All Things Mum

How to cure post-natal blues: Retail therapy. Thankyou K-mart. I bought some coffee mugs, $2 each Face washers for baby's bath time, $2 pack of 4 Book stand $4 Oven roaster (not pictured) $14.75 = one happy mummy (Priceless) They had mugs in other striped colours but I figured I should stick to one colour instead of mixing. There was a beautiful turquoise striped one but it was too summery for me right now. This is the cute book stand. I struggle to read recipes properly so to have this is really handy. I can just pop a recipe book on it and cook away. Plus it was super cheap so I could not pass it up. My adorable little man who was 3weeks yesterday. Sheeesh how time flies. I would like to say he's a perfect little fellow but he does not like to be put down half the time but luckily I sewed up another sling to keep him snuggled next to me. The sling is made from a single bed flat sheet cut in half lengthways. Really, what do people do with bed sheets? I have quite a collection...

Baby Elijah arrived in the wee hours of the morning on the 8th June after a much anticipated labour. A day before his due date, mind you but a quick labour was very promising. At 4.20am he was pushed out and I have enjoyed every second after that (not so much before, lol) No stitches for mummy even for this big 4.04kg baby! The heaviest of my now complete brood of babies. He is doing very well and I feel pretty good as well. We are completely over the moon and getting on with... life. Thanks for dropping by.

I've been wanting to cover the change mat for the longest time. As I cleaned out some things today I found this Bubba Boo flat sheet for the cot which I rarely used and thought it would make a great fabric to use for the change mat. All I did was lay the change mat on top of one side, flipped the fabric over to cover it and cut out one big rectangle. The back of it is secured by some cheap sticky velcro. I don't recommend it to anyone as it sticks to your needle and is icky! Then it occurred to me that I could use the left over piece to make a matching pillow case cover. The cuff part was already done so all I needed to do was sew two sides together to make a simple case. I think it has come out terrific and it didn't take that much time at all. So if you have a spare flat sheet that you don't use, go ahead and cut it up. The possibilities are endless.

I've been admiring the greenery of our vegie 'bath'. In actual fact it's an old iron bath that hubby filled with dirt and I've been pottering about trying to see if I can't grow something .... anything... without killing it. I wasn't successful last year but I am trying harder this time around. I've even detected what the weeds look like and pick them out daily. While the kids were at day care I planted whatever seeds I had on hand. You can see tomato trees above. I am thinking about re-potting them individually so I can stake them. They are looking pretty healthy but whether or not they fruit is the big question. That's a cucumber plant in the corner. I had picked up a pot from Franklins (of all places) as I was curious. I split it and they were looking good until one of them decided to stop growing. But lookey here! My pride and joy. See that cucumber?! It sprouted and grew and grew! Hubby hasn't seen it since it was a wee one but he's goin...