A dog called Pip and the Curse of the Green Head Ant

Isla and Evie have been enjoying the school holidays. We've been doing some scooting around where we live and also at a skate park with our friends. We met up with some people from Isla's school to try out a bike dirt track with Isla on her 'Islabike' and Evie on her balance bike. They both loved going up and down the bumps of the bike track. Isla got stung by a Green Head ant unfortunately which was very sore but she was ok after a little while. Next time, we'll wear our trainers to the bike park!

We went down to the playpark by the river to meet with some friends and have a paddle and play on a really hot day:

Evie licked the spoon after we made some chocolate brownies:

Playgroup on Thursday was in a different place. We drove to a big Queenslander style house on a farm by Lake MacDonald. After feeding Lucy the very smart and very cute piggy (she had to stay sitting for 5 seconds before she could have her food!), we spent ages making things with purple play dough. After some snacks (or morning tea as they call it out here), Evie made friends with a sleepy guinea pig called Rupert and Isla stroked Pip the dog.

After playgroup, we visited Noosa Botanic Gardens on the other side of Lake MacDonald. It was a wet afternoon, but the trees and birds were great to see. We went to the lily pond and fed the turtles with some cream crackers (or square crackers as they call them here). Then we went home and watched Finding Nemo.

Yesterday we did some baking. We made vanilla biscuits in the shape of whales, dolphins, flowers and trains. Andrew got stung by another Green Head ant whilst in our garden! We're all on full Green Head ant alert now and hoping not to have anymore stings for a while. 

Today was another hot day. We met up with someone else from Isla's class at the park and then went to splash in the sea with them. After lunch, we played in the pool on the new bodyboards. Isla swum for the first time in the pool herself and Evie enjoyed swimming with the help of our old mickey mouse rubber ring.