Had a super weekend up in the big city. Arrived Friday afternoon to our luscious Hotel in Manly took a walk along the beach and found somewhere for dinner. Everywhere we went people stared at us, and sure, we weren’t as fabulously dressed as the Sydney set, but we did have more children and that is always something to look at! The kids were so good. It is hard to sit still and be good all the time, but they did amazingly well.
On Saturday, we drove to Taronga Zoo. It is in Mosman and so we took a scenic drive through the suburbs hoping to spot a celebrity. Justin told me to ask a old bloke if he was famous as we drove past him, and what do you know it was Sir William Deane (ex Gov Gen of Australia) so that was very exciting. The Zoo was brilliant. Totally awesome and the animals were fantastic. Jess was not well, so she slept and was groggy for most of the day and thankfully we took the twin pram so that was OK. Amy was loving the birds and was quite agog at the atmosphere. The girls favourite thing was the cable car ride that went from the top to the bottom of the zoo over the heads of everything. They went on it 3 times.
^ The giraffes were my favourite thing. They are totally amazing and here we are in front of them.
^ My other fav – the elephants. They may not be running loose in Sth Africa Rach, but they are just gorgeous!
^ Holly and Meg atop the statues.
^ Holly sitting with the Gorillas. I know that Mother looks like me! I’ve been breast feeding for a long time now, OK!
^Justin and Amy enjoying the Bird Show
On Sunday we had brekky in a cafe by the beach and then went on to Curl Curl beach for Zoe’s first birthday party. I made Zoe a blanket with a “z” on it and boy did we need it. It was so cold, but we had a great time and the girls loved seeing Zo-Zo and Uncle Jimmy. After that we raced off to catch the Ferry to Circular Key (which we missed by 30secs and had to wait half an hour for the next one) to meet James, Rowena and Oscar. We found them and went for a stroll to the Opera House (Ophrah wasn’t home) and the kids had a great run around while we sat and were amazed at the gorgeous view. Later on we headed back to the ferry, only to miss it again by 30secs!
^ This is Ro and Oscar with Amy and I. Oscar is about 10 weeks younger than Amy and she kept swatting him. Not a good way to get the cute boys attention Amy!!
^ Meg on the Ferry. It was FREEZING!
Amy was a shocker every night, suffice to say that I was glad to get home and put her in her cot that is way at the end of the house where I can’t hear. We all slept well last night!!
So our weekend was just perfect. The people are so trendy and suave and everyone was helpful and polite. Good on you Sydney!
^The girls and I on Manly Beach.