Sunday, July 17, 2011

Cool Cats and Longy Headland

As much as the upcoming family holiday to Thailand is on our minds we have still been making the most of our weekends in Sydney, inclement weather and all.

I swim early each winter Sunday morning in an ocean swimming club, the Cool Cats. Last night our club invaded the local fish and chip shop for a family social event. As you can imagine swimming in the ocean in the dead of winter attracts some strange characters and Kelly and the kids got to meet them all last night. The kids came along and were well looked after with copious amounts of seafood and a few unexpected presents, I enjoyed a few beers and a bit of banter and Kelly (apart from looking after the kids) recognised one of the guys as the bus driver that often drives her to work and so spent quality time talking about her morning commute. Given Kelly is also not a big seafood fan you can understand who got the best of that deal. I did try and make up for it by taking Kelly to breakfast on Saturday and having grandma look after Luca and Scout for a couple of hours.


With a break in the weather today Kelly got us all moving for a walk up Long Reef headland. The kids enjoyed getting out of the house and running up and down the grass hills and climbing rocks and we all enjoyed the view.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

School Photo

Luca's 2011 School Photo. I can't believe how big he is growing, how clever he is and how much fun he is every single day. His teacher gave him great marks in his report and we couldn't be happier with how he is going at his "big boy" school. -kel

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Taronga & Clifton Gardens

Luca is on school holidays and has been living the life. In the space of a couple of days he has gone to sports camp with five of his friends from school, had his first sleepover at a friends house, went on a play date at another friends house and today we went the zoo and had a picnic lunch as a treat for both Luca and Scout.

It was a little cold when we first got to the zoo but it warmed into a beautiful winter day without a cloud in the sky. The highlight of todays zoo visit, apart from Grandma and Grandpa coming with us, was a gorilla fight with both protagonists put in their place at the end of it by a huge silverback.

Scouty riding a leopard seal

After the zoo we went down to a beautiful park by Sydney Harbour called Clifton Gardens, had a picnic lunch and the kids played in the playground and along the waters edge. Awesome day.

Luca at Clifton Gardens

Sunday, July 03, 2011

Ballet Recital

Pre-Recital

On stage

On stage

Scout had her first ballet recital today. She was adorable and loved every moment from the chit chat with her ballet friends, to being on stage. No tears, only big smiles from Scout. She was very enthusiastic and had a great time. The entire program was a bit like organised chaos. Luca was a super big brother, watching the entire performance and congratulating Scout on her performance by giving her flowers he had bought for her.

Mid performance

Mark and I were camera crazy, between the two videos and the 80+ photos we took, this event was well documented. On the ride home as we told Scout she was a wonderful ballerina, she said "I know...I am". What she lacks in skills she certainly makes up for in confidence! -kel