Summer Weekends 2023

 We are really embracing our summer weekends and this beautiful weather that we are having.

It has been all about the water, swimming and dining out. It has been a lovely transition back to every day life after the holidays.

Noah turns 7!

Our gorgeous Noah turned 7 on the weekend.

He had been counting down the days until his birthday and he was so excited to celebrate!

We had cake and presents with the family on Saturday and a party with his school friends on the Sunday. His birthday was well and truly celebrated!

Party bag preparation....

We outsourced his party again this year. It's been a long time since we have had a party at home and honestly I don't think we ever will again. It's so nice to have the kids entertained and leave the mess behind! As well as sitting back and watching the kids enjoy themselves instead of rushing about.

There were trampolines, party games, tug of war, races etc

They had the best time :)

For the cake for his friends I grabbed a chocolate Sara Lee slab cake and decorated it with smarties.

Too easy!

Happy birthday to our sweet Noah. We love you soooo much!

The photo below came up on my Facebook memories, it was from Noah's 2nd birthday.

I can't believe how much they have all grown up over the past 5 years. It really goes so fast.

How was your weekend?

My week.....

How has your week been?

This week they had peonies at Woolies, I couldn't resist and bought a bunch. 

It was beautiful to watch them open up over the week.

Simon and I usually share a pot of green tea after dinner but we decided on a hot chocolate the other night instead. I saw these "chocolates on a stick" at Target the other day and thought I'd try them out. Yum!

I saw some cute sushi on Pinterest in the shape of Pandas the other day and thought I'd give it a try. Halfway through I realised they had used a panda shaped mold! 

Of course I didn't have one, so I had to wing it. The boys liked them  ;)

Mum and I went for a walk on Friday and popped into the Boathouse at Shelley Beach for a peek.

It's only been open for a week or so and is the "new kid in town" so the place is packed!

It looks lovely and the gardens out the back are beautiful.

The sun was shining on Saturday and it was lovely to sit out in the sun and watch Finn play 2 games of football. Rugby union in the morning and league in the afternoon. 

I've been taking photos of gardens on my walks as I'm gathering ideas for our garden revamp. 

I'm so tempted to paint our house white and I'm trying to see if it would work with our current black accents (roof, garage door, window frames etc)

The weeks are flying by but so are the weekends!

I'm looking forward to the end of this week as Finn's school holidays begin and we're off to Bali to bask in the sun a few days after that. I can't wait!

I hope your week was a good one x