Sick Kids.
What a week… Jay had month end, but thankfully everything went smooth so he didn’t have to work too late. Kirk and Sherry did lots of exploring on Monday and Tuesday. Sherry has been using her new Fitbit and has walked at least 10,000 steps (about 5 miles) every day. Impressive! On Wednesday we had to keep Lily home because the goop in her eyes reappeared. She was fine throughout the day, only had to wipe crusties away after her nap, so we sent her back to school on Thursday. Unfortunately Ty had some sort of random infection appear on his heel, and it kept getting worse so Jay took him to the doctor on Thursday morning. Ty decided he wanted to stay home with Memaw and Papa (much better chance of getting treats and movies during the day than if he was at school). The doctor didn’t seem too concerned – didn’t figure it was a poisonous bug bite since he hadn’t died yet, which was good news. She thought he must have had a little scratch or something that got infected. The world may never know. She gave him some antibiotics and sent him on his way. Thursday night we have him a spa treatment and soaked his feet in Epsom salts.

Daycare called on Thursday afternoon and said that Lily’s eyes were oozing again, so I had to go pick her up. We were able to get her in to see the doctor right away. Lily has a prescription of some eye cream, and we are supposed to massage her nose to try to flush out her nasal passages. Poor baby. She just can’t win. :(. So she got to be spoiled by Memaw and Papa on Friday.

Boat.
Saturday was perfect weather for a boat ride to Couran Cove. After swim lessons we loaded up the boat and headed out. I hadn’t seen it so busy – the place was packed. We ate lunch and then both kids decided to go for a swim. We had bought a nifty little life jacket for Lily at Costco and it was amazing. For the most part it kept her head above water. She loved it. If they didn’t have the sun cover out for repairs, I think she would have been happy to stay in the water for hours.

Surf.
We decided to hike over to the surf side of the island and catch the tram back. I love that beach – nothing else like it. They have been doing some work on the old surf club. They have put in new windows and doors, and it looks like they have been cleaning up the interior as well. They tore down the old lifeguard stand that had been destroyed in a storm years ago. This was the same one that was in Lily’s 1 year photos – glad we got the pictures when we did! It will be great if they can get the restaurant opened and working sometime this summer.

Ty found a jellyfish that had washed ashore. Being Father Nature, he rushed over and touched it before Jay could shout “NOOOOO!!!!!!” Thankfully he didn’t have any reactions, but he did get quite a lecture. Yikes.

Drive.
Sunday morning we loaded up the cars and headed down to the southern part of Tambourine mountain. We stopped at Hinze Dam first. It was an impressive structure, and it had a beautiful open air welcome center. The lake does not allow motor boats, so it was incredibly peaceful. The view was amazing.

Bridge.
We kept on cruising down the road until we arrived at Springbrook national park – home of the Natural Bridge. It was so beautiful! The hike wasn’t too bad, lots of steps, but not too exhausting. The Natural Bridge is a perfect little waterfall that has eaten away an opening into a cave for years and years. We could go down into the cave (ignoring the bats, and not being able to see the glow worms during the daylight) and watch the water fall down the hole. Really beautiful. On the hike back, Ty and I played a game – natural or man-made. He has a hard time with that concept…

Lunch.
We stopped at a little cafe near the Bridge for lunch. The lunch was OK, bit the ice cream was pretty delicious. The best part about the stop was looking across the road onto the most beautiful view in australia. Huge green pasture in the front, giant mountains in the back. And a life size dinosaur coming out of the trees. The place was picture perfect.

Shop.
We had to stop at a mall on our way home to pick up some things for the week because Monday was a holiday and everything was going to be closed. We got all we needed, went home, three together a random Costco bean soup mix, and started work on a 748 piece puzzle. Ty sat with me for quite a while and helped, even though the pieces are tiny.

Buggy.
Monday we got up early and had French toast before going on a lovely buggy ride. We showed Kirk and Sherry a few more areas to go around the community. Ty dipped his feet in the big pool. We saw a bunch of birds – including black swans. We went to the park with the playground for a bit. I had to use the toilet, which is generally clean for being a public, rarely used bathroom. I always check the rim for snakes – I have seen the horror stories. So I did my check, nothing there. I did my thing and when I flushed, I noticed something hanging onto the inside of the toilet lip, scrambling to stay in his place. I hollered at jay and he confirmed it was a frog. Even through it wasn’t dangerous, I called security anyway to have them come remove it. Gross. I suppose it could have lead to an emergency if Brooke had stumbled across it.

In any case, Lily looked really cute… She is now saying “cracker” but she says it whenever she wants to eat. Silly girl.,

When we got home, we decided to relax on Monday. I got some work done, we worked on the puzzle a bit more, kids napped, jay worked on the car. We had a lovely little weekend! Hope you all did the same. G’day mates!!