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

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Stupid mussels!

A little back story...Wyatt doesn't eat. Or rather, he has very definite tastes and food "rules". It's just another of his anxiety and OCD symptoms, and we deal with them as best we can (lots of hidden vegies in this house!). He pretty much lives on beige. Nuggets, fish fingers, chips, toast...nothing with colour. Or flavour.

This all went out the window while we were in England though. I have this theory that our little creature of habit was thrown SO far out of his comfort zone that he just threw caution to the wind and for 4 weeks, he was almost normal. To the point that I'm pretty sure family over there think we're making it all up, the way he usually is.

On one of our last nights there, we went for dinner an Interwok - a sort of combo Asian restaurant with a tepanyaki bar. Wyatt struck up a bit of a friendship with one of the chefs there, and the novelty of having someone cook whatever he asked for on the spot won out. His most outrageous choice was a plate of mussels!

He was so up to something...


And so proud of himself!


MmmMmmm yummy! (puke puke puke!)


And my favourite...the face says it all. He did it though. He ate a whole one! (lucky Grandpa got the rest)


Since we've been back, we keep giving him new foods to try, and everytime he tells us he can't eat it I remind him that if he can eat a mussel, he can eat anything!

So I hear it a lot... "Wish I never ate that stupid mussel" :o)

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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