January 19, 2022  |  The "last" day of my holidays as it's back to work tomorrow!  The forecast was for HOT today, so we decided to head to Sumner to the beach for a swim for the first time this summer.  The weather didn't quite heat up as much as predicted, but we still had fun anyway! A great way to finish the holidays!  

I love this photo of Austin, but also wanted to include the photo of both boys for our final day!

January 18, 2022  |  Time to leave our holiday in Hanmer Springs today.  But first of all was a walk through town, a game of mi ni golf (with strict instructions to Austin to NOT to break his arm this time!), and then lunch at the bakery.  

The holidays are very quickly coming to an end - one last day tomorrow before it's back to work!

January 17, 2022  |  I started the day with a lovely walk through Hanmer Forest, the first time that I have been there in all the times that we have gone to Hanmer!  It was another very hot start to the day so walking through the trees was really nice.  

Then it was a bit of a walk through town with the boys before we headed back to the motel for some lunch and then off to the Pools for the afternoon again.  Lots of what we did yesterday - Hydroslides, Superbowl and the favourite, Conical Thrill, along with the family pool (Austin through it was the best to make me stand under the bucket of water!) and of course the hot pools!

Tonight we managed a lovely dinner out before getting home in time to watch Survivor, our family favourite these holidays!

A great birthday!

January 16, 2022  |  Hanmer Springs!  It has been a few years since we came up to Hanmer for my birthday, so we have taken advantage of still being on holiday and drove up today.  We arrived around lunchtime and were lucky enough to be able to check into the motel.  

After a quick lunch, it was off to the Pools for the rest of the day.  We spent 4 hours, mainly on the slides, but also enjoying the pools and the hot pools - although at 24 degrees, it was almost too hot for the hot pools!  Lots of fun, and ready to head back for a few hours tomorrow now!

January 15, 2022  |  Austin was off to a birthday party this afternoon and with Hayden refusing photos these days, Alfie was the choice for my photo today!

January 14, 2022  |  Today was school shoe shopping today!  I'm happy to report that we successfully purchased two pairs of school shoes and two pairs of sports shoes!  School blazers were also picked up from the dry cleaners, so one step (or 8 if you're counting!) closer to being ready for the new school year!

No photos of shopping, but one once home and attached to a device again!

January 13, 2022  |  Henry stayed over last night, and today we decided to head into town to check out the local 'carnival' in town.  It was more just a few rides on an empty section in the city, but the two boys were pretty happy to spend a couple of hours on the rides.  This one was by far their favourite, and I think they ended up going on it about 5 times! 

Following it was off to Margaret Mahy playground for hot chips, ice creams and a play before we headed home!