Easter

A day at the races

This morning as we sat at the breakfast table, I asked Leigh what he wanted to do today.  We googled 'whats on in Melbourne' and found a family race day at Caulfield.   There was an Easter egg hunt, pony rides, jumping castles, face painting and of course horse racing.  Jack was convinced it was the perfect day out by the mere mention of an Easter egg hunt.  Most of the day was free, the egg hunt was a $5 donation to a children's charity.

I did wonder how they were going to manage 400 kids and parents in an Easter egg hunt. While the idea of "free chocolate" obviously got the better of some adults, it was a good, fun activity. I do have to say though, it's not a good look when an adult is fighting their way through 0- 4 year olds so they can get to the chocolate eggs first and stuff 20 or 30 eggs into their backpacks.  I know, you know, I would never condone violence, but I was heartened when Jack pushed one of these greedy parents aside so he could grab an egg or two! Jack ended up with half a red bucket full of eggs (which looked a bit empty next to the over flowing buckets and bags of parents around us) but on our way out of the hunting area the organisers and some other kids topped up Jack's bucket.  He was very happy and even shared his loot with Lachlan!

We watched a couple of horse races. Jack was very enthusiastic with his cheering.  And then of course he wanted a ride of a horse, so we joined the cue at the pony rides.  After half an hour he got his helmet and sat on a pony for quick ride.

Then I spotted the block car as well as Scott Cam and Shelley Craft.  Apparently they were shooting a challenge for the new season. We couldn't stick around long enough to see what the challenge was, but I will be watching that episode closely!  Maybe I'll be in a background shot???

Good Friday

Our annual Good Friday Monopoly game!  This year I won, which is a surprise since there are three very competitive males playing, one who calls himself 'Papa Bear'.  Maybe it's not within the true meaning of Good Friday, but it's a fun tradition.

We went to church this morning.  The pastor had prepared the service to have a lot of symbolism and meaning.  As he lifted up the loaf of bread at the communion table he said "He broke it for you", Jack in a very loud and questioning tone said "He broke it?!"  Everyone heard him and the special moment prepared by the pastor was gone!  Oops!

Train set

Term 1 done

We have made it through our first term of kinder!  It's been great, we have all loved it!  Jack has had a great time, learnt heaps and made some good friends.  His friends are Damon, Presley, Hugh (who he calls Hughie) and Jacob (who he called "the other Jack" for the first few weeks).  

This is him today relaxing with the ipad after a big day of play at kinder.  He is wearing the top he chose himself from Kmart that he calls his "Awesome t-shirt".  The decorated cup is his Easter basket he made at kinder before their Easter egg hunt.  The teacher was impressed with his gluing technique which was more advanced than the other kids in his group.  Yep, I'm boasting!

Drinks

Lachlan and his new drink bottle. His old drink bottle smashed when it was pushed off the balcony last weekend and his back up drink bottle had it's straw snipped by a three year old experimenting with scissors. 

Lachlan loves his water!  His love of water feels like a great personal achievement for me.  Jack had a great love of/addiction to cordial, which we have managed to overcome in the last 12 months.  The pressure was on when the kinder said they'd only let the kids drink water.

Anyway this new drink bottle is still in its probation period.  So far there was a lot of spillage, but maybe that's due to drinking technique?  Time will tell.  I may check out that $2 store called Daiso and see what they have offer.  Have you been there? It's quite amazing.

Nice little car

Driving home from Grandma and Grandpas house today and Jack noticed a convertible.  
"That is a nice little car.... Mummy you need a car like that.... you REALLY NEED a car like that."

How nice. Maybe he will buy me one when he is older?

The pictures are from Leigh's and my first wedding anniversary.  We hired a convertible and drove down the great ocean road.