COLLABORATE & LISTEN

Last week I was lucky enough to spend some time with the founder of the super cool online kids fashion and lifestyle shop/blog, Sunday Kid. Sometimes you meet people and you are blown away by how awesome they are, today was one of those days. Turns out that we have lots of fun ideas and by the looks of things, we just might make them happen. After lots of excited brainstorming over chai lattes, coffee and croissants, the morning ran away from us very quickly and before we knew it, it was time for me to run off and do the school pick up.

To check out her kids clothes and homewares, click here and to check out some of the photographs that I got to take for the blog, click here.

P.S. Thank you to LikeMinds Avoca for lettings us shoot up a storm inside your cosy cafe.
Love you. xo

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WEEKEND PLANS

What a way to start the weekend! I am brimming with excitement over some fun and exciting collaborations which are coming into fruition, coming at perfect timing as a personal project which I have been working on for sometime is slowly coming towards completion. To celebrate I am going to bake a cake.

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WEEKEND TREATS

Brunching with someone who loves food as much as you do is fun, but in my case it sometimes means that you don't get to eat a lot. So we went out for brunch today and we ate in the following order; a chocolate brownie with a raspberry surprise, chai latte with full cream milk and a lentil dahl with a poached egg and fresh roti. He had a chicken and leek pie with a quinoa, beetroot and avacado salad with fetta cheese, yet he still managed to eat half of my meal. So after bickering about picking at each other's plates, we made peace and decide to 'share' our plates, but sharing meant that everytime I cut off a slice of pie, he would evil-eye me sizing up the slice on my fork to the millimeter. Perhaps this is karma for all of those times I did that to my parents.

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LIKE MINDS

We don't mean to but sometimes us Mum's take over small spaces. Believe me when I say that we feel equally as uncomfortable as you when our babies start to fuss or when we disrupt the flow of movement because of our strollers or travel seats, but sometimes we just need to get out of the house and enjoy the freedom and deliciousness of a freshly brewed coffee or a nice breakfast which doesn't involve us having to do the washing up afterwards. Small things like this which make everyone's day a little bit better also makes ours a little bit better too. I couldn't be any more apologetic for taking over your peace and quiet, but please understand that we are doing our best. Cafe's like this one attract members from all over the local community, not just because of the amazing food and coffee but because of the wonderful way in which everyone feels at home as soon as they step up into their cosy little space. The way in which the personalities and the people come together to enjoy their space, food and coffee often results in a chain reaction of laughter and communal small talk, the perfect ambience of casualness and joy.

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Kodak Portra 400

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SUNDAY

Everyone looked fresh as they walked through the doors today. Something about a sunny and windy winters day that makes everyone look so crisp and bright eyed. Perhaps it's just the relief that naturally exudes when you find solace away from the wind and find yourself inside a warm and cosy space. I enjoyed watching them come in through the door. Today the boys kicked the footy out the front while Vinnie and I sat and watched and talked and laughed.

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Fuji 800z

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SUNDAY

Out of all of the days in the week, Sunday is my favourite. It’s the one day of the week that we are all definitely together. Matty usually works six days a week and Sunday is a nice reprieve to the daily grind for both of us. Early on this particular Sunday morning I curled back into our warm bed after feeding Vinnie and drifted back to sleep. It must have only been for ten or maybe fifteen minutes before she started to make some protesting cries from her bassinette. Sleep drowsy, I rolled around and took some deep breaths to re-energise myself before jumping back out of bed, but he beat me to her. With Vinnie in his arms, he leant down and planted a fuzzy warm kiss on my forehead and disappeared out of our room. I must have slept for an extra hour. In a foggy state I followed the smell of breakfast wafting in from outside. Matty was outside on our front deck cooking up our breakfast on the barbeque. I saw Vinnie playfully sitting in her bouncy chair snuggled up in a grey woollen blanket and there was Paddy crouching on the lounge and coiled up in a furry brown throw. He looked like a delicious cinnamon bun. 

The smell of breakfast materialised on a large white rectangular plate. Bacon, eggs, tomatoes, onions and grilled Turkish breads all lay out in the shadows of tall standing condiments; tomato sauce, barbeque sauce, Kewpie mayo and sweet chilli sauce. In our PJ’s we sat at the table and started the construction of our breakfast burgers. The boys like mayo and barbeque sauce splashed across their tower of bacon, eggs and cooked onion. I like plain old barbeque sauce, bacon and eggs with a sprinkling of tasty cheese.  Sometimes I add a squeeze of sweet chilli sauce, but not today.

Matty enjoys making his coffee at home and usually, we push the little black button on the yellow Bugatti to warm up while we tidy up after breakfast. At first, we disliked our coffee machine. It was the source of frustration and disappointment. Neither of us could get it right. We imagined dark brown honeycombed crema topped with silky milk, but our coffee always looked murky or the steamed milk was too bubbly and burnt. Since then, our skills have improved enough to enjoyably get us through the dark mid-week mornings. So when a dear friend of ours opened a café and creative space across the lake from us, our Bugatti was also given reprieve from the daily grind and lately we have been making our way over there to finish our Sunday breakfast and welcome in the new week with several of his amazing coffees.

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