a pirate predicament

hello thar!

i have a little problemo that i need your help with peoples!

here are the pirates i've been making, not all are completely finished as i've still got to make two more outfits & do eyes etc...

that brings me to my problemo

dilemma 1: i need a child friendly/not-too-scary skull & cross bones image for the shirt, any suggestions where i can find one that's free for commercial use or should i just make one up myself?

dilemma 2:  do i go with offering the option of a combo mustache/beard (see above) as well as mustache alone or just stick to mustache?

dilemma 3: do i keep the pirates eye-less or embroider eyes on as in the black haired pirate above?
(he looks like one of the village people donchya think? :D)

all feedback would be most appreciated!

i'm off to finish sewing the other blokes' clothes, we can't have them running around in the nude now can we?

ta ta!
x

thursday follow up

so we took james out for dinner tonight at The Restaurant as he calls it, only to find that he wanted to go to The Sand Restaurant, which we finally figured out was a restaurant down in sorrento which we went to for lunch in august when we were on holiday in point lonsdale!

are we there yet?

we had caught the ferry across from queenscliff to sorrento for the day & played on the beach, digging & making castles & trying to prevent matthew-the-turtle from getting to the water :)

matthew before he discovered the water

on his way to the water

cracking it after i told him no for the

7 millionth time 

about going into the water

we found a colossal jellyfish

(not really, but it was pretty big)

be free young jelly!

purdy water

(reminded me of a beach back home

in cape town & i got all sentimental & weepy)

that's The Sand Restaurant behind the kid

pork chop of note

(saying cheese for the camera)

his memory amazes me all the time! 

here are some more photos from today, james played inside & outside today & had a 3 hour nap!

 

(bear in mind, this is the start of play,

i won't frighten you with the "after" shot)

and here is another pork chop of note, thinks he's invincible

(bad camera phone shot)

all that mess is luckily confined to this room, the "office" slash "playroom" - i trained them to keep their toys in one place & only take one type of toy out at a time...  so i figured i was safe with just the farm, but no, because you can add blocks to it, the blocks box had to come out too...  they are pretty good though, & pick it all up (with our help) at the end of the day though :)

that's all folks, it's 11:30pm & i'm pooped!

x

thoughts for thursday

i have no idea what my thoughts for thursday are, i just like how it looks - all the th's & yesterday was w's...

ramble, ramble, ramble...

so anyway, i'm down one kid today as matthew has gone to nanna & pa for an over-nighter so i'm hoping to get some more sewing done :)

the plan for today is:

1) no more coffee (two cups should be enough, i hope!)
2) no snacking (unless it's a cucumber or such)
3) fantastic activities to keep james occupied, mostly consisting of sand & these great things (which i love packing away as i can play with them myself, ssshhh don't tell)

we LOVE pirates & we LOVE dinosaurs, and we LOVE PIRATE DINOSAURS!!!  and this is the current favourite most best book in the world, ever!

anyway, this took way too long to find decent pics of the playmobil so i'd better get sewing - arrrrrrrgghhhh!!!

:)

wednesday work-in-progress

here's a little sneak peek of my latest creation (there will be three) so check back soon to see more :)

christmas cards?

hello peoples

i just thought i'd share a few random things today, firstly i decided the time has come to l-o-o-s-e  s-o-m-e  w-e-i-g-h-t  (if i spell it, it won't be so bad if i fail miserably which is bound to be what happens)...

over the years, as one "matures", one naturally gains a little weight & such things seem to be affected by pregnancies as well plus i have a little addiction to starburst babies (lollies/sweets/candy) of which i cannot find a decent photo or link to show you!  anyhoo, i have decided to cease all contact with said babies & turn over a new leaf (what with spring supposedly being here & all)

so, i've said it & now i guess i have to do something about it :)

so i made some more banana bread for the kids today & i shall start the whole weight loss thing tomorrow :) 

secondly, i did a little update of the shop over at madeit with some new cards including christmas cards!  so please have a little look & let me know what you think - please? thanks!

thirdly, dinner tonight was a fairly civilized affair as far as james goes. last night was a serious battle of wills & i had to give myself a time out in our bedroom to calm down, so tonight i tried a different approach & it seemed to work...  any tips for feeding a fussy nearly-four-year-old healthy meals?

last but not least, the little kid aka matthew finally seems to be on the mend & i can't wait for the season of snot to be over!  all of my clothes seem to have snot schmeered all over them by the end of the day & it feels like i'm constantly doing laundry day after day after day after day... sorry, monotony is so lulling sometimes...

anyway, that's it for tonight :)

later alligator
x

snort

this was from a few weeks ago, in between all of us being sick & all of us being sick (i just spelt of "ov" - what's with that???)


snort! from moomi on Vimeo.

parks & pirates

so we took the kids to fitzroy gardens today after grocery shopping, in an attempt to wear them out for nap time...
it didn't work, it just wore me out instead! :)

 LOOK MUMMY! A PIRATE!

james & i went into cook's cottage (adults $4.50 & kids under 5 free) to have a look at "the little house" and Lo & Behold! who should we find outside the back door but "LOOK MUMMY! A PIRATE!!!"

it's actually a statue of captain cook & james was very impressed with how tall he was :)

macca

we didn't stay long because matthew was falling apart at the seams & wanted food/drink/sleep so we went home not long after that - it was definitely great to be out in this great park on such a lovely day!

 giant claws!

x

don't worry about a thing

this made me smile today :)