It's not often that we get to enjoy having our Hervey Bay cousins visit, but this year we got to see them and spend some time with them. We didn't tell the kids because we thought it would be fun to surprise them. Of course, our kids didn't perform and when Auntie Jen, Maddie, Aly and Ollie walked through the door they basically just said 'hi'. Oh well. They were still excited.
Aly wanted to bring Eliza an outfit so they could be matchy matchy. It was pretty cute to see.
I do love how Oscar hangs with the Leman's and it's like they're cousins. We headed to the park for a play together.
Alexander loved having a cousin to play with, as Daniel and Maddie hung out and Eliza and Aly hung out. I loved seeing Oli warm up to Alexander and enjoy playing with him.
Sleepovers were asked for and were enjoyed. Took a while to sleep but a lot of fun was had.
We headed to Australia Zoo for a fun outing. It was so cool seeing Maddie in her element - she loves animals so much and loved seeing the animals up close. She was so excited to see the Otters playing, but every animal she enjoyed seeing. She said 'This is the first zoo I've ever been to.' So glad that we could be a part of our animal loving niece's first zoo experience.
tigers...
and lions...
and zebras... (not quite how the saying goes)
Ollie wanted to walk around so wasn't keen to be in the carrier. He was much more interested in the ground than the animals.
First time I saw a shark in the aquarium section
Aly loved watching the frogs for a bit
Jen took the girls and Ollie home and we enjoyed lunch by the meerkats
The kids were super keen to go up in the ferris wheel. I decided because we hadn't paid for this visit as it was our annual passes we could go up. Nana J also kindly bought the kids ice creams to help cool them down.
Hi Nana J safely down on the ground
The kids were super keen to play some tennis, so we headed to the Westleigh tennis courts to play together. The kids had a blast, even though there wasn't much proper tennis played.
We had the extended family around for dinner which was so lovely to be all together.
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