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

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!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Friendship is...

Not about how often you call, write or text. It's not about how much time you spend together. It's about knowing, without a doubt, that it doesn't matter if you spoke to them 5 minutes ago or 5 years ago, you're still there for one another when it counts.

I am truly blessed to have friends like this. The kind who get me. That know that even though I retreat into my hermit cave sometimes, I still love them to death. That I can see once a year (or once every 5 years!), and pick up right where we left off. The kind who don't get hung up on whose turn it is to call. The kind who aren't afraid to kick me occasionally to remind me that I'm being anti-social and need to get over myself :oP

The kind who love me as much as I love them...

We had an awesome weekend with Seila and Brookie! And seeing Tara and Sonia jump the sword was pretty freakin fabulous as well!

Seila...perty!


Brooke...




Bubbles!!


Tara and Sonia...awwww...


Tara was a happy panda :oP


Jumping (very sedately lol) the sword...


Scarlett! Seila and Brooke's new baby...

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