Making the best of the beautiful Spring sunshine, we headed to the blue and white expanse of Scarborough Beach this morning.
We thought we might only be there for a short time, but the kids were having so much fun we decided to stay a little longer than we'd planned.
I loved taking the kids into the water one at a time for a dip, and having a bit of a paddle myself as well.
Anna was the bravest and spent the most time out with me.
The others were too busy having fun with the sand.
Even Anna and I succumbed to after a while.
We were home for a late lunch of mini franks and salad in front of the TV watching the grand final* (that's AFL, for my non-Aussie friends). It was a draw, so they'll have a rematch next week. How anticlimactic! Something about this reminds me of a certain election...
*Er... and for those who know me personally and find it hard to believe I would watch AFL even for a grand final, I will admit that I didn't actually watch it. I went into another room and read a book - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - but I did have a quite snigger when I heard the final buzzer go and knew there was a draw. My big bro will be pleased, or at the very least satisfied. In his words from an email a few days ago, "Collingwood vs St Kilda - I can't think of anything less appealing (other than maybe Collingwood vs Port Adelaide). St Kilda have no appeal, due to their tediously boring gameplan and the complete unlikeability of their players (most notably Stephen Milne)... Collingwood are.... Collingwood. The only thing better than seeing Collingwood lose a GF by 100 points is seeing them lose a GF by 1 point. Meh.. I'm just going to have to blank out the AFL 2010 season from my memory banks. It never happened." Well, Joshua enjoyed watching it, having been prepped for the experience by watching a few games when his Grandad was here recently.
Saturday 25 September 2010
Family Adventure to Scarborough Beach
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3 comments:
Thanks for posting these pictures. What a lovely day! We're a bit jealous of your close-by beach, but we'll be going to the Gulf coast soon.
Great photos! Hasn't the weather been gorgeous!! The rain would be good but wow it has been nice. Glad you are out there enjoying it.
That beach looks beautiful and I love the sand castle! I'm glad you all had such a fun day.
I feel silly, but I had to google AFL to know what you were talking about. I had no idea there was such a thing -- so I guess I've learned my something new for the day. I'm guessing if I go ask my sports-loving husband about it, he could tell me all the rules. : )
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