Bye Bye II

Second stop was our other favourite hangout the local fruit and veggie store. Con and Maria always made us feel welcome to hangout and chew the fat (talking to other adults keeps me sane!). Winter was free to play with the baskets of veggies, stand up on the counter, and even allowed to press cash register buttons (an all-time favorite Winter pastime). There was also lots of traditional Greek exuberant cuddles and cheek squeezing!


Group shot featuring Con, with wife Gemma on my left and on my right, Maria with another small but regular customer Tash. Con would always give Winter a banana or mandarin to eat on the way home.


Maria was Winter's most special friend. She showered him with attention & affection. He gave her long cuddles and lapped up the attention. We have known these guys since Winter was born and wish we could take them to melb with us. It was hard to say goodbye. 

Bye Bye

It was our last day in Lizzy Bay today. We went to our two favorite hangouts to say farewell.


First stop was the Vinyl Lounge. Louise and the girls always made us feel welcome here. A bucket of toys would be produced on arrival (Winter's fav was a Marky Mark action figure which has since been presented as a going away gift), special allowance would be made if Winter snuck into the kitchen and there was always plenty of fuss and attention to make him feel at home.


Winter playing with Louise


Winter was named the Vinyl Lounge Mascot


We will miss hanging out 

B4 9AM

A typical morning


Winter works our how to climb onto the table (via the chairs)


I find my keys in the bath


Yesterday's banana under the sideboard


Leftover toast in the bed 

Mum shots

Have had a request for more photos of me! Found these from our recent holiday.



 

Party

We were set to have a playground farewell party this morning for local mum's & bubs. Sadly however, after a week of perfect spring-like weather it was too wet to meet as planned. A small goup of us gathered at the tennis court cafe nearby despite the downpour. We ate popcorn and honey joys and mucked around in the puddles.


Winter got sopping wet (luckily I brought some spare clothes)


Getting into the party spirit with Tash's hat


Cuddle from Tash


Party people Georgia & Will

Beach II

After the success of our visit the day before, we returned for more sand-castles and shenanegans.





Winter wanted to go swimming and spent a good half hour trying to break past the parental lifeguard



Rich attemting to convince Winter that sand castles are just as fun as swimming


None of us wanted to go home

Shenanegans

After the afternoon's land based activities, the boys moved onto the airbourne variety.


Action dad strikes again


Action dad shows son who's the boss


Luckily I had the cammera on sports mode


Thought i'd include this detail from the pic above in order to point out that this was a popular activity. 

The Beach

The best thing about jervis Bay is the beach. The expansive coastline boasts perfect white squeaky sand. Accessing the beach required a short walk from our pad past the local kangaroos (Winter was captivated and tried to catch one) then through a picturesque tunnel of bushy scrub.



The idyllic scene was further enhanced by stretches of pink seaweed.


Rich Winter & I enjoyed making sand-castle cubby-holes whilst Crystal went running.


Mum especially enjoyed helping Winter with the finishing touches 

Holiday

Last weekend we went away to Jervis Bay.


Its a 3 hr drive from Sydney.


Winter was very well behaved in the car


We went with our friend Crystal


We had big smiles all weekend as the setting and our accomodation were sublime