This morning we walked, well Ella & Charlie took their bikes, to the wooden park at Charlie’s request. He absolutely loves exploring and climbing on all the equipment.
Charlie from above
Charlie Climbing
Ella
Charlie
The view to the city from the park
K
Another day dawned and the temp hadn’t dropped much below 30 through the night. To avoid the heat we headed to the Aquarium to see the new penguin exhibit with Andrea and her boys Kyle, Kaleb & Aidan.
Ella & Charlie watching the penguins
Say Cheese
Andrea with Poppy
Me with Charlie & Ruby
Ella, Kaleb, Kyle & Charlie having some snacks
In the afternoon I put some cold water in the bath and Ella & Charlie played in there for over an hour, anything to keep cool!!
K
We’re in the middle of the forecasted heatwave and let me tell you it’s not much fun! The air con has been on all day but at the height of the day when it was 44 outside it could only keep the house at 33. In a vain attempt to ool down we headed over to the beach about 8:30 last night – while it was still 42 the water was delightfully cool. Ella and Charlie had a great time and Jill & Dave joined us for a while too.
K
We are in for a sweltering week with Melbourne set to face its hottest week in 100 years. Tuesday through Saturday are forecast to be 38, 41, 40, 40, 40. Four consecutive days above 40 degrees is going to make life a little unbearable especially as our bedrooms don’t have air con and the minimum night temp will be around 24! Its not ideal timing as Melburnians struggle to keep their water usage to 155 litres per person to counter diminishing water supplies.
K
Today is Australia Day and a public holiday for all. We headed into the city once we got ourselves organised, no mean feat I can assure you when 4 children are involved!! We wandered along Southbank stopping for lunch and ice cream before going into Alexandra Gardens to join in with the festivities. We met up with Andrea & Chris and their boys Kyle, Kaleb & Aidan. The kids loved the farm animals, looking at the fire trucks and watching the Australia Day institution which is the ‘Great Duck Race’. Yes, this is when thousands of yellow rubber ducks race along a section of the Yarra River with the first duck into the Parks Victoria Duck Catcher at the end of the 200-metre course winning a new Mitsubishi Lancer. How exciting!
Eating Ice Cream and having a chat along Southbank
Family
You can’t catch me Daddy
In Action
Poppy & Charlie in the pram
Andrea with Aidan
The Big Race
Ella was a bit unsure of being in the Fire Truck
Kyle & Ella playing
K
I spent a wonderful morning with Ella today. We went to see the English National Ballet’s production of Angelina Ballerina at the Arts Centre. Ella was a little overwhelmed by the scale of the venue and because there’s no narrative in Ballet she was asking lots of questions (to the annoyance of some older kids around us). She befriended a little girl called Holly during the interval and they chatted about their Angelina DVDs. Quality mummy and daughter time!
K
Tuesday was Grandma & Grandpa’s last day in Melbourne. In the morning I took Ella & Charlie swimming and thankfully Ruby & Poppy slept happily in their pram. Grandma & Grandpa joined us there later to get some photos of the kids then we all met Alan in Middle Park for lunch.
Ella & Charlie went to the airport with Daddy to say goodbye.
K
There’s lots of hugs and kisses going on between Ella, Charlie, Ruby & Poppy, often just as we’re settling the little ones for a sleep but i figure affection is way better than aggression!
Love from Charlie
Love from Ella
K
….you triumphed again with Iggle Piggle-how to make a happy boy even happier!! Yesterday was a scorching 40 degree day and when Charlie’s parcel arrived in the early evening it was easily still hitting 30 but he was not to be detered from wearing his dressing gown. Here’s the evidence…
Obviously the look was completed with the addition of gumboots
K
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