Weekend Details Revealed!
A couple of days ago I posted a mystery photo with the title Guess What I did on Saturday? For today’s Weekend Snapshot, I can reveal to all who didn’t peek at my flickr stream my Saturday activity:
The girls and I popped through the automatic car wash. I know, that sounds really exciting. Willow was having a good time watching all the brushes go past her window however, Juniper was not so interested.
WW – Juniper Kicks It!
A couple of weeks ago, I got to play Mr Mom. That was a very enlightening experience. It taught me to admire, really admire, single Mothers (and Dads too). I don’t know how they do it.
On my weekend as Mr Mom we went into the city and had a stop at the park in Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. The gals had a great time. This is my oldest gal, Juniper, attempting to do mid air splits.
Now, I’ve got to get down to creating my third Doodle for Doodle Week – the Doodle garden. Normally I do them at work but today I was in the type of meeting that requires eye contact and concentration and was unable to doodle away the time.
Read MoreWeekend Snaphot – Cold and Windy At the Beach
Well, I’m on the home stretch now. My Mr Mum stint is almost over. One more day to go and my better half returns from New Zealand. The kids are excited and I will be very relieved.
I had lots of good intentions but, as I reflect over the past week I realised that I have not done a lick of housework, the laundry is starting to evolve into a higher life form and the kiddos have had instant noodles too many times.
On Sunday I took them to Frankston Beach. They both luv going to the beach no matter even when it is very cold (by Australian standards) and very very windy. I captured a few shots that I liked from the trip. The first is the one above of Juniper and Willow. I don’t know why but I really like this image, the composition and color.
The one below of Willow … well, I just thought the heading on the sign behind her summed her up quiet well.
Weekend With Mr Mum
Hello, Mr Mum here. The gals got up first thing this Saturday morning and wanted to go to the aquarium. So I made them breakfast got the little wyld one dressed and then waited and waited some more for the older, much more vain one to finish getting ready. We went by train into the city to the aquarium. They had a blast cause we took the train ride then had a short tram ride.
They whizzed through the aquarium to get to the other side (did I mention there was a gift store on the other side at the exit?). We then strolled along the banks of the Yarra River as it meanders down the heart of Melbourne.
We didn’t get home until dinnertime and both were knackered. I even got the wyld one in bed early. w00t!
I took several photos during the day. Most while we were playing around the river.
Hope you have a great weekend!
New and Improved Mural Extensions
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned my daughter and her room. About a year ago I offered to paint her room for her. Being the very creative and ecofriendly kiddo she is, she asked me to paint a forest on her walls. I had no idea how one would go about painting a forest on walls. I decided to try something mural style and painted a simple forest scene on one of her walls as a feature. A few weeks ago, she came to me and said “Ah Dad, do you think my room looks ‘beachy’?” This came after she had spent quiet a long time redecorating and using her pocket money to buy pretty ‘beach’ things for it. “Of course it looks beachy!” I enthusiastically replied. She then pointed out that her room was mostly green and that it had a big forest on one wall. Not very beachy.
In a flash of brilliance (yes, self adulations here) I said “Well, you know that Australia is one of the only places in the world where the rainforest meets the reef” meaning that in North Australia, the tropical Daintree Rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. “Your mural really depicts this very unique and special trait”. No matter the brilliance, she didn’t buy it.
“Dad, it just doesn’t look beachy. Can you paint me a beach scene?”
So, I offered to extend her mural and really make it look like rainforest meets the reef. I extended her mural over to the next wall and added the sand and starfish. Looks like I don’t have to completely repaint the walls but now she’s asking for a couple of potted palm trees to accompany the extension.
Of course, when I paint for one of the kiddos, I have to paint for them both. So after my mural extension, the little own asked for her own mural.
Will it ever end?
Read MoreOcean Critters – Up Close and Personal
My daughter Juniper believs she’s a surfie chick. She’s had me redecorate her room with a beach theme. I’ve even had to add to her wall mural so that it looks more ‘beachy’. I decided to do a series of macro shots on some of her ocean critter collection. Here’s a brief slideshow of what I’ve photographed so far.
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