A WEEK OF SWIMS 

different every day

TUESDAY

   WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY - josh goes boogey boarding

SWIMMING PICS

I GOT A COUPLE OF SWIMS in when René was here but i was fighting off a cold so gave up for the rest of the week.

now i'm back and it's a gorgeous as ever, i love having the underwater camera to capture the water surface.  it's been super hot the past three days, high 30's and very warm nights.  my next door neighbour jen texted to see if i wanted to go snorkelling under the st leonards pier.  i just wore my goggles, she had on the full l/s wetsuit, cap, goggles and snorkel.  i find all that clobber claustrophobic, i want to feel the water on my skin. we had a lovely long swim under the pier, lots of fish and beautiful seaweeds, and interesting shells on the pylons, mussels and welks i think.  i really enjoyed it

PICS from this week

RENE & FAMILY VISIT!!

AFTER FOUR YEARS!! AT LAST -  René, Sayaka, Cal and Mara arrived on the 27th Feb.  I headed home from my babysitting weekend in melbourne and they all arrived the next day.  They came for 5 days but ended up staying nine after their borrowed car broke down on the friday afternoon.  by the time the garage did a diagnosis on monday they had to rent a car to drive back

But the time here was wonderful, the kids loved their room, we had easy bbq dinners, went to the beach, op shops, and it was great to catch up with some of rené's friends. 

One of the highlights of the visit was watching the cousins 

                            meeting for the first time.  

it was great to catch up with some of rené's friends -

we had a big sunday barbecue. 

Chris Taranto drove his fabulous US Fairlane and parked it on the front lawn, it added a touch of class to no 11.  He took susan and sean and the jenfreds for a spin 

                         

Cal and Mara were amazed that there was free fruit for 

kids at the supermarket -

 we found mara with an armful!!  😂

MARA is a real little free spirit, her response to the birds at the beach and the sensation of the breeze as she turned in the swing at the playground was pure joy to watch

on the night i looked after etta we made a birthday cake

for Mara who has just turned 8

CAL  king of the barbecue

We went to check out Pt Lonsdale school and Fay the principal

spent an hour with us, taking us through the classrooms

and thoroughly explained the ethos of the school, which is

just wonderful, Cal's eyes were popping at the description

of classes and specially the size of the outdoor grounds

what an absolutely gorgeous family