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

Thursday, December 16, 2010

On the third day of Christmas...

Santa gave to me...3 of my babies home for Christmas! Grayson lasted a whole 6 days in Cairns. We're not complaining...SO glad she's home xx

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

On the second day of Christmas...

Santa gave to me...two little boys who drive me insane!! Rarrrhhhhhh!!!


Dear Santa...Please tell me you kept the box so I can return this one? Please? Santa...??

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

On the first day of Christmas...

Santa gave to me...a baby girl all dressed in pink ♥

Oh alright...so technically she belongs to Teags and Chris. Shhhhh...



I love how this one has Nanna's, Lilli's and Lucie's hands...

Nanna (73) and Lucie Mae (12 hours!)


Disclaimer: I am aware that traditionally the 12 days of Christmas are actually Dec 25th through Jan 5th, but that's just stupid if you ask me. All the good stuff is over by then :oP So I'm making up my own. Because I can.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Oh hello December!

Your visits seem to be coming around faster every year. I remember the 6 week Christmas holidays lasting forever. Now its like I blink and they're over...

I really have nothing to say today. I just thought I was about due for an update and found a bunch of unblogged pics all ready to go that somehow or other seem to have been overlooked before. Unless I did post them but just can't remember...which is a distinct possibility.

My bubba...


Balloons rule!


Rab. She doesn't look like this anymore.


The monkey again...


Another oldie.


Baby and the kitty...


Cute boy...


Lunatic boy...


Wyatt took this!


Grumpy the Christmas fairy. She is NOT your friend :oP


Now she is...


Pretty sure everyone keeps a cow in their freezer, right??


She's not my friend again...


And now she is...


Reminder - ALWAYS microchip your pets!


This is Gus...wandered into Lisa's place. If Lisa was a less than honest person it would have been very easy to keep this beautiful boy.


Graysons Christmas card. The verse inside read: Roses are red, birds fly high. Christmas is awesome and so am I. She wrote it herself lol.


That's it...I'm done. You can go now.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

If you put Steff in the dryer...

And he shrunk, this is what you'd get...






This child ALWAYS has his mouth open. He talks non stop the entire time he's awake, and he drives me absofreakinlutely mental!

And I love him right up to the plane... Just like his Daddy ♥

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Disney dress ups...

Kim Possible...







And Andy from Toy Story...


Monday, November 22, 2010

Who's that girl?

No really...who is she? She can't be my baby. 5 minutes ago she was a tiny little thing with white blonde hair who ran around flapping her wings and telling us all "I'm a birdie! I'm a birdie!". Where did that little girl go? It's like overnight she was replaced with this stunning (almost) teenager.

And I'm not sure I'm ready for that.




Thursday, November 11, 2010

Oink.

We have a sick baby boy :o( He's been sniffly for a few days, and today his temp spiked at 40.1c. So off to the doctors we go. Again! We thought it was just a cold (Wyatt and I have one), but no...it's influenza. She thinks possibly Swine Flu. Freakin awesome. Not. He's so miserable...poor little man, but he was so good in the Dr and let them do a throat swab for the test. We find out Monday or Tuesday for sure. Until then, I guess we're in quarantine!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

I may not want to leave...

I'm pretty sure I have the best inlaws EVER. They have very graciously offered to arrange our accommodation while we're in the UK next year! It's in Arundel. There's a castle. And it's kinda awesome.

Although I'm not too sure about the neighbours - I hear that Earl of Arundel can throw some pretty wild parties :oP

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

All he wants for Christmas...

Is his one front tooth :o(

If he wasn't happy about having a wobbly tooth, there are just no words for how devastated he was to actually lose it! Poor baby...he hid his mouth from me for days, convinced that Mummy wouldn't love him anymore without his tooth. He's getting over it now, but I'm already dreading the next one :o(

Sunday, November 7, 2010

All the little people...

At Lilli's party... They were SO stinkin cute :o)

2 for 1 deal... Arthur & Elara!


Miss Mia

And her baby sister Georgie...

Dayenara

Eek! Quick, someone throw something at it! (For the non-Aussies out there, there's an old wives tale that says if a kookaburra lands on your house/fence/clothesline, that someone who lives there is pregnant. A kookaburra on the clothesline is the ONLY reason Lisa took a preg test a couple of years ago, and look how that ended up lol)

The birthday girl...yes, this is a smile!

With her new toys...



Erm...excuse me!

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