Family fun

Mario has had 2 weekends catching up with his cousins (and that means I got to catch up with my sisters!).

Firstly we travelled up to stay with Aunty Ange, Uncle Matt, Lucas and Adrian. We played in the park and went to the markets and stocked up on all sorts of exciting things. Mario then went to Ellas 4th birthday party where he ate plenty of lollies and cake and all the important foods that kids love at parties. From there is was a visit to Aunty M, Uncle Mike, Jordan and Mikayla and a visit to the Berowra woodchop. Exhausting but so much fun.

This weekend just gone was a visit from Aunty M, Uncle Mike, Jordan and Mikayla. They had a day at the snow so our place was the perfect spot to travel from. The kids had a ball together and Mario just loved having Jordie sleep all night in his room. We had a fun day at the nature park on Saturday and the kids used up all their energy with their running and climbing and swinging about. The flying fox was a huge hit. Good thing we had the gumboots with us as there was lots of splashing and playing in the water.

Have to say, there is nothing like family and there is nothing so great as seeing cousins playing together and everyone just getting on so well. I really love these special times and I hope that when Mario is all grown up he remembers these days and will always make family number 1.

We're going to the zoo!

Time has been flying along and here we are finally on the other side of winter. Not that I am wishing the year away, I just like sunshine and spring and summer when everything is green and colourful and the days are longer and we can do so much more outside. Not that we have been sitting around and doing nothing and waiting for time to pass. We have been out and about and just doing family things. We just have to rug up and make sure we have our beanies on.

Marios childcare had an outing to the zoo. It was on one of my days off and so I volunteered to help out. All I can say is "oh my goodness!" the childcare workers are wonders with what they do with 19 little 2-3 year olds. I was so exhausted at the end of the day that I could not wait to put my feet up. But on the other hand there is nothing so joyous as seeing the smiles on the kids faces as they touched and fed and looked at all the animals.

Mario loved the lions because the went "R O A R" when he asked them too. He loved the fish because he saw Nemo, Dory and his favourite ..... Bruce the shark. He also loved the snakes as he got to touch one (and Mummy got to hold one) and the lizards because they can stick their tongues out. The monkeys loved to play around, the tigers had big paws and the giraffes played with each other and wouldnt come for a feed, the emu was running around like crazy and the kangaroos just wouldn't stay still (and neither would you if 19 kids wanted to pat and feed you). Oh it was just lots of fun.

We then had the weekend in Wagga with Peters aunt and they have a little kiddies zoo. Mario fed the kangaroos, patted the donkeys and I think even managed a lick from an appreciative donkey. I kept well away from the ducks and geese - ever since I was chased by geese as a kid and got stuck up a slippery dip I have never had a liking for geese.