Sunny Day

Today is the last day of the school holidays. I survived. They survived. We all survived. I was saying to a friend the other day that it is like winter saved up all it's rain and grey for this two weeks, though my mother (who is an incredible font of knowledge) informed me that the week including July 11th is known by scientific fact as being the coldest of winter. So a positive is .. again .. that we survived it! And we passed it!

With the G-man in kinder today, the girls and I ventured out to Heide, the Modern Art Gallery we are lucky to live so close to. It's down by the Yarra River and has amazing rolling hills and a sculpture garden, a beautiful Kitchen Garden and a new(ish) purpose built educational 'pod' where the girls have been doing School Holiday Art Programmes for the last few years.

We had a little picnic on the lawn in the sun when I picked them up after their screen printing class, then I went for a little wander with Lulu while Asha relaxed in the sunshine.

Aeroplane Boy inspired Lulu

The Kitchen Garden inspired me!! I would love to plant some Forget-Me-Not's in our garden, so pretty, and just a perfect shade of blue. 

School Horrordays

I'm not one of those Perky Mama's who look forward with glee to the school holidays .. quite the opposite. Sure it would be different if we were going away as a family, somewhere sunny, with pools, and cocktails .. but in reality, it's 11 degrees and raining and windy, my husband is absent for 12 hours per day due to his work, and I find it all a bit .. umm .. challenging.

I had a message from the wonderful Hipstamatic on my iPhone this morning that I could download two new lenses for free so I thought I'd try them out as I tried to tire out the children. Firstly a train ride to Nanny's work (a local hospital six stops away which had a celebrity patient and press conference this morning so there was a buzz of excitement and controversy in the air), then back again via the City Loop .. even I hadn't been on the train through the city for years so was a bit goggle eyed at all the new buildings, 'Southern Cross Station' (which will always be Spencer Street to me) then home via a stop at Flagstaff Station to buy some chocolate from the vending machine!

Home and the 'I'm Bored's' started within oh, one episode of Charlie and Lola. Off to the local shopping plaza we go for cupcake ingredients, and we stop off on the way for hair cuts. Whoa, and did the girls lose some length! Oh well, it'll grow back. I hope. Looks SUPER cute and I think Asha in particular really suits her new hair style. I have been wanting her to get a bob for a while so we're pretty much half way there now!

I love his little Connies in this pic :)

I'm calling Gman's bowl cut 'The Theo' 

I've almost survived another day, nothing a glass of wine won't help me forget about as I head into tomorrow with renewed determination and and a steely grip on my sanity. Wish me Luck. XX