Firstly I apologise for lame posting on here but the truth is we haven't really been up to much. Our weeks are full of school and work, after school the boys either run off to the rumpus room to play or veg out to the TV. Then the weekends have taken the form of Saturdays being rest day, where me and Tris get bits done and the boys just chill out, then on Sundays we, if the weather is good, head out to do something.
The weather is improving, as from last week the showers are much less frequent and last weekend was a scorcher.
After a day of chilling out at home on Saturday, we all went down to the beach (not our nearest as the waves and rips are a bit full on at the mo - left over from the rainy season), which was lovely. The boys dug in the sand and did lots of rolling around and then we all went in the sea, which was lovely and warm, did a bit of body boarding - Rowan is really starting to get the hang of it, Reuben is kind of getting there. It is really nice on the mega hot days to get up early, go out and do stuff before the heat comes in, then go home for the middle of the day and head out again later when the sun is not so full on.
On Sunday we all got up early and headed out by 8am. We went up to Mt Coolum - a mountain in Aussie standards, but at only 208m it's only a big hill really. But nevertheless it has a path all the way to the top and great views. So we started out on the walk not telling the kids too much as if Rowan thought he was about to climb a mountain he would have not got out of the car. Anyway, they both headed off on our 'adventure' with sticks in hands on the look out for kangaroos and koalas. It was hard going for them both as it was so hot (it actually got up to 33c later that day), Rowan wanted to go back down as he felt like he had been put on the bbq and he declared that he wanted to go and live in the South Pole as he was soooooo hot! But we all made it and the boys were very proud of themselves and declared it awesome! The view from the top was great, the boys were amazed at how small all the cars and houses were. At the top there were all theses amazing big butterflies fluttering around.
When we had got back down we headed to the nearest town - Coolum, a surfy holiday town. We sat down for a well deserved ice cream and felt like we were on holiday, a great feeling on your weekend when only 30 mins away from home :)
Then we headed home and chilled out round the pool. It was a lovely weekend and it was so nice to have Mr Sun around for a whole weekend, great for the spirit.
I haven't been taking many photos lately, but here are the few I have .................
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| The boys had a school disco this week, which they were both so excited about. They did the longest conga I have ever seen! That is Reubens teacher in the middle of this photo |
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| The disco boys ready to rock |
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| Can you spot Rowan? It was actually a really big thing for him to want to join in with no coercion at all. He loved it so much that him and 3 class friends carried on doing the conga well after everyone else finished! |
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| Rowan has discovered a love for art and will spend a good 20 mins at least every day drawing |
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| 'We made it' |
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| At the top of Mount Coolum |
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| Tris and the view |
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| Woohoo we did it |
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| On the way down |
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| Tired out boys on the way home |
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