Island castaways

It's school holidays. I have to admit that I kinda forget about school holidays and wasn't really prepared. Lil-lil was a bit distressed that we weren't actually going on holidays. The first few days haven't been that exciting. I've had a long list of 'have to-dos' so the girls have been forced to entertain themselves a bit, which isn't always a bad thing. There have been 2-hour long games of 'hospitals' and hours jumping on the trampoline and more hours of drawing. Oh and yesterday they kept preparing me "feasts" of lemons and grass as I attempted (in vain) to write. I ended up surrounded in bowls of their "cooking".

Today, I thought, I had to do something with them, something school holiday-like. So we jumped on our local ferry and went to Cockatoo Island. With the sun streaming down to counteract the chilly winds, the girls ran amok. There were wide open spaces to skip in, strange things to climb on, lots of water to throw rocks in, trees to make 'homes' under. Then we jumped on the ferry and headed home for a warm Milo to thaw out.

It was a great afternoon out, hopefully the girls will be tuckered out for the evening and my guilt at their lack of holiday fun has been eased.

Here are some shots from our day:

Spooky tunnels to dance ghost-like through.

Open spaces to run in.

Rocks to throw into the harbour.

Big weird, mechanical things to look at.

What are you doing these school holidays?