A Ladder and a Plank

Late in the afternoon, not long before the sun goes down is not an ideal time to be taking photos. The light just isn't that great, BUT, when these two are getting up to a bit of mischief the photos just have to be taken, regardless.

We don't have a slide in the backyard, well we didn't until now.

This plank of wood has been used in numerous activities such as a jump for the bike and scooter(that was hilarious, let me tell you!), a ramp for toy monster trucks, a ramp for the skateboard and for rolling balls down.

Today it is a slide. Yay!

Cheeky Monkey!!!!!

AND if you draw on it with the sidewalk chalk....well, below is the result.

I love their mischief!

Happy days!!!

~ Ky x

Feel Good Friday - ???

I got nothin' today.

Zip.

Zero.

Zilch.

So, I'm going to sit here and make it up as I go along.

Let's start with a photo that I haven't shared with you...hang on, gotta find one.

Ok. Here's one.

Melbourne City. Photo taken from Riversdale Rd, Camberwell.

Want to see another one?

Too bad, I'm going to put one up anyway.

I don't normally get to see Mt Buller like this in winter because it is usually so grey and cloudy up there during snow season.

Moving along...

How about a happy song?

Ok, you twisted my arm.

You're going to be singing it all day now!

Ha!

And now for a giggle.

Did you giggle?

I laughed hysterically!

Well maybe not hysterically, but I laughed loudly.

How cut was that guy at the end?

Too funny!!!

Not bad for not having anything to share today, aye?

Here's hoping you all have a wonderful weekend.

I sure hope to.

~ Ky x

T&G Tuesday - Animal Farm

Can you guess what I did today?

That's right! I went on a school excursion with Angel's class to a farm.

A freezing, cold day, BUT, we all had so much fun!

Can you believe I had a turn at milking a cow???

I'd never done it before.

I wish, wish, wish that this farm was my place. Well, maybe not such a big farm, but a tiny one, with a few animals and land for the kids to run and play.

Yeah, I could see myself living in gum boots and doing chores around a very, very small farm.

What did you do today?

To see what other's around the world are doing on Tuesday go to

Communal Global

Also linking to The Long Road to China for...

~ Ky x

Feel Good Friday - Upside Down

I'd not heard of her before this week, but I'm so very glad I found her.

Her name is Paloma Faith and she is fun, quirky and just my kind of noise.

A british singer who is who she is and clearly is not afraid to be a little 'upside down'.

While watching a rather cute, yet completely predicable movie called Chalet Girl, this song was played while the leading lady was learning to snow board. I immediately loved it and grabbed the iPhone and used my favourite app, Shazam, to find out what the song was and who sings it.

Well, I have been listening to the album all week. The kids even like it. Monkey makes me play 'Upside Down' over and over and over again and we're still not sick of it.

If you don't jump up and dance, or tap your foot or move some part of your body while listening to this song then I'm afraid to tell you that you are dead. D.E.D. Dead!

Wanna hear it???

Here 'tis then...Upside Down

This is music for the ears, not music for the eyes.

Have a very fun weekend!

~ Ky x

A Very Jeannie Birthday

I went to a 40th over the weekend, dressed as my version of a genie or Jeannie. That's what that pile of clothes photo was of on my last post. I changed my mind in the last 30 mins of getting ready and didn't wear the green. It just look SO bad.

I don't rock a body like the original Jeannie, hence the head shots only. Lol!

AND I didn't think to have a full top to toe photo taken. I was wearing harem pants. Honest! And killer heels. Honest!

I did swap the killer heels for my sheepskin slippers halfway through. They were SOOO much more comfortable.

Who invented high heels anyway???

The lovely Ms N. She may well kill me if she knows I've put her face on the world wide web.

Let's keep that secret between you and me, shall we?

Yes M & D, I know the top is a little low, but that's cos I'm a genie. It's all about being in character. Of course, blinking like Jeannie did nothing at all when I was dressed up. Angel was hoping I could do magic, but sadly, playing dress ups does not give you super powers.

The birthday cake. I didn't have any cos did you know that if you eat TWO pieces of rocky road, you feel too sick to eat chocolate cake?

Instead of a stripper, we had a belly dancer. She was fun, and kept her clothes on. Belly dancing looks great, but I'm sure it's quite difficult to make it look so easy. She obviously had been doing it for a long time cos she rocked the dance!

The music's pretty cool too.

The birthday girl. She's only pretending to blow out the sparkler.

Ya can't blow out a sparkler. Everyone knows that!

Btw, that rocky road was made by her and it ROCKED!

It was a fun night!

Happy 40th Ms K!!!

~ Ky x

Shopping and Tea

I needed to spend some time by myself yesterday. Angel was at school and the Monkey was at Kindy. I will admit that I was supposed to do the 1000 steps with some friends, but I REALLY needed to hang by myself and do my thing. I was going to go home and have a kip then clean and tidy the house, but that didn't happen...at all!

I only intended to pop into my favourite shopping centre for a couple of hours, but ended up being there the whole time. I was armed with birthday money and some David Jones giftcards and a desperate need for some new clothes.

I don't normally shop at DJ's and after browsing the racks yesterday I remembered why. All designer brands. Most of it too expensive. Maybe that's why most of the other shoppers that were there yesterday were heaps older than me. They're the ones with the money to burn. I have to say, I felt young shopping in DJ's.

Moving on...

The entrance to DJ's is smack bang inbetween a Louis Vuitton store and a Prada store. I've never walked into the LV store cos their stuff just doesn't appeal to me, but I've been in the Prada store. Gorgeous stuff! Not everything has a price tag on it though, so it's a case of 'if you need to ask the price, you can't afford it'.

I had to snap some shots of the Ralph Lauren windows. These shots turned out badly cos my camera doesn't have a 'no reflection' function on it.;-) These windows were decorated so beautifully. I must wander into that store some time soon to have a browse. I'm sure there must be something in there that I can afford to buy. A hairtie maybe?

 You can see how high end this part of the shopping centre is by the other stores that are in the window reflection...Miu Miu, Gucci, Tiffany's...

So sorry about this shot. I should have taken it from the other side of the window.

Anyway, enough ranting about shopping and how the other half live.

I've just made myself this cup of tea. It's from T2, another glorious shop that I could spend lots of money in. Much more affordable of course. So many teas to choose from. So many pretty teacups and teapots. But I digress. I actually wanted to tell you that this particular tea is called Melbourne Breakfast. I really like it! You can also get Sydney Breakfast and Brisbane Breakfast. I'm sure they are nice too, but not being a black tea drinker normally, I really like this one.

Thank you Missa for the gift of different blends for my birthday.

Ya gotta love a gift that you wouldn't normally buy for yourself. Especially a gift that allows you to experience things that you wouldn't normally have experienced.

I shall now end these ramblings and go and get on with my day now that I've enjoyed a cuppa.

Hope YOU have a great day too.

AND I'd like to say a very BIG thank you to each one of you for your kind birthday wishes. They made my day. Every single one of you made my day!

~ Ky x

ps. I'd like to add that shopping with gift cards and birthday money is so much more fun than normal shopping with your own money.

The Michael Bublé Concert

 Last night I got my groove on. I rocked a concert ticket and my little black camera. I was known to hoot loudly and clapped till my hands were crimson.

Whooo!!!

Last night was all about the music!

The concert opened with Naturally 7. These guys are great!

NO instruments required!

They are touring in April and playing in Melbourne on April 30. I might just have to see how much the tickets are. Even the kids love to watch them on Youtube.

Very, very good warm up for Michael.

So, without further ado, I give you MICHAEL BUBLE!

This guy is cool. This guy is suave. This guy is very at home on the stage. He is charismatic. He is surprisingly funny. So funny, in fact, that I would have been happy to listen to him do stand up all night.

But he didn't. He sang. Boy, can he sing!

Not all his songs are my cup of tea. But that didn't matter last night.

And the band...

Well, where do I start? Such a talented bunch of blokes. Just fantastic music!!!

They make it sound easy to play.

Naturally, Michael sang a song with Naturally 7.

And naturally, I played around with the settings on my camera. I learnt a thing or two about taking photos at night. I was very pleased to learn more about using my camera last night. And, was very happy to see a lot of the photos actually turned out well.

He has a lot of fun when he performs. He did a lot of sliding down this part of the stage.

He even moonwalked down it when he did a short tribute to Michael Jackson by dancing and singing 'Billie Jean'. It was so unexpected and SO awesome!!!

The audience LOVED it!!!

He said goodnight and the lights went out. Pffft, everyone knows that's not the end of a concert.

I was delighted when the first few notes of 'Feeling Good' started and he came back on stage. I would have been absolutely crushed if he didn't sing that song! Y'all know it's my favourite.

He did NOT disappoint. Neither did the band. They rocked!

Ya gotta love a three song encore.

Thanks Michael for an awesome night! I know have an itty bitty crush on you and I'll be seeing you next time you come to Melbourne.

What a way to start the birthday celebrations!

Yep, today is my birthday. And yes, I'm telling you so you can leave me a comment, cos I love comments. Don't love birthdays so much, but I love comments!

~ Ky x

Playgrounds Are Fun!

Yesterday was a perfect day. Sunshine, cool breezes, blue skies, warm, but not hot. Perfect.

The park was calling our names.

 I couldn't find him for a sec. He was in here with some other kids, just chilling and chatting.

 She waited patiently for a turn on the tyre swing.

 The patience paid off.

Then we all got on together.

And we went around and around and around...

 I might add, it's hard taking photos while you're spinning around really fast.

It was so much fun though. I feel such contentment and freedom when I'm spinning and swinging...until I start to feel sick.

Fun times and special memories!

I'd really like the summer holidays to end now though please.

~ Ky x