When everyone in the extended family lives in a different time zone, you know it isn’t good news when you get a call in the early hours of the morning. The children’s great-grandmother (hubby’s grandmother) passed away this weekend aged 89. She will be missed a lot.
She loved the children to bits and they felt the same about her.
Sometimes the photos are better because the weather is bad. Going up high meant the clouds were more shining mist than just a gloomy covering of the sky.
Old friends came past for a quick visit. One of our favourite places to take our guests is up to Grant’s Picnic Grounds in Sherbrooke Forest. It has been a while since I had been there last. Everything has been updated.
The cockatoos are as noisy and aggressive as always and the little crimson rosellas beautiful and delicate.
After all the rain, the forest was blooming with life.
We made it home before the cold and wet weather caught up to us.
My youngest had her first swimming lesson! She has been asking for a while, so we finally decided to bite the bullet and enrol her. She is loving it! (though she refuses to let me teach her now)
Her brothers aren’t that crazy about the idea because, while she’s having lessons, I make them do laps in the pool. I do let them go play in the wave pool at the end though, so it isn’t all torture for them!
My daughter had dress-up day at school recently, which, for a 5-year-old makes a perfect day! A friend had dropped off this giant teddy for her and she just had to pose in her dress-up outfit (which she changed later to be a pink ninja).
The studio nearly came down around her when she decided to toss the giant bear! But we had a fun 5 minute session regardless…
The bear is now a a shared rotation between her and her brother. They take turns sleeping with it each night. When the eldest got sick last week, he appropriated it for himself (apparently it makes a great comforting cushion!) It is back to sleeping in the younger twos’ beds.
So much has been happening in the last semester, I had to cut back on a few things so I would not get swamped. After a good break in the holidays, I am up and rearing to go on a new semester. We have been reorganising the house, changed some priorities and hopefully this semester will go smoothly. We are trying to do things more simply and spend more time with the kids. (playing hide and seek amongst other things!)
More to come…
I was asked to take photos at Our Lady of Victories in Camberwell to capture the memories of an important day in the students’ lives. I arrived just after sunrise, the sun bathing the buildings in breathtaking light.
The church is a big part of the education of these children. It is a beautiful building!
I was really honoured to be able to share an important day with this school community.
