hmmm, Im just not too sure about all this .... I could get use to the butlers though ... oh thats right Ialready have one, her name is Mamma!
nothing like a bintang before lunch while the butler brings over lunch!

finding fairies in the garden
our 2 favourite boys

waiting for entrees
my darlings

what a spunk is he!

Before we left Ivy doll had a sleep over, I did my big cousin duty and gave her her morning bottle

We are off to Bali in 2 more sleeps (well 1 and a half, Ivy is having a sleep over tonight!!) We hope you are all thinking about us while we are drinking cocktails by the pool and being waited on hand and foot buy our 6 staff!!!

Just to make you all a little more jealous ... check out the link where we are staying ..... http://www.villaazaya.com

Jealous much????

So long!!!!!!

lashes upon lashes

We wandered in to the Mueseum (again) on Tuesday, we met Winnie there to see the new Titanic exhibition - very facinating. On the drive home Holly and I were discussing what we had seen and running through the story of the titanic ... the conversation when like this;

Mummy: Do you remember what the Titanic was?

H: It was a BIG ship

Mummy: Thats right, and what happened to it?

H: It sank

Mummy: It did sink, where did it sink?

H: it sank right down to the bottom of the ocean

Mummy: and how did it sink?

H: it CRASHED into a Hamburger!

Mummy: What the?? Oh you mean ice burg?>

H: No a Hamburger.

Mummy: No Baby, it was an iceburg, remember, the big chunk of ice we saw?

H: (and the penny dropped) aaahhhh!

Ok, so Holly is a museum buff, she love it, loves everything about going there, the animals, the human body, the kids section, but her very most favourite thing about going is Phar Lap. She is obsessed with him! This time she even asked me to take her photo with him! She has her museum ticket pinned up in her room now too .... because it had Phar lap on it!!!

HAPPY 11 MONTH BIRTHDAY HARRY!

one month to go until the big 1.

You are just too gorgeous for words xx

It wasn't quite the Family Fun Sunday without Daddy here, but never the less, we had a great day. We headed into the city on a train where Mamma did her best to pretend we were looking at birds when I pointed to some weird and colourful city people! We happened stumbled across a festival, but not quite the festival we usually trapse into the city for ... it was Budda day! We managed to find someone to paint my face and get a balloon, so to me it was a festival as normal! We had lunch, played at Birrarung Marr and then headed back on the train. We had a ball and were exhausted by the time we hit home xx
action shot - straight from hollywood!

Dadda, I promise to be good if you take me with you?

We all miss you .... Hurry up and come home xxxxxxxxxxxx

I was totally sure that Harry was more a Norrie than a Freeman, but since Aunty Gabe found this photo the other day, there is no denying he is a Freeman through and through.

In the middle is Andrews Dad - Adrian - an uncanny resemblance!

As the Freeman stories go, this was Andrews most favourite thing to do in the world when he was a baby! I popped Harry in the bottom drawer last night and he was the happiest he could have been! He chattered and banged away for 30 minutes while I cooked dinner ... Hooray for the tupperware drawer!
My darling Girl is just gorgeous. We were running super late the other morning, so she voulenteered to feed Harry his breaky. What a star. 3 weetbix later - all the ironing was done and we were ready to leave ... on time!

yesterday was one of those days where a moment like this was well and truely savoured by my Mamma! lets just say ourfamilyfreeman was a little caotic!
Chill and Ivy doll had a sleepover - the tinytots were engrossed in watching the big kids bath.

luckily for Mammas sanity the sun came out and we all got to play outside - and have a deck picnic .... the first of many I am sure.

Mamma's latest creation - a nice warm winter hat

Today we made sausage rolls - we didn't do a bad job either - Daddy said they were the best he had EVER had!! Not a bad compliment from an ol chef!

and then we made sushi

Yesterday I got all dolled up, packed my handbag and took harry to a show.

Mamma babysat Leopard (my babydoll).

Holly has the most amazing imagination, she organized me to babysit for her, giving me complete directions on how to put her doll to bed and how to feed and bath her!!! Then she took Harry to the lounge room and sat on the beanbag and pretended to watch a show - which she completly narrated of course!!!

A very belated thank you to Aunty Tani and the Pacos, for this gorgeous dress they sent me.

I love, love, love it!
I can't get Holly out of dresses these days, I really have to bribe her to get her to wear pants. Thank god for stocking and boots this winter or she would freeze!

our favourite thing to do on a Sunday morning is to catch the train into Camberwell or Cantebury for breakfast .... its been a while (with moving/visitors/operations/renovating - the list goes on!) but we finally made it back this morning.

Harry LOVED the train ride, even more than his sister I think .... must be a boy thing?