Once upon a time...


In a land far far away, there lived a king and a queen and their four beautiful children... Unfortunately they were way too boring to write about, so you're all stuck with the Dimmock's instead!

We're a bit of a fractured fairytale.I can't promise to update every day...I'm a bit slack like that (shhh), but I'll do my best to keep it up.

And they all lived happily ever after...well that's the plan at least :oP

Monday, May 25, 2009

Look who's a big girl now!

It was a little harder to keep her in the bowl this time around...

November '08
Lilli

May '09
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xx

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Lucas' Birthday Party...

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get these up! Found out the hard way that Telstra's "unlimited" broadband isn't so much with the unlimited, so we've had dial-up speed internet for a few days. But anyway...let's try and put that nasty memory behind us!

The birthday boy (this was one of his birthday pressies)...
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How cute is this? Lucas and Saxon.
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"Smile for Mummy, Rabbit..."
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Umm...Lis? Who'd you get that jumping castle for?
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Jumping castle...ball pit...party food...nahhhh! Wyatt just wanted to play with the clothes line!
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Lilli was telling us something really funny here...
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Isn't he cute? Even with a weapon...
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The birthday boy helping himself to a cupcake...
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The biggest kids at the party...Teagan and Adam.
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Oh, and don't forget Chris...but I think he wore most of his.
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My husband loves having a camera shoved in his face. Really he does.
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Gaige looks really tall from down here...
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I think it was all getting too much for Lucas...
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Always up to something...
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And look! Teagan bought her mop to the party! Oh wait...no...it's just Hercules :oP
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A little demonstration on the dangers of alcohol... "Just a little bit won't hurt" they say...
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But it does...and you end up doing things you would never have done sober. Like kissing strange men (or so I've heard...) And they really don't get stranger than this one.
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Oh yes...you were soooooo busted!
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xx

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Kicking Jane and Mary's Butt!

A story by Grayson and Sharlee

Once apon a time there lived a girl named Jane. She was a very popular girl too. NOT. She was a backstabbing female dog (bitch) from hell!!! She had no friends except for a dumb ass dog called Mary!!!!

But on the other side of town lived 2 girls called Sharlee and Grayson. Sharlee was very popular and that’s a fact! She was also very sporty and her favourite sports were basketball and soccer!!!

Grayson was not very sporty at all. She sometimes played soccer but not that much. She was best at playing computer games and chicken on the Sony (spy vs. spy). And maths, she could easily do this sum in a few seconds: 33418734 + 442146907564=442180326298 tadar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One day Sharlee and Grayson went to teach these dumb ass dogs a lesson. So Sharlee and Grayson hopped into their SUPER V8 FORD!! On their way there they had too much candy and coke so they were drunk on sugar. They hit 4 kangaroos, 3 wheelie bins, 9 mail boxes, 2 teletubbies, 7 teachers, 1 computer, 72 people (not dead, just badly hurt), 10 fax machines, 100 trees, 4883 signs (telling them to slow down), 45 cows, 54 birds (when they did a big jump that was 2837m high), 216 grandmas and 34 school principals!!!!!!!(They passed a lot of schools on the way).

* Some names were changed for legal reasons.
** We in no way condone the ownership of SUPER V8 FORD's.
*** We also don't condone the running down of teletubbies (or people...or fax machines).
**** I'm very impressed with the correct spelling and usage of "there" and "their"!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Just playing...

Thought I'd try something different with one of Lucas' photos from today. I think I like it? I dunno...

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xx

Happy Birthday Lucas Dane!

2 whole years already! He's a big boy now *sniff*. And not as easy to photograph as he used to be, believe me!!

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And this one is just so cute...Lucas let his balloon go and was sad because it floated away. Wyatt was patting him on the head and telling him it was all ok. Awww he's so lovely!
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The divine Miss Lilli...

Where has the last 6 months gone? Seems just yesterday I was doing her Mummy's maternity pics, and now here she is - sitting up, crawling, pulling herself up to stand in her cot!! And she gets cuter every day :o)

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It's Lucas' turn tomorrow. It's also his 2nd birthday! I'll see you then ;o)

xx

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Backing up...

No, not the computer. Me. You might have noticed that I like close up pics. Big shiny eyes, all that jazz. The problem with this is that I never take anything below the neck. And while I'd be happy if there were no photo's of me from the neck down, apparently people want photo's of their whole child - not just the head. Who knew?

So I've been making an effort to take a step (or 5) backwards and see what I end up with. I asked Wyatt very nicely (read: bribed) if I could take his picture today and he agreed (because he wanted to play with his unbrella and watering can and I was holding them both for ransom!).

Here's what we got...

Looks thrilled, doesn't he? (Todays 365 pic)
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No, he's not tied to that post (although I have thought about it)...but check it out! All the way down to his feet!
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No feet in this one though...
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Backed up a bit more here...
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All of him...
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Cute!!
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And because I really just can't help myself...
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I like this in B&W too. I'm really loving B&W lately.
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Finally claimed his prize!
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I'm really pleased with them. We were down stairs (these were all taken in the driveway, it's really overcast today) for 10 minutes tops. Not bad, I thought.

Oh, and just so we don't forget exactly who we're dealing with here...
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xx

A little about us...ok, mostly me...

Hey there! I'm guessing that most people who drop by to visit us here already know who we are, but just in case...

My name's Nikki. I'm mum to 4 (yeah, 4...can you believe it? No, me either *shudder*) kids, aged from 16 down to 4. My husband, Steff, is originally from the UK - I stole him away from the cold and the damp to live in Central Queensland, where he must endure almost endless sunshine and blue skies. Somehow he manages ;o)

I started this blog as a way to keep family in England up to date with our comings and goings. And it lets me show off how cute the kids are getting!

A little about me...I'm a professional photographer, I'm obsessive about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, love Harry Potter, Sookie Stackhouse (only book Sookie, not True Blood Sookie. It's an important distinction!), (the 10th) Doctor Who, cupcakes, and Spuffy fanfic (although not necessarily in that order). I'm also an extreme perfectionist with a love of the creative and original, who has a very low tolerance for stupidity. If you ask my husband, he'll tell you I'm a huge snob - I'm really not. I just think I'm better than everyone else :oP (That's a joke, ok? Pretty much).

Oh, and please leave a comment to tell me how fabulous you think I am...it makes me write faster and more often ;o) No really...that part wasn't a joke...

xox