I guess I should start with the quilt I made for Rocketmans old teacher, It has a Prints charming square in the middle. It is round and has a cord around the edge so it can be used as a toy bag, floor mat or a lego satchel when the baby is older. I had lots of fun making it and was surprised at how quickly it came together when all the cutting was done! It is 100% cotton, and wool wadding, machine made, with some hand stitching.



Sweetpea is really into doing hair at the moment and Gran was the beneficiary this time. It was a great laugh and miss sweetpea was very proud.

Our latest renovation is the fire place, wall space is hard to find in this house because of all the glass. So the old 70's wall unit went and hubby started work, first we removed some floor boards and then layed a black slab of ceasr stone, so the hearth would be flush with the floor. More importantly I won't trip over the hearth and knock teeth out, late at night. Then the firebox went in, gyprock and the be loved slab of tree (it was cut down from our front yard, milled on site and has been drying for over 2 years now). The fire is great we can heat the house up quickly, it a traditional fire box, with a convection current that sucks cold air in the bottom and blows it out the top, very efficient for a standard wood heater. We have soooo much wood and summer is coming, with a bad fire season warning we are please we have gotten the fuel load down, but wish we has gotten it down alot more! The finished image is coming, I thought I had one.


This is Sweetpea's latest thing, she love Felicity Wishes, she comes each fortnight with a new set of clothes a magazine with a card centre for craft, a story, puzzles etc. I never thought one of these buy by the fortnight could be so great. Sweetpea is so funny to listen to when she talks to Felicty, they have such great adventures together, and Felicity is teching her so much now that she is going to big school next year!

Well Rocket man is seven and had a great party at Wascoe siding, we made crepe paper bunting, had rides a wascoe on the trains and then came back to our place for food and games. That was the last time he spent playing with his friends from his old school (a private school). He now is so relaxed, happy and the nervous laugh has gone. A smaller school with people like us, campers, thinkers, and not consumer driven. The kids are not trying to grow up too quickly, the games are much less violent and the resources are better, academic standing is better and Rocketman can now have some time spent on him, instead of us fighting the teacher to let the OT resources in the class room. The difference between public and private schools? The difference a particular year can have? The difference in class and school size? we don't know, but what we do know is that we are happy, finally and we have our child back, happy, fun and outgoing, with lots of self confidence.

Rocketmans new school is fantastic so many things happening, plays, book parades, craft of the messy goey sort, string trios visiting school, special sports pro grammes, sandpit, and friends who stand by you and care for you as everyone is your friend and everyone is looking out for you!