tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50346903442936254892024-03-05T15:16:19.861+10:00Margaret's ChildDebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352197013853746732noreply@blogger.comBlogger588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034690344293625489.post-82449705372403142092014-11-16T18:05:00.000+10:002014-11-16T18:05:04.465+10:00Happy Birthday Emma and our trip to Savala, Fiji.<span style="font-size: large;">While we were away in Fiji Emma celebrated her 10th birthday. It was pretty exciting for her turning double digits and getting to be in Fiji too. We started the day with balloons and presents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we jumped on a boat and headed to a new island that we haven't visited before called 'Savala'. It was lovely and small and the water was divine. Emma was extra lucky because everyone on the boat sang happy birthday to her on the way over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The water was clear and gorgeous and Emma had a ball trying out her new snorkelling kit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I had to share these photos of me and my boy because I love them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see in the photo below the sky when we left was grey and stormy and by the time we got back to the marina it was pouring down. We had a great day though and a memorable birthday for our big 10 year old Emma.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/149/AE6591C039D86FC4BAC6A9778B20E8ED.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352197013853746732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034690344293625489.post-68400315217638407882014-10-12T14:49:00.002+10:002014-11-16T18:05:31.011+10:00Nathan became Senior Leader...<span style="font-size: large;">We had a special day this week as Nathan earned his Senior Leader badge at this new school. Yep that's right new school. He moved schools in the middle of last term. Since moving the change in him is amazing. He loves going to school, loves his teacher and is working hard to be the best that he can be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He had to apply for senior leader, meet certain criteria and have his application signed off by a variety of teaching staff. We were really proud that he was able to attain this after a short time at school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan and I stayed at Hervey Bay while Emma was on Cuboree during the school holidays and one afternoon we boarded '<a href="http://www.spiritofherveybay.com/">The Spirit of Hervey Bay</a>' for our 4 hour cruise. I have to say that it was AWESOME! I loved it, the whales came so close you could almost touch them and the size of them was jaw dropping. I am really glad I went. So here are some photos from our afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were really playful and I loved when they rolled around and their body was white under the water, it was really easy to see their shape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thinking of going whale watching? Go. It's fun. The boat we went on has a money back guarantee if you don't see whales, we got heaps of time out there with them and the afternoon tea was delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We headed to the club for the annual giving out of medals and trophies and then to lunch with the team topping off the day with a fun few hours at Aussie World on the Sunshine Coast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now we head into indoor soccer for the off season and I know that soccer will be back on in full force before we know it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week we had a big event happen around here, Emma went off for Queensland Cuboree for cub scouts. A whole 5 nights away for the very first time and a 2/12 hour drive away. We had been anticipating camp for months as she prepared. She came home a very happy camper which was a big sigh of relief for everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She left early Sunday morning and she shed lots of tears as she said goodbye. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her first night away she got to celebrate her good friend's birthday with cake. Not a bad start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On her first full day she got to go whale watching and see whales and on her second day Nathan and I went for a visit. We got to participate in lots of activities with her. Juggling, magic, bubble blowing and panning for gold.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was so happy to see her having a great time it really is such a wonderful thing they get to experience. It won't be long now until she leaves cubs and becomes a scout. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are really proud of Nathan for his achievement, great work mate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left early Christmas morning to cruise the beautiful Halong Bay in Vietnam. It was really breathtaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We celebrated Christmas really differently this year. It wasn't a favourite Christmas as we love all the hype that goes with it at home and we missed that but it is always good to try something different. We are looking forward to getting the tree up and celebrating at home next year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've been on holiday and now we are back. We visited 5 countries in 4 weeks and had an amazing time. I've written about it on the travel blog you can read about it <a href="http://happytravellingfamily.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/were-back-and-our-first-visit-to.html">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this idea for spreading a little bit of happiness. Link <a href="http://strongarmor.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/christmas-socking.html">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If your kids like to give candy canes to their friends, here is a super cute way to make them look more interesting. Link <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Reindeer-Candy-Canes/">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The link for this snowman doesn't work although I got one of these off a friend last year and he is super super cute and really easy to make with just 2 socks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every year we make reindeer food and this year Emma is giving reindeer food to her friends with their Christmas cards instead of sweets. This is the cutest and easiest way to present it. Link <a href="http://oom-mom101.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Christmas">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are you going looking at lights this year? Here is a printable you can take for the kids to cross off. A Christmas lights scavenger hunt - perfect for an advent calendar activity. Link <a href="http://robinson.macaronikid.com/article/225189/after-holiday-scavenger-hunt#axzz1lEMEyzzj">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I often get stuck on gift ideas and I use this list all the time to help me. They have all age groups at the link. Link <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/stocking-stuffer-ideas.html">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've discovered that I have lots of favourite Christmas pins so I might be back with some more before Christmas arrives. I hope you find these helpful. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/149/AE6591C039D86FC4BAC6A9778B20E8ED.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></a>Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352197013853746732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034690344293625489.post-48612546809395154932013-11-30T11:57:00.000+10:002013-11-30T12:00:22.551+10:00Advent Calendar 2013<span style="font-size: large;">Every year the countdown to Christmas from December first in our house is an exciting time. We usually have a hand sewn advent calendar that I fill with all different types of treats and activities to make this time special. You can read about our past Advent Calendars <a href="http://www.debsfamilylife.blogspot.com.au/search/label/advent%20calendar">here.</a> This year I was faced with the challenge of two children who still really wanted to count down til Christmas and an overseas holiday for the last half of countdown. So this is what I came up with - brown paper bags decorated with paper doilies cut in various ways and some printed numbers from <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/debbiebarro">Pinterest</a> (link <a href="http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/12/free-printable-christmas-advent-calendar/">here</a>) on the front. I chose paper bags because they are big enough to hold something of a decent size but can be thrown away too. My list this year involves more sweet treats than we would usually have but I did what I could and what was easiest for our circumstances.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this is what our bags ended up looking like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And below is the list of what we have in each bag each day:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">A Christmas play date with friends</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A coupon for 1 app each from the app store</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Popcorn</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A coupon for a movie rental</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A coupon for an afternoon ice cream from the local shop</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A book about Asia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Going to see 'The Nutcracker' ballet in the city</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A magazine each for our trip away</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sweets and chewy for the flight</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hong Kong dollars for spending</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Deoderant each</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Grinch Pills</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A $1 scratchie each</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hand Santa-tizer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sweets</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A coupon for a mocktail on our cruise</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sweets</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Snowman poop</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vietnam money for spending</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/debbiebarro">Pinterest</a> a lot for this advent calendar this year. So below are the links for the coupons I printed and other things I made that were from there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coupons (link <a href="http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2012/12/free-printable-stocking-stuffer-coupons.html">HERE)</a> I printed them out and just used the ones that were relevant to us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our book on Asia is this kids one from Lonely Planet. I got ours at the Book Depository (link<a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/"> here)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Grinch Pills were from <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/debbiebarro">Pinterest</a> (link <a href="http://scrapcationgetaway.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/grinch-pills-free-scut-file.html">here)</a> and they look like this (just using Tic Tacs)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Snowman Poop was very similar using Tic Tacs again and was from <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/debbiebarro">Pinterest </a>(link <a href="http://enchantedladybugcreations.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/snowman-poops-grinch-pills-8.html">here</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally the hand Santa-tizer was from <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/debbiebarro">Pinterest</a> too (link<a href="http://happyhomefairy.com/2011/12/15/inexpensive-christmas-gift-ideas/"> here)</a> and they look like this using just a small hand sanitizer bottle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year I decided to make travel mugs. I bought some clear ones in my local craft store and then went about inserting fabric into each one to make them look lovely before screwing them altogether ready for drinking out of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These were easy no sew presents. They came with a template which I traced onto stiff interfacing and fabric, applied some stop fray to all the edges and then inserted into place. I used Moda Bake Shop's tutorial on how to make them (<a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2008/12/travel-mug.html">link here</a>) which was easy to follow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was party time for Emma and she chose the Petite Princess Parlour to hold her special event. There were lollies, pizza and pink lemonade for all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the girls really loved the dress ups and this mask was Emma's favourite along with a tutu skirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then there was the pampering. Manicures for all while dressed in their robes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emma also had her done done with this gorgeous tiny tiara and her makeup done too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emma had an absolute ball, she smiled and laughed the whole time having fun with her friends. She was super lucky this birthday and got an iPad mini as well as some other small gifts. She was spoiled with presents from all her friends at the party too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have a daughter and you are thinking about Petite Princess Parlour for a party - do it, they do an excellent job and the girls just love it <a href="http://www.petiteprincessparlour.com.au/">(link here)</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy 9th birthday Emma!</span><br />
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I've written about our Singapore Top 5 on <a href="http://happytravellingfamily.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/our-singapore-top-5.html">The Happy Travelling Family blog, pop over to read it HERE.</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am really passionate about travel, travelling is my dream, I really wish I could do it all the time but normal life just doesn't allow for that. The next best thing for me; writing about the travel I do get to do and the tips I think are good to know. I am also hoping that writing about it will make me travel more, you know to have places to report on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pop on over and check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some memories from our trip to Fiji in 2010. It's short (we had a word limit and photo limit) so if you have any questions just ask!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Hoefler Text'; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;">Fiji is our favourite place to holiday.</span><span style="font-family: 'Hoefler Text'; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Hoefler Text'; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;">The people are the most friendly we have met and the atmosphere is so relaxing that you can feel your stress melt away as you hop off the plane.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>To Relax</b> - You can’t beat the pool at Wyndham Fiji. It is large and inviting, especially with the swim up bar for the adults. It is easy to spend hours on a pool chair while the kids swim, reading a book and having a pineapple daiquiri (the best I have ever had and made with fresh fruit) or a refreshing Fiji Bitter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>To Explore</b> - During our visit to Fiji we discovered so many great things to do. We booked a full day tour with Captain Cook to Mystery Island (Tivau Island). We were picked up at the resort by our guide and then cruised over to the island on a beautiful boat with tall sails. While on the island there was a lot of relaxing for me to do including a massage on the beach while the kids were able to snorkel right off the beach (they take you out in the boat too). Emma (6) almost sat on a starfish while splashing in the shallow water! They provided an excellent lunch which we all enjoyed and Emma had her hair braided.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">We visited the hot mud baths during our trip. We jumped in a taxi that was waiting for passengers outside the Wyndham resort and the driver took us there and waited for us to finish so he could bring us back. That is great service. We paid $30 FJD to get into the baths. We started off in the natural mud pool and covered ourselves in mud and then we refreshed in the natural hot spring. We had so much fun and we laughed so much, we loved it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our next adventure was the Sigatoka River Safari. We got to ride up the river in a jet boat and see many locals. We got to visit a village where we were welcomed and shown around. We had lunch ‘Fiji style’ prepared by the ladies in the village. The village we visited had no school or electricity, it was an eye opening experience for both my husband and I as well as the kids. On the way back on the jet boat Nathan (8) was given the opportunity to help drive the boat which he loved! Fiji is very child friendly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>To Eat</b> - There are so many dining options when staying on Denarau you are spoiled for choice. We love the resort restaurant and often have our breakfast there (the pancakes are delicious). We also enjoyed pizza at Mamma’s, chili crab at Indigo, both at the Port of Denarau and the fish and chips you get at Neptune’s which is a small hut just on the waters edge right next Wyndham Resort.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are just a few of the things we loved about our holiday at Wyndham Resort Fiji and we can’t wait for our next visit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ready for our trip up the river in the jet boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Eating pizza at Mamma's at Port Denarau.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nathan with a starfish he found right off the beach on MalaMala Island.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please don't forget to follow the link <a href="http://myclub.worldmarksp.com/2013/07/17/resort-reporter-fiji60-fun-in-fiji/">HERE</a> and give me a vote over on the Wyndham Vacation site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we head off for our school holidays to Airlie Beach I made up a little pack to help them with the long stints of driving, so here is what I put together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't got any photos today but I don't think you really need them. First I got a large brown gift bag and filled it with the following (they don't know all the stuff in the bag, so some is a surprise)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">A magazine each. Just for some casual flicking through/reading. And they love getting those little gifts they come with.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Travel games. We already have travel bingo. I also found quite a few new travel games on <a href="http://pinterest.com/debbiebarro/">Pinterest </a>so I printed them off, laminated them and we have them now too (we have a little pencil case in the car with whiteboard markers to play the laminated games). They incude; a new bingo (picture below), hangman, travel battleships, dots and lines, tic tac toe. You can find the link to them <a href="http://blog.eternal-hopes.com/kid-travel-game-ideas/">HERE</a>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also travel with plenty of snack food and I have found the best way to travel with food is to put it in a small plastic tub/box. This way nothing gets squashed or broken and it is waterproof and crumb proof. We have a small plastic bag for the rubbish. I always put a large towel down under the kids too so all the crumbs etc that do escape can be shaken off at each stop (there is nothing worse than a dirty car when you're away). I haven't decided all of what is going in the box yet. We will definitely put in some fruit, some Shapes biscuits, I have a packet of Fantales and probably some chips etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a fabulous school holiday Australian peeps, I'll be back in two weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this week really hard to get a grasp on. It tackled shutter speed and aperture, both manual settings we had to use and I just find them hard to get in my head. So to make it easier for me and the kids (after I read the instructions over and over) we focused on aperture which I find a bit easier to understand. Also the theme was watch and peek. We all took photos of very similar things. I took mine during the day while the kids were at school and they took theirs in the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We talked a lot this week about depth of field. I think we all captured it to different extents. Emma has amazed me with her photography, when she is out taking photos she talks about all the things we have tackled so far, about the rule of thirds and framing your shot etc, it is nice to see she is taking it all in.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">We absolutely love a day at the museum, who doesn't? My kids would love to see the school holiday programme for June/July it is all about investigating insects. Nathan is 11 and you would think he would be a bit old for this stuff but he isn't and he really enjoys participating in all the activities. <a href="http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/Events+and+Exhibitions/Events/2013/06/Insectarium">Link HERE.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday 6th July (the last weekend of holidays) you can go on a steam train ride around the inner northern suburbs and get lunch included. Steam train rides are always fun. You can book this by calling The Australian Railway Historical Society (I did look up their website but couldn't find this particular trip on there, maybe it is a call only type of thing).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Nathan loves soccer and I would definitely be letting him attend these two soccer clinics over the holidays if we were home - Brisbane Roar at Caboolture l<a href="http://roardevelopment.com.au/caboolture/">ink HERE</a> and West Ham United football clinic <a href="http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9393-0-0-0&sID=264253&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=23549555">link HERE.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Last year we missed out on attending the Brisbane Winter Festival. We wanted to go along and ice skate in the open air ice skating rink in King George Square and so this year I was looking forward to going along. I have searched the internet and can't find any details about it for this year, it is an annual thing so I am sure it is on. If you find any info let me know and I might still be able to squeeze this one in!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">And lastly it wouldn't be a school holiday without a trip or two to the movies would it? Of course the two movies we would want to see are Despicable ME 2 and Monsters University and I think we will be able to fit these in (well at least one).</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there you have it. Instead of doing all these things we will be <a href="http://www.adventurewhitsunday.com.au/">HERE </a>which is extremely exciting and somewhere the kids and I have never been so that makes it even better. If you have any good ideas on what to do in Airlie Beach or somewhere/something we should see leave a comment and let me know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used my bright coloured chevron fabric and I quilted along the zig zag lines. I used a velcro closure and I interfaced all the sections with padding on the cover. It was really thick and heavy and hard to sew a top stitch around the edge when it was complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I decided to alter it a little and make one for the lovely Toni for her adventures. This time I used a Paris print that I love with chevron inside. I changed it so it is not interfaced as heavily as the first so it was much easier to sew (and therefore not a little bit wonky like mine) and I used a magnetic clip for the closure. I also made the back pockets shallower so the passports can't slide down out of sight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Emma dances and whenever she completes exams or stuff like that she earns badges. I knew that we had to have them somewhere special or they would get lost and I didn't want to tuck them away I wanted her to be able to see and enjoy them so when I saw<a href="http://www.quiltville.com/scrappytrips.shtml"> this </a>project on <a href="http://pinterest.com/debbiebarro">Pinterest</a> I knew I could make it work as a wall hanging for her badges. It was perfect with a little square for each badge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used pretty colours and added some binding with some fabric loops so it hangs on her wall. If you look closely you can see that she has 4 badges on there so far. I didn't take any pictures but the backing is a plain fabric. I think that this pattern would look nice in cushions too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway this week we had to think about the rule of thirds in photography and how you can frame objects and the theme was 'Important to me now'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is Nathan's photo for this week. He really wanted to represent responsibility. Showing that he is responsible is really important to Nathan right now and he is working really hard to achieve goals around this. He chose his saxophone to photograph because he has to show responsibility and commitment to his instrument.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to take a photo that represented my need to focus on me (well not to forget me really) and to remember to take a break sometimes and put my feet up and recoup after running around all day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And lastly, Emma took a photo of her friend Rose. Rose is really special to Emma. She travels everywhere with us and so Emma chose her. I have to say that Emma did really well with her rule of thirds and I really like her photo. I put the grid on the camera for her so that helped her out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are all enjoying this challenge together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got up early and headed to the local aquatic centre where the day started with setting up his gear in the transition area (without every doing a triathlon before this was the hardest part for Nathan, transitioning between each section). We set up his stuff as best we could with the beginner knowledge we had (we looked around and just copied everyone else really!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spent the time before his race looking through the stalls they had set up and making a poster to support him along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then he headed off to the briefing area and we headed to the pool to watch the first leg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought swimming would be his weak leg but he did really really well and got ahead of a lot of the kids in the pool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He ran past us tired and with a stitch but finished really well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was super happy with himself for the whole day and I was super proud of him too. I love that Nathan is always willing to give something a go. I think he will be there again next year ready to have a blast (there were no places and the kids were stagger started so it was a really good, non competitive atmosphere which was perfect for Nathan's first go). All the kids got a medal which made them all happy too.</span><div>
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Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352197013853746732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034690344293625489.post-20624936160997428962013-05-19T16:23:00.001+10:002013-05-19T16:23:17.414+10:00Here we go... Little SideKlick Week 1<span style="font-size: large;">Today we completed our week one of our Little SideKlick 16 week project. For information click <a href="http://www.littlesideklick.com/index.php">HERE</a> and to read my last post about it click <a href="http://www.debsfamilylife.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/a-new-project.html">HERE.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our first week was to get the kids used to the camera and to just take some photos. The theme we had to follow for our photos was 'before me'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went through the PDF instructions together and discussed photos etc. and then headed outside to take our shots. Now when I signed up for this I signed up Nathan and I and Emma was very upset. I would have signed her up too but I couldn't see how you could sign up 2 kids with one adult so I told Emma she could do the project with us and I would upload her pics and we would present them in a book of our own. She was happy with that so we have started the project with Emma as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are our photos from week one:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my photo, a picture of our long driveway, the route I have to take to go anywhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Nathan's picture. He chose a different perspective - looking at our house from the road.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally Emma's picture - of me. This is the worst picture ever and I considered not letting her use it but that wouldn't of been fair. She said she picked it because I am always in front of her (probably nagging her to clean her room or do her homework ha!).</span><br />
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