Obligatory Blog

Night one: the kids' eyes popped out of their heads when they saw their first Aussie campfire. We promptly threw said balls on sticks and roasted them. My beautiful bestie from high school days, Lou. And her littlest Jo. And I. And marshmallows. All sans-makeup. Ah, I loves me the country! The Cay-man learned to ride a motorbike, then proceeded to celebrate this landmark occasion by doing a 3-minute dance. Hot diggedy dawg. On the back of the ute. Where all children belong. O

…then here’s 4000. Parental Warning: Holidays can be hazardous to your health. The kids on the letterbox, waiting for Gran'ma and Gran'pa The wind changed. Hello world - I'm a-coming! #home #holiday #house #life #family #photos

Boy are we learning our lesson. Not that I’m not UNHAPPY we came on our very first family holiday (note that while we have travelled extensively as a family, both throughout Australia and the world, we’ve never just set up camp in the one spot to relax and enjoy it, thus the newly embraced “holiday” status), but just that, well: – we chose a place that had tons of kid-friendly stuff to do; – we wanted to be close to the myriad of theme parks, especially seeing as our family