The semester has started for Felicia again. That means I get to go on focussed day trips with the boys whilst Felicia gets a well deserved break – some peace and quiet. Hooray for day trips around Brisbane’s Northside!
So this last time – we decided to go for a quick spin around the Boondall Wetlands!
Boondall Wetlands
In Brisbane, there’s a holiday in the middle of the week - “Ekka Day” . Baxter’s a wee bit too young to enjoy the FULL day, so we are going next year.
Today though – we went out and about and had a really fun time enjoying the day out. When we got home, Caleb asked “can we have a fire in the backyard?”
I paused for a minute thinking of my lawn…
What a great day it was today!
We went to church in the morning, and in the afternoon we had a picnic lunch at Roma St Parklands with some old friends – Charlie & Mel and their 3 kids.
Our kids were completely tuckered out and slept in the car on the way home.
At the picnic Charlie & Mel had a can of soft drink each. Good old Kirks! Daniel wanted to recycle them- and put them in the RIGHT bin. This one:
However I asked if they would donate the cans to a project we were doing instead!
So, here’s the result!
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Caleb is in a new team at Soccer. We’re both VERY excited about this. The team is a strong one – 2 really awesome defenders, and 2 really strong attackers, and an awesome all-rounder!!
The team name is “Boas” in keeping with snake team names. At first I was thinking.. Hmm – big, slow. But I realised – Boa Constrictors are TOUGH and can eat a whole cow!
Can eat a whole cow!
After our ‘practice’ hike (see previous post), I decided to take Caleb on a REAL hike, where you take everything on your back, and stay overnight.
Hiking!
I got a phone call at work today, and my wife was laughing.
Daniel had gone into the loo – and had got the dickens scared out of him by a FROG in the toilet!
Back when I was a lad, Desserts were a Big Thing in our house. It was always a treat when there was Someone Special visiting and we would have desserts.
One of the deserts I remember fondly was “Baked Apples”. Mum used to make this and I picked up the recipe. My boys LOVE baked apples, and so do I!
Here’s our recipe – give it a whirl. It’s quick, cheap, “sort-of-healthy” and really really really yummy.
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So, Felicia is studying at the moment. Which means the boys and I must needs go on an adventure – OUT of the house, and take up the entire day.
This requires some forward thinking. So I asked my “adventuring dad”friend Anton.
He told me about a very cool, little known place, which has a SECRET TUNNEL!
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Weekends – they are the best of times, but they CAN be the worst of times!
Felicia and I had noticed a trend, and it was concerning us.
The trend was that when we got busy on the weekend getting ‘chores’ done – the boys would get bored and loll about, asking for biscuits, lollies, juice, and wanting to watch TV or play computer games.
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So this Weekend we had the absolute luxury of a blank Saturday stretching in front of us (After soccer of course!).
I had planned a fun afternoon of restoring window frames, but the boys got an idea – and asked if they could go fishing instead.
So I thought! Why not? No harm here right?
