Picnic and Bike Ride

Lovely weather today...so we went for a bike & scooter ride down to Front Beach for a picnic morning tea.  Jayne towed Evy in the trailer behind her bike, Milly scooted & Dwayne brought up the rear on his bike.

We ate our morning tea on the shady grass beside Engineers Wharf & enjoyed looking out over the sea to the huge cruise ship anchored in Port Kennedy. 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of cruise ship tourists were walking along Victoria Parade so there was plenty of people watching to do, then we peddled & puffed our way back up the hill to our place - Dwayne had to tow the trailer home, Jayne ran out of steam on the upward slope!!

Milly's 5th Birthday...

Happy Birthday Milly!

Friday 8th March was Milly's 5th birthday!  She woke us full of excitement at 6.30am to open her presents from family on our bed with Evy looking on eagerly.  Dwayne gave her "TinkerBell and the Secret of the Wings" DVD & a mini Cinderella doll.  I gave her a mermaid ornament bought here at the "Col Jones" newsagency / little-bit-of-everything-store & a set of felts with a girl that can be changed into a mermaid.  Evy gave her a Rapunzel doll...that is the absolute favourite!


Opening presents together in the morning



Milly's mermaid present from Mummy



Grandma & Grandad skyped us at 7am to watch Milly open her presents from them - a wooden dominoes game, a picture book, some new clothes & a nightie.  The girls had a chat to them before we got ready to send Milly to school - which was a real challenge as the rain was absolutely torrential!  It had poured down all night & was still going strong in the morning, making the trip to the classroom with 2 kids, Milly's trolley school bag & a container of cupcakes very tricky.


Opening presents with Grandad & Grandma on skype

After school we met Dwayne at the "See Hop" mini supermarket for Milly to choose some afternoon tea.  We had lamingtons and pringles, washed down with a frosty fruit iceblock - how wholesome!  We ate in the park overlooking Bayo Beach then walked to the post office to check our PO Box...there were 2 cards for Milly which made her very happy, especially as the one from Great-Grandma had $20 in it!


Iceblocks by the beach for arvo tea

We had a party on Saturday morning...
Guests arrived at 9am in their dress-ups.  Because she was turning 5, Milly could invite 5 girls from her Prep class.  They decorated paper party bags with stamps, stickers & glitter glue & cardboard crowns with stickers & jewels.  Heidi, the local face painting lady, worked wonders on the girls' cheeks and forearms with her rainbow colours & we played pass-the-parcel.  The kids gobbled up fairy bread, fruit and cheezels for morning tea & then played "pin the palm tree on the island" (my version of pin the tail on the donkey).  Milly opened her gifts, we celebrated with a princess cake & it was all over by 11am!


Milly gets har arm decorated with a mermaid

 

Pass the parcel

Opening gifts

 

Birthday greetings

  

Milly & her school friend Evie



Ashlyn's facepaint





The cake!



Party girls...



More presents...

 

Evie gets painted

Tas & Mia decorating party bags

Time for cake...



Milly & Evy both had a lovely morning & Milly felt very special with all the attention & her lovely presents.  Evy slept for 2 1/2 hours for the first time in weeks & we went for a family stroll along the beach & through the park in the afternoon.  What a fantastic day - happy birthday to my little sugarplum!

Evy at the end of the festivities...

The birthday girl!