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

T&G Tuesday - on Wednesday...oops!

This is Teddy.

Well, it's 'New' Teddy, actually.

'Old' Teddy got lost at the shops a couple of months ago.

I think I was sadder about it than he was.

He was given the old teddy when he was born and he slept with him all the time and took him in the car sometimes too.

So now, it's almost like having old Teddy except the new Teddy is softer because he hasn't be hugged and played with for a few years yet.

Yay for Google and online shopping!!!

~ 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

Snippets of Sunday - Kick It!

It's really cold and windy here today, but he insists on wearing shorts outside.

*sigh*

I don't worry too much, as long as his top half is warm.

I love taking action shots of him.

Some of them are just hysterical!

Classic shot!

I really, really wish I had a DSLR though cos then I wouldn't have that damn fraction of a second of shutter delay after pressing the button.

It's very frustrating when you're trying to capture a particular shot.

Oh well, them's the breaks.

He makes me laugh so much!

So there's my snippet of today.

The Monkey Boy kicking his soccer ball.

Hope you've been having a lurvely weekend.

~ Ky x

Feel Good Friday - Coffee Date

Roughly every fortnight, I have a coffee date with my man. Ahem...my little man.

It's our thing. It's what we do.

Sometimes, we have coffee dates in between that fortnight, but if we don't, then we still have our fortnightly date booked in.

I always have a traditional flat white.

That's just my thing.

 He always has either a babycino or a hot chocolate.

He rocks a chocolate froth moustache!

Sometimes I even have breakfast too.

Who doesn't love a chunky piece of fruit bread?

And no, I didn't use all the butter.

Going out for coffee is one of my favourite things.

It always makes me feel good.

And it's become easier with him the older he gets.

He stays put on his seat...most of the time.

So, tell me, what's making you feel good this Friday?

~ 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