Alexander wanted to know how many sleeps till Santa this morning.....someone is looking forward to Xmas all ready, we will put the tree up on the weekend, I enjoy that bit... :-)

Alexander has his news day on Tuesday morning and they can get up and talk about whatever they want and or show off their news, this morning he took the dead cat (Bobo) in her cremation box!!!!
He was adamant he was going to, and the teacher, bless her said it was just fine and that she had never had that sort of news before and perhaps they could have a class talk about death.

Yes we are all still alive and breathing....just been busy, but doing not a lot, you know how it is.

No new photos as such, trying to get Alexander back into the studio is like pulling teeth, but I will get my way and get this years Santa hat photos, its just going to take some bribery!

I will post some photos of the office and studio next week, we have our signs up etc and its looking all very professional i must say. I have to pinch myself often as for me it is a dream come true.

Photo from yesterday.
I was trying out a new lighting set up in the studio, just using the one light.
I was under strict instructions from Alexander that id "better be quick" as he wasn't in the MOOD for all this!
Lovely!!!!!

Alexander asked me the other day on the way home from school.
A: Milk comes from cow's eh Mum?
K: yes that's right.
-silence for a moment-
A: Do they poop it out!!!!!

the delights of 5 year olds huh!

You know what….im going to be filthy rich one day……!!!!!

And you know how I’m going to do it; I’m going to design/invent a machine/thing that picks up logo bits off the floor and only Lego bits!

That is my full time job now days or worse still emptying the vacuum cleaner contents into a bag looking for that bit you just sucked up…AGAIN!

Ive been so lax with updating i know.....so here is a quick rundown.

- had an eye test last week and now I'm a reading/computer etc glasses wearer, to be honest at least I'm not getting the killer headaches i was getting.

- Happy belated Birthday wishes to my sister in law Sharon, card late, but on the way.

- have my first 6 week old baby in the studio tomorrow for some photos, excited and nervous at the same time, never work with children and animals they say.

- My little boy is into Star Wars toys now, funny how you just get used to their favourites and know all the names and then they go and change fads, actually I'm a closet Star Wars fan from way back, so I have stunned Alexander by knowing more than a handful of character names much to his delight.

- Married life is treating me well...hehe!

- Will update again soon, Coronation Street and a glass of wine are calling.

What do you get when you cross an old camera, with a new camera, add some gaffer tape, and cardboard!

You get TTV photography - through the viewfinder....

so that is my plan with my old Kodak brownie camera, my Canon s3, tape and cat biscuit cardboard boxes.....

Happy Birthday Mum/Nan

Up, Up and away....
After saying good bye to my sister, brother in law and the children, we headed back to wellington city to have some lunch before heading home. Alexander, Dave, Mum and myself went for a flight around Wellington city on the Helipro Helicopter - Alexander was in ore the whole time as you can see!

Got loads of photos to post over the next few days from when my sister and family were here from Australia. Miss you guys all ready!

Ohhh boy back home to wind, rain and cold.....had a lovely few days with family in the sun.

It's the quintessential seaside holiday for the average Kiwi Family, jandals sunhats, buckets and spades!!!!




Alexander and I are off tomorrow for a 2 day road trip.....we are heading off up to Waitarere Beach, (an hour and a half's drive up the coast) to stay with Mum, Lesa, Kevin and the kids, before they head back to Australia on the weekend. I'm not a huge beach fan, but I know Alexander will love the water, waves and sand not to mention sleeping in his new sleeping bag. He did ask this afternoon if i tie him into it....lol



David will be holding the fort here at home (feeding the cats and dog) plus he will get to have what he calls his "Pink Floyd night", and that means a few drinks, loud music and probably falling asleep on the couch :-)

Some photos from the service.

so sorry no photos today, promise tomorrow.... :-)

It's official you can now call me Mrs Ballett.
There are only a select few who have the honour of that title, and I'm proud to be one of them. Got soooo many photos to show you all, had a total blast.
So tired today, grumpy kids are ours and Mum's place. My sister and her family are here with us for the next few weeks from Australia.
I'll pop into the office tomorrow and upload photos then.
Alexander is back at school tomorrow for a few days then he is off for two weeks of school holidays.