Hello! I’m still here although I’m a bit worn out at this end of the week. The main reason I haven’t blogged is the same as lot of busy Aussie Mums at this time of year, its the school holidays, well in WA it is anyway, many other states are finished their break and are already into term 4. We still have one week of holidays and can I tell you, we need it!! Here’s what we did this week, madness I tell you!
Sun – church (am), Hubby and I attended the opening of the Metrochurch Art Awards where I have entered my painting. I had zero expectations to win anything as it was my first exhibition entry in a very long time. The awards were very well done and the winner was very deserving. My only disappointment was where my painting was hung. It was as if the curator just didn’t know where to put mine so it was up the back, in a corner which isn’t ideal for a portrait. I also think it was placed amongst a lot of student work.
Mon - knowing the crazy week ahead we stayed home but the first half of the morning was all about painting and playdough. Not just any painting though, Miss K wanted to paint on canvas so I gave her a few to try out, one bigger one and two little ones. I’ll share the finished products a little later but here she is hard at work:
We then did a fair bit of cooking knowning we’d need snacks for the car and train trips we were going to take later in the week:
We made choccy bikkies, cheese sticks and pumpkin soup.
Tues – We all got in the car and drove about two hours to a town called Williams where my hubby’s Chaplaincy mentor lives. I’ll share pics from that later. Its wildflower season here in Western Australia so it was a very pretty ride:
Wed - The girls went to their Grandparents, I worked on a polymer clay order and hubby had Chaplaincy meetings and work to do! Then, later in the arvo, once the girls were back my cousin came around and took some photos of the girls. He runs a fantastic wedding and portrait photography business.
Thurs - Off we went to the Royal Show. Originally we weren’t going at all and then I won an adult ticket through our local paper. When we went to pick it up the lady gave us a second ticket so we all got in for free! Yay! Again, will blog properly later but heres a couple of pics:
The girls on their first ever show ride.
Fri - The final day of rushing and madness, we went to a Colin Buchanan concert at Koorong. The concert was great but getting there was not so great. I decided to take the stroller even though little L is already 3 because she tends to be a bit of a runner. I decided I needed a way to restrain her, especially seeing as it was just myself and the girls. Pushing a 3 yr old in a stroller up and down ramps and hills is no fun I tell you.
Our bus was late so we missed the first train and then I couldn’t work out how to get to Koorong from the train station. By the time we got to Koorong I was puffing and hot and so were the girls and then they told me I had to go all the way around the other side of the building. Needless to say, I wasn’t feeling all that ‘godly’ by the time we sat down (right up the back of course due to being late) but it didn’t take long for Colin’s songs to penetrate and I was relaxed.
The girls had fun and really enjoyed the songs. Miss K wanted the CD but we’ve put that down for a Christmas present. My major disappointment was that Colin didn’t hang around afterwards to have photos or sign anything, he just disappeared from the stage and that was it. Here’s some pics:
One of Colin’s characters
After that we trained back to the city and I grabbed some lunch and some ice cream for the girls. We had a bit of a wander while waiting for hubby to pick us up (he was working in the city for the day). We went and had a look at the new cactus sculpture in Forrest Place:
The girls were so good for me in the city!
Today we are recuperating from our mad week and I’m catching up on a weeks washing, more than usual seeing as Miss K wore normal clothes this week instead of a uniform. The following week will be full of playing with new toys from the show and Miss K’s recent birthday, working outside, clearing out the shed and other bits n pieces.
How’s your school holidays going?
