Oh Christmas Tree

This is what happens when you give a 3 and 5 year old complete control over decorating the christmas tree.

I left the room while they went to work.

Yes, I know, it's such a HUGE tree...not. I'm actually not a fan of fake christmas trees. Mum and Dad NEVER had one. We had a real tree every year. I miss that.  I think that I will buy a real tree next year. Maybe a potted one so it can slowly grow over the years like the kids. Anyway, back to the decorating...

I was going to redo it after they went to bed, but I kinda like it all messy and lopsided, so I'm going to leave it.

Normally it would have the tinsel evenly wound around the tree with all the baubles hanging in evenly spaced distances. When I decorate the tree, I'm very particular about how everything is arranged.

Having children is teaching me to let go and just let it be.

After all, it really doesn't matter and they have done something special for the christmas season and have been creative in the process.

~ Ky x

The Girls aka the Chooks

Here is Le Monkey proudly holding one of the eggs we collected last week. He loves to collect the eggs. Both the kids do. They are always very careful to take them straight to the fridge and put them in the carton very carefully. We had a few egg droppings in the first week of egg collecting, so now they are extra careful.

The Hubby finished the new, bigger coop last night. It's probably way bigger than the girls really need, but, oh well. At least they won't be all over each other like in the original coop.

We've also moved their fence so they have a much larger portion of the back yard to run around in. It includes two trees for them to keep cool under on those hot summer days that are just around the corner. There's lots more insects for them to find now too.

I'm loving the chooks and the fresh eggs.

I'm hating the smell of them though.

Who knew chooks poo so much?!

~ Ky x

Nature Lesson - Poisonous Spiders

 As dinner concluded last evening, my hubby asked me for the jar that was sitting on the kitchen bench. It contained this little nasty. He found it under the lip of a pot plant while he was moving them. He thought it was about time our kids learned what this spider looks like and what it is called and what will happen if they are bitten by one.

Of course, those of you who live in Australia are more than familiar with this creepy crawly. It's one of our more poisonous nasties. It's a Red Back Spider.

If an adult is bitten by one they may feel rather unwell. If a small child is bitten by one, it may kill them.

The kids now know about this spider and are to tell either of us about it so that we can destroy it.

Of course Monkey was rather curious about it and kept getting in the way while I was trying to photograph it as Angel wanted to take it to school next week for show and tell, but cos she can't actually take a poisonous spider to school, we will print out the photo so she can take that instead. A much safer option.

Once I'd finished trying to get a decent photo of it I tipped it out on the cement and whacked it with a shoe. No more spider.

Apologies to those of you who are arachnaphobes, but it IS only a photo on a computer screen.

~ Ky x

Random Shots With My P&S

Chapel St, how I love thee.

The cars, the bikes, the fashion, the people, oh the people...all sorts.

I could spend hours just people watching and maybe some discreet photo taking too. I will do it with the good camera though.

I always drive along the streets of Melbourne and think, "That would be a great photo!" It's very, very difficult to stop a lot of the time cos I'm either on a mission and don't have time to stop, or there IS nowhere to stop.

So I decided to take some shots while I was driving.

Illegal much?

A web of wires and cables over the intersection of High St and Glenferrie Rd.

Even after all these months, the trams still fascinate.

I have to say, I don't like getting stuck behind one though.

~ Ky x

Painting

Notice what they are doing that they aren't supposed to be doing?

~ Ky x