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

T&G Tuesday - Acland St, St Kilda

 Today's photo post is not about great photography, but about having some fun.

I did try to take some truly great shots, but it's always difficult when the Monkey is non stop action.

Sometimes that in itself makes for some great shots, but today, I was distracted by his energy.

There was soooo MUCH energy!

We found some graffiti art hidden away behind the shops.

Creepy!

There was even footpath art.

These two goons stopped for a few seconds to pose for me.

There were cakes in the windows....so many cakes!

See? He doesn't stop!

Probably the best book store I know of.

She wanted to buy lots of books.

He just wanted me to take photos of him being an airplane.

We had a great time at Acland St today!

~ Ky x

Skate Park

When you fall down, get back up again!

Don't bother using the stairs. Crawling up the hard way is empowering and more rewarding.

I've missed this blog. So has my Mum.

Here you go Ma. Some photos of your precious grandkids.

Hopefully I'll hang around.

~ Ky x

Thrifty Finds and a Jigsaw Puzzle

This vintage photo was one of my two purchases from The Vintage Shed last Friday. I'm not sure why I had to have it, but it just really appealed to me and now it is displayed amongst other stuff on the dresser in the 'toy room'. I am a huge fan of sepia and black & white photos. It's in such great nick too.

That little ceramic owl is vintage too. It was given to me on my 10th birthday.

I can't believe that I'm old enough now that stuff that was around when I was a kid is now considered vintage.

When did the '80's become vintage?

Where did that time go???

A shocking photo of a small, bevel mirrored frame, found at an op shop, yesterday. I just love it!

This photo doesn't show it's true beauty, but I had trouble taking a decent photo of it this morning.

*note to self* camera flash and mirrors don't go together.

Found at the same op shop, a large, retro pot. In very, very good condition. I was tossing up the idea to give it to a friend of mine who is really into retro, but as soon as hubby spied it that idea went out the window.

It's so fun and a little frustrating doing jigsaw puzzles with my offspring. She's rather good at it. He's just impatient.

This is what we did this morning while I was having my cuppa.

It's a great bonding activity that we all enjoy.

The finished product! One hundred pieces, connected.

She wants to try a one thousand piece puzzle, but I just don't think she's got the patience for that yet.

 I'll be playing dress ups tomorrow night for a friends 40th.

Can you guess what I'm going as?

Well, I'm off to take my 'happy pill'. The alarm on my phone is going off to remind me to take it.

My darling husband set it up so he didn't have to call me every morning to remind me to take it. I'm a shocker at remembering to take pills and this one is very important for me to take.

You'd laugh if you could hear this alarm. It's one of those warning alarms, you know, like you see in the movies when there is a fire or intruder alert, or something like that. It's relentless until someone turns it off.

Anyway, better go take it and get on with my day.

~ Ky x

Art, Playgrounds and a Funday

I took this photo on Friday morning while I was enjoying some 'me time' at Chapel St. I really love 'me time'.

I visited my favourite cafe/bakery and indulged in a coffee and almond croissant. Then wondered along the street looking in windows, taking photos and visiting op shops.

At one point I noticed the sound of a car flooring it in some far off street. Then I noticed another almost immediately after and then it dawned on me that the Grand Prix was well and truly underway for the day. The sound  of those F1's, screaming around the circuit, sure do bounce off the buildings. It added a certain atmosphere to this most interesting of streets.

Ya'll know I love the graffiti art, but this one is just too hard to crop to make it good enough to put up on Teacups and Graffiti.

Another fun thing I did last week was meet a good friend and her daughter for a picnic at a park that I neither of us had been to before.

It's such a pretty park and has an awesome, fenced playground.

That's one of the many things I love about Melbourne. There are so many great playgrounds and parks.

Of course, Monkey was non stop the whole time we were there. That kid has too much energy.

I love that about him though!

He LOVED the flying fox. He spent a lot of time walking it back to the start, then climbing on and flying to the end. Over and over and over and over again.

This swing got quite a workout too. He and Miss T had fun on it together. He's even showing off to her in this photo and trying to make her laugh by pulling silly faces.

Moving on to the weekend.

Angel's school had a Funday Sunday. And it was fun. Honestly, I don't think anything gives me so much joy as watching my kids have fun.

She had a go at everything. Even the Cha Cha Cha ride...twice!

He loved the go carts. He thought they were the bees knees, even though they didn't go very fast.

He went on them maybe 4 or 5 times.

Of course, the Giant Slide got a good workout from these two as well.

Talk about wearing the kids out.

This made me giggle. This Vespa belongs to a friend of ours who spent a good part of the day giving the kids rides, along with another bloke who was giving rides on his Harley D.

Angel went on the Vespa with Chris, but Monkey wouldn't, until Dad said he'd take him for a ride. Of course he would go with his Dad! He idolises him.

They ended up going twice!

The chicky babe with the pink hair is another good friend of ours. She is who I went to the Michael Buble concert with. Anyway, Monkey loves her and she loves Monkey.

Her hair isn't always that colour. It was part of the fun in raising money for the school.

Can you tell these two are related???

They both make my heart beat faster!

~ 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