First stop, our favorite, Putt Putt Golf. Koa's request of course! We love that we can live in a big city but still have our little local places where the owner recognizes us and asks us how we are and comments on our kids :) And we get lollies on the way out which is what are sticking out of the boys' mouths.
Then on our way to Toukley, a small town on the Central Coast about 70 miles from Sydney. Most of the drive is through the national park so when we stopped at the rest stop to feed Tasi, Koa threw some rocks in the water, ran and touched trees, and took some beautiful photos:
This last one is me feeding Tasi in our GoGet car!
We arrived at our hotel at dinnertime so Don went inside to check us in while I waited in the car with the kids. I gathered that there was an 80s themed 21st birthday happening at the hotel after I watched young people dressed in what people born in 1988 or later would think to wear to an 80s party . . . florescent lycra! I kid you not Don ran into the door on his way out because he was looking at something other than where he was walking - too too funny :)
After dinner we finally made it to our room, which unfortunately was located just above this party (not playing 80s music). We switched rooms to one floor up and tried to make the best of it. Me trying to get the kids to bed:
By 10pm both kids were still not asleep and we were getting cranky. I knew we were in trouble when Tasi, who can fall asleep almost anywhere, could not get to sleep. I went downstairs again, this time to check out, but the manager found us a room at the other end of the hotel facing the road - don't know why they didn't tell us this earlier - but anyway, we moved. It only had a double bed so Don slept on the floor, but at least it was quiet.
In the morning we found a gift voucher under our door so ate a huge brekkie outside looking at the water.
We had several options for the day, but Koa really wanted to go swimming. I told him how cold the water but he has been begging me for weeks to take him to the pool. He stripped off his clothes and after feeling the water he decided to 'paint' with his feet and make footprints around the pool. We could have spent lots of money for fun, but instead we had a giggly boy having the time of his life, ah to be 3 again!!
Despite Koa's efforts to keep us on our holiday 'forever' we were back in the car. The boy who was 'not tired at all' asked me for my sunglasses, and 2 minutes later . . .
When asked later how his nap was he replied, 'I didn't sleep I was just resting with your glasses on.'
We stopped for lunch at the Berowra ferry dock where there was a small restaurant and several hiking trails. Koa collected rocks along the way to throw into the water.
There was a little tripping incident in which Koa cut his hand (but protected the rocks!) so we decided to finish our adventure and head home.
2 comments:
Of such memories are made.
What a fun random experience! But I can't help but crack up most at your brilliant child, resting with your glasses on. And protecting the rock?! That kid's going to have me laughing the rest of my life I think.
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