Us and the girls have seen a bit of this space in Hume over the weekend......
Josh and Jody have been working on some DIY goals for a few days while we entertained the girls for a few hours each day (actually, they entertained us!). A few sessions at Flip Out ticked all the boxes for the girls, to burn off some of their end of holidays energy.
A few socks were lost in the foam pits .......
As well as Flip Out sessions we did cooking (and eating), a bit of jewellery making, some play in the park and lots of laughter at our fave Georgia Productions on YouTube. We even fitted in a walk to Aspen Island this morning, so Abi could feed some ducks. But the seagulls were the only ones around today as it turned out.
This beautiful girl still allows me to take her portrait - a rare opportunity to capture Ella the right way up!
Instead of in her preferred position these days ………..
And now Abi is on the same team as well .........
There were flocks of these birds shrieking around the trees on Aspen Island while we were there - I've not seen them before. They're a type of cockatoo - but not sulphur crested - maybe it's a corella??
Ella and Abi picked some great backdrops for their beautiful body moves this morning!
The apartment is now feeling very quiet and deserted after the Easter visit festivities. Despite the four days of perfect Summer weather the clouds and thunder have have rolled in and we've even had some heavy rain showers.
But last Friday (Good Friday) was just perfect. We all welcomed Ros and Pete early afternoon and headed down to our fave picnic spot on Aspen island for a sunset picnic and a few celebratory glasses of bubbles.
Maxie was feeling pretty good all Easter even after her chemo date on Thursday - so she was fully up for letting the good times roll this Easter visit .....
Sunset views don't last long... But this man always enjoys a water view no matter how dark or light!
Saturday morning we took a walk through our favourite suburb (Reid) to Sonoma in Braddon for a top notch bakery breakfast (and "not cross" buns to die for). Pete rode Rob's bike and repeatedly declared his admiration for being able to ride a "good bike" (at last).
In the early afternoon we squeezed in a quick visit to our fabulous (but crowded today) Arboretum - and Rob captured some precious sister pics in the beautiful Bonsai collection area there.
But we had a date to keep - an Easter family get together at the National Capital Brewery at Dairy Flat for some quality time and an early meal together with the brewery's famous Brodburgers.
But first the girls had to enjoy catching up with faraway baby Vincent's progress (he's four months old now and adorable).
Then we had to admire Abi's new Doc Martens - can you get any better than bright pink patent leather Doc Martens??
before beer and Brodburger time in the (crowded) Brewery courtyard...…..
In many ways this will be an historic photo - as Jody is reintroducing gluten into her diet (on doctor's orders, for interim testing purposes) - so Brodburgers and brewery hot dogs and crispy chips are all unaccustomed treats - even though they make her feel really yuk afterwards!
But no dietary problems for Abi .....
The other P family were not with us this Easter so after our fun afternoon with the young ones at Dairy Flat we took Ros and Pete for an evening stroll along the beautiful Kingston Foreshore - and the spot where the other P family are staking out a claim for the future!
We inflicted our usual early Sunday morning walk (pant pant) up Mt Ainslie on Ros - who coped much better with the climb than we did I think.
... before we all met up again at our local fave Intra for breakfast (famous for its kimchee and provolone cheese toaties).
Sunday afternoon we took it easy watching some pretty special movies (one French and one British) at Maxie and Rod's and indulged ourselves with more glasses of bubbles and seasonal treats (it's Easter after all).
We started the day today with another early morning walk to the bakery and finished off our fabulous four days together with a big breakfast here before Ros and Pete had to head off back to Geelong.
We all felt super lucky to have had this time together - it's so good we are now living much closer to each other. Thank you Ros and Pete!
School holidays are here - the weather's still warm, Easter's on its way and the days seem endless.
We had a lovely first day of the holidays with Ella and Abi: our favourite Kouign-Amann pastries at Sonoma Bakery in Braddon, an hour of board games (their choice) inside the apartment, a picnic lunch in the park and then playtime in amongst their favourite trees on the perimeter of our Hassett Park.
Ella is growing so tall now (taller than me!).
Ella won't be able to do this too much longer. Her legs are so long now ......….
Picnic and playtime over and we head back to our Saint Germain.....
A few pics to show progress with our Autumn leaves - view from our front wall of windows …...
And a nice pic of me, taken by Rob, in the garden of a friend of ours at picturesque Pialligo. I love that tall cherry laurel hedge bordering their trimmed box garden.
Josh and Jody have been working on some DIY goals for a few days while we entertained the girls for a few hours each day (actually, they entertained us!). A few sessions at Flip Out ticked all the boxes for the girls, to burn off some of their end of holidays energy. 
A few socks were lost in the foam pits .......
As well as Flip Out sessions we did cooking (and eating), a bit of jewellery making, some play in the park and lots of laughter at our fave Georgia Productions on YouTube. We even fitted in a walk to Aspen Island this morning, so Abi could feed some ducks. But the seagulls were the only ones around today as it turned out.
This beautiful girl still allows me to take her portrait - a rare opportunity to capture Ella the right way up!
Instead of in her preferred position these days ………..
And now Abi is on the same team as well .........
There were flocks of these birds shrieking around the trees on Aspen Island while we were there - I've not seen them before. They're a type of cockatoo - but not sulphur crested - maybe it's a corella??
Ella and Abi picked some great backdrops for their beautiful body moves this morning!
