WITL - Day 7 (Part 1)

I have lots of photos from Day 7 which I thought I would share over 2 days. My sister and I took the kids to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary which is great for kids as there are lots of things to do. We arrived around 11am and left around 5pm with an hour drive each way so it's a long day but always a good day.

WITL - Day 6

On Saturday morning I took the kids to the "Regional Flavours" expo I suppose you would call it which was at Southbank. It was 120 stalls of local and regional produce, wines, cheeses, salts, limes, you name it anything that is grown and produced food wise was there. We got in there at 10.00 am when it started so it was relatively quiet for the kids and I to check out every stall. They also had a section on sustainability which I was interested in with Ingrid from City Chicks where we bought our chickens from and also veggie gardens etc. The weather was beautiful and the kids and I really enjoyed it.

For morning tea we had strawberry-marshmallows threaded onto a skewer with a drizzle of chocolate on it - yum. We bought some lime cordial made from real limes with no sugar and it was great talking to the actual producers of the food, the maker of the pasta etc.

Sienna also got to cuddle the moo cow that was wandering around and I had a cuddle of him too which the kids thought was really funny.

We sat down on the little seats (which were upside down milk crates with fake grass on top - great idea and they also had some cardboard seats - fantastic innovation) to listen to the ABC Gardening Show Jerry Colby-Williams talk on organic veggie gardens which was great as I was keen to listen to him. The kids, while they thought it was a bit boring (it went for 40 mins) were very good even though they found it a long time to sit still. We also got some Ben and Jerry's ice cream for a gold coin donation for charity and had a great time in the sunshine. This event was in it's 3rd year and we will definitely put it on the calendar again in 2012.

WITL - Day 5

Today I did a lot of running around from place to place which started off by taking Mum to the airport mid morning then headed to Officeworks for some stationery since I was over that way. After that I popped into Recollections to collect some handles I had ordered for my kitchen cupboards and then stopped for some petrol. I took a photo noting the price of petrol in 2011. Last year's WITL I also photographed the cost of petrol as well. I made sure I was no wear near the petrol pumps as you aren't allowed to use camera's or mobile phones which can cause sparks (I'm sure there is a more technical reason for this safety) however I walked over to the footpath to take the picture.

After that I popped into our local local shopping centre to do some banking and headed home. At the usual time I collected the kids from school and we bought some sticky buns for afternoon tea (a rare treat as it's not something we would normally eat too often) and then the kids had their one hour of x-box activity while I made spaghetti bolognese for dinner. That's Friday's pictures and I only have 2 more days to document before going back to my "photo a day for 2011". It will be exciting to put all theses photos and words together next week showing a snapshot in our lives in 2011.

WITL - Day 4

Today's' activities captured on film (or shall I say my CF card) consisted off trying out a recipe for home made laundry liquid, lots of ironing, hanging around after school at the playground waiting our turn for parent/teacher interview. I also snapped a few pictures of James room and his new world map with his name on it, my current cookbooks and my beautiful shoes I was wearing this afternoon at school pickup.