Mandurah Break with Grammie and Papa

The start of January was a crazy time, we had a new born baby, we had a house to pack up, clean up and move out of and we had to organise things for our impending move to Karratha. Clinton took some time off work to help with the baby and get the house organised. He worked so hard and was a huge help to me! Thankfully we had amazing family and friends helping us with the kids so we could get everything ready for the move. My Mum and Lisa took the kids several times and Clinton's parents also looked after the kids a lot. I don't know how we could have done it without them.

After the removalists came we went to Mandurah for a week with Clinton's parents. Clint was still going back and forth to our old house for most of that week...busily fixing things and cleaning up before hand over. Mandurah was a beautiful, relaxing break after some very hectic weeks! Clint's parents really made it a holiday for us. We went out on several dates and they looked after and played with the kids the whole time we were there. Mum got up early every morning and would tell us to go back to bed and get some more sleep while she got the kids breakfast, played with them and held the baby. This was AMAZING! We got so much extra sleep and had such a relaxing time. It was just what we needed before we moved to Karratha.

Grammie and Alissa Cuddles...

 

 

Harry loved all the one on one time he got with Papa Snow. Papa would walk with Harrison to the beach and build sandcastles and jump with him in the waves. Harry is still a little wary of swimming in the ocean, especially when there are big, crashy waves - so Papa helped to build his confidence by helping him to enter the water little by little. They flew kites together, built wooden planes and even went on some bike rides. Harrison loved every minute of it! Grammie also read Harrison stories, watched him build lego (Harry loves it when someone "watches" but doesn't help), gave him cuddles and the list goes on!! Sienna was also spoilt with plenty of attention, cuddles and fun!

We bought the 'slip and slide' for the kids to use in the backyard - they loved it! On the Australia Day public holiday my parents, Jarom and Mon and Lisa and Mark came to Mandurah for the day. Sienna loved having her cousins Madison and Charlie there!