Fridays Five - Places I want to visit before I die

Today is Friday and that means Friday's Five. I love travelling. Don't do a whole lot of it but plan to in a few years time when the boys are a bit older. I want to share with you my top 5 places that I really really hope to visit before I die. My travel list is a whole lot longer than 5 places but that's a whole other blog post!!

1. CAPADOCCIA, TURKEY

I've wanted to go here ever since I saw photos of Mum, Dad and Beth here. It looks absolutely beautiful and amazing and magical. The hot air balloon ride is a must too.

2. NGORONGORO CRATER, TANZANIA

Saw this on an episode of The Great Outdoors a few years back. It's got the most dense concentration of animals in Africa. It looks beautiful.

 3, GIRAFFE MANOR, KENYA

How fun does this look. Saw this on a travel show as well. What an awesome experience this would be, especially with kids.

4. PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

I have wanted to go to Prague for so so long. It looks absolutely beautiful and everyone I know that has been there says the same thing. It looks like it's out of a fairytale. Gorgeous.

5. THE MALDIVES

After all that sightseeing and walking around all the above amazing places, I am certainly going to need some rest and relaxation. Can't think of a more gorgeous place to do it that The Maldives. So spectactular. Bet the snorkelling is amazing. 

How awesome is this world God has created!!

Till next time

Friday's Five - iPhone apps for kids

So the man behind Apple, Steve Jobs, passed away yesterday. He was the man he gave the world the iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc.. but he was more than that. He was someone who saw the big picture, a visionary and according to most, a really great guy. So in honor of him, and cause i LOVE my iPhone, I'm going to do a Friday's Five list of my favourite iPhone apps for kids (well actually these are Joel's current favourites). They are not all technically kids apps, but Joel loves them and can play them.

1. Cake Doodle

 This is played at least twice a day at our house. Basically you make and decorate a cake. Lots of different choices of cakes, lots of things to do - mixing, pouring, decorating, etc. It's lots of fun

2. Balloonimals

This is another one that gets a daily workout. Joel loves blowing up the balloons and making them into animals and of course popping them.

3. Angry Birds 

Joel loves this (as do Andrew and I) so much catapulting those little birds into the piggies!!

4. FingerDrums

A noisy little app which is basically a drum kit you play with your fingers (funny that!). The cool thing is you can pick a song from you iPod and play along. Definitely not one to play in church!!

5. Traffic Rush

Joel loves trying to control the cars and stop any accidents. He thinks he's a policeman!! I quite like to play this one too.

If you are an iPhone owner or user, what are some of your favourite apps? I'm always happy to hear about more!!

Till next time

Friday's Five

So here it is another edition of Friday's Five. I'm thinking I am going to do an current Etsy faves every fortnight and then alternate it with another list on the other weeks.
To get into the Christmas mood early, i am going to share with you some of my favourite Christmas movies (nicking this idea from Tam) So here we go.... in no particular order

1. Elf
I think this is a great movie. Funny and sweet all at the same time. And I love Will Ferrell.

2. The Polar Express
Love love love this one and can't wait to watch it with Joel this year. It is so magical and fun.

3. Love Actually
This is probably my favourite movie of all time - Christmas or not!

4. Home Alone 1 & 2
I loved these as a kid and still enjoy watching them once a year. 3 & 4 are not so good though! They should have left it at 2. Love the scenes in New York in number 2. And the bird lady!

5. Miracle on 34th Street
I love both of these movies - the classic and the modern one. Do you believe??

6. Joyeux Noel 
I know it's called Friday's FIve but I really wanted to share about this movie. I saw it last year and it is really good. The film is about the World War 1 Christmas truce of December 1914, told through the eyes of French, Scottish and German soldiers. Sounds boring but it's really beautiful.

So there you have it. Some good movies to watch this Christmas season

Till next time

Friday's Five

Inspired by my Blogging for Scrapbookers Class, I am hoping to start a weekly tradition of Friday's Five. Five things I love at the moment, five things I have seen online, five of my fave movies, five of my fave books, five things I would love to buy right now. Get my drift. It could be anything.
For my first Friday's Five I am going to share with you some of my favourite things on Etsy right now. Etsy is one of my favourite places to look and shop online. It's an awesome site where people can buy and sell all sorts of handmade stuff. Not your typical nanna knitted tea cosys and stuff (although I am sure there are some on there) but very cool things.
So here we go (in no particular order)

Crazy Sparrow Nest Necklace
This is so so sweet.

Felt Pancakes Set
This looks like so much fun

Vintage Messenger Bag
I think this would be so handy when I go overseas next year. Hmmm Christmas present!!

Green Bird Journal Notebook
Cute as. Would look great in the bag above!

Baby Pixie Hat
Oh my goodness. Does it get any sweeter than this.

So there you have it my first Friday's Five. Stay tuned for more blog posts and more Friday's Five in coming weeks!

Till next time