mini holiday

We had a night in Hobart a week or two ago.  The boys were super-excited because it involved the newest member of our family...Sadie the Citroen!  She's a very sweet, pale golden little car and I think we're going to get on quite well together.  But I'll do a post about Sadie another day because that's a whole 'nother story.

It was a funny sort of mini-holiday.  We got a (very expensive) parking ticket and nobody slept very well and we all got rather cross with each other, but looking back all we can remember are the good bits!  Which is just how it should be.

We spent our first day, while daddy worked, exploring all the bookshops in the city.  Our absolute favourite is the Red Cross bookshop (I think it's in Melville Street?) which is always looked after by sweet little old ladies who adore the boys.  Later I'll add a pic of the lovely vintage books we picked up there.  Before coming home the next day, I went to a beautiful fabric shop in New Town - The Quilted Crow - which lives in an amazing old church.  Such a breath-taking home for some lovely fabrics!

The sun was still shining, so we went and had fish and chips on the beach at Sandy Bay to enjoy the glorious weather.  After we'd eaten we played on the beach for an hour or so, until the sun suddenly slid behind a cloud and it started to drizzle with rain.



 There were lots of people kayaking, also enjoying the fabulous morning...


 ...but the boys were more interested in the sand and the sea to notice much going on around them!




 And that's the way it should be too!