Timothy at Thredbo

Was an awesome weekend though Ben and I didn't get to ski together which was a bummer but we will go for longer next year.

Sydney Visit

What a wonderful time we had. The children were so good and it was lovely weather and lots to do, surrounded by so many lovely people. We started out our adventure in Sydney but going to the beach. We then went and got Timothy his first peddle bike and a new dinky for Matthew. Wednesday night we went to Dan's fab art exhibition and was very excited for him as he sold two works before the show offically opened. Thursday we had a great lunch with the delightful Auntie Margaret. We went took the boys on the bus into the city centre. They had great time riding their bikes in the middle of all the busy business folks. Friday we got a ferry to the city and walked up with the boys on the bikes to the Lintel chocolate cafe. Super yum. After that we went on another ferry to Cockatoo island to see the free art show. Some amazing stuff. Friday night the boys survived until 8.30 at night at a lovely pub dinner with friends. Saturday we met up with all the old Glebe grew at a cafe in Glebe. After this we had an excellent time with Auntie Jane, Uncle Ludo and all the awesome cousins. wonderful weekend by all.

here are the pics evidence.

Trip to Hill End

Went to the mining town of Hill End where we got to go into a defunked mine. Alas the particular mine didn't yield any gold in its few years of operation. quote from visitnsw.com "n 1851, gold was discovered at Hill End, then known as Bald Hill, and by 1872, at the height of the great gold rush, the town was the largest inland settlement in NSW.
It had a population of 10,000 and boasted a kilometre of colourful shopfronts, including 28 pubs, an opium den and an oyster bar.
Gold mining activity gradually dwindled, until by the 1920s there were just a few hundred miners left to pick over the former diggings.
The town was proclaimed an historic site in 1967, when the National Parks and Wildlife Service began preserving and restoring the buildings on the site."

Anyway if you get the chance its a lovely place to visit and a beautiful drive there. And of course if your coming from Sydney you can come and stay with us or at least drop in for one of Ben's fresh roast coffees.

Botanical gardens Mt Tomah

Had a lovely Saturday last week. We met up with my brother and his lovely Alex for lunch. Its an hour and half drive from Bathurst so we headed out early. We arrived with an hour to spare and had the dinky's with us. So with ropes tied to the front we let them loose in the garden, towing then back up the hill. It was a lovely day. Good lunch, though Matthew did try swimming after the fishy but we had been expecting rain so we had spare clothes.

Second stage of 3rd birthday celebrations

Here we are a week after the big party fest. We had the play group party on his actually birthday, followed by the deliver of so many wonderful fantastic presents all through the week. Thank you so much for all of them, Timothy is working on his thank you notes so they will be in the post soon. We had lots of fun during the week preparing for the party on Sunday. We had sixteen children and about the same in adults. It went from 2 to 5pm and there were a number of activities for them too do. We had the foozle space station, space dough. Star biscuits to decorate and UFO to make. Not to mention lots of goodies to play with in the party bags. We finished off with the rocket -space plane cake. Anyway here are some pics and the movie from the event. All had a good time.

Birthday Week

The little man is getting older, I can hardly believe he is 3. The day he arrived is so fresh in my memoral and yet here is this smart, clever and funny boy who is more beautiful to me every day. Happy Birthday my darling son. I do hope the party on Sunday works out well. We kicked on the fun on his actually birthday which was yesterday. He requested green jelly for breakfast and cake for lunch. He did manage to squish in a sandwich and a bit of fruit along with all that. We had the dinning table decked out with balloons and presents so when he awoke he had lots of lovely things to unwrap. Matthew was very excited and loved playing with the football Timothy got and so amused himself up and down the hall. We took a thomas cake to play group where he shared his celebration with his little friend Meg who turned three on Friday. They had stick the tail on the donkey and pass the parcel. It was loads of fun. I will update this blog after Sunday after the 'hopeful' amazing space party.