Inspired

My Little Surfer Girl

2010-09-24T14:42:00.001+10:00

Well she is working on it anyway. The big waves still scare the living bejesus out of her...but she is getting there.

Next ones will be from her birthday. Promise!

A New Home

2010-09-21T14:17:00.001+10:00

Well...we moved again! Shocking I know right...us move...we never do that!

Okay you all had a giggle now. Well we have moved and this time back to New South Wales. We are in a tiny little town called Maclean where all the power poles are painted with a tartan ( I will take photos to prove this point) and the most beautiful beaches in the world are just 15 minutes away.

So as you can imagine I have gone a little nuts with my camera.

I had a thing for seagulls for the first month.

It does not matter how cold the water is, she always gets in it.

The view from the front porch of our new home. That is the Clarence River.

Doing her best Hollywood Diva.

I was taking a photo of something else and I really could not resist taking one of my gorgeous dancing queen.

Turners Beach Yamba. Just 15 minutes from home.

First and Last Days of School

2009-12-04T19:32:00.004+10:00

Look At This Face

2009-11-29T21:22:00.002+10:00

This is a face that is scared and sore.

This is a face that nearly spent the afternoon in a hosptial ER.

This is a face of someone who scared the CRAP out of her Mummy.

This is the face of someone who should have known better.

This is the face of someone who put a Polly Pocket Toy up her nose.

It is now gone. We think it slipped out of her nose and down into her belly.

This is the face of a crazy little girl who I love to pieces.

Some Photos

2009-11-17T19:20:00.006+10:00

Taken on Sunday...spur of the moment!!!

Macca's Mini Swim Meet

2009-10-31T19:39:00.003+10:00

First Ever Swimming Carnival

Having a Cuddle with Daddy...trying to warm up a little

25m Boogie Board Event.

Just Hanging out

Waiting for the Kickboard Event to start!!!

2009-10-31T17:37:00.002+10:00

September Photos

having a cuddle up with Daddy

showing off her new hairdo!!!

Niks Notations

2008-09-29T17:26:00.001+10:00

Birthday Photos

2008-09-23T16:30:00.006+10:00

These where taken by my gorgeous friend Chrissy!!! They are all gorgeous but here are some of my favourties!!!

Hope you love them as much as I do!!!

The Killer Ambo

2008-08-12T18:43:00.002+10:00

You dont want this one turning up on your doorstep..She will shot you before she helps you!!!

SO FUNNY!!!

Introducing

2008-08-09T13:54:00.002+10:00

Captian Indiana 'Jack' Sparrow!!

She has her custome all ready to go, now she just needs her mummy to finish the invites.

Johnny Depp she is NOT!! But I happen to think she is a hell of a lot cuter!!

Long Time Coming

2008-08-08T12:31:00.002+10:00

Sorry it has been so long between photos!!!

BAD MUMMY I KNOW!!!

Anyway...here are a heap of photos!!!

Face Painting is a given on holidays

A Trip to the Library

Princesses love to colour

but then they have to sleep!!

Disney on Ice

2008-06-28T17:29:00.003+10:00

So Indi and I went to Disney on Ice today!!! We had a blast.. Thanks Aunti Oli!!

I took 298 phots which I have managed to get down to 137... thank goodness.. But I thought I would share a few on here and one of Indi having a blast!!

The theme was Mickey and Minnie's Grand Adventure and included stories from The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmations, Peter Pan and Lilo and Stitch.

The only part she did not enjoy was the Octopus Witch from The Little Mermaid. Otherwise she had a great time!

"Simba" The Lion King

"Auriel and Flounder" The Little Mermaid

"Tinkerbell" Peter Pan

Little Miss herself

"Stitch" Lilo and Stitch

A Day at Tweed

2008-06-28T17:18:00.002+10:00

We had to make a little trip down to Tweed Heads the other day (Friday). She got a little naughty during the funeral service so I took her outside..

Well let's just say the light was perfect!!

Some Shots From Today

2008-06-22T21:15:00.005+10:00

Indi got to dress up today for the christening of her new baby cousin. These are a few of the shots I got from the day.

Bad Blogger Mummy

2008-06-20T13:43:00.004+10:00

So sorry everyone.. Time has gotten away from me.. So I am going to pop some photos on here and tell you what was happening in them okay.

At the Teddy Bears Picnic for the school.

At the picnic still..with Nana this time

Getting her face painted at the picnic

An awesome shot I got by chance while at swimming lessons the other day

She likes to help stack the dishwasher but rinsing the dishes for Daddy

New Skates

2008-05-07T17:12:00.003+10:00

So Aunty Ole finally sent Indi her roller skates. They are gorgeous little Barbie ones. She is loving them completely and the wheels already look like have been used for a month LOL!!!

Anyway here are some photos of her..

More and More

2008-05-05T19:36:00.004+10:00

Just in case you were not sick of looking at her yet LOL!! These are some photos I have taken around and about..

Some Fishing Shots

2008-05-05T19:18:00.003+10:00

We have done a little of this in the last few days.. Indi enjoys it.. am not sure if it is the fishing (we are yet to catch a thing) or just being out in the glorious weather we are having atm.. with both Mummy and Daddy.

Anyway, here are some photos of her.

Okay not exactly fishing here but honestly her rod is just behind her.

With Daddy having a splash in the water, with shoes on. Daddy found a broken beer bottle in the water.

Figuring out the reel in. She was so proud of herself for sitting on the rocks and then climbing back up all by herself.

Little Update

2008-05-04T16:14:00.003+10:00

I have not done this for a month.. So here are some photos for a little catch up!!

Indi and her cousin Ryan. Do you think I could get a real smile

On the flying fox. Thank goodness for older cousins.

Learning how to fish..Somerset Lake

On the Dodgem's with cousin Ryan

With Shrek at WB Movie World.

Princess for a Day

2008-04-02T12:01:00.003+10:00

Today is Indi's last school day before the Autumn holidays... and they got to dress up...

Indi decided she wanted to go as the Barbie Island Princess. I think she is starting to understand a little about her skin... she decided to wear normal clothes underneath so when she got itchy she could take off her dress ups...

Anyway here at the photos..

Show and Tell

2008-03-30T20:32:00.003+10:00

So...we have had this little guest at our house for awhile now... and we decided that Indi had to take it to show and tell...

So here you go...No great pics sorry...A little hard to capture..

We think that this little darling is a Garden Orb spider. Information (if you are brave) can be found here. http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/orb_weaving_spiders.htm

Having a Chat

2008-03-30T16:09:00.002+10:00

With Ange (a dear friend of ours) on Yahoo Messenger...

And More

2008-03-28T16:14:00.003+10:00

Had to share these photos... Love the one of Jason under the water.... still can not believe I managed to get that LOL!!

Olivia will never again tell me there is not enough photos of Indi on here...

More from the Beach

2008-03-28T15:56:00.002+10:00

Just some gorgeous ones of Indi... Could not help myself...

Rain or Not

2008-03-27T22:22:00.001+10:00

Well it turns out that Indi loves the beach so much that even in rain you can not get her out of the ocean... Here are just a few shots.. I took so many LOL!!!!

Easter

2008-03-24T21:53:00.000+10:00

Well this was the egg haul for Indi... The first photos is what she found when she woke up in the morning... The other photos of the eggs.. includes EVERYTHING she was given..

Just Some Shots

2008-03-15T11:29:00.004+10:00

I took while we were out walking the dog the other day... Yes I do take the camera everywhere LOL!!!

Rite of Passage

2008-02-18T11:59:00.003+10:00

One of them for a little girl is to get her ears peirced.

Well Saturday was the day for Indi... Aunty Ole promised her that when she was ready she would go with her to get them done. Mummy sorted of needed the moral support as well..

Anyway... she has great taste she picked out the 14ct White Gold earrings. Then it was time.. After weeks of getting her ready for this and telling her that it was going to hurt a lot for just a little while.

Well, you could have knocked me down. She did not even cry. She let them do the second ear without a fuss and then she had a little sob. She did look a little shocked however.

Anyway, here are the photos.

Where Did My Little Girl Go

2008-02-08T22:04:00.000+10:00

Now when I look back at the photos of the last few days I can see it.. My little girl is rapidly growing up into the beginnings of a little lady..

Well not really a lady.. she will not close her legs when she wears a skirt.. Tells the whole world when she burps and farts and for the life of me will not sit down and have a milkshake while I have a coffee and just sit still and talk..

Anyway I came to this conclusion after taking the following photos earlier this afternoon..Must be time to start thinking another baby...

First Day Of School

2008-02-05T18:25:00.000+10:00

Okay here they are... Yes I did have a cry after all and I was very lonely all day...

Totally sucks not having anyone to talk to..

Before we left home

At the school ready to go to class

Today's crafts. The painting is going to work with Daddy.

The Night Before

2008-02-04T19:19:00.000+10:00

big school...

Indi is so excited.. The bag is packed. The linen bag is packed. Lunch is ready. Clothes are picked out and on the end of the bed.

Here is my little, big girl just before heading off to bed. WOW when did those eyes turn green.. I thought they were a light blue or grey colour but they look green..

OUCH!!!

2008-01-28T19:19:00.000+10:00

Well it was bound to happen EVENTUALLY!!!

Indi has split her chin open. She fell over after her bath last night..There were no stitches just some glue.. which fell off today.

Needless to say that 2.5 hours sitting in the Emergency Room waiting to see a doctor is not high on my list of priorities. When we finally got in to the see doctor we were there for like 5 mins and were out again.

Anyway.. here is the damaged the photos were taken today..

So Many Clothes

2008-01-17T14:16:00.001+10:00

Well I had to tackle the washing pile today.. I normally dont let Indi's get this bad. But I had two loads of washing that had to be folded.

I have decided that my daughter has too many clothes.. The photo below shows what I folded..there are that many plus more in the cupboards.

The stupid part is that these are the ones that fit. Just as the weather started warming up I went through her closet and drawers and got rid of all the small stuff. So now I just have to make all this fit..

So in the process I cleaned out her socks, knickers and singlets as well as some old togs (swimmers). That drawer at least has some room in it now LOL!!!!

Just Some Photos

2008-01-02T20:56:00.000+10:00

See yesterday it was overcast and raining off and on. Literally, off and on. How I got these shots in between the downpours I will never know!!! But I did. I decided that with the weather making Indi's curly hair even curlier than normal.

So these are the ones I managed to get that were good.

I was so totally unprepared for this. I forgot the SD card so I could only get 6 photos at a time.. Shoot, Delete, Shoot, Delete.

Meet "Spotty"

2007-12-30T20:34:00.000+10:00

She is our new dog. We decided to adopt a greyhound. So today we got a new member to our family.

Her name is "Spotty". She will be four next month, so no spring chicken but so far her and Indi have settled in well together.

Here are some pictures of her for you all!!! They are not great... when she is properly settled in (should take a few days) I hope to get some proper ones.

Christmas Day

2007-12-28T18:13:00.001+10:00

Okay here she is opening her presents!!!! She got a Barbie Watch which she was all she wanted from Santa. Plus a Princesses Drawing Table also from Christmas. She also got a heap of other stuff which I am going to try to get a photo of next week when I finally get organised.

Christmas Eve

2007-12-28T17:59:00.001+10:00

Okay here is the little Princess all dressed up for Christmas Eve. For those that dont know we celebrate on that night as it is a tradition for Jason. He has German ancestory and it is a tradition for them..

So Indi wore her special dress that Aunti Ole bought her forChristmas Day... But she was spending that with all her BOY COUSINS and I could just imagine this dress being trashed by the end of the day...

First up just a gorgeous photo of her I managed to get... You know one of those miracles that happen once in awhile.

These ones are TWIRLING photos... When you wear a PRINCESS dress you have to TWIRL!!

This is just a full on of the dress.. It really was gorgeous... Pity about the garage door behind her, but we have NO garden at this house.

Time To Decorate The Tree

2007-12-03T09:43:00.001+10:00

We put the tree up last night. Here is some photos of Indi helping Mummy.. Daddy took the photos.

A Loony Tunes Christmas

2007-11-27T19:42:00.000+10:00

Saturday night (24th November) saw as at Orion Springfield Town Centre. They had their official Christmas launch with Santa coming to town.

So we took Indi down for the free rides, balloons, face painting and parade. Well the lines for the rides were too long and I will not start on the balloon and face painting people. But we did get to see the parade and watch "A Very Loony Tunes Christmas" show.

Anyway here are a few photos for you.

Sea World

2007-11-20T11:05:00.000+10:00

Well yesterday Jason took a day off work and we all went to Sea World for the day

Mostly just so Indi and Jason could see Cookie Monster but hey... it was a great reason for a day together.

We all had a great time. Got a little sunburnt, a whole lot hot and we were all exhausted by the time we got home.

Anyway here are some photo for you all too look at..

Big Birds Big Bounce.. Loved going up NOT coming down

Seasame Street Show

Indi's Crocs Just for Bubbah and Torreh

Indi and Mummy

I could not believe Bert Picked her up and Hugged her like this. She LOVED it!!

Daddy had to go on Grouch's Truck Ride too.

A Decision Made

2007-11-13T19:08:00.000+10:00

Now we just have to hope for acceptance with the enrollment.

We have decided to enrol Indi into The Westside Christian College. As you can see from the website it is only a small christian private school.

They offer a Pre-Prep program for children age 4 and they cater right up to Grade 12. So it would be a continuous education for her. In a small, close knit school community.

The bonus to this is. The Pre-Prep program is $4000 per year cheaper than day care currently is.

That is right folks!! Day care costs us over $6000 a year. We never added it up until we looked into this. We are completely dumb struck that we have been paying that sort of money out for the last 2 years.

I don't regret, not for one moment, putting her into day care. She has developed in leaps and bounds in it and it has made her the gorgeous, stunning and effervescent little girl she is now.

Crazy Hat Day

2007-11-05T20:27:00.000+10:00

Well tomorrow is Melbourne Cup Day and with that comes Crazy Hat Day at day care. I only figured this out about an hour ago.

So after much scratching of my head I decided to alter an old fascinator I had. Here are the beginning and end results and of course the model and new owner.

What A Night

2007-10-27T22:07:00.000+10:00

Especially for a little person. We all went to the Jacaranda Festival tonight.. Indi went on some rides, climed and sat in a firetruck and then we watched the fireworks.

She had a wonderful time. She said to us on the way home "I lubbed tonight. Thanks for letting me come."

Anyway here are some pics of her for you all. All showing her having a wonderful time.

Giddy up!!

Holding her ticket. Waiting for her turn.

Sitting on one of the rides. Waiting for it to start

Sometime being little means needing help. Like climbing up into big firetrucks

Sitting pretty in the firetruck

Watching the fireworks

Brother Bear

2007-10-20T19:22:00.000+10:00

You know the one... Disney made it.

Anyway Indi LOVES Brother Bear. Why am I telling you this?

It is on the television tonight as the kids movie. So of course we took a picture of it for you.

A Ride On My Bike

2007-10-20T18:20:00.000+10:00

She is getting so good on her bike now.. She needs no help what so ever.. Even goes backwards.. Here are some photos for you all.

Health Update

2007-10-18T12:52:00.000+10:00

She officially has tonsilitits. We are on the tail end of it now as her fever is under control. FINALLY!!

She was having fevers up to 39.5 C (103.1 F). They are under control now.. Thank God but she snores so bad when she sleeps. Anyway..

On the up side I got her some new shoes today. These are them pictured below.

They are CROCS with a difference. They have a strap over the top so the stay on. Much better than the flip flops which just seem to slide off her feet. She loves them and I have more little button things to add on to them. They are so light I may have to get a pair of them for myself.

Sick Again

2007-10-16T19:56:00.000+10:00

I swear, lately all Indi seems to be in sick. She has conjuntivitis again. But this is the second problem. She started with a fever about a week ago. Just for one day then she was all good. But over the weekend she started spiking temperatures at 39.3 degrees.

It has not gotten any better over the weekend. The fevers have continued, she has been to the doctors and has started on antibotics for an Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI).

So please keep your fingers crossed that she gets better soon. I think I might take her to a natrapath though. This is getting to be nuts.

Some Gorgeous Photos

2007-10-15T15:03:00.000+10:00

Indi had some taken a few month back.. These were the end result (well a handfull of them anyway)

A Bit Of This And That

2007-10-15T10:20:00.000+10:00

Well there has not been much happening in Indi's life since the last post... She has been a little off colour for the last few days and just not her normal self.

Anyway I thought I would pop a few photos on here from her 4th Birthday Party.. For those of you that have not seen them yet..

Opening Grandma's Present - A Radio All Of Her Own

At The Party - Pink Eye and All

All Those Presents - Lucky Me

Pinata Fun
Indi and Daddy

My Weekend

2007-10-08T12:33:00.000+10:00

Well another weekend is over and Indi had some fun.. Saturday was a birthday party with one of her friends Camryn, she is the sweetest little thing. So she had a blast there but it got so hot.

Then on Sunday we sent to Unci's and Aunty Ria's... which is always fun for a little person.. She gets to yell at the dogs and dress up Unci and Ria and help Unci cook dinner.. Which she then refuses to eat (What's New Right).

Today she had her second ever dentist appointment. We got the all clear.. Nothing to serious to worry about. Her teeth and gums are good and clean.. There is a small hole in the back of one of her front teeth.. But it is tiny and is nothing to worry about atm. We just have to pay a little closer attention to brushing that spot at night...

She has yoga this afternoon.. a special kids class and she is so excited about.. I hope she likes it and this is something she decides to keep for life.. Lord knows if she is anything like me her back will be an issue for life and yoga is so going to help...

I will try to get at least one photo of her doing her stretches but I am not sure what the camera rules are there..

First Post

2007-10-06T16:13:00.000+10:00

Okay so I decided to make this for Indi so I can actually use my blog for my own stuff instead of posting about Indi all the time. Hopefully this will work and you will all enjoy seeing what she gets up to

Luv Nik