Family outing to see the dinosaurs at Luna Park

Today was the first weekend day for weeks (well actually the first day full stop for weeks) where the weather has been nice in Sydney, so we decided to take advantage of the good weather and head off on a family outing to see the dinosaur exhibition at Luna Park and to go on a few rides.

We arrived and were fortunate enough to get a good park just a bit up the hill.

After a bit of lunch and a brief play under the bridge we were ready to head in

That's us the tiny people to the right of the entrance

Inside the dinosaur exhibition there were a number of quite large animatronic dinosaurs that moved and roared. It was actually quite good. The twins eyes were the size of dinner plates looking at the dinosaurs and wouldn't go too close to them. Mitch just loved it too.

There were also a few dinosaur related activities which they enjoyed.

After the dinosaurs Mitch and I had a ride on the Wild Mouse rollercoaster which was fun except I kept on feeling like I was going to be thrown off the edge, or the little car we were riding in was going to tip over. Mitch loved it too.

While we were on the rollercoaster Meeks and the boys had an icecream. Here's a photo of Holly just because she's cute.

After that we all had a ride on the Ferris Wheel together

Did I mention it was a nice day today?

After the Ferris Wheel the boys and I went on the carousel and Meeks went off to feed Holly.

One final shot before we headed off home, I love the way Lucas and Sam are holding hands

Little cuties

One final blog post for the day. Lucas and Sam got dress up outfits from Santa for Christmas which they enjoy getting dressed up in. Mitch likes to dress up as a pirate.

I think that gets us mostly up to date, although I will have to take some more photo of Holly and give a progress report. She has started eating solids and absolutely loves them!

Bushwalking

I have been trying to take the boys out for a bushwalk for weeks but it has been raining, raining, raining. Finally last weekend we got a chance to go.

Most of the track was wide and paved, but we decided to take a little detour down a side route to do some real bushwalking

Did I mention it has been raining a lot recently? Anyway, about 20m down the track first Lucas slipped over in the mud and then Sam - neither of them were happy about it and tears ensued. We made a quick decision to stick to the wide paved track.

Back on the path it was a long walk up to the tunnel under the M2

So 1.1km to this point meant 1.1 km back again.

It was time to stop for a snack and to assess the mess from slipping over in the mud

It was a long trek back to the car and the boys were pretty shattered, even with stops for snacks

Eventually we made it back to the car and the end of an adventure. On reflection it was probably a bit too much for Lucas and Sam, but they remember it positively even if they weren't too happy on the actual walk.

Hairy McClary with Nana and Poppy

Nana and Poppy took the kids off the Opera House to see Hairy McClary in January. They all had a great time and afterwards had hot chocolates outside the Opera House. Here are some photos of the day:

Thanks Nana and Poppy for the outing!

Mitch's first fish

In early January Poppy took Mitch out fishing for his first time ever and Mitch caught a fish and (as Mitch is so fond of reminding him) Poppy didn't.
Here is the proof!

Hooray for Mitch and thank you Poppy for taking him.

Beautiful girl

We are planning on going to Fiji for a holiday later in the year so we need to get a passport for Holly. She's not the easiest to take a passport photo of mainly because she is so smiley. So we tried a few poses and got lots of smiles like these.

We did eventually get one that was passport suitable

Isn't she beautiful!

First day of school

Well it has finally happened, today is Mitch's first day of school. He woke up very early and laid out his clothes but went back to bed until 6:30 (the time he is allowed to get out of bed). He had had his breakfast and was dressed before 7 and is more than a little bit excited!