pp girls mini disco

these five girls are the funniest. a few days ago i watched them bop around singing at the top of their lungs in our theatre room whilst listening to the mini disco playlist i'd thrown together at midnight the day before. 

long story short, one of them was sick when the school disco was on. the other four went and i snapped a pic of them looking chuffed to be there and hanging out together and posted it on my instagram. her mum saw it, she saw it... and she was devastated that she missed the party.

i couldn't let that happen, so an idea was born to make the pp girls mini disco! it was pretty easy... a few sets of fancy lights strung up about the place, some boppy music streaming onto the screen via apple tv, snacks and a few kids! they had the best time - and us mums had a pretty good time chilling out in the kitchen too. maybe something we will have to revisit... we have such a good bunch of kids here - and some pretty excellent mum friends. ♥

madeline's kindy grad

i honestly feel like i blinked and all of a sudden this school year was over... this evening was the primary school open night and miss madeline graduated from her kindy class. we are so proud of her and her eagerness to make friends and learn about absolutely everything... she's just grown up so much!

madeline and her two best friends from school, charlotte and isabella with their graduation certificates. 

madeline receiving her certificate from mrs tiekink 

the kids sang for all of the parents on arrival.. the good old tune "a sailor went to sea" that is so old that we sang it back when i was at school.

and just like that it's almost over... our little girl is a big girl, school finishes next week and next year she is in pre-primary full time. i can't wait to watch her take on the world!

book week 2016

this adorable little gumnut took part in her first bookweek parade earlier this week. shattering my dreams of dressing my little girl up as madeline from the classic book, this years theme was apparently "australian books" so we went with that and busted out an original snugglepot and cuddlepie costume. (there is always next year and the year after and the year after that to do madeline!) 

the tutu was a gift from some beautiful friends of ours when she was still very small and we were thrilled to see it finally fit as it was perfect for the occasion. add a little green tshirt dress and dads green beanie with cut up serviettes stapled on and yellow shoes and we were ready to go. 

maddie and isabella the koala

and with her kindy squad... these girls are the best ♥

keiras birthday

another saturday, another party... saturday was maddie's friend keiras birthday party at another one of the play centres scattered about the place. the kids played, while the mums drank coffee (or in my case milo, kindly bought for me by another one of the mums that's learnt i'm not a coffee drinker) and gasbagged as the day went by

she and the squad had a ball as usual, oh i love these girls ♥

after school hangs

yesterday we had our first after school play date with maddie's friend from school isabella. it makes me so happy seeing her with her little friends and knowing she is so happy with her life and loving her school. there was even an added bonus, that isabellas little brother and joseph are similar ages, so the party was on for young and old. 

of course the girls had to put on something matching which cracked me up to no end, i remember well the days of pretending to be twins with  my friends by wearing the same clothes. we had a lovely afternoon and i can't wait for my next catch up with isabellas mum - cause mums have fun too! 

inflatable world

another party today for the kindy squad! gem had her birthday today (and was quite unobliging about having her photo taken hence the lack of her presence in these pics) at inflatable world in malaga. the girls had such a good time, i love listening to them laugh together

isabella charlotte and madeline, the 2016 esps kindy squad!

maddie at the bottom of one of the slides. inflatable world is set up in an indoor sports centre and runs in the off season, an awesome idea if you ask me!

i am loving the kindy parties, can't wait for the next one ♥

ice skating!

we had our first kindy birthday on saturday, for madeline's friend isabella and maddie thought all her christmases had come at once, because it was at the ice skating rink!! she is forever asking if we can go ice skating and was thrilled to bits to finally try it out. it has been about 17 years since my last ice skating adventure (back in young womens) and i am proud to say that i didn't fall over once. it certainly took effort to stay on my feet and not end up on my butt, but i managed it.

i forever hear about isabella and charlotte, "my best friends mum!" and today i saw the three of them hanging out together, laughing together and having the time of their lives, so i quickly snapped this pic of them. i love knowing that maddie has made friends at school!

we loved ice skating and can't wait to go again!