Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday Grandma! The kids woke us up before 7 am wanting to give Nick the cards they had made. They also wanted Nick to make them pancakes for breakfast so while he had a busy Father's Day morning I sat back and relaxed with a coffee and a good book!! Once breakfast was finished and everyone was dressed, we phoned Grandma for her birthday and we all had a long chat. As the weather was forecast showers we decided to skip the bea...

We woke up this morning to another sunny day in Queensland but it wasn't quite warm enough to hit the beach so instead we decided to visit Australia Zoo in Beerwah. The kids made Thank You banners for Grace as she very kindly gave them their entry ticket for the zoo and we took photos with them at the entrance. The zoo was fantastic. Staff walked around with all sorts of different animals, birds and reptiles for the kids to pat or hold. Different types of l...

The kids woke up at 5 am wanting the toilet but we managed to go back to sleep until 7. At that point they started playing Lego and arguments soon erupted over particular pieces so the Lego was banned and they were all sent back to bed! Meanwhile Nick and I sat outside in the sunshine enjoy our first coffee of the day. We completed the breakfast marathon, packed up the car and drove to Noosa Heads to spend the day on Main Beach. We had planned an early star...

Everyone was awake by 7 am. It was another beautiful day so we had our last coffee watching the ocean then began to pack up the van. We were on the road by 830 am and took the trip very slowly as Noosa was only two hours away. We found the caravan park easily which is just north of Noosa in Tewantin. There is a playground here and a swimming pool so the kids are happy. They shot off to play in the playground while we set up and they soon met a couple of ot...

Every night when the two boys go to bed they spend at least 15 minutes wrestling each other, despite multiple warnings and threats. They then get too hot, climb out of their sleeping bags and strip off their pj's before finally falling asleep. This would all be bearable if they didn't wake up in the middle of the night freezing cold! Neither of them have the sence to climb back into their sleeping bags when they wake up. Instead they moan and wail until I w...