clackline stay

there's no place like my parents farm in clackline. the kids and i came up yesterday (after a false start with a flat battery i might add, an hour and a visit from the rac later we were on out way) for a late lunch with the family, to celebrate mums birthday that was a few days ago. i was even allowed to make the birthday cake - so i busted out yet another one of these delicious chocolate wonders, this has fast become my favourite recipe, it just comes out perfect every time!

we finally got to have a good look around the "she-shed" (also nicknamed the bitch barn by my dad) which they have put so much work into over the last few months. as long i can remember, this shed has been a web of junk (all useful things according to my dad of course) car parts, paint, tools, etc... but they have all been cleared, the roof and walls have been insulated and lined, windows and doors installed, the floor painted, a sink put in and even an old stove! it looks amazing! mum is going to use it as a studio, run classes (honestly, i am yet to find something my mother isn't good at) make her millions of projects and just potter about in. i love it!

you could even really live in it, except for the fact it doesn't have a bathroom, but one could easily be added at the back. all in time mum says.

i just can't believe that they've managed to make it into something so cool and all of us kids are completely amazed at the results.

mum and dad, you've done it again. wow.

we spent the night and went opshopping this morning in york and got some amazing bargains before rushing back to perth in time for madeline's dance class. we had 52 items all up between mum and i and the lovely old guy there only charged us $20. honestly, that's 38c a piece. i really believe he gets sick of counting after a while. 

a few weeks ago, maddie asked me what i used to do when i lived at nannas house. i said that uncle isaac and i used to climb onto the woodshed and sit on the roof, then climb up onto the roof of the chookshed. of course she had to tell her big cousins about it yesterday and next thing i know they are all up there. i couldn't help but laugh until i saw madeline with a plank, trying to put it across to walk over, at which time i put an end to it quick smart. ugh kids. 

i do love seeing them in my old places though. i just love visiting mum and dads house so much and seeing it bring them the same joy makes it all the better.