Monday 18 March 2024

 A WEEK OF SWIMS 

different every day


TUESDAY




   WEDNESDAY





FRIDAY



SATURDAY - josh goes boogey boarding







Tuesday 12 March 2024

SWIMMING PICS

I GOT A COUPLE OF SWIMS in when René was here but i was fighting off a cold so gave up for the rest of the week.

now i'm back and it's a gorgeous as ever, i love having the underwater camera to capture the water surface.  it's been super hot the past three days, high 30's and very warm nights.  my next door neighbour jen texted to see if i wanted to go snorkelling under the st leonards pier.  i just wore my goggles, she had on the full l/s wetsuit, cap, goggles and snorkel.  i find all that clobber claustrophobic, i want to feel the water on my skin. we had a lovely long swim under the pier, lots of fish and beautiful seaweeds, and interesting shells on the pylons, mussels and welks i think.  i really enjoyed it


PICS from this week




















Monday 11 March 2024

RENE & FAMILY VISIT!!

AFTER FOUR YEARS!! AT LAST -  René, Sayaka, Cal and Mara arrived on the 27th Feb.  I headed home from my babysitting weekend in melbourne and they all arrived the next day.  They came for 5 days but ended up staying nine after their borrowed car broke down on the friday afternoon.  by the time the garage did a diagnosis on monday they had to rent a car to drive back

But the time here was wonderful, the kids loved their room, we had easy bbq dinners, went to the beach, op shops, and it was great to catch up with some of rené's friends. 


One of the highlights of the visit was watching the cousins 

                            meeting for the first time.  



it was great to catch up with some of rené's friends -
we had a big sunday barbecue. 








Chris Taranto drove his fabulous US Fairlane and parked it on the front lawn, it added a touch of class to no 11.  He took susan and sean and the jenfreds for a spin 

                         



Cal and Mara were amazed that there was free fruit for 
kids at the supermarket -

 we found mara with an armful!!  😂





MARA is a real little free spirit, her response to the birds at the beach and the sensation of the breeze as she turned in the swing at the playground was pure joy to watch




on the night i looked after etta we made a birthday cake
for Mara who has just turned 8



CAL  king of the barbecue





We went to check out Pt Lonsdale school and Fay the principal
spent an hour with us, taking us through the classrooms
and thoroughly explained the ethos of the school, which is
just wonderful, Cal's eyes were popping at the description
of classes and specially the size of the outdoor grounds




what an absolutely gorgeous family










Monday 26 February 2024

BIG WEEKEND

MY FIRST NIGHT WITH ETTA - just the two of us at sunny's while she and luke had a night in the city - hotel with pool and a restaurant meal.  they cycled in and back.   etta kept us both amused the whole time, she never stops.  

no trouble at all and i feel we really got to know each other a lot more.
















Sunday Rene and family arrived for a picnic lunch after spending the night at mark's.   thrilled to know mark and lani are expecting a new baby very soon.

the kids were all very shy with each other at first and cal and mara just bombed out on the couch and slept soon after arriving.  but we all had lunch and headed off to the park, ron too.  all the kids loosened up and i know they'll be settling into Oz when they get here tomorrow :0)












it's wonderful to see them all and throw my arms around rene, it's been too long!!  4 years!