Today we took the Merrys to the Salmon ponds (where I managed not to take a single photo, not even of my sensational savoury pancake), and then drove up to the pinnacle lookout on the Mountain.
Old lady Grace got tired up there and needed a little rest on the rocks!
Today was both Jens birthday, as well as the first day in over 3 months that Grace and Maddie have seen each other.
Cass and Nathans Tassie holiday didn't get off to the best start, but it meant Maddie got to come and visit and meet all of Graces cousins.
I was impressed with how well she blended into the craziness, even helping 'Nan Jen' to blow out the candles.
Today while Leah did some shopping at Eastlands Grace and I tried out the Clarence pool.
Grace loved the little paddling pool with the toys more than she liked the actual swimming pools, probably because the water temperature was somewhere between -50 and absolute zero (thats -273.15 for you non scientific folk).
But we did still have fun there!
One thing I'm learning about the country life from Leahs parents is, apparently it's ok to burn just about everything.
As is clearly evidenced by the remains of a single inner spring mattress, and a recliner chair.
Abbys 9th birthday today, and we headed to the Salmon Ponds for a bit of a picnic with some of the 'selected' family...
The gardens the are really nice, and Grace loved feeding the fish, though her favourite thing was definitely the eels!
Eli also seemed to enjoy his day in the sun, and looked pretty cool in his hat.
Johns pub had a kids party today, and considering it was forecast to be 38 degrees, inside a pub was probably a very good place to be.
Except, there was a jumping castle outside.
Grace played in it for quite some time, but she was really more interested in taking to the lady that ran it, so she spent a lot of time sitting and talking.
I hate to think what she told her...
With Erikka buying a pool, we had to go and try it out.
It was seriously warm at home when we invited ourselves up for a swim, but by the time we got to Erikkkas, it was much cooler, and a little windy also.
Grace didn't last too long in the pool, but I think she quite liked the inflatable to lay on.
