Redcliff Beach

Still a bit chilly for swimming, but that didn't stop Abi from getting in the water and having fun!

CupCakes

Today I have posted 3 entries in the blog... it has been a busy day

This afternoon, Abi's friend Juliette came over to bake capcakes. It was a baking marathon and we baked 60 in all! The girls had a lot of fun and when they got bored with it (after about 10 minutes) - the bigger girls carried on and had a chat and tea and decorated cupcakes all afternoon.

It was a super day.

Be suitably impressed:

Abi Swimming

I managed to capture a few shots of Abi swimming on Saturday morning. This morning there were 4 little girls in her class. The teacher is amazing.

Abi Swimming - in her cool goggles and cap - its the first time she has been wearing those:

Abi is the one on the far left with the pink cap with cherries on.

Abi swimming on her back:

TopDeck

This weekend Abi had a turn to take the kindy guinea pig home. He is a quite gentle little thing and his name is TopDeck. His wife’s name is Caramello. She wasn’t able to come because she has just given birth to their child. The kindy thought that they had 2 males. Not so. Abi has not spent as much time as we expected with TopDeck – good for a trial run to have a pet in the house.

Gold Coast - Coolangatta

We had a great weekend, on Saturday we took Abi swimming. We have started her at swimming classes every Saturday morning at 9am. The lesson is for half an hour and she swims with 2 other little girls about the same age as her. The teacher is amazing as she manages to handle 3 children who essentially are not able to swim yet. Abi has an absolute ball, so excited and they clap for each other – its too cute to watch. The rest of the day was spent doing grocery shopping and gardening.

While Guy was down at the pool he looked up and saw what he thought was a snake in the tree. It turned out to be a snake skin – quite a long one. Abi took it to nursery for ‘show and tell’ and it was a big hit! Her kindy teacher wanted to keep it to show the other children and we have since ’donated’ it to the kindy. Scary to think that the snake is still somewhere in our garden!







Sunday we went to the Gold Coast.
I’ve never been to the Gold Coast and Guy has only been there for an interview. It was a long drive to Coolangatta, but it is very beautiful there. We spent some time on the beach, Abi simply loves playing in the sand and the water and had loads of fun chasing seagulls. The water was too cold for us – but there were others swimming and Abi got wet in the pools Guy dug for her. We had a simple sandwich and strawberries picnic and then took a slow drive back up the Gold Coast to see the other beaches.



They all look nice – still so much to explore!

Disney-On-Ice

We went to Disney-on-Ice at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday. Abigail went with her new friend and she had an absolute ball! Note the 'merchandising'.

Little Sunshine