moments: wintry with signs of spring

- a lily in the kitchen one very cold winters morning. all the windows were covered with condensation on the inside and ice on the outside. a bucket of water in the garden was topped in ice, washing on the line was coated in ice, and on the way to school fields were whitened with/frost snow. It was all very beautiful and exciting - a true winter wonderland, and the kids and I explored and exclaimed in great delight on the way to school.
-the first blossom. my jonquils are also coming out too now. spring is definitely on the way.
-quince blossom. this has been out for awhile, but for some reason I don't count it. it almost seems a winter flower it comes out so early.
-rolling hills of Jindivick.
-Poppet, just sitting up after rolling.
-Poppet thought Littlest should roll too. Littlest is not uncharacteristically cautious.
-a convention of sheep, curious about the rolling children.
-Littlest and me one wintry afternoon in the garden. that little fist has been rather desperately chewed on these past two weeks.

Joining with Em for wintry-almost-spring moments from our week. This has been an incredibly exciting week for us - full of wonderful news, but more of that anon… My beloved wants me to wait till it's all official before I make the big announcement...

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 -Littlest, with her God-mama in a little cafe in Jindivick. I believe she's thinking she could get used to the cafe life. She continues growing far, far too quickly! (And look at da big eyes on de leedle darling… seriously, it's impossible to look at her without giving her a smooch - such a little cuddle-up-agus.)
-Poppet, running outside.
-Sprocket, rolling down the slope.

Last weekend we met up with a friend at the beautiful little village of Jindivick in West Gippsland. It is a ridiculously beautiful place with perfect, vivid green hills and a great selection of little cafes and restaurants. I might have squealed when I saw snow on the distant mountains. Snow! We saw snow! After a freezing morning the sky was high and blue and little birds chirped. The kids ran and rolled and played outside and my beloved and I enjoyed an (almost) civilised coffee with friends while we tag-teamed supervising the running and rolling. Bliss.

Joining with Jodi for a portrait of my kid every most some weeks in 2014.