lucinda – Postcards from Tasma

October 13, 2015

Lucinda turns 11

Let’s face it our family enjoys celebrating birthdays!

The birthday cake request this year was for a Watermelon Cake! To be clear… I love a decorating challenge, but even with a fancy Italian oven I cannot bake a cake! This one called for layers of pink velvet cake with choc chips with insane volumes of butter icing and fondant. Paul, our dear friend, agreed to bake the cake…

Paul not only baked the cake, he stayed up until 3.30am making the icing!

All that was left to do was a little painting of watermelon pattern

... and a lot of eating! — … and a lot of eating!

Along with pretty baked apple rose pastries

and the whipped cream cinnamon doughnuts (for the class at school) — and the whipped cream cinnamon doughnuts (for the grade at school)

... then there's breakfast... with MORE watermelon cake. — … then there’s breakfast… with MORE watermelon cake.

LOVE that Ivy took over the kitchen and with her sous chef Daisy, made pancakes for breakfast — Love that Ivy took over the kitchen and with her sous chef Daisy, made pancakes for breakfast

In addition to an Escape Room experience where 5 girls screamed a lot and one big sister solved the puzzles… the sisters; Lucinda, Audrey and Paige went to the opera!

All dressed up to see The Rabbits starring Kate Miller Heidke

And the girls got to meet their star, Kate Miller Heidke at stage door. Nice matching outfits Lucinda + Kate.

Happy birthday Lucinda xxx

February 1, 2012February 6, 2012

Castlemaine, Australia Day Weekend

Karen & Pete have moved to Castlemaine.

January 24, 2012

Dance session

January 23, 2012January 23, 2012

Sudden Impact

Paul Pettit took the girls along to their swimming lessons last week. Thanks Paul! The swimming instructor gets a surprise around 22seconds in!

July 10, 2011September 7, 2011

Ostriches:1 Australia:0

We just found out that, at school, Lucinda has been singing “Australians versus Ostriches” as the first line of National anthem.

May 1, 2011May 1, 2011

Toys for the Case Moth

As many of you know we have a rotating menagerie of insects in our home, mostly snails and the remarkable Case Moth. This caterpillar drags its cocoon around at all times. Clearly this Case Moth is over it and has decided to try skateboarding instead.