Billie: `bridely & serenely gorgeous'

Not as perfect as Kate & Will's Wedding, but I loved it & all the disasterous Proudman Family chaos.

After a few teeny troubles i.e. change of venue - Billie remained fabulously focused.

But best of all, Nina loves Patrick.

Billie ( Kat Stewart ) amazing In J'Aton.

Photo: Herald-Sun Image Gallery.

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William & Kate's Backyard Wedding

Our re-enactment of the Royal Wedding was a quiet affair with a few royal guests, a few commoners, cucumber sandwiches & lots of fun.

The Charming Prince greets the crowd & awaits the arrival of Kate.

Kate arrives at Westminster Abbey in a delightful Alexander McQueen creation & Dunlop Volleys

The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge leaving Westminster in the Classic Radio Flyer Carriage

William & Kate travel through the Mall, past the London Plane Trees onto the Palace.

The modern young royals ride to their reception on Razor Scooters.

The reception was great - we laugh, dance, eat cucumber sandwiches, scones, jam & cream. More photos to come of William & Kate with very jammy faces.

I Admit Defeat

I am not the tidy type, and my children (3,2 & 11 m) understandably aren't tidy, actually they are the trashing type. This photo is just a little corner in our kitchen, but imagine this mess all through the house on a daily basis.

But, if I tidied all day, there would be no time for Teddy Bear Picnics, Kitchen Table Makings & combing through the mess in their bedrooms for long lost treasures.

Lucille:Graceful Ballerina, Artist, Adventurer, and now Kinder Girl

Lucille's first day of kinder affected me a little. I felt like my baby bird had `flown the nest'. It's only 3 year old kinder: 5 hours a week, & great fun, but the years are flying by, and it has just occurred to me that Lucille will be 18 in Year 12 (May), driving herself to mid-year exams and driving Arabella & Audrey around ( not Postman Pat & Jess ). Frightening!

I am amazed by how much L loves kinder - I was imagining lots of crying into porridge on kinder days. We love / love / love the teachers: Karen is a young, crafty, calm, Frankie-reading, knitting / crocheting, environmentalist ( I envy her collection of vintage dresses ), and Liz is a doting older lady, who is always comforting whoever has fallen over or had a toilet accident. Kinder is great.

Tap Dancing Concert : Tickets 20c

Fabulous front row tickets & icypole treats

Christmas 2010-January 2011

We had a merry, merry, merry Christmas & all ate much too much (groan). My approach to Christmas changed direction in 2010. Usually I am quite bothered by a lopsided tree, or presents that aren't perfectly wrapped. But after a fright in Sept where my niece Henrietta was airlifted to Melbourne & luckily made a full recovery, christmas was about recognising how fortunate our family is, and how cruelly for other families, life is very different.

The dazzling Henrietta - January 2011

Henrietta has now decided that she would like to be a doctor when she grows up, but before that she would like to work at Subway - her favourite lunch spot.

You may laugh - our January holiday destination was very local - we loaded up the car & drove to Point Lonsdale (our previous holiday to Phillip Island was too far - vomits, migraines & more). We had a happy, sandy holiday. My little mermaids enjoyed splashing in the water while my husband caught lots of squid off the Q'cliff Marina.

Christmas Artist Market

A completed Christmas Stocking with remnants of vintage & new fabric in offbeat colourings for Christmas (orange, blue, red, yellow) not in traditional red & green colours.