The kids finished up their three day horse riding camp on Saturday. It was such hard work for them, but they absolutely loved it, so much so that they both wanted to go back this week! But I didn't indulge them. I can't believe both of them shovelled horse poo, cleaned out the stables, and then rode horses for the next 6 hours. Carmie did so well that in the dressage competition on the last day, she came first in her group. She's super proud of herself. I'm proud of them both too. Arley was the youngest one there, and he was exhausted by the end. Jeffrey and I took them out for ice cream at the end of their last day for a treat.
The weather got incredibly hot this week. Luckily the kids went to a pool party one day. It was Carmie's friend Delphi's 7th birthday. The kids had a blast, and got a good play in with all of their buddies. Another day I tried to take them to Mollymook beach, but it was so unbelievably crowded, I just couldn't bring myself to find a parking spot, so we went to the much less crowded Leisure Centre for a swim in the pool. It was a lovely day, not crowded at all, and the pool might be where we are spending the summer until the school kids go back to school.
On Wednesday I had a painting day, so Mum and Geoff looked after the kids. They took them to the sea pool at the harbour, and discovered just how much the kids love to swim. They are sometimes impossible to get out of the water, and even bribery doesn't work. Dida swam with them and was a trooper letting the kids jump off his shoulders. They are very excited to go back every Wednesday now :)
The heat still hasn't subsided, so we spent today at home playing Monopoly, and the kids played under the sprinkler. Afterwards Arley played with the hose by himself - watering the car, watering the trees, putting on goggles and spraying himself in the face, spraying me in the living room through the window... he had a blast. When Jeffrey got home from work, we went for a beach dinner, and the kids went for a swim. They just love the ocean. At one point it actually started to rain (thank goodness for the cool breezes too!), and we got the kids out of the ocean, told them it was raining, and before we could start walking to the car, they were both back in the ocean! Forget about poor wet Mum and Dad!
It seems like we have another hot one tomorrow, so I'm going to enjoy these night-time breezes.
Working hard at horse riding camp
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