Wonderful Winter Holidays!

Desperately in need of a good break after a hectic term of schooling, we are now smack- dab in the middle of the most relaxing holidays imaginable!  I love winter holidays - maybe it's because our warm home contrasts so much to the cold outside that I don't feel too lazy sitting around til 10am in my dressing gown (it is warm after all!!) Maybe it's because there is no places we needed to be - no ballet, no auskick, no home school Thursday get togethers -  I haven't even needed to go grocery shopping ( although today we ran out of weetbix so I'm thinking a trip to town may be in order....oh & I think the library books are due today.....).   Between foggy days & winter rains inside has been the best place to spend our time. I have my list of "wish to get done" jobs & that's been all the requirements on my time (well that & taking care of the kids/house/farm etc!).  So while I sit here still snuggled up warmly in my dressing gown (hey, it's only 9am!!!!!)   I'll post some pictures of a few things that have been going on here at Sunnyside over the last week.

Miss Ellie has increased her sewing skills - she's very proud of this patchwork pillow that she sewed herself - I even taught her to hand stitch up the edge after she'd stuffed it.  She did a lovely, neat job.  This is a great project for beginner sewers!

Zai is now able to bake a cake all by himself - here he'd asked his "buddy" Eli to help!  These boys had done a wonderful job on cleaning up the toy room - while my much slower "team" were still tackling the school room.

We did take one trip to the big city last Saturday with Daddy!  What a wonderful time we all had - I'll admit I was dragging my feet about going, but once there we had such a fun time together.  We went to a delicious Italian restaurant where we shared the yummiest pizza (almost as good as homemade Zai decreed!), bought a certain almost 8 year olds b'day present &  got more fish for our fish tank.  I was able to get some more school supplies & a few odds and ends I'd been wanting for a while.  

Whilst I was in Spotlight, Dave took the kids for a walk in the nearby park - I did catch up with them in time for a couple of photos!!

Dave thought it would be funny if Ellie had a chat across the billabong !

On one of the few fine days we've had, my "sports mad" son decreed that they needed to have a "Tour de Sunnyside" (yes, he's even into the Tour de France - sigh- I just don't get it - he certainly didn't get this interest from me).  

The kids had to ride down to the shearing shed & then back past the house & to the top paddock gate half way down the driveway and back (about 2km in all).

First time didn't go so well (a few bike issues) so they ran it again!

All in all a relaxing time for us all.  Now I'd better go & get today rolling...

Hope you're enjoying your holidays and managing to keep warm!

Have fun