Holiday mode

Holiday mode...

Slow mornings, beach days, afternoon drinks, a broken bone in the foot for Simon and the start of our first floor addition to the house and the rest of our renovations finished off!

With Covid going crazy we have been staying close to home.  We've had a couple of trips to the movies to see Spiderman and Sing 2 which we loved. We feel so grateful that we had our wonderful trip to QLD and Byron with beautiful weather to start our holidays off so well!

Lockdown Diary

 I think we are at day 17 of our Lockdown this time around. I have lost all sense of time!

We are just about to start home schooling tomorrow so I  thought I would pop up a few photos from our time at home these last couple of weeks. 

It was a slow school holidays and while I was keen from a break from the busy schedules and commitments, I think this was taking things to extreme! So grateful though for my healthy family and a warm space to bunker down in. 

One of the only things that changed through our days was where we took our daily walk. We are so lucky to have so many beautiful places so close to home.

Blue skies and ocean walks...

Another day, another walk. Through the trees with the remote control cars

Our studio apartment/office above the garage has been the perfect escape when you need a little space and quiet time. It's also lovely and clean compared to inside while we do the renovations!

You can see more of this space here and here

Manly Dam

Our renovations continue on with Simon doing a lot of work himself. We are doing a first floor addition soon and thought we'd take the time now to open up the walls to put in the structures needed to hold up the first floor. We are also pulling walls down, adding wardrobes, changing windows, refreshing the paint and carpet. We built our home 20 years ago and we are making the changes that will sustain our family life as we go into the next 20 years. 

Dash has been enjoying having us all home and his extra walks each week.

I hope you are well and keeping healthy xx

School Holidays - week 2

 We enjoyed more beautiful weather during the second week of the school holidays.

We also fit in a city staycation, a visit to the aquarium, a boat ride on the harbour, catch up with friends and had soccer starting again. We'll start next term feeling refreshed and relaxed!

Autumn walks by the ocean

 A new tote bag by indigenous artists Miimi and Jiinda via their Adairs collaboration.

City staycation 

Aquarium visit

Soccer season starts

Loving my new vases in yoga poses from Jones & Co

2021 - So far...

 We've been soaking up the holidays, enjoying our time together before work and school commitments start again. The mornings have been slow. Some days we stay at home and swim, play pool and I potter around moving furniture and decluttering cupboards. Other days we venture out to the beach, bowling or rock climbing and either lunch or dinner out. I love this time of the year when we can break from routine and just go with the flow. How have your holidays been?

Stills - July School Holidays

Another block of school holidays over and I always find the July school holidays to be a slower, quiet time. The colder weather is conducive to slow mornings and indoor activities -crafts, baking, Lego.

We also had Simon's birthday in their too.

Noah really got into his painting, we had the easel set up and lots of paint for him to experiment with and Jasper continued his Lego project of the Death Star.

We had a few catch ups with friends and soccer commitments twice a week so the weeks felt like they flew by and we are already back into Term 3. 

As I was going through my camera roll to find some photos I noticed that I'm not taking as many. Lately I am taking more video of the boys as I like to put them together in little movies to celebrate occasions. The boys love watching them back and I do too. I know I'll love to look back on them once they are older...

A few photos below....