Everyday Moments

I saw this awesome idea on a Lego FB group - using an Ikea greenhouse to display floral lego sets.  Last trip to GC I went to Ikea and brought one :)  I think I might need to but some sets on a standard to add height to the display.

The 2x latest sets I brought from the Lego store - quick & fun builds.

I had a lovely Mother's day - poached eggs and bacon for breaky, Chinese lunch with Craig's mum (my mum was away on a road trip this year) and then a relaxed afternoon at home.

I've re-potted all my plants with fresh potting mix and Kristy gave me a heap of cuttings for the pots I've brought from the op shops.  I think I might need to buy another plant stand LOL

Thursday Clay was very excited to catch a bus to a high where they got to tour the school and try some classes. In Design and Technology they made cake slices, in Agriculture they looked at the crops in the greenhouse and feed the cows & chickens, and cooked mini pizzas in Home Economics. He really enjoyed the whole day and is looking forward to high school LOL

Thrifty Thursday

While Clay was at a friend's birthday party Saturday morning I popped into a few op shops. At the fiest shop I found my most exciting find - thia brandnew, hand painted cheeseboard and cheese knife set for $40! Kristy has an different design in pink by the same artist and I adore it, so I was ecstatic to find this set!

I also found these cute earrings $3

At the 2nd shop I found a game $3 - to add to the camping collection.

And this glass jar with wooden lid $2. It looks like a candle jar, but someone has completely cleaned all the used wax out, so it's perfect for storage :)

At the last shop shop I found this money box $3. I'm going to paint the inside back section and cricut the front plastic.

Scrapbook stickers $1

Crochet throw rug $5 - it's in perfect condition.

Dress $10

Dress $15

Cards

I made a birthday card for Clay's friend and had a play with some new dies.

Bunning's Mother's Day Event

Tonight we met up with Tabs & Torrie for the Mother's Day Event at Bunnings.  It was a little disappointing- hardly any activities and we noticed there weren't many people attending the event anymore either :(  The kids did the crafts and played the games while Tab and I made the seagrass mat craft.

GC Weekend - Magic Round

After a sleep in from our late night - we headed to a park to meet up with some friends for lunch and the kids to have a play date.

Kristy and I dropped the boys off at the train station to head into Brisbane for the NRL Magic Round. Unfortunately it was puring rain, but they had a good time :) Kristy and I just chilled at home and watched movies.

This morning we headed to Ikea to meet up with friends for breakfast and some retail therapy. 

From there we went to the Lego shop at Dreamworld so I could buy a new release set and  Clay could pick a birthday present for a friend.

Last stop was Costco where we purchased a lot of goodies (we had an esky to take them home this time) and grabbed some lunch.  

Naps and a chilled afternoon to finish the day :)

Dracula's Cabaret

While we are down at the Gold Coast, Craig organised a date night for us last night- dinner theatre at Dracula's! I was so freaking excited - I've always wanted to go!  Aunty Kissy babysat Clay and they dropped us off so we could have a few drinks :)

We took some pics and then lined up outside enjoying the atmosphere.

Then we went into the first room where the drama and excitement started!

From this room we got on the ghost train - what a freaking amazing idea and lots of fun!

The train stopped at a bar area with lots of awesome displays!  I took lots of pics and then we grabbed some drinks before heading down to the theatre.

We were seated at our table and our server introduced themselves and served our entrees of potato gnocchi in pumpkin sauce topped with toasted pepitas and shaved parmesan- delicious!

My cocktail was served in a blood bag LOL

Our main meal was twice cooked pork belly glazed in Korean style sticky sauce served with parsnip-potato mash, sauteed pak choi, pickled fennel and red onion salad - fabulous!

The show was amazing - a mixture of comedy, dancing, singing (with a live band!), aerial acrobatics and even puppets!

Dessert was their signature chocolate coffin with black forest filling, kirsch cherry compote, chocolate mousse and whipped cream - so good!