Pucka (and Shepparton) in the Spring

School holidays in Victoria are underway, and what better way for them to begin than our annual trip up to Mum and Dad's at Puckapunyal for Oktoberfest. This year we left the big boys to go have the alcoholic 'fun' whilst mum, Kati and I took the kids up to Shepparton for SheppKidsFest. 

We could not believe how many people there were! For only $2 for each adult to get in and the kids free it was a great way to spend a gorgeous spring day. First point of call after a most important coffee stop was the miniature railway, though the queue to get the tickets probably took up more of our time than the actual train journey. The kids did love it though, and Ollie didn't want to get off. 

After some nostalgia with a Humphrey show the kids pretty much spent the remainder of the afternoon playing on all the different playgrounds. I doubt there was a slide left the Ella had not slid down. 

We could not leave without visiting the animals, though they were mostly goats. The kids loved it and Ayden was super excited to see a turkey. 

The most exciting part of the weekend was definitely still to come. Sunday morning before we all headed off home we took all 4 puppies for a walk round the base and came across the CFA doing their training in the yard of the fire station. After walking over to take a look at the fire truck we were offered the opportunity to climb all over it. Given Ollie is adoring Fireman Sam at the moment there could not have been a better offer made to him. 
 

  

And after lunch that was another weekend over and one tuckered little toddler who slept the whole way home. 

A

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Stripey Crochet Giraffe

We had a very BIG day yesterday taking the kids to the Show. So with Ol off at crèche today and me feeling horrid after coming down with a horrible cold it's going to be a day on the couch trying to knock off the edging of the remaining 10 squares of my textured knitted throw. I have been working on this for months and once I finally stop procrastinating and get it finished I look forward to sharing the final result.

When I began this throw I'd never crocheted before. Whilst all the squares are knitted, the edging is crocheted. With mum not being around and easily accessible for a lesson I went searching the net (as you do) and have managed to teach myself mainly off the wonderful thing called YouTube. In my searching, however, I came across some gorgeous things to create. And me being me, instead of finishing what I'd started before moving on to the next thing I decided to give this little cutie a go.

I found him here at this blog called I Love Buttons By Emma (and I love the name). The instructions were pretty easy to follow as a newbie and she's made some changes to where the pattern was wrong since. Given it was my first ever attempt at crochet I'm pretty pleased how she turned out. Whilst I could have kept her I felt she needed to be with a little person that will hopefully love her the way she deserves, so I packed her up as part of a welcome to this world present for our neighbour's newborn baby girl.

I have plans to make another, possibly for Ollie in some blues and greens, but I keep finding more and more different things I want to make. My list just keeps getting longer and longer, but first I have to get back and finishing the edging on those knitted squares...

A
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Welcome to our blog!
We are Heather, Amey and Kati. Our life as the three women in the Woods family is one that is a little hectic, crazy and creative. We have three amazing little monsters, aged seven and two, that we spend our time trying to keep entertained and out of mischief.
In our down time we enjoy among other things to knit, crochet, sew, cook, get addicted to silly games like Candy Crush on our iPads and wander cyberspace coming across blogs and other inspiration for projects to add to the list. So, we decided to create our own blog and share what we create, make and do to hopefully inspire others.
Enoy!