Coming Together.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 8:56AM 
Ella & her cousin Lily. I stole this shot from my sister-in-law's facebook page. I love it!!
In the almost 2 months we've been in this new house, we've had more gatherings & get-togethers than we've had in the past year!
We've hosted breakfasts, playdates and coffee drop-ins. Friends over for lunch or lazy takeaway nights. We've had friends come for the weekend, as we watched happy kids play & all pass out in the one bed, whilst we sat up late drinking wine & talking til the wee hours. We've had Grandparents stay over to babysit & love our kids. We've hosted Easter, new home celebrations, dinner parties, family coming back to Australia, Basically....a whole heap of general life-lovin moments have been happening inside this family home of ours. It's been nice.
It's been easier to be the host nowadays, with our new found space & location. And also easier in the sense that Ryder can nap in his own cot if need be, and Ella has a huge array of toys to share & entertain happy kids with. But it's been easy coz it's comfortable & fun & HOME.
I love that this new place of ours has brought us all together more. We've made more excuses to get together, crack open a bottle of bubbly & simply enjoy family, friends & food.
Life is beautiful. Yes or No?
What brings your family together?
Reader Comments (3)
What a cute photo of Ella and Lily - so sweet! How nice that you are able to host more get togethers in your new place - you definitely have an awesome house for entertaining. And as you say, as much as going out is fun too, having people over to your own place is just so much easier when bubs and naps are concerned :)
Oh Claire! You seem to be in such a great *space* at the moment - I'm so happy for you. Somehow, you dropped off my Goggle Reader for a while (naughty Google) but now I have fixed that. Time to catch up your news! J x
Yes life is fun when you have visitors. We often have friends come over especially during the school holidays. This keeps my daughter happy and occupied and lets her spend time with her friends outside of school hours.
I enjoy cooking up something delicious for lunch and decorating the table with pretty napkins and crockery. Sometimes on sunny days we have a picnic in the back yard sitting on a blanket on the grass while watching the birds and butterflies enjoy our garden.