My new logo part 2

So, here is choice No. 2 on the all important, logo decision-making saga. This one is very clean, lends itself to a more hand-written approach, which is a little more intimate?
Comments please!

Bah Humbug...

When stressed or feeling a little below par, you either eat, or you don't. I eat. It doesn't help of course. It just makes you whinge more that you ate what you shouldn't, then drank what you shouldn't, then thought more about what you thought about in the beginning, that made you eat in the first place.

Today however I had the fortune of ridding my melancholy in the rolling garden of a lovely friend. Surrounded by fresh air, sunshine and an energising babbling brook, it did wonders for my soul. The boys were in their element; a super cool tree house, impressive sandpit, and endless supplies of cars to oogle over, I couldn't really have asked for more of a relaxing Friday. Add to that endless cups of tea and an exceedingly good Mr Kipling mince pie (note mince pie is in the SINGULAR), said melancholy was replaced by some of that well needed Christmas cheer. Ho ho ho...

What's behind the door today?

As a little girl, I loved to see what was behind the door on our Advent Calendar. I now have a good excuse to continue my little thrill and every morning before our 'Meetamix', we open each door and learn about the new picture. We thought we'd share what we found, so have a look on the column on the right each day and join us in our countdown to Christmas.

Make and Do

I love getting packages in the post. I just received a gorgeous bundle from Notemaker today, mostly Christmas gifts for my Mum, which I would of course totally like for myself. Delivered in a printed calico bag, all I wanted to do was sit cross legged and play with my new toys!
This morning, our resident chef also got creative and tackled the crafty gift he recently received from my sister in London. Although I did try and steal it a few times and make it myself, he built this fabulous cardboard owl today, with the help of our dexterous young apprentice. My love of paper products continues with this clever gift from Muji. Flat packed, easy to build with awesome design to boot, The Count, as I now like to call him, can be found brandishing his wings over our fireplace, far out of reach from nimble fingers.

My new logo?

I am testing out a few ideas for my logo, and thought what better way to get feedback than from my readers.The resident chef says he wouldn't have picked this one for me as it doesn't suit my writing style. Do you think it works? I'd love to know...

Celebrity spotting in downtown Hobart

As we are so well connected here, I managed to score an invitation for the boys to a very exclusive gathering in town. Despite the heavy downfalls, we were graced by the presence of the one and only Olivia at Fullers.

Her adventures and forays into music and art, often 'practiced' on the walls of her house or on the ears of her patient family, are humourously captured by New Yorker illustrator Ian Falconer and are top of the reading list for those of us 3 to 6 year olds. Her faithful followers include none other than David Hockney and Mikhail Baryshnikov, who says "Many dream of dancing on the stage, but Olivia has the legs for it."

Needless to say, the boys were quite starstruck. I was just worried that her pretty ears were going to swipe half the stock off the shelves!

Thank Crunchy it's Friday?

Drizzle. I hate drizzle, unless it's lemon and poured over a cake. I think Mother Nature must have been feeling particularly un-maternal when she invented all day rain. Entertaining toddlers with non TVactivities, especially boys who have no interest in painting, drawing or any craft-like activity, with the added bonus of the attention span of a goldfish, requires, well a PhD in creative patience.
Despite this, the rather frenetic energy at our regular Playgroup this morning, and the fact that it was also the end of the week, we did all manage to survive the session relatively unscathed, leaving with our two glittered Christmas tree decorations (proudly created, not by the boys but by their mother...) and our prize pack of dried apricots.
Just when I was thinking what on earth I could do to entertain them for the afternoon, a magical text came through and as quickly as that, the rest of the day was sorted. Don't you just love spontaneity?
So with five kids, one cat, two giant pizzas (home made of course), one rhubarb crumble (with ice cream), one bubbly bath (with five kids!) and miraculously no major accidents, the day finally came to an end with two very exhausted but very entertained little boys. Take that Mother Nature!