This week has been fantastic, well for me. Himself went back to work on Monday after 3 weeks off and was NOT happy about it. We, on the other hand have;
- Monday - Met up with some friends at the park
- Tuesday - had the neice & nephew over all day
- Wednesday - went into the city to the museum, then went out to the movies with himself that night
- Thursday - went to the beach
- Friday - spent the morning at Matilda Bay frollicking in the river, then out to dinner with Himself on Date Night....
- Saturday - haven't got there yet but tomorrow morning off to the beach at 8am with 4 other families (very close friends so should be great) to spend the day playing, surfing and building sandcastles.
- Sunday - haven't got there yet but it's going to be 42 degrees so we will be inside under the airconditioning vent trying to stay cool.
The first 3 days were nice. A really lovely way to get back into the swing of post-camping life.
Wednesday at the museum was wonderful. I (being the terribly neglectful mother that I am) have never taken the kids into Northbridge. They loved it, and so did I. The museum was so good. They have an exhibition called Dinosaurs Alive. As you walk in the front doors of the museum, a huge dinosaur (that I assume is motion controlled, either that or he is one very clever dinosaur) that sniffs the air, rolls his eyes and roars very, very loudly. Very cool. That night Himself and I had the first of our 2 date nights for this week. Very spoilt - this never, ever happens. But we're taking it while we can. It's been a while since we've had a night out. We try to do it every few weeks ago, but sometimes life (and Christmas) just seem to get in the way. It's a routine we love & need to have.
Thursday was a day at the beach. We only live about 10 minutes from the beach so we managed to get there around 9am. We were meeting one of the mums from Mothers Groups, and Miss 8 had bought along one of her friends too. The beach was beautiful and calm, the kids were excited and dripping wet within 30 seconds of being there. The kids walked out to the end of the jetty, and we followed not long after as we noticed that they had been noticing the people jumping off the side of the jetty into the water - and we figured that they figured it looked like much fun!!! What was most cool was that Sam the Seal turned up at the very end of the jetty to see what people were catching,. Imagine seeing a seal. Up close & personal. The kids thought that was the best thing they had seen all day, including all the starfish they were saving, and the fish they were snorkling after. And the seal did a little dive and showed everyone his tail and bottom. EVEN BETTER!
Today, Friday, was a catch up with one of my oldest friends and her 2 gorgeous little girls. Matilda Bay is just a beautiful reserve, right next to the University of WA. Huge, old trees line the banks and there's a bit of sand for the kids to dig in. There's also some very long pontoon type jetty's (are you seeing a pattern here???) that we stayed clear of because Master 4 and my girlfriends Miss 3 & Miss 18 months would have just thought they were the best things in the world to try and swim out too. Instead we stayed on this little bit of beach and watched the kids try to rid the Swan River of every jellyfish contained within. And they nearly got them all too. Including the one that stung Master 4. You know you're a Sandgroper when you get stung by a jellyfish. And many thanks to the lady that supplied us with a part of her aloe vera plant to take the sting away. Very much appreciated :)
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