Onesies!!!

Sophie and Luc have been bugging me for ages to but them "onesies".... All in one pajamas for those that dont know!!! It's certainly got cold out there lately so they love being all snuggled up in their "onesies"!!!

Coral Bay holiday!!

A few weeks ago we went to Coral Bay , a 2 hr flight north of Perth..(or by car its a 16 hr drive, but we flew... Thank goodness!) Coral Bay is a tiny "1 street town" home to the amazing Ningaloo Reef. We stayed a week and spent everyday at the beach snorkelling and viewing amazing coral and sea creatures. Swimming with turtles for Sophie and Denis as well as seeing reef sharks was also a highlight!!  Sophie and Luc were great little snorkellers! 

Yum yum... BBQ spicy squid with Vietnamese salad... Sophie has become an adventurous eater!!

We went out on a catermaran for a whole day and fit in 3 snorkelling trips... The water was incredibly warm!

Sophie and I

On the back of the catermaran in the net!

Chilling and chatting in the pool after a big day snorkelling!!

Denis and Sophie in the net!!

Luc as i am taking the photo: mum: "is it okay if I wee in here"????

Happy kids!

On the catermaran!

Beach fun

Exhausted after a huge snorkel! Nap on the catermaran!

Denis and Sophie

Luc getting on the net... Glad no one fell off, would've taken a bit of effort to turn the catermaran around!

Relaxing!

More relaxing!

Looking for fish!

Here they come.... Goldband snapper practically jumping on to the boat!

Colouring in time...

Denis and I

Snappers are snapping!

Hello Dude... Turtle swimming by!

Snorkelling time..a good time was had by all! Coral Bay, we will be back for sure!!!

Four eyes!!

Luc with his cute "harry potter glasses"!! 6.5 yrs old, growing up so fast! So funny and caring, a great kid!!!

Sophie goes on school camp...

Our little 10 year old Sophie went on her first school camp a couple of weeks ago to Point Peron.  There was much anticipated excitement for this inaugural camping trip as previous years had declared it "the highlight of their years at primary school"!!!  4 days and 3 nights aways from any contact with her was also indeed challenging for us parents left at home...(in the much quieter home I might add!!)
(Above: quick photo of Sophie and I the morning she left!)

A hug for Luc....

and this reaction from Sadie the "wonder pup"....."if I look all cute like this, will you stay??"

How bout this cute look...I think it's my best side!!

Anyhow, the 4 days and 3 night were "jam packed" full of fun and activities.  On the way to Point Peron they toured around the Fremantle Jail and were told scary stories...(great!!) Arriving at camp they hurriedly chose their bunk beds and got settled before a play and dinner followed by a quiz night.

The next day they had a ropes course, raft building, swimming, canoeing and then visit to Penguin Island on a ferry.
That night after a dinner of chicken, vegetable and mashed potato they all settle down (all 60 kids) to watch a movie.

Day 3 was bike riding and numerous games and a fun "Pajama themed" disco to end the night.

So a very action packed time and all the kids came back to school very tired but happy.

Sophie took a camera and below are some of the photos she took.  We had a laugh that most of the photos were"selfies"  of herself and her friends being silly and the other 50 or so were of the disco and all you can see is black with a few bright lights flickering....

on the bus...excited!!

the duck face!

the happy face

the "do you want to see up my nose face"

sunglasses shot!

Playground at camp...

cute little penguins at penguin Island

Happy Feet's

watching the penguins

Dolphins swimming right at the beach, so close to them

Dolphins

yep...lots of pictures like this

who takes pictures of their feet??

All in all though a great experience for her and she didn't miss us at all...(yeah right)!!!!

School swimming carnival....

A couple of weeks ago the school swimming carnival was held.  Sophie and her cousin Jack both competed (Jack's first time now that he is in Grade 3!)  They both did very very well.  It was such a hot day... 39 degrees, very hot for us poor Mum's helping out at the finish line!
Above pic: Jack in the 50 m breast stroke he came 2nd place!

at the finish line...

Sophie 50m breaststroke...She WON her race....in Division 2!!!

???? not sure who or what this is??

Sophie and her friend Indy heading to the starting line for the freestyle race...they were holding hands because they were nervous!!

The Sophie and Jack "cheering squad"...Nanny and Grandpa!

Sophie in 50 m freestyle

here she comes...very, very  close finish..but she WINS!!  1st place to Sophie!!

She can hardly believe it.....(by the way, I was one of the placers on the day which is how I got to take close up photos!!)

and.....she can hardly wait to fix her hair!!

Really??? Did I win??

1st, 2nd and 3rd!!

more cheer squad...Aunty Jane and Havana!

Mum...stop with the photos!...oh, ok, just one more!!

So proud of themselves!!

all their races done!  

 An amazing sunset that night from upstairs...sun going down over the Indian ocean!