August

Swimming lessons. Finally we have had no ear or throat infections for a while so last term Jasper did swimming lessons after a break of nearly two years, and this term Sequoia was old enough to do proper lessons (rather than mother and baby games in the pool). Jasper has done really well going from three bubbles on his back down now to one. And with a little more practice he may be swimming freely without support! Sequoia is loviong swimming and on Thursdays at 8.30 in the morning she races to the car in her little outfit ready to go. If she could swim all day she would!! She is going to love the pool days up at the council swim centre this summer! They do their classes together and Jasper is such a lovely big brother helping his sister and reminding her of what the teacher says - especially as she finds it really hard to hear in the pool.





It has been a strange winter. We have had crazy weather with days of summer temperatures which then plunge back to winter so we can have a week where there will be temps of 30 degrees celcius followed by days of 6 degrees Celsius (86 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit) Quite scary, and they are predicting a high fire danger this summer. But on these lovely days we have had some beautiful walks. Here is a pick of jasper and Zoran in a cafe eating icecream mid-winter after we walked to Manly and back a beautiful walk along the shore of sydney harbour through bushland and past little beaches.



Here is Sequoia enjoying life up front in the window seats, you can see Jasper and Zoran behind her...




This month we went to see the dinasaur exhibit at the natural history museum. They had a fantastic activity running where the kids learnt all about how fossils are made and how dinosaurs are found and then they were able to dress up in dinosaur hunting outfits and go measuring all of the dinosaurs...

Waiting for the train into town (about a 50 minute train ride).

Watching the educator giving her talk.

Watching the little movie about dinosaurs and hot mud and how bones may be left.

Jasper looking for an allosaurus (I think???)
Jasper and Sequoia working together to measure the length of the leg.

Sequoia measuring a beautiful feathered dinosaur.

And before leaving the museum a quick ride on a stuffed dingo...



Exhausted after a full day!



But full of beans for princess play with the crown she made herself this next morning.

And as a special treat Jasper and I had afternoon tea, just the two of us, after preschool.


Tx