This was a busy week with a lot of activity, but not so many photos. The kids received their Premier’s reading challenge completion certificates, Puff’s class ran the school assembly (so there were flashing reindeer noses and antlers) and we had a busy weekend. Huff went into the city to have lunch with her Mum, aunties, cousins and more, while Dad and Puff went on a long walk with Puff’s adventure group.
Here we are setting out for the day.
We caught the train into the city, walked across to Martin Place, and then caught a bus to the Spit Bridge (Puff and his friend T played Pokemon Go on their Dad’s respective phones the whole way, which was perhaps a bad decision on Dad’s part). Once we finished the bus ride, though, it was down to the serious business of walking. This is a photo from only a couple of kilometres in.
By the end of about 10kms of walking, Puff was pretty tired, but he bounced back after a swim in this ocean pool.
We made it home via ferry and train, and then he and Huff and their cousin had dinner in front of the TV.
The next morning was a very early start (6:30am) to catch the bus to Grandragon’s work picnic day. Mum and Dad and the three (!) kids went along on the bus and had a great time playing in the park, at the beach, getting presents from Santa (or Father Christmas, or Ho Ho), and enjoying some watermelon at the end of the day.
Then a bus ride home, and it was time for dinner and then for the tired kids to go to bed. An epic weekend.
From there, we were back into the usual school routine for the last two weeks of school. Dad did the school run on Tuesday: here’s Huff filling in her school banking (an everyday occurrence, but worth documenting). Mum was making her read the rather unfamiliar word “cheque”, hence the look of concentration.
Tuesday night was family mini golf night for Puff’s adventure group, and we all went along to that. Puff is really enjoying the group, and played through in a collective with some of his friends. It’s encouraging (and a reminder of things to come) to see him grow up through the group, and through the other activities in his life.