Birthday weekend

My little baby girl turned 2!  We have had a much needed long weekend together and it has been fabulous even though the ever changing weather has been....well, changeable!  Rain, sun, wind, extreme heat.  We have had it all which makes it a litle difficult to plan a wardrobe as we never seem to know how it's going to turn out.

We visited the Hunter Valley Gardens on Saturday and it must have been 28-29c.  Slathered in sun cream and wearing hats kept us safe but wow it was hot for us unseasoned poms.  We took a little stroll down memory lane and wandered out past a restaurant that we visited on our honeymoon - Roberts.  We had amazing food in this little restaurant that really doesn't look like much from the front but was like a little fantasy hansel and gretel cottage inside.  I took a stroll around the next door winery and took a photo of a beautiful old tree next to the cellar door.

So, then we started driving back along the road and I happened upon a little line of lovely Aussie letter boxes.  Cute!

So we woke after a very decent lie in considering we have a 2 & a 3 year old at 07:40 on the morning of Isla's birthday and were greeted by her lovely little voice exclaiming at the numerous balloons outside her bedroom door.  She knew it was her birthday and was very excited and could tell us that she was 2!  Present opening ensued and she was very excited by the addition of a few wooden Thomas engines to their already pretty substantial set.  She also had a huge dolls house which was not received with quite the same amount of enthusiasm which is typical!  

We headed down to Huntley's Point and caught the ferry over to Darling Harbour for a sumptious seafood lunch at Nick's.  We had a seafood platter and they dug in with Isla typically making a bee line for the prawns and then the lobster.  She is going to have expensive tastes like her Mother I can see!

The excitement peaked for Isla when we came home and watched the Tinkerbell Movie which is her absolute and utter favourite!  She can say Tinkerbell and it is so cute.  We also took a dip in the pool and all 4 of us can conclude that it is still a bit cold!

The birthday girl.

We had today (Monday) all together as well so decided to drive down to Bondi and take in the Sculptures by the Sea exhibition.  It was pretty windy and the coastal path that it is on is a little treacherous for small unpredictable people but we managed to see some of it.  Finn & Isla enjoyed the walk and particularly some sculptures of what looked like Boston Terriers.  We had a look at the very brave people who has ventured into the Bondi Icebergs pool.  It literally makes me shiver just thinking about it!  Burgers for lunch in a nice little place on the front at Bondi and then home just before the rain started.  A very good weekend.