where be those wild things...wild love

Human Nature, Michel Gondry

The 'wild' person....represents the forbidden and taboo,  out of control, mad, representing chaos...all that is 'ungodly' (if you believe in that sort of thing). I love the wildthings, I love that they are hairy, and free, do what they feel.

most silly beard

this photo always makes me laugh...drawn on glasses, to protect the identity. He looks like a muppet.

sunday

flowers and kids.

 

New rafia necklace that I made

Drawing a day...old

 

 

 

So, it's an upload fiesta. I wish my brain functioned a bit better when I get the opportunity to actually write this blog....

Quelle idee fantastique!!!

Quelle idée fantastique ! Si j'aime le français tellement, pourquoi ne pas traduire mon anglais en Français parfois ? Elsbeth sait tous ses nombres et beaucoup de grâce de couleurs à nos classes françaises, tristement ils se sont terminés. Le professeur n'était aucun bon.

 What a fantastic idea! If I love French so much, why not translate my English into French sometimes? Elsbeth knows all her numbers and a lot of colours thanks to our French classes, sadly they have come to an end. The teacher was no good.
I realise that the translation might be a bit wonky, never mind.

new books

I had a birthday and got some fantastic things. One of which is a beautiful book call 'Paris made by hand'...what a treat! And another called 'Prints Charming'.
French Touche is found in Paris made by hand. there are some cute things, also Atelier Beau Travail. A lot of the other links are kind of hard to get up on the computer...maybe it's because they're from France? Could that be?I also got some very excellent boots from my P...Yay.
Also, very pleased about getting my brooches into the Geelong Gallery shop.

Dressing up

Sunday afternoon at our house.

I've started a new blog about some new work I'm doing, it's called Kitchen table studios.

Hovering parenting......

Just a little observation that's getting on my nerves.

Could all the hovering mums that do not give their kids any space or freedom in the playground all take about ten steps back!

In my opinion, kids, lets say, 3 year olds, could all do with the freedom play how they like. As a mum, I don't always like what I see or hear coming out of my childs mouth, or other kids directed towards my child. But that is how life is! Children work things out for themselves if they're given half a chance. If you're always standing there censoring what comes out of your kids mouth, and shielding them from other childrens' comments and whatever, you're not doing them any favours.  I'm not saying kids should be left in a 'Lord of the flies' situation.

What I'm really mad about is the two situations I was confronted by this last week. The first one was in Ikea....In the kids section, E was playing with the toys, I was just behind a shelf looking at stuff, when I came back to see what she was doing I hear from  a mother "that's not a very nice way to play". Well, fair enough. I don't know what she was doing. I figured Else didn't   want to share what she was playing with...I don't know. So I swooped in and saw the other little girl was a about to cry, and insisted that E said she was sorry, and maybe it would be better if she just let the girl play. ALL I COULD DO! Well, the look on the other mother was absolutely icicles, I was mortified!! Nothing would have put this right. I felt like this mother was just thinking I'm a disgrace because I wasn't standing in my little girls shadow, I won't do it. She doesn't need me right behind her every second. The other time was at Ocean grove play ground, great fun but, all the mothers were hovering, I don't. I let find her own way, make her own friends and do her own imagining with out me even in earshot. I of course can see her. Again, some little incident. Taking turns or something, and mothers are looking at me to intervene. So dutifully, I do, but still it's not right. So, what do all these mothers want from me? Do I have to stand there just like they do, Is that the main part of parenting? My kids are at my side every waking hour, I figure they are entitled to want to run free, ahhhhh

I've just had a little look over at one of my favorite sites  

This is so pretty, I wish I knew more Francaise.... Oui?...Oui!!!

And look here

hot and not

ok... so lubyloo must be having a break, but i'll still link to her Hot/Not post from before.

Hot

Making pommegranite sorbet with the new ice-cream machine, mmm.

Finding some very exciting French silk flower making tools...iron cutting tools that are in the shape of liitle flowers and leaves, a little blunt, but will still try them out on something. If that doesn't work, I'll sharpen them up with the dremmel.

Today was a hot day for my elsbeth to start kinder.

Not

Seeing tug-o-war over Elsbeth's pretend cakes she made at kinder, and having someone elses little tikes saying, "They're not cakes, that's play do!!". Well little dude, Elsbeth says they're cakes, back off! I say in my head, while trying not to cry, and trying not to be a total kinder/stage mother...

Having a sick little boy with a mysterious tummy bug, cleaning up throw-up and disgusting nappies.

Elsbeth acting like a different person for the last couple days...probably because Charles isn't well

Being snippy with me bloke 

The, um, french flower tools being a tiny bit expensive.....

Eifel tower birthday ginger bread extravaganza

Look what me and P made for E's birthday tomorrow!! We're very excited, and hope an invasion of ants does not come to feast.

8 months

time flies.....little man looking quite grown up in his little 'mini me' shirt...like daddy.