Around here - School Holidays

Around here we have had the first week of the school holidays and it was great to have a break from the routines of ironing uniforms and getting the kids off to school each day with school lunches.  We went on a BBQ, a day trip to Bribie, played cards and board games, got new chickens, went to the farmers markets, we have Billy the dog and Ziggy the bird having a stay-cation at our place while my friend and sister are away on holidays.  Here's a few pics from our week.

We went for a BBQ at Lake Samsonvale.

Having fun in the outdoors.

We do simple BBQ's sausages, onion, bread rolls and sauce.

Playing with the frisbee toy.

Sienna's new wall hanging she made with a bunch of plastic flowers, fishing line and a twig.

Saturday night board games.

Beautiful day at Bribie Island.

My teenager at Bribie.

My other teenager at Bribie.

Home made ice cream and home made waffles...delicious.

We went to the NASA exhibition at the Queensland Museum.  It's here for 6 months and Brisbane is the only place in Australia it is being held.

At the Discovery Centre at the Queensland Museum...a Bilby which is very appropriate it's Easter.  This exhibition of stuffed Australian animals is amazing and free to see.

Billy enjoying hanging with Sienna.

Looking forward to growing these Billy Button flowers.  You pop the seeds on the top of the surface as they need sunlight to grow.

My home grown tomatoes I took off the vine after a possum ate 2 of them so ripening them inside.

We got 3 new chickens on Sunday after having them for 8 years we had a year off after the last one died.  Meet Poppy [the black one] Ginger and Nemo.

I also made sure I had an enclosure for them as I was sick of having chicken poo all over my entertainment area and trying to keep them out of the veggie garden. This fence is 1.5 mtrs high so they have a nice area to free range during the day.