Us, recently

 Waiting at Sydney airport for Granny & Granddad - much excitement although after a 50 minute wait we (the parents!) were a little frazzled as Finn & Isla had become very tired as it as 21:00 by then!

 Then all of a sudden they were here! A little jaded after a mighty long flight with a quick stopover in Singapore.

 Hugs.

 ....and more hugs...

A super special new scooter for a special little girl all the way from the UK....(where it was considerably cheaper to buy).....came in the oldies suitcase..

 Finn is a pro as he has had his for about a year now.

 Lets go fly a kite...up to the highest height... Kids loved it...but I wonder who had more fun?

My mum getting acquainted with the barbie at the local park - we had a fab day playing on the equipment, scooting on scooters, finding sticks, flying kites, playing in the sand pit and exploring the gardens.  Mum caught the sun on her feet.....the only bit she missed with the suncream!

Finn climbed all the way up there on his own, he was so chuffed!

  So did Andy...ha ha.

 When it all gets a bit tiring then a good strong Daddy is called in to help.

This is the project that Granddad took on.  Built over the course of 3 days and observed avidly by the small members of the family.  Much fun.  :)

Isla had her last swimming lesson in the water with me today as next week she moves up to transition where she goes in with 2 other children and 2 instructors.  I am sad to not be going in with her regularly as it is such fun but she is so ready to move on to the next stage.  She has started to dive down through the water to pick up sunken toys from the bottom of the pool and she loves it!  She will do it again and again....and again!  So I popped into the pool shop today and picked some up for her so that we can practice when we go swimming.  Finn has been doing so well in his new class and is learning how to swim and pop his head in and out of the water when he needs to breathe.  We all headed to the Olympic pool last weekend and had great fun in rapids and on the water chutes.  Can't wait to go again!