Happy Leap Year!

Well it only comes around every four years, so it's worth a post don't you think? Haven't posted for a while...have been feeling wrung out this week. Have had a long, hard week at work, so am very pleased the weekend is here.

We had a really busy weekend last weekend. First up was a pirate-themed birthday party for the three-year old daughter of one of my friends. I made Romily's first dress-up outfit - she loved it!
I also made part of Charlotte's birthday present - my take on the pencil roll. But with wind-up crayons instead. I had to rescue it from one of the other party guests - who took quite a liking to it and tucked it under his arm, ready to abscond!
The party was lots of fun and all the kids particularly enjoyed the treasure hunt.

Later that day we took Romily to the Canberra Show, where she enjoyed checking out all the animals, received her first showbag and had her first go on one of the rides!
Many of my blogging buddies have been talking about the change in seasons and the long-awaited arrival of spring. We're just starting to see the opposite down under, with the first leaves starting to turn, signalling the arrival of autumn (fall for you North Americans!). We've had our first cold nights and morning dew and the first hot air balloons of the year are up in the morning sky.

We've been having some amazing weather to go with the seasonal shift - spotting these two amazing sights out of our windows during this past week: