Backyard Times

Last Friday seemed almost like a summers day around here. Z made the most of it in the garden with friends. We had a turnstile on our gate and a rotation of friends coming through to play. Making garden soup and an early harvest of (not quite ready for picking) carrots were among the games.

For me, the end of the day saw a a very frazzled mummy. A few weeks of big workloads and trying to compensate for lost play in one day was not the recipe for calm and relaxation. A lesson I may one day learn! Although, I think it went unnoticed by my three babes...that is, until my response to the funniest bathtime activity of putting a finger on the water sprout and spraying water all over the bathroom!!

Sitting Up Girl

Amazing! I really wanted to savour every moment and labour on it for as long as possible. These last 4 months seems to have wizzed past. Baby L decided to sit for the first time, on her own, this morning. It has happened overnight. We havent spent weeks of being propped up with cushions. She just decided it should happen and her strong little core allowed her to sit there on her own - with a few gentle tumbles (and more to come).

A Mothers Day

Holidays

We have shared an amazing 2 week holiday with our relatives. We travelled to Tasmania with one of B's brothers, his wife and 2 kids.

The first week was rewarding but gruelling. My sister-in-law and I stayed at a farmstay in the Tamar Valley with our 5 children (under 5!). The kids loved jumping in the hay on the back of the truck to feed the cows, and, sitting on the beautiful horse. Funnily enough they enjoyed feeding someone elses chickens each morning more than feeding our own at home. Why doesnt it provide the same excitement ? A couple of days of wild weather meant indoors and frayed tempers - but what does one expect of loving cousins all close in age! All while the guys enjoyed 6 days of nature, peace and tranquility walking the Overland Trek.

Week 2, with us altogether, was more relaxing. Unfortunately the night before picking up the guys I got sick and so did the 2 little bubbas. But a couple of days at the Bay of Fires and relaxation helped our recovery.

Hobart was great for catching up with a dear old friend and his beautiful family. It meant new friends for the day for my kids and they had a fantastic time. If only we could all be as unassuming and open as children are when we meet new people.