:: Please Update!! ::

I'm sure as some of you are aware I moved from my blogspot blogger to my own self hosted wordpress blog.

Please update your RSS Feeds and blogroll to show my new blog address!

www.mummytofive.com

I'm hoping that I can configure it better soon so that my blogspot blog will automatically redirect!

See you over there!!

:: WINNER -- Gina Miller Giveaway ::

It seems that Blogger was having dramas yesterday and a lot of people had troubles getting into blogger to blog! Wow can we say blogger one more time??

Anyway! I'm here, finally! And I have heaps to catch up on, I'm a few days behind my son choices, so I'm going to blog them tonight hopefully! Depending on if I can keep my eyes open long enough!

So.... the winner of Gina Miller's $6.00 coupon to her store is....

Candice said... Gosh soo many to close from, all her kits are awesome!! I really like the shutter bug kig. Thanks for the chance!

Congratulations Candice!!

Candice can you email me at kirstyblinston at gmail dot com and I'll get the coupon to you asap!

Thanks to everyone who played along! I hope you all had a great iNSD weekend!

:: Giveaway - Gina Miller Style ::

This weekend is the most important weekend of the year... besides it being Mothers Day on Sunday (dont forget hubby!) its also the most exciting weekend on the digital scrapping calendar as its inter National Scrapbooking Weekend (iNSD). So there are giveaways, freebies, chats and excitement galore!

All husbands should be taking their kids out of the house so us Mums can enjoy some time just being online, chatting to friends, scrapping and buying up a storm of bargains... just saying Dads!

I first came to digital scrapbooking when I was pregnant with my now 5 year old son as I wanted something new and cool to do as a baby shower book. I stumbled across some websites on scrapbooking and after finding sites like Shabby Princess and Scrapbook-Bytes I was hooked, nearly 1000 layouts later, I'm an official scrapbooking addict... just ask Paypal and my husband!

One of the first designers that I came across and loved was Gina Miller. I remember her having this awesome Fireman's kit out (now retired) which I loved and it was the first kit I purchased..way back in 2006! I remember emailing Gina asking her if I could use her kit to make a header for my blog and she happily said that was fine. 

A happy relationship of me purchasing her kits, and her creating awesome kits for me to purchase followed until late last year I saw on Facebook that she was looking for some new CT members to add to her team. Of course this is such a awesome gig to get and I knew that I would be kicking myself if I didnt apply! I was surprised and a little giddy when I got the email from Gina inviting me to her team! It was a dream come true! 

Gina has an amazing range of designs which I'm showcasing my favourites here for you (all linked to the shop for easy shopping!)

 

 

In true Gina style and it being iNSD weekend and all, I'm hosting a giveaway for a coupon ($6.00) here on my blog, so just comment here on this post answering this question...

Whats your favourite Gina Miller kit (current or retired)

I'll come back on Monday 9th at 7:00pm (Australian time) and announce the winner for a coupon to her store!! Winner will be chosen by random.org

For a bonus entry into the giveaway, tweet this post ( 1 entry) and/or post on FB (1 entry)

Good Luck and Happy Scrapping!!

Day 6 -- A Song That Reminds You Of Somewhere

So today's song in the 30 Day Song Challenge is A Song that reminds you of somewhere.


Now dont go losing me here, or think I've lost my mind! But this song that I've chosen today is not a famous song, not even a popular song but its a song that is close to my heart. Its a song that my son has learnt since being at prep this year. Its a song we have taught our other children who love singing it before they go to bed!
 So in light of Mothers Day coming up on Sunday I want to send some love out to my special little kids who I love with all my heart, who drive me crazy sometimes but I would do anything and everything for!


My God Is So Big.....





Now obviously Dominic and I can sing this so much better!!

 

Day 5 -- A Song That Reminds You Of Someone

So today's song in the 30 Day Song Challenge is A Song that reminds you of someone.

I had it narrowed down to two different songs, one which reminds me of DH and one which reminds me of my Mum, and in honor of Mothers Day which is this Sunday I wanted to honor my Mum in this special way! Love you Mum xx

Day 4 -- A Song That Makes You Sad

So today's song in the 30 Day Song Challenge is A Song that makes you Sad.

This was a hard one for me to choose, I couldnt think off the top of my head a son that made me sad. So I went to Google for the answers! And I came across a website that listed the top 100 Sad Songs. Looking through the list reminded me of songs that were sad and as I was listening to them, this one really stood out to me. I remember when this song was released and it took me a while to realise why it was written. Eric Clapton wrote Tears In Heaven after the death of his 4 year old son. 

:: Wordless Wednesday ::

I’m joining in Wordless Wednesday over at My Little Drummer Boys & Faith Hope And A Whole Lotta Love today… come along and play too

Just me and Belle, laying on the floor... like you do on a Wednesday!

Please excuse the nutella all over her face, she had just had toast so I was chasing her around the kitchen trying to get her photo!! She fell over, started crying so Mummy climbed down on the floor and we cuddled down there till she was better....then I got my photo!!

Also be sure to check out this post on the giveaway I'm currently running!

Day 3 -- Song That Makes You Happy

So today's song in the 30 Day Song Challenge is A Song that makes you Happy.

I'm the first to admit that I like Katy Perry, even since she came out with I Kissed A Girl, I just loved her music. With hits like Teenage Dream, California Gurls and Hot N Cold shes different to mainstream female artists.

Today I chose Firework. The lyrics just really hit home with me! 

:: Dreamworld & A Giveaway!! ::

So today we had to go down to the Gold Coast to take a bag of things of DH's grandma's down to her, as he forgot to take it with him yesterday when he went to pick up his parents from the airport after they came back from Fiji for my sister in law.

Anyway, so we decided we would all go and go and spend the day at Dreamworld! We have the awesome $69 unlimited Summer Entry Passes which is such an amazing bargain considering its $265 for 2 Adults and 2 Children for a World Pass to Dreamworld and White Waterworld.

The kids loved the drive down, mainly cause they got to watch a movie in the car on the way down! We turned Harry around for this drive and he loved it!

Here he is watching the movie with his brothers and sisters!

After seeing DH's Grandma and his Aunty, we headed in to get the kids the hats we had been promising them since we had seen Uncle Wayne's while we were out at Mum's over Easter.

After getting our cool new hats, we headed off to have lunch at Wiggleworld, where the kids loved playing on Captain Feathersword's Ship! After having Jam Sandwiches, Yogurt and some Hot Chips we headed towards Tiger Island to see the Tigers!

Although on the way to Tiger Island we got sidetracked to have a ride on the Carousel.

The kids were so excited to see that the Tigers were there when we did finally get to the Tiger enclosure!

Then it was off to Whitewater World! The water pack here is awesome, its beautiful and so child-friendly!

So while Daddy took the kids off to the water, Harry went to sleep in the pram and I got to have some quiet time all to myself!

The kids didnt want to get out of the water, but they were so tired that it was time to head home! We decided to treat ourselves to a good ole famous Yatala Pie! Seriously these pies are just beautiful to eat! I'm not normally a pie eater, but the Chicken and Vegetable pie is just delish! Its full of vegetables and real chunky chicken meat!

Now after the amazing day that I had with my family I wanted to share that happiness with my blog readers! And that means only one thing... GIVEAWAY TIME!!

Yes I'm so excited to be offering my very first blog giveaway!

Being a Mummy to 5 children, I'm sure you could imagine the amount of baby books that I have accumulated over the past 6 years! My three favourite ones were the ones that I want to pass on to the next beautiful mummy-to-be!

Maybe you are pregnant, or you know someone who is expecting a baby? Well this is the perfect giveaway for you then!

Everytime we found out we were expecting a baby I always sat down with A World Of Baby Names and made a list of all my favourite names!

Up The Duff by Kaz Cooke, is a hilarious look at pregnancy.

What to Expect When You're Expecting & What to Eat When You're Expecting is the perfect book for all expecting Mums. I would constantly refer back to this book when I had questions and I could always find the answer in here!

Here are the guidelines:
1. Open to all Australian Residents

2. Make sure you leave your email address below 

3. Entries close on Monday 9th May with the winner being announced on Tuesday 10th May

4. Leave a comment below telling me:

 

"What is your piece of advice that you got while you were pregnant?"

For bonus entries (not required though, but always appreciated!)

-- Tweet this post for an extra entry

-- Post about this on Facebook

-- Feel free to follow my blog or my Facebook page, but again not required to enter the giveaway!

Good Luck!! xx

Day 2 -- Least Favourite Song

So today's song choice in the 30 Day Song Challenge is Your Least Favourite Song. I straight away throught of this oldie and horrible one... Barbie Girl by Aqua! It was freaken horrible and hated listening to it everytime I heard it on the radio! The film clip was terrible, such bright colours and fake looking people! Bleh, I cant believe I'm even having it on my blog I dislike it that much!!! 

Day 1 -- My Favourite Song

Ok so its kick-off time! As I mentioned earlier today I'm taking part in the 30 Day Song Challenge on Facebook, you can join in at anytime! 

I'm going to take the plunge and share with you over this month my songs that I love/hate and everything in between! Be sure to come along with me on this ride, feel free to link me to your blogs if you are playing along too!! 

So Day 1.... Favourite Song

This was really hard for me to choose, I went into my itunes to have a look at what I have played the most lately... and at 75 times this is definatly one song that I have loved listening too lately! Yep its from Wicked... Yep I still am playing it in the car, although this is the one sung by Idina Menzel & Kristen Chenoweth...yep its Defying Grafity! 

For some reason, I can link the songs from youtube but it wont play from my blog! 

The reason I chose this song is it makes me happy, the lyrics are uplifting and I love to have it on in the car, crank up the volume and sing my heart out! I always get out of the car afterwards feeling like I can do anything!

:: The Month of May ::

Can I just start off by saying I'm really looking forward to the month of May! 

With it starting today, I'm also going to be taking part in the 30 Day Song Challenge over on Facebook. I've created a separate page here on my blog which you will be able to see all the posts at a glance. If you are playing along with the challenge, link me up to your blog so I can come and see what songs float your boat, tickle your fancy and just really make you get up and groove!! 

I'm also looking forward to the Mother/Son night hosted by Dominic's school that is on this coming Tuesday, it will be lovely to have some time with just him and chat with the other mums. 

The Sunday 8th of May is of course Mothers Day. Now normally my husband is pretty good with remembering Mothers Day, considering the shops start displaying all the cards and stuff from around March! Birthdays...they are another story! In years gone by I'm the first to admit that my DH has pretty good taste in what to get me! 

Last year it was this:

Big brownie points for husband there, now not to out-do himself he also got me this: 

I hope he's not trying to imply that I smell or anything!! Because you know what I also go for Christmas just gone? Yep you guessed it....

I admit it! I'm a perfume lover! I love wearing it, I change it up all the time, I currently have 8 or maybe 10 different perfumes! 

So DH when you read this.... no perfume for me this Mothers Day please! Instead here is a idea of things that I would LOVE to recieve, for being the mother of your children, the cook in your home, the cleaner of your clothes and the put-up-er of your whinging... all because I love you! 

Here are some ideas for you that I would love to recieve come Sunday morning, when the kids all wake up (happily please) while I get to have a sleep-in (read: after 7am) dont worry about breakfast in bed, it will probably go cold cause Harry will have woken as well for a feed!

Lets start off with our morning coffee hot chocolate, how simple would it be to have one of these? Obviously the purple colour is just a bonus for Annabelle to look at!! 

Now in keeping with the kitchen theme, any of these cookbooks would be a wonderful addition to my collection!

Now naturally after cooking some of the recipes out of these gorgeous cookbooks, I'm going to need to work out and keep myself fit and healthy!

Now I know that like all Mummies, we would love to wake up on Mothers Day to something like this:

Hey I can still dream peoples!

The other thing about Mothers Day weekend is that is also coinsides with NSD (Thats National Scrapbooking Day for all you non-scrapbooking scrappers!)

Make sure that you stop by the blog that weekend as I'll be hosting a really cool ultra awesome giveaway especially for my readers! Yes its scrapbooking related and yes it really is ultra cool!

So before I get dragged off the computer toodle off to finish housework and go through all the kids clothes which either dont fit/need to move to storage/or are just plain clean that I have to fold away I wanted to leave you with a new layout that I did for the amazing Gina Miller!

I really LOVE how this one turned out and really shows how much the twins have changed in the past 3.5 years!

A Pea In The Pod by Gina Miller and Jacque Larsen

Now while your over at The Lilypad drooling over the awesome-ness of this kit also be sure to have a look at the 50% retirement sale thats currently on. Gina and the other designers there have quite a few awesome kits that are being retired soon and you really dont want to miss out!

May also means giveaways!! I cant wait to share my first one with you! Good for all the pregnant mummies out there!