Monday, August 21, 2006

Fun with Family

This weekend we had the joy of my sister Merran, her husband Michael and 2 children (Jordan aged 3 1/2 and Mikayla aged 8mths) come and stay (aka MMJM). We all had the most wonderful time as a family and getting out and about and seeing the sites of Canberra. We had perfect weather for what is the last month of winter. The sun shone everyday which meant we could be out and about and the kids could all run around. So what did we do .....

* we went to Tidbinbilla to play in the adventure playground, have morning tea and kick the football around

* went for walks around the neighbourhood and in the back yard to exercise the dog Charlie, get the kids out on their bikes and for us all to burn off some energy as boy did we do a lot of eating

* sat around and ate and had a few drinks, chatted and let the kids play together, read books together - which they all did so well - there was gentleness, sharing and no fighting - bathtime was chaos but when it came to bed time ... shhh there was quiet and they all slept like angels


* went to the national museum where the kids could run and play and touch and do no harm, went to story time, played around outside in the glorious sunshine and had lunch out

Family is wonderful and it is great to see the cousins playing together. We look forward to adding Lucas to the mix and seeing all the children growing up and playing together

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing is better than family time. Glad Mario got some good play time with cousins. Thanks for sharing. God Bless, Sheila (Judah's Lolah)

Tiffany said...

We wish we lived closer to our families so that we could have more times like this! Judah and Mario eat the same way; with their hands in the same position, fingers curved, the same little hunch over the food...very cute! Blessings,

Anonymous said...

Judah wants to say hi Mario. He pointed and said Ma, Ma, Cuh, Cuh. Translation = Mario, you saw your new cousins too. This is great. I just met some of my new cousins too. Oh, it is really great to see your pictures and keep up. Well, gotta go play now.

Judah and Dadda.