Pixar Cars' Biggest (oh heck cutest too) fan ;)

Master J LOOVVEESSS the movie Cars.

As a wee little man it was the only movie he'd sit and wacth the whole thing through.

If i needed some time to prepare dinner or do some housework,

I would set him up on his Cars couch with a snack and a drink and would get what i needed done,

without hearing a peep!

As he got older his room turned Car crazy.

He now has curtains, a small set of plastic draws a quilt cover, his couch and the cherry on the cake?

A Lightning McQueen bed.

Yes there is no denying the fact
That he loves "Keen"

(Mcqueen)

So when we saw the trailer for Cars 2 on youtube



the boyo went crazy!

"Look mum, mum look, Cars"

That trailer was played over and over and did i mention over? again.

Not to mention Maters Tall Tales in great sucsession.

He ended up getting the DVD for christmas lol

When we walked into Target and saw all the Cars toys he was in awe

"wow look mum, Cars" 'wooooow"

Mummy put a very small laybuy on as his Birthday is very soon

When he saw the add on Foxtel for the Mack truck tour

He was beside himself with excitement.

Now with his delay he didnt click that it was somethng he could physcially go to

But just seeing all the Cars pictures and the life size Mack was enough to send him into Car mania.

Sooooo mummy researched, found where it was and we went!

It was quite a small set up but boy did he have the time of his life!

Flitting from one free activity to the next the whole time with the biggest smile on his face.

He rode on Doc Hudsons Car Training track, Coloured in some Cars pictures

Raced lightning McQueen against all the other cars and had a BALL on the Cars electric car track

He wasn't too sure about Mack i think he may have been a little big ;)

But he checked him out a little bit got his photo taken and even got a certificate for racing

Lil C got in on the act too ;)

Needless to say i'm asking Mr S to take the day off work so we can take Master J to the cinema

as a late birthday present.

And secretly mummy and daddy cant wait ither!

Now the gorgeous people of Nuffnang and Disney are giving away free family passes to bloggers too see cars 2 at the end of this month

All they want you too do is...

a) Write a blog post to create awareness of the upcoming flick, Disney/Pixar Cars 2

b) Include the Disney/Pixar Cars 2 trailer so your readers can score a sneak peak as to just how awesome this movie is!

c) Once your blog post is live, leave a link to it in a comment on this blog post and email your full name and postal details to competitions@nuffnang.com.au and they will have a pass out to you in the mail.

Competition is open to Australian residents who are able to attend screenings within Australia.

Entries open 3/6/11 and close on 17/6/11 at 5pm. Please refer to the Terms & Conditions for more details!

So what are you waiting for?



2011 ~ The Best Easter so far..

My little familys Easter has been amazing this year.

I dont know why but something just felt so right!

We had decorated a small corner of the lounge room where the coffee table is

Muchily inspired by Jade of Super Organiser Mum

Master J's footprint bunny face ~ left, Easter wreath ~ middle, Lil C's footprint bunny face ~ right

Master J's bunny with a carrott ~ bottom

Coffee table display eggs in left jar, Easter finger puppets in right jar, baby chicks in middle jar

selection of Easter & Bunny books in basket

We ate Hot X Buns, we relaxed and we played with the boys.

Easter Sunday... Bunny Day was such an amazing day

Both the boys woke up early so we snuggled them up into our bed while we waited for Lil C to finish his morning bottle, and then the fun begun!

Master J found the Easter Bunnys footprints

master J jumping the way the bunny did

All the way to "The Stash" for him and Lil C

Blankets from Leroy & Lola Kids Stuffed owl from Owls 'n' Stuff Easter cards from Sonni Lou Designs

After the excitment of the Bunny Mr S cooked us up some Hot X Buns for brekkie

annnnnd unwillingly (how could i say no)

We let master J have some chocolate before his breakfst

while Lil C enjoyed his new blankie.

my smiley boy

Now i was totally against Master J having chocolate this year, apart from one small egg from the Easter Bunny so we decided to do an Easter Car Hunt instead.

I brought 6 hot wheels cars and hid them around the back yard.

Master J loved it!!

We then decided a family lunch at the Seaford Hotel was on the cards.

It was delicious! Master J had a ball playing outside on the playground and eating his "chippies"

and mummy got to enjoy a cosom slushie!

first drink since NYE!

Once we had filled our bellies and tired out the Master

we headed up to Oakbank for the rest of the day.

Oakbank is where SA's Easter racing carnival is held

and Mr S and his family camp up there every year on the Oakbank Hillside and get all dressed up for the Easter Saturday & Easter Monday Race Days.

We headed up on sunday just to relax, let Master J run wild and get all dirty and enjoy the fresh air!

Isnt that whats being a kid all about?

Lil C snug as a bug watching the camp fire

ANZAC Day/Easter Monday was Race Day! WOOHOOO

we packed up the car

cant believe the amount of stuff we had to take!

and left early to beat the traffic.

We got all dressed and pretty up there,

saved master J getting all dirty in his new clothes

the boys outfits

And made our way to the race track.

It was an awesome day.

Mr S & I put some bets on and even won most of our money back

HIGH 5!

Master J was so well behaved and even got into cheering with everyone else as the horsies ran by

 Lil C just loved watching everything that was going on.

just taking it all in

Once the day was over we stayed at the campsite for a few hours before heading home.

We all collapsed into bed exceopt for Mr S who decided he wasnt too tired to go fishing

Insert Grrrrr *here

Overall it was just the most amazing Easter.

So relaxed, so much joy.

Master J was so much more aware of Easter which just made things so much more exciting.

and

he bonded with his Nana (Mr S mum) soooo much more,

it was beautiful to see them together and hear him calling out all the time "nana nana"

Raceday was fabulous! so much fun

Master J playing planes

mummy & Lil C

Stealing a kiss & a photo

and

Going out to lunch with my little family NEEDS to be a regular occurence!

I can only hope that next year once Lil C is about 18 months old

it will be even better again.

I hope you all had an amazing Easter too

i know for me and my family the extra time off was just perfect!

Falling into Autumn

I was reading a blog over at Team Mummy

you can read it here

That inspired me!

Amba had a quote:

"Cease the opportunity. Live life, enjoy the little things."

How very true!

What followed was pictures of her beautiful little family and all the fun spontaniuous things that they had been doing whilst embracing life.

I decided that day because of Ambas post
that it was time to make some

"family time"

I told my partner that the following sunday would be

"Family Day"

That day was today.

We packed up the car with toys and towels, sunscreen and fishing rods.

We were heading to the beach

Master J had a fabulous time as did we all.

Master J and Daddy fished, Mummy and Lil C just relaxed in the shade
we had hot chips for lunch,
fished some more, built some sandcastles and jumped some waves.

It was then followed up with winter clothes shopping for the kiddies
and a few bits and pieces for mummy and daddy
including a new beach umbrella and beach shade!

here's just a few pics that captured the day and my heart

So a big thankyou to you Amba

without your inspiration i would never have kicked Stuart up the butt to get us out and about

We had the best day today

I cant wait for what the next family fun day may bring