School's out for summer!

That's right, school finishes today for 9.5 weeks!!!!  9.5 weeks?!?  WOW!  That's a really long time...

No more big, yellow school bus for a while!

Once I realised how long the school holidays were we started planning lots of fun stuff.  Nifty and Pearl are still here so we'll try and fit in some sightseeing and maybe a little trip or two before they go.  We've got a big trip planned and hopefully we'll have some friends come to stay as well.  We've joined our local pool where we'll have daily swimming lessons and there are a lot of activities on a the library.  Action Boy will also go to a day camp for a week.  Maybe our pool will be open by the time summer is over... grr, grr, grr!

From the weather we've had over the last couple of days there's no denying the next couple of months will be hot and humid.  Yesterday was quite unbearable in the house.  Luckily the basement feels like it has an aircon and so we spent as much of the day as possible down there!  Fanta Pants keeps his beer in the cellar down there and the bottles were practically drinking temperature even though it felt like 40 degrees upstairs!

To escape the heat we took our taco dinner to the park across the road for a refreshing picnic.  The fresh breeze was just what we all needed!  Isn't it amazing that kids have the energy to run and play no matter how hot and sticky it is?  

xx