June 2015 - Frosty mornings

We have been having some amazing frosty mornings lately and I arrived at school to find the most beautiful icy crystals had formed on the windows near my classroom. Aren't they magical?!

June 2015 - Sheffield pictures continued.....

June 2015 - Cradle Mountain and Sheffield

Lionel was performing his first wedding ceremony this past weekend at Cradle Mountain no less so we decided to tag along for the ride. It was a stunning winters day and while it was still pretty fresh and chilly the sun was shinning so bright and cheery. It didn't take all that long to get out there and we had a fabulous close encounter with a couple of echidnas on the side of the road. One had stopped in the middle of the lane and so I headed over there to try and shoo it to the side of the road lest it be hit by a oncoming car. It finally moved out of the way and then tried to burrow itself into the side of the road.
After we dropped Lionel off to do his thing we found a peaceful spot by the side of the road to have some lunch. A lazy wallaby watched us while we were eating! It was so serene and quiet and still there.
Once we picked Daddy up we headed up to Cradle Mountain to have a little look. We ended up getting a 2 year parks pass instead of a day pass so hopefully we can spend some more time exploring our beautiful island.
Cradle Mountain was stunning as always and the view was crystal clear. Poor Lionel was still in his suit and not really dressed for the weather so we didn't stay too long. On our way back we encountered an enormous wombat on the side of the road. He was just happily munching on the grass and didn't really mind us getting in for a closer look.
On the way back down the mountain we stopped off to stretch our legs in Sheffield, a town famous for it's amazing murals.
It was a wonderful day all round and we're so glad we could enjoy it together.

Poor Daddy feeling the cold!

June 2015 - Cross Country

The school cross country had to be postponed a few times this year because of wet weather but finally they had a sunny day to hold it. The girls aren't especially keen on cross country and so were glad to get it over and done with! They enjoyed themselves running with their friends though and it turned out to be a lovely day.

June 2015 - Rainbow cupcakes

I forgot to add these before but they are the cupcakes we made for Mary's birthday play date with her friends. They were inspired by the primary song about baptism that begins "I like to look for rainbows..."
Mary wanted to use up the scraps afterwards and and made this cute little dog.

June 2015 - Monkey park continued...

Some artsy photos by Glen

Artsy photos by Mum!

Uncle Glen taking some artsy shots with the men chatting shop in the background.

Autumn selfie!

Some sloths in the tree

June 2015 - Monkey park and museum

While Grandpa was down for the weekend we left Grandma rugged up and resting to get over her cold and took Uncle Glen and Grandpa into Launceston for a look around. We headed to the Museum first and that was great fun checking out all the displays and funny looking animals and skeletons. After that we took a stroll through the City Park and visited the monkeys that live there. They were super active this time and we loved seeing all the little babies with their mothers.
It was a pretty chilly day but so fun to be enjoying it together.