A great afternoon

Today was pretty miserable- overcast, dark and with the constant threat of rain. However, after lunch we decided to head down to the beach because T was desperate to try out her new boogie board.

We went to North Burleigh beach and it was very, very windy! Jimmy and I played in the sand whilst T and her dad tried to fly the kite. It took a while to get it up, but boy, once it was up it stayed up!

After about 20 minutes of kite-flying, we headed over to the flagged area so T could go boarding. Jimmy and I had a great time collecting small, dark stones in his bucket before he decided he wanted to go into the water. Swimming gear donned, he joined his dad and big sister and had an absolute ball, laughing hysterically the entire time until about 20 minutes later when he got knocked over by a wave, then dumped by another one before he had time to get up. He had a bit of a cry but some cuddles soon dried the tears.After about an hour on the beach, we decided to head off the sand and up to the park. The kids had a play with their dad whilst he berated a selfish smoker who was standing 2 meters from a bin but still felt the need to throw his stinky butt on the ground. Grrrr. Then T climbed a 'doodle tree' and Jimmy stared into the branches, absolutely enchanted (by his sister being in the tree, not the 'doodles' growing off it!).
We then drove down the road a piece to Burleigh town and all got icecream. I actually let Jimmy have his very own! He got a single scoop of mango sorbet in a cup and he loved it. After we finished our icecreams we walked across the road to the beach and looked at the scenery while T played on the playground, then headed home.

It was such a simple way to spend the afternoon, but so nice and so much fun. We tend to fall into the habit of staying home all the time- DH will either do his modelling, go on his computer or do stuff in the garage or in the yard, and Tiff and I will just faff around, so it was really good to do some 'family' stuff together. I told DH I really want us to make a conscientious effort to make every Sunday a family day (today isn't Sunday, but meh!). Otherwise, before we know it, all the kids will be grown up and we'll regret not taking time to live life.