The little man turns 3!

So technically the boy doesn't turn 3 til tomorrow but we decided to celebrate early with a small party with some family and friends today. Last night I made the cake, a simple number 3 with some smarties and lollies.

And this morning we were woken by this in the paddock across the road
The birthday boy was happy playing all day and has gone to bed tonight exhausted!

Miss M was a happy little possum today too

Daddy's little girl

Life around Home

I know this is my sewing blog but a little bit of life thrown in I am sure will be fine. After such a scorching year so far weather wise, finally this week we are having rain - 3 days straight so far! Only amounting to half an inch in our rain gauge - but rain is rain! So I thought I would bring a little of our life to the blog and show you what is happening at our place. We are trying to be as self-sufficient as possible. We had a treatment plant put in when we built last year that all the water waste from the house goes into, which is then filtered in big concrete tanks under the ground, and then dispersed around the garden, except the vegie garden. My lovely husband also built me a huge vegie patch and we have been trying very hard to organically grow as much as we can to eat and finally with this cool change, my little vegies are starting to grow!

Pumpkins in the patch

One lonely lemon on the lemon tree hanging out for some friends

A couple of tomatoes finally sprouting a little late in the season

A few zucchinis hoping there will be no more hot weather

Our four-legged family members - Jess the Red Cloud Kelpie & Millie the Staffy

A little patch of grass for the kids to play on. This is taken from the back veranda overlooking our block, and over the back fence into the bush behind us.

Back garden waiting for some more plants to go in, and over the back fence into the bush behind us