Floriade

On Tuesday, this week, the electricity on my side of the street was going to be turned off while ActewAGL replaced a power pole. Thankfully, my mother-in-law lives on the same side of the street so she suggested that we take Princess Hannah and Benjy to Floriade, providing the weather was pleasant. We could not have asked for more perfect weather!!! And the children really enjoyed themselves.

The first place we went was the petting farm and we saw a little chick that was less then 24 hours old. It was sooooooooo cute ... kind of like those little chickies that are made from pom poms.

The petting farm was very cool!!! Next we went to a child activity centre that was set up for ... well ... it's kinda obvious really!!! They had a craft table, an experiment table, music corner, sandpit, obstacle course and more!

After the activity centre we strolled through the Gnome Knoll - Princess Hannah duly told my mother-in-law that she liked all the girl gnomes! Benjy just liked whatever anyone else liked!

Then we had lunch. The two children had packed lunches and I decided to treat Rob's mum to lunch. We looked at the menu in one cafe and found it unappealing, although inexpensive. Sooooo, we decided to look for another eating place. The menu board looked better but we decided to share a bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese and salad because the cost of one bagel was about the same as the cost of three sandwiches in the first place we looked at!!!! My poor mum-in-law nearly fainted!!!!

After lunch, the two little people had a go on the jumping castle, then the nearby playground and then home to "Grandma's" for a chocolate magnum!!! Benjy and Hannah had been so quiet in the car, we thought they were going to sleep, but after the icecream ...

Hannah stayed with me until Josh picked her up later. Even though Benjy and Hannah had been running all day, they still seemed to have energy to spare. I was quite envious really. They had been sooooo good all day.

I'm thankful we went to Floriade when we did. The weather was perfect ... I commented to Rob's mum that, had we gone on any other day, it probably would have been too hot. It was not during the school holidays which meant that there weren't dense crowds. Even though there were a few busloads of people, the increased numbers didn't seem to impact on our enjoyment of the event.

All in all ... it was a very pleasant time the four of us had together.