The weekend of Joel

Day 117 – Fri 25^th Nov - Party Prep

Let the weekend of Joel begin.  Yep it’s my nephew’s 1^st birthday next week and my sister is planning a huge party on Sunday to celebrate.  I took today off to help her cook/ play Aunty.  We spent the day at mum’s and it was great, I just sat on the floor and pretty much played with Joel all day – we went for a walk in the rain, we clapped and danced and sang (badly).  I also got to hang with my sis and did a bit of shopping which was nice as we don’t see each other much these days.  I have heaps of photo’s of my gorgeous nephew, but they are just for the fam, so today’s photo is of the lolly bag preparation!    

Day 118 – Sat 26^th Nov - We miss you Bro

Again I spent the morning around the house cleaning – it was pouring with rain today and all our fingers are crossed that it fines up for the party in the park tomorrow.  I spent the afternoon/evening down at my Sister's house helping her get ready for the Party.  Today’s photo is dedicated to our Brother.  He is living in Scotland at the moment and hopefully will return to Aus sometime next year.  Coca Cola are running a huge promotion at the moment where they have people’s names on coke cans, they also have things like Nan, Champ, Mate etc so of course I thought the Bro one was most appropriate - come home soon!!!

 

Day 119 – Sun 27^th Nov - Happy 1st Birthday

So I took about 150 or so photo’s today – the sun came out, the park was decorated and a great day celebrating Joel’s birthday was had by all.  Really hard to decide which was my favourite photo today.  All the cousins and kids were in posing moods and I got some brilliant photo’s.  I have decided to dedicate today to the birthday boy though – this is the cake that my sister made for him – pretty cool hey – bit stressful getting the end product but I think it worked out pretty well.  Check Facebook for the rest of the party photos

Day 6 - Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Eyes

Big day today - had my lovely friend Bec's 21st Wicked themed Birthday Party, which I was helping do all the decorations for.  After about ten trips to the car I was finally packed and ready to go - had a quick stop off at the Salvo's on the way where I picked up the most awesome cookie jar and then down the freeway to Bec's. 

My other friend Erin and I were in charge of babysitting her little girl for a few hours and decorating the house but first Erin wanted to make Toffee Apples - neither of us had ever made toffee before and every recipe we found online was different so we just experimented - they worked pretty well however there wasn't enough room in the fridge for them to set properly so there was a pool of toffee and brown apples by the end of the night but they still tasted pretty good.   Finally got to catch up with my lil sis also today - she has been overseas for a month and as she lives in Collaroy and I live on the coast, we haven't had a chance to catch up yet.  

I took over 150 photo's today - some of friends, some of my gorgeous nephew playing with Bec's little girl, lots of arty decorating photo's and of course party shots of all our friends.  It was really tough deciding which photo was my fav of the day and even though she is going to kill me - I like this best and also ticks something off my original list.

ciao Donna xoxo