Sleepover!

Nothing screams School Holidays more than a sleepover. Don't you think? Tonight it was my niece and nephew, Dante and Tess. The one and only victims of our sleepovers. I still feel we're all a little young to do 'outside of the family' sleepovers.

They scare me.

After many hours spent on the trampoline, creating quite amazing games actually, it was inside for tea. This time - Tessa's favourite. Mashed potato and meat pie. It turns out, Dante doesn't like mashed potato, so I've promised chips next time.

Chips fixes everything.

I added salad to the meal for my benefit. Do you know it's going to be sunny and warm next week? Time to get rid of the extra 'padding' I acquired to get me through the winter.

Then we assembled the beds, and the kids watched a movie. "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" to be exact, thanks to my brother in law, Ben, who made an emergency trip to the DVD shop for me.

Didn't they used to have home delivered movies? That was cool.

 Of course, what's a sleepover without rough housing on the beds!

Earlier in the day, Tilly and I did some 'craft'. Aren't I just the school holidays mum of the year...

Aren't I?

On today's list was mini cake bunting.... I am planning my sisters baby shower which will be in December and am trialling a few ideas to include in the day. This is one of them.

Makes a very cute little cake topper....I haven't quite mastered it, but for a first attempt - it's not bad!

I'm not a real crafty mum. I just pretend.

Earlier in the day, before the sleepover commenced, Tilly and Darcy decorated the backyard for me. Pegs on the lemon tree was the biggest hit.

Apparently.

Darcy has promised me he'll remove them before, well, Christmas. Because otherwise Father Christmas might mistake the lemon tree, decorated with pegs, plastic pegs, for the Christmas Tree. And leave all the presents outside.

And to think, all these years I could have decorated our tree with pegs and the kids would have thought it was, well, Christmas.

Don't you honestly just love that about kids?

Later in the day, when the big kids were playing big kids games. Tilly came inside as a pig. I'm not kidding. She just kept snorting and snuffling at me. It looked a little something like this.

 Isn't she beautiful?

And as they lay watching movies and falling asleep in the loungeroom, in pure, sleepover bliss. I indulged myself with a pile of catalogues and bit of ABC Tv. 

I'm not being funny. I love catalogue day. I save it up for quiet moments like these!

 Shut up.

And just to end off this post, a picture of mine, Jenny's and my sister, Sarah's kids. This was taken on Tuesday when we all trekked down to Normanville for the day. In sights were sandy beaches, long walks, sandcastles and a trip to the reservoir.

In reality it was rain, $18.50 fish and chips, and Jenny, Sarah and I huddled under a gazebo whilst the kids played on a ramp. Funnily enough though, and again it's why I just love kids, they had the best time ever. Playing. On a ramp. But it had high, sloped and muddy sides, and hidey holes underneath. It was kid heaven and a muddy bum. 

I love school holidays x