All Day at Chermside (or aka We had a movie Date!)

Easter Monday Holiday was a day that we got to spend with just ourselves. Between Uni, Moffat & the kids, we really cherish these days! So, we decided to go out for brekkie and then I would get my nails done while Dean had a browse around our favourite shopping centre.

Well, we had a delightful brekkie together at Toscani's - which is not overly great, but a good staple. Our choices from the menu (Mediterrenean Breakfast & Mixed Berry Pancaked) were just fantastic, though. Plus, we had really nice coffee's - Hazelnut Latte for me and A Kahlua Cappucino for Dean.

We ended up tooling around all the shops just browsing at nothing. Well, ok. Not nothing. Toys for Hunter and Poppi. Partially because Hunter has obliterated his little trike, partially because we started out looking for pressies for Janine's little one and then got distracted. And of course, we had to pop into Kikki K. We always have to go to Kikki K. (Judith-Ann should have never introduced us to the joy that is Kikki K products.)

But, what was different this mindless trip (besides the fact that we were there ALL day) is that we had a little unexpected movie date! We went to see 300. An Australian actor, David Wenham, narrates and is a lead character in the film.

We both like the historical epic-type movies, so needless to say, we loved it! Highly recommended. Well, not recommended if you have an aversion to blood or violence. But, then again, if you did have such an aversion, our review of a movie about a war would be pointless.

Ah well. :-)

There was 387 Photos!

Hi Everyone....
We're going through the photos from The Big Day. We'll get copies of the best of them out to everyone soon. (It's just there are so many, it'll take some time... Please bear with us.)

But, in the mean time... here's a few you might not have seen.

Full-On Morning (Part 2)

Now, family & friends... Do not think that our "Cram-it-all-in-in-under-4-hours" morning ended with Thomas. Oh No. Not by a long shot. Why - at 9:00am (as soon as it open) - we had to go SWIMMING!!!

Oh boy!

It might just have been the shortest swim session you could ever get away with when you're entertaining a 2 & 4 year old. But, everyone had fun! Especially the camera operator - who managed to escape actually getting in! :-)

Hmmmm... wonder if it'll be cold. Kids! Watch this! Kids? Are you watching??

Hunter is such a good swimmer already! You should see how strong his kick is.

This is the deep end??? But, Dean's touching the bottom of the pool!

Dean's exact quote before Hunter took his big leap: "No, wait! I'm not ready!"

And after the swim, the kids were ready to go. This picture, though posed, was not posed by us. The lil' munchkins went out in the garage to wait for Mom, so they could go to the farm and hunt more eggs! :-) My goodness, they are so entertaining!

The Full-On Morning! (Part 1)

Our Bonus Visit with Poppi and Hunter was short, but heaps of fun. HEAPS. And by heaps I mean - how much can you fit in to 4 hours? Saturday, the kids were up and at 'em at 6am. And they did not stop until Mom arrived around 10:30 to go to the farm.

First, it was wake Dad & Tara up. Then time for Breakfast. Then it was time for the "Singing Kids" movie (aka The Sound of Music). Then time for Thomas. (We looooooooooooooooove Thomas!)

Who needs a track? There's tiles everywhere! They'll work just as fine!

Let me show you how to do it!

Dad is the Track Master!!! (No, he doesn't need instructions. Ok, well, maybe sometimes.)

Daaaaaaaaaaaad.... This goes here! DUH!

Thomas.... It's a beautiful thing! Fun for everyone!

The Easter Bunny Came Early to Dad's House

We were so very lucky last week. We got to have a bonus visit with Poppi & Hunter! With the Easter holiday happening on the weekend, it just so happened our visit coincided with an early visit from the Easter Bunny!

The kids were just tickled to see Pressies left from the Bunny herself when they arrived at our house on the Friday. Both little ones received lunch bags of their favourite Disney character (all the princesses for Miss Poppi and Lightening McQueen for Cars Mad! Hunter) filled to brim with Giant Easter Eggs, Tiny Easter Eggs, Jelly Beans and other assorted goodies.

Lee-Ann came in with the kids for a chat and coffee and "help" in the Easter egg hunt that followed. (Earlier in the day, she had helped Dean and I prepare Miss Poppi for her **new** Disney Princess Bedroom! And we were so grateful! The heads-up about the new bed from Mom got Poppi so excited she actually slept in her own bed on the weekend! Well, mostly.)

Afterwards, we enjoyed a (traditional Aussie) Good Friday dinner (or so I'm told) of Fish & Chips! (Well, Fish & Mash. It was easier.)

And then! All Poppi wanted to do was go to bed! (It was only about 8pm.)

The pics that follow are of the Easter Egg Hunt on Friday night!

Is Hunter Hunting? Or Not?

Miss Poppi Claire Finds the Mother-Egg Load!

Only a few left to find... And they're off! (Well, maybe that's just Poppi. Does it look like Hunter might have found and kept one to himself??)

Who's got the height advantage here?