Paul had the itinerary planned perfectly, managing to spend some quality time with all of his siblings and their families, allowing cross-world cousins to get a little Crazy together!!!
James is totally and utterly besotted with his cousins, and they sure earned their rest after being chased around our house for 3 days!!!
They arrived Friday afternoon after spending some time in Melbourne and on the farm during their first week.
Saturday morning we packed up, rugged up, and headed off to Beechworth, about 30 minutes drive away...
It was sooooo cold, and the girls rugged up in their ski jackets and braved the elements to see the old sites including the gaol cell that Ned Kelly was held in after he was arrested before being sent to Melbourne.
(I feel the need to point out that I had my knee length woolen cardi folded up double and zipped into my ski jacket in this pic - I look a bit Michelin but it's not all me!!!)
After a quick spin around the historical parts and a trip up to the Beechworth Honey shop where you can see a working bee hive in action, we stopped for an early lunch at the famous Beechworth Bakery. Yummmmmm!!!!!
Lucy, however, couldn't figure out what was wrong with this straw when trying to eat her pureed pumpkin...
Oh, right, it's a spoon... Messy, messy, messy...
Cuddles with Uncle Paul while Matt was off attending to a 2 year old dirty nappy... :)
After lunch was the obligatory trip to the Beechworth Lolly Shop! Yum again!
With our arms laden with lollies (or candy as the girls would say) and our pockets definitely lighter ;) I set off home with the little kids for sleep times while Matt, Paul and the girls stopped at Woolshed Falls for some bushwalking and nature exploring...
A rare family snap - not the best, but proof we all dwell in the same house!
A Tinkler cousin group shot!
And then, that afternoon, Matt & James took Reilly, Chloe and Paul for an explore of our street and the bush up the back of our house. Pretty spectacular scenery to live amongst if I do say so myself...
Chloe and I had some downtime while 2 little kids slept on Sunday at lunchtime. Matt, Paul and Reilly went for a drive to the weir...
And then we played the rest of the day out at Scrambles where the kids played and the big kids joined in!!!
2 comments:
Fun stuff - they are cute girls, cool to have cousins from afar!! Loved seeing some more photos of you guys too...and the neighbourhood shot is pretty spekky!!
Hi Jane, this is fantastic as always. Thanks for your great hospitality and a great few days in Wodonga and surrounds. Reilly, Chloe and I had a great time and it was wonderful to meet Lucy for the first time and play with James and little Matty ;-)
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