With the car needing an obscure part, we had lots of trips to the mechanics this week, and only short drives allowed, which made for a fairly quiet last-full-week of the school holidays. There was lots of family time, but Dad managed to get a bit of one-on-two time with the kids in there somewhere.
We played a couple of rounds of putt-putt golf (which is much more fun when you relax your strict rules for how the 4 year old needs to have proper technique).
The kids had enough time to notice the creatures that adorned the park. While we did stop in the first game to let a few other groups play through, the occasional drizzle kept the overall numbers down, and we were able to pose for a few photos. I think they’re saying “elephant”?
A friend posted a photo similar to this one on Facebook, so Dad took the kids to see it – and then Puff wasn’t interested in being in the photo at all. At least Huff is keen on giant comic-book-themed sculptures.
Sunday after church we went out for family lunch. Puff was probably feeling a bit game-starved, as you can tell from this photo.
We managed to snap him out of it though. If you look carefully, you can see the gap from his 7th missing tooth – it came out while he was doing some colouring in at church!
Monday we had a choir rehearsal to take Puff to, so we headed into the city with enough time to help him realise his final goal for the holidays – to play video games at an arcade in the city! Huff had fun with some of the bopping and the fishing games too.
After choir practice, Dad went to the mechanic to fix up our now-healed car, and took Huff out for some Dad-Huff time. We rode on two shuttle buses, and had some chocolate treats.
Tuesday (today) was Australia Day, so we caught the train into the city so Puff could sing in his school choir event.
This is them – the area was cordoned off because there was a 21-gun salute in the same space: when the kids finished singing they put in earplugs!
Puff did really well, and was excited to be able to drink cold water straight from the esky afterwards.
It was time for a rare photo-op with Dad (Grandragon photobombing in the background).
Afterwards we went out for a ferry ride (Puff read his book on the ferry) and lunch, and the kids took turns taking group photos of everyone. Here’s Huff’s one!
Hard to believe it, but by the next update we’ll have two school children!