A retreat. A fete. A (new) park.

I've not been doing many new crafty things with the boys of late. Since J started crawling, standing and now cruising at 8 months - the boys have started to play with each other and I've taken the opportunity to make our long awaited (parents) retreat in one half of the garage. Here is a pic of the wall above the couch, in progress. I'm doing a wall of our pics that don't work in the house.

I bought the blue bird cushion (above) from the Drummoyne Public School Fete. We had a fun quick one hour at the fete this year, as the kids were tired. D and O went to check out the rides, while J and I looked at the clothing hall where we bought some good gear. I also bought several handmade cards (the same stall was there last year) to use throughout the year - such great little cards they are too!

We also found Beaman Park recently. It's not a destination to seek out for the playground gear alone, but if you are around these parts and need a park stop then give it go. It's on the Cook's River.

Spring Diary

We saw beautiful flowers starting to peep out today on our walk to the park. Which got me to thinking of upcoming Spring things to pop in the diary.

The Drummoyne Public School Fete is on Sunday 26th August this year. We had a ball last time, so we'll be going again this year. The Festival of the Winds down at Bondi flying kites. We've not been before and are going this year - Sunday 9th September from 11am to 4pm.

School Fetes

I've not been to a school fete in years, today we went to the annual Drummoyne Public School Fete and had a ball!

This fete was quite an extravaganza, I am sure there must be a range of fetes - on the fete spectrum - from the more low key to the all singing all dancing affairs - this fete was the latter! We were greeted by jumping castles, whirling tea cup rides and the most ginormous slide - and that was before we were even inside the school gates.

It was lots of fun, I bought O some great second books and a few toys, Dad got to sample good fete BBQ food, and I also bought gorgeous handmade gift cards. However, it was the spirit (which I enjoyed the most) of the event, buoyant, happy, laughter filled - as kids raced around deciding whether to visit the ice- your-own-cupcake stall or have their arm set in plaster of Paris.

Keep your eyes peeled, read your local papers to find out when your local schools fete is on, and GO! It's fun and it's fund raising for a great cause.