Caboulture Historical Village

Another weekend over! We went to Caboulture Historical Village on Saturday which is in Caboulture, 40 minutes south from home. It is a 2 acre park where old queenslander homes and shops have been moved. There are some buildings that date back to 1890! There was a special fete this weekend and they had all the old tractors and cars on display, followed by a parade where they were being driven around the village. Needless to say Matthew was in his element! We only stayed for a couple of hours as there is only so much tractor one boy can take!

On Sunday we got together with some friends of ours, Chris and Judy. They have a son, Samuel, who is one day older than Sophie, and has already filled her dance card. Mum and Dad invited Judy's Mum and Dad and all of us for a BBQ and we spent the afternoon eating (far too much as usual) and drinking. It was a very lazy day.

Dave dragged himself out of bed on Monday morning for the start of another week at work. I had Sue, Abi, and Julia over with their children for morning coffee. The children were quite happy entertaining themselves for a couple of hours which gave us chance to drink a hot drink and catch up on any gossip! Matthew, Sophie and I went over to Mum and Dad's in the afternoon as Mum and Nan are off to New Zealand for a week. Mum didn't really get much chance to see her grandson as soon as we set foot in the door he was off to the airport with his Grandpa!

This morning we started the new term of swimming lessons. Sophie had here first taste (literally) of swimming and after a shaky start did quite enjoy it. Matthew did his usual couldn't really be bothered at first, but I then couldn't get him out of the pool at the end of the lesson! We've started at a new swim school and the man who runs the class takes a very relaxed approach to it and believes that the children will learn at their own pace and as long as they follow the steps that he sets down in class, they can take as long as they like to feel comfortable doing it. We'll see how it works for this term, but seems to have worked well today.

Sophie chilling out in her new gadget!