Day 274 - Fun times

With beautiful weather in Bingara Gorge, we decided to head out for a little lunch and then a play in the park. We had a great time, me getting lots of manual practice and the girls having fun at the playground around the corner of their house. It was one of our best visits to the beautiful Pearson family, mostly because the girls are really coming out of their shell and instead of hiding behind our legs or holding our hand, they happily hugged Neri and Andy and held their hands while out and about instead of ours. It truly is love - from all sides.

Day 111 - Happy Birthday Andrew

Today we celebrated Andrew's birthday with dinner and a very cool cake at our place tonight. With a really busy morning - a quick cake turned into a fun lolly filled cake much to Andrew's delight! I was really grateful that Jenny and Sam took the left over cake home - it was very rich and really hard to cut!

Happy Birthday Andrew - we hope you had a fabulous day!

Day 102 - Quality Aunty Time

Today I took Austin, Andrew and Madison out to lunch and the movies to spend some quality time with them. We went to APK in Woden for lunch followed by watching 'Pirates! Band of Misfits' at the movies. The kids seemed to enjoy the movie - I wasn't too sure, and could have had a nap half way through. To finish the day together we went and had a hot chocolate and milkshakes with Poppy.

Hopefully next time there will be a more interesting movie to keep me entertained as well.

Day 26 - Australia Day with friends

What better way to celebrate Australia day than with some beautiful people. We awoke to what looked like another wet day in Sydney and thought we'd take a look at some Australia Day events in Picton before we headed home.

Of course with the change in weather, the event had moved from the gardens to the town centre. They had a good set up with some face painting and craft areas for the kids as well as entertainers on stage. We left the celebrations and headed back home to have a picnic in the park before ending our holiday.

I have known Nerida since Year 9 at high school, and boy that was a long time ago. I think we are blessed to have such lovely people in our lives right now. 2 hours door to door travel time now, means I will have to make more of a noted effort for regular catch ups.

Day 25 - A putter of a good time

Today we awoke to another wet Summer's day in Sydney. We met my friend Carly and her kids for a play at a local play centre this morning. It must have been the plan for everyone else because it was so busy. It was lovely to catch up with Carly while the kids wore themselves out a little.

Then it was off to lunch with Nerida and Andrew before heading to Indoor Mini Golf. What a wonderful idea this was. I was a little worried after the bowling wasn't as big a hit as I had expected. But the girls loved hitting their ball around on the course. Naturally we didn't keep score, because I really don't know what the score is when one would carry the ball to the hole and tap it in. As long as we all had fun - who really cares what the score was?!