wordless Wednesday . . . 'brotherly love'

Greetings all,
My 3rd girl is really missing Daddy.  Baby brother to the rescue.

Doing my best at this wordless gig at Faith Hope & a Whole Lotta Love, love Posie

the happiest Father's Day in our little world

Greetings all,

Yay, my husband is home for a visit!!  Much to our excitement, he arrived early - surprise - carrying boxes of mangoes & mandarins from Queensland, double yay.  

 Father's Day morning started with a quick cooked breakfast & i took our twins to compete in Tournament of the Minds (yes, 8a.m. on Father's Day) while my husband went back to bed (he drove 1350km on Saturday). 

 Our Maths & Engineering girl (in gingham above, with a French accent) won her division, like her big sister 3 years ago, so she advances to the next round.  Our Literature girl (below in green) was playing Cameron Diaz in a Shrek inspired performance which was hilarious, but apparently, not award winning. 

 Back home in time for lunch & freshly squeezed orange juice . . . 3kg fills the KitchenAid food processor jug to the pouring line, ok, a tiny bit too much, i did spill some . . . 

 & a sink filled with oranges to compost!! 

 For a simple BBQ dinner & salad, we threw together a lettuce, avocado & mango, no dressing, just raw ingredients chopped & a little bit mashed together - damn delicious!!

 Notice the flavour scale increase when my husband is around??  Well, he eats dinner in an Army mess & sometimes, meals for one at his bachelor pad . . . totally demoralising as he's a fantastic cook.  My cooking is bland, so when he's home, i assist him & we cook up a storm, of FLAVOUR.  Anyone for Peking duck tonight??

 So easy: pick up a BBQ duck from a good Chinese restaurant or grocer (around $28 in our neck of the woods, but feeds a football team/ my large hungry family), steam Peking Duck Pancakes, slice up shallots, add Hoi Sin sauce & roll up your bundle of happiness.

 Oh & just because we had some delicious bread rolls left over from the Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets, we made some pre-dinner herb & garlic bread, mmmm.

Don't worry about my waist line, we've been running around with the children in the park, on the oval & by the lake, plus our over zealous puppy.  Eat well my friends, love Posie
PS i have some great giveaways live right now, go enter . . . Hero Factory Lego &
Riley Grumpy Wombat book + pencil roll!!  Good luck!!

roll up, roll up, it's the Riley & The Grumpy Wombat book G I V E A W A Y

Greetings all,

Totally thrilled to announce the uber talented author Tania McCartney has released a new book in her Riley children's picture book travelogue series . . .

Riley & The Grumpy Wombat: A Journey Around Melbourne,

by Ford Street Publishing on 1st September 2011.  

My babies' Daddy does a lot of the reading in our house hold, it's such a lovely wind down at the end of the day & easy way for him to bond with our children, so what better day than Father's Day to launch a book giveaway on my blog!!  Yahoo!!

 

 Isn't Tania lovely??  That's a statement!!

 Tania has a fantastic blog tour this week to celebrate & i'm the lucky host of a giveaway - a copy of the softback book valued at $16.95 + a coordinating pencil roll in limited edition Riley fabric valued at $37.50.  

 If you are a Canberra local, you might be lucky enough to score your name on the guest list at the Grumpy Book Launch at Daltons Book Store Canberra City on 18th September!! RSVP on 02 6249 1844 with Meredith.

 Tania is a tireless & energetic cheer leader for children's literacy, she's recently won a highly commended for a short story (audience applause please), has a beautiful blog & performs the most engaging reading sessions for children at special events, i'm so so honoured to call her one of my great friends!!  We're both newish to Canberra & LOVING it here.

Want a chance to win a copy of Riley & The Grumpy Wombat + a pencil roll . . . follow this blog & tell me 'your favourite travel destination for your children' or where you dream to take them one day.  You are welcome to enter for your nieces, nephews, grandchildren, neighbours, libraries . . . anywhere you can find children enjoying the pleasure reading.  Extra entries if you blab about this on FB, Twitter, blog, spread the word people - Tania is awesome!!  Mrs McCartney & i will choose a winner after a very businessy-Nigella-styled-ladylike-meeting-with-cupcakes ('tis how we roll) on Monday 19th September 2011 & announce the winner that evening.

Good luck!!  Thanks Tania for the opportunity to host yet another wonderful book launch & giveaway.  This is the 4th book in the Riley series (others include Beijing, Hong Kong & Sydney).  Why not collect all 4 like we have in our home, they are fantastic Christmas gifts, always love a collection of anything.  Love Posie
PS another giveaway to win a copy of the book is on the Handmade blog!!