Activities in Winter

It's been a month since our last blog, how time flies. Most of the month has been spent finding a new place to live. Unfortunately with the market as it is and with the shortage of good rentals we were lucky enough to find a place which we hope will tick most of the boxes for a couple of years. The weather has been good but when it's cold and windy we find ourselves "relaxing" at home listening to music and playing games on the Wii.


Indoor fun

Winter is most definitely here

Hats and gloves are the order of the day on my walk to the station in the morning as the temperature hovers a few degrees above zero. But then the sun comes out and warms Melbourne to a comfortable 14 degrees. (click here for stats) It's even warm enough to go to the rock pools just off Rickett's Point Beachside Cafe to look for shells or have a round of golf. If not, we go indoors for a game of ten-pin bowling or a spot of 'window' shopping at Chadstone shopping centre.


Bowling and beach in winter

It's Winter and the Saints are winning!

Karlie saw the 'world premier' of the Yo Gabba Gabba concert at the Palais theatre in St Kilda after a twirl on the Carousel at Luna Park. The following weekend the boys saw their first football game at the Etihad Stadium...it was hard work keeping them entertained, I just don't think they could have lasted nearly 3 hours in the cold so we had to leave during the 3rd quarter after pretending Dad's beer was a football.


A case of orange pyjamas

Winter is approaching

One good thing about winter, no &*^%ing flies. Can someone please tell me where they go so I can rip their tiny wings off and feed them to local crocodile.
It's been a good month again with lots of firsts..... We have put in an offer for a house (father in law doing property searches and mom sending much needed $'s), played tenpin bowling and Karli has finally started to ride his bike - OK OK, he only does it if he gets a damn star. The kids are playing nicely and Karli loves all his extra-curricular activities while Marti thinks he is 4 years old getting into all types of mischief.
We are slowly getting used to the 80's, "again".


Things to do on the weekend (please visit Vimeo to watch this in 720p) - 3min30sec

Lots of firsts !

The year is passing us by so fast, we nearly forgot to update the blog for April. We had a couple of weeks school holidays where Karli had no kinder or swimming lessons and Mummy didn't have her 2 hour 'break' at the MOPS session. Days were spent going to the park, making a mess indoors and out and your general mayhem when the routine is a bit off balance.

Karli had his first putt-putt game with Dad and loved it so it was off to the golf shop to buy his first 7-iron with which we went down to Sandringham driving range to whack a few balls. On the 15th of April, the boys went to a Hotwheels show at Federation Square, they loved it, there were cars everywhere and we even got to take home a couple for keepsakes. The boys had their first Easter egg hunt and the findings are still sitting in the cupboard, to be shared sparingly!!!



Always something fun to do