Jackson turns 4!

Jackson had a fantastic 4th birthday. He struggled to sleep the night before with all the excitement and was up early, but he thoroughly enjoyed his day, presents and of course the cake!

Naturescape at Kings Park

We went to the new Naturescape park at Kings Park this morning, its designed as a place that kids can connect with nature. Its fantastic. Jack and Josie loved splashing, playing and building a dam in Paperbark Creek, then they collected interesting nuts and seeds in the Prickly Thicket. Great morning out.

Whiteman Park

We had a lovely morning out at Whiteman Park last week. Firstly we went to the tractor museum, then to Mussel Pool, then onto the Childrens Forest.

Yallingup camping trip

Our camping holiday began at 4.43am when Jackson came into our room, stated he wanted to get dressed as he was 'cited' about going camping, he then asked 'are we going yet' about every 10 minutes until we finally did get going at 8.30am. We spent 3 nights camping at Yallingup, we took the new tent and new trailer for a bit of a test run, and we're thoroughly pleased with both our purchases. Both Jackson and Josie enjoyed the camping experience - Jackson didn't want to go home, not sure if he'll feel the same way after about a month of sleeping in it when we make our way over to the east coast though!!

Playing on Yallingup beach at sunset

Making footprints (this was just before Josie fell right in fully clothed, so our 'play at the beach' ended abruptly as we had to get our wet and miserable girl back to the campsite for a change of clothes).

This way

Early morning bush walk all the way to the beach from camp

Climbing the rocks at Smiths Beach

The huge tent

Where Richard and I had our wedding photos taken - nearly 6 years ago now

Camping is soooooo tiring!

Bike ride from Margaret River to Cowramup

The set up

Sunday morning bike ride

AQWA

We all went to AQWA, Perth's underwater Aquarium, today. Jackson and Josie enjoyed seeing all the sharks, manta rays, crocodiles, turtles, jellyfish, clownfish, seahorses etc etc.

Splashing in the paddling pool!

Spring has sprung! As the temperature hit around 25oc yesterday we got the paddling pool out. So in 2 weeks we have gone from splashing in the puddles (previous post) to splashing in the paddling pool. Rain is forecast for next weekend again though, so we may be back to splashing in the puddles again!

Splashing in the puddles

After quite a bit of rain overnight and this morning, Jack, Josie and I headed to Star Swamp this afternoon to find some puddles to splash in.

New adventures

The latest from us is we have decided to move over to the east of Australia. We have not yet decided where we are going (although have rough ideas), or what we are going to do when we get there, but we are looking forward to the adventure of finding out. We plan to drive over after Christmas, camping along the way then checking out a few different towns before deciding upon the one we want to spend some time in. It is something we have been thinking about for a while and have decided the time is right, we don't want to be wondering "hmmm what if ...." in a few years time. So in preparation we have bought a HUGE family tent and a Stockman Pod trailer to carry all our gear. Exciting times ahead!

Happy Birthday Mummy

I turned 30-something last week. Had a lovely day with Jack and Josie, dinner with Jack, Josie, Dad and Rich - then home for cake made by Jack and Jo. Very nice!

Making the cake

The finished product (Jackson insisted on the marshmellows!)

Playing in the rain