Where the wild thing is

Hugo can still squeeze into his favourite dress up from when he was 2.

And spy boy apparently...

Daisy's art

Here's a painting Daisy did at her after school art lessons

Monsalvat

Another day out 

Easter sculpture trip

Daisy and Hugo enjoyed the sculpture park at Weribee Mansion so much we thought we'd find another one to visit. I discovered McClelland sculpture park on the internet. It was fantastic!

Easter egg hunt

Hunting for eggs in our garden on Easter Sunday.

A day out at Wilson's botanic park

A sunny day out in the Easter holidays with Grand.

A rare quiet moment

I caught both children quietly doing things - at the same time.

Don's 70th birthday

We spent Don's 70th birthday at a hotel in Ballarat.

Woolamai In January

A few pics from our week at Woolamai with mum.

Ezra and Pascal came to visit.

Down the coal mine

Nippers

A few pics of nippers from our summer holidays - belatedly updating the blog.

My run

The view from my run yesterday

Sitting on the beach

Sitting on the beach this afternoon. That's Daisy and Scott in the sea in the distance. It's a 5 minute walk from our house to this beach. Lovely.

It was less lovely at 9am yesterday morning in the rain, cold and wind (wearing a jumper and anorak) watching Daisy going through her paces in just a swimming cosi and rash vest on the beach. She's doing the Surf Life Save club's nippers program - surf safety and fun. This morning was sunny and warm and they learnt to paddle on the surf boards.

Christmas lights

This is our Christmas ritual - a trip to see the lights on a few houses in a local street. There is also a much bigger display which draws the crowds a couple of suburbs away. We decided to see those first and drove past with most of Melbourne at a snail's pace. Then we came back close to home and had a poke around these ones.