Lazy Sundays are meant for Family...

It is only since having children that I understand the value of a Lazy Sunday and enjoying the slowness of it all.

Yesterday we set the H boy up with ABC 4 Kids videos and hubby and I sat in the lounge reading and drinking tea while the baby slept. All I can say is Bliss!

After that we went to the markets and H boy expended energy and yelled  played while I got some bread from the beautiful french patisserie. We looked at the fish in the pet shop and I stifled the urge to buy H boy a Siamese fighting fish. I get this urge every time we go into a pet store. As hubby pointed out - like we really need one more thing to care for right now....he is right!

It is just so nice to spend time with family on a Sunday. We often visit H boy's great aunt and uncle and it is so nice to sit around the table and just banter and catch up on what everyone has been up to.

In the afternoon we go for a family walk up a hill in a local reserve. It is so quiet and peaceful at the top - it feels like you are a million miles away - not just 5 minutes from home.

Love. Love. Sundays.

The Weekend Outing

I try very hard to find us something to do as a family each weekend.

The rules are:

- It must be free or cost very little
- It must involve something that 'exercises' the little one
- It must be something that has something for everyone in the family.

Strangely enough it is the last criteria that is the hardest to fit. I am easy to please - I just like to get out of the house. Harris is fairly easily pleased - as long as there is something interesting to look at - it is the Husband who is most difficult to please!

We are very lucky in Canberra to have so many beautiful National monuments to visit - many of which are free. However, Canberra is also very good at putting on an open day. Almost every weekend there is something on somewhere!

Today we went to the Snowy Hydro Southcare Base Open Day.

There was a helicopter for the kids to climb in (the line was far too long for this pregnant mama to stand in - so we just looked)

 

Plenty of things for kids to look at: Motorbikes, Firetrucks, Model Aeroplanes. They even had helicopter joy flights that were very reasonably priced - although we didn't partake.

We were far more interested in the firetruck!