A winter arvo walk

We are lucky to have a lovely bike/walking trail right at the end of our street. One way it ends up taking you to McLaren Vale-wine country. We didnt go that far but thought i'd share some images of our adventure.

3 Things Thursday

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On Sunday night Husby and I had tickets to see one of our favourite bands so we decided to make a night of it and booked a hotel room in the city as well. This meant Little Man stayed with his Mamma (my mum). First night away....and he was fine! He even gave Mamma a sleep in :)
It was a great night, being able to relax , have a few drinks and not have to worry about driving home to relieve a babysitter. I did miss him like crazy though. Funny how youre body clock changes so easily. Despite having a late checkout, we were both up initially around 6am but managed to 'sleep in' until 8:30am. Then we had to get up.

OUR SLAB IS DOWN!

This is the long awaited slab in which our new shed will be built upon.
We already have a pretty big shed but we'll be turning that into the 'man cave/band room' and this will be the site for my our shed. Cant wait to be able to chuck nicely put away Husbys band gear.
I pre-warn those who want to marry musicians: Make sure you have a large enough house in order to store all of their crap!!
The shed will be up this weekend. Never been so excited about a shed before!

Im happy with these baskets I bought on clearance at Target. Bargain at $20 for the 4 pack and $10 for the oval shaped.
Not sure of where they'll end up but couldnt pass them up at that price.

We're going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo....

Yesterday we took a family trip to the Adelaide Zoo with a bunch of friends and their kiddos.

I hadnt been to the Zoo for ages so I was secretly a little excited to go but I wasnt sure how Ace would go, whether he would be interested at his age but he LOVED it. Im not sure what he loved more: the real life animals, playing with the kids or exploring the wide open spaces and secret little paths.

Im a little annoyed that I only managed to get a few shots with the SLR before the battery died. Of course! So some are taken with Iphone. Nonetheless, still good memories.

Aren't Meercats the cutest of creatures?!

In awe of real life Giraffes!

Felt sorry for the poor lions in these concrete jungle enclosures.

Meanwhile the Pandas we have on loan from China get this multi million dollar temperature controlled enclosure complete with a massive outdoor area.
Silly Adelaide Zoo!

But this little guy had fun, it was a great family day out. Then he crashed as soon as the car was moving! Bless xx

Sunday at the Fair

Sunday was a lovely day out at the Port Elliot fair.

We dont really get out much as a family, which is a shame, but I try and cram in as much as I can in the 2 days I have off and often the Husby is working. We usually just hang out together at home or with our friends.

But today their was a local-ish fair on and after some initial set backs (ie I forgot my purse and phone and had to backtrack and then we got kinda lost!!), we eventually got there.

Heres some pics of our day...

 

 

 

This little calf was only 4 days old!

Some goodies were purchased. I love wooden toys (and handbags!) so i bought a couple of Xmas presents....

...but Master A got to keep the walking frog! He loves it!

 

 

Hope you all had a lovely weekend with your families!