Chermside Swim

 Evie goes to swimming lessons on a Wednesday so we were there at 8:15am.  There were six of them being tossed, turned and mostly dunked but all for a good cause, as this lot will not drown.  This session gets her quite tired not to mention the grand parents even though Rick was in the water.  The pool is a good setup outdoors as well with large kids area, slides and the main pool. We have now retreated while Evie sleeps it off as the potential new Nanny is coming for an interview so we should not be a distraction.

                                                 We bought a tutu yesterday very pretty.

Evie goes to the races

It was a rainy day so we headed to Chermside shops which had a large indoor playground. This was a well made place and every parent in Brisbane was there. Well mostly.  They had an overhead projector aiming games onto the floor that kept the kids on the move.  We also went out for lunch at the local Rugger Club. It was hard to find a carpark. It was 1:30pm and when we got inside we were surrounded by fascinators, Derr, Melbourne Cup day. There was a table free so we watched the cup activity, although Evie spent a lot of time in the playroom.

Gurus Cafe

 They are big into Halloween here although last night there was not  a sign of anyone arbout but the rain was around and still is today.  At the Gurus yesterday I was served the biggest cappucino I have ever seen. It came in a soup bowl and required two hands to get set down properly.  The waitress was a cross between Spock and Dracula and Evie wasn't sure what to make of it.  We got her back to our pool and this time and with a few water toys she got right into it.  

Swimming Practice

 I have been doing a daily swim session at 7:00am in a rather small pool however no one else is there so it works ok. The new watch has a swimming function but is trying to tell me the pool is 25 metres long yet I can get just four strokes from one end to the other.  Yesterday we finished off with some water play and a session in the playground. Evie is getting better at her climbing skills. Towards tea time we had the rather ill timed dog incident whereby a lost dog followed Rick back here so he ended up taking it to the vet where the secret chip was read to locate the owner.  Rick thought it was at least a $5000 dog.  

toy bath

I have heard kookaburras from the back yard here

Simpsons Falls

Evie has a busy schedule this morning  so we are free to try an outing. We have been frequenting the Mt Cootha area and last time went to the Slaughter Falls.  This time we went one creek further across to the Simpsons Falls.  This is a shorter walk but similarly over engineered, particularly at the falls themselves.  The weather here has been total blue skies so far and no rain, so the falls were a bit of a trickle.  If you have to  build a bridge to cross the stream why put it at the very top and only a few metres above the lip of the water fall?  Also don't go when the Brisbane remote controlled car association is having their annual picnic.  Now that I have finished the complaints the walk was about 40 minutes and just the right length to start to get Debbie back into some exercise.  Running after a 20  month old was probably the real start.

over engineered

Evie climbs the rope

 They have a very handy playground just out side the back door here and complete with a huge shadecloth covering the whole thing.  We got Evie out there for a short session on the swings and slides however the Sun had angled its way onto the smaller slide making it hot. So Evie climbed the rope ladder for the big kids slide. She is getting on with things fast.  We are getting back to our room here about 7:30pm and could almost start the sleep right then. Half the trouble is our room is bright and white at 5:30am but it does have its own pool.

Evie knocks em down

 Today will be less structured for Evie without the daycare. With all the extras at home she has gotten a bit over energized at times. We have continued to do some shopping and cooking. I have been using the slightly larger pool here in the mornings.  You can only get in four good strokes before you traverse the 15 metres, however if you go long enough my watch says I covered a few hundred metres. I am out of practice with the swimming and these sessions require proper breathing technique as I am not using any mask.  

I have to clean out some palm tree debris daily.

There is always the knock down phase. What ever you build must be knocked down.