We have a 3 week long Easter holiday here, and we are currently half way through it. Thank heavens the weather is still good and we can get out and about. Over the Easter long weekend we went ten pin bowling, visited Sci-Tech and a camel farm, had an Easter egg hunt and friends over for an Easter Sunday roast. Brian also bought me my (slightly delayed) 40th birthday present which I absolutely love. A take on an eternity ring, a complete circle with 3 rows of v small diamonds instead of one row of bigger ones.
Last Wednesday night we went to the drive-in movies to see "The Pirates". I had been planning to take the boys to see it during the holidays, but the added adventure of seeing it on a huge screen in our car was enough to sell it to us all. We reversed in to our spot and opened up the boot and all 4 of us climbed in. We re-tuned the car radio to the required frequency to hear the soundtrack and ate popcorn till be were fit to burst. I have to tell you it was a tad squashed and Ru got tired and fed up about 15 mins before the end because it was way past his bed time, but it was fun, and a new experience for us all.
This weekend was mainly spent at the beach. South beach, Fremantle to be precise. After Brian went out for his early morning bike ride and the boys had their Saturday pancakes we went to a Lego building competition at a local toy store and then didn't really fancy heading straight home. So the beach it was.
Alfie decided reading his Lego magazine was more exciting than a playground...
... while Brian found it all quite hilarious.
We watched a submarine cruise by....
...and then Ru took a ride on a dolphin...
...and had a swing on a hammock...
...till Alfie climbed on too.
Time for an ice cream to give them more energy..
...for climbing trees.
Mummy sat and drank tea at that point (as I do).
When we eventually got to the beach itself the boys couldn't resist a paddle.
Within seconds they were drenched and we had no towels or dry clothes, so we had to go home fairly quickly.
Sunday began with Brian going out for his second bike ride of the weekend. A leisurely trip round the river with an Irish friend who hadn't been out on his bike for a while. What a beautiful morning it was too. So when he came home we had a full Irish "brunch" in the garden and read the paper for a while before deciding to head out to the beach again. This time we were more organised and took the swim stuff and some buckets and spades.
Father and sons swam...
...built sandcastles...
......lots of sandcastles......
....with moats that needed buckets of water...
Then the boys climbed on the rocks..
...ate ice creams...
....checked the laws of gravity....
...climbed more rocks...
.....ran.....
.....and ran....
.....and ran....
..while lazy Mummy once again sat taking photos (and incidentally also drinking tea).
After all that, a bit of posing was in order by Ru.
And Alfie finally got to kick a ball around with his Dad.
All rounded off with fish and chips at a beachside cafe so hungry boys didn't have to wait till we got home.
Hope you've had a fun weekend too.x
