Bondi Funday

Our social calendar is fast filling up. The next 4 weekends are booked for parties so we decided to go out yesterday as a family and we chose to go to Bondi Beach this time.

After church (Liam didn't have any Soccer lessons anymore scheduled for that day), we headed off to the beach. I was excited and happy that finally hubby agreed to check out the place. We always end up postponing the trip because of three reasons:

Reason 1: We just go there when we have visitors from Manila.
Argument: Well, we had his parents last year, but we didn't go there.
So I will not accept that excuse anymore!

Reason 2: (During Spring or Fall) It's too cold.
Reason 3: (During Summer) It's too hot.

Well, I told him these reasons were gasgas na! I told him yesterday was a good day since we're having Summery weather, it's warm, but it's not too hot as compared if it's really summer, and it's not too cold either. Ha! Guess my convincing power is still effective hehehe :D

After staying here in Sydney for almost 3 years, it was our first time to visit one of Australia's famous beaches. We just commuted, taking advantage of the Family Funday Pass every Sundays. We didn't have a hard time commuting since the trains and buses were all pram friendly :D


We made the right decision, because when we got there, it was beautiful :D I liked it better than Manly Beach :D


We had a quick lunch at McDonalds and decided to explore the place after lunch.

First thing that I noticed was the cleanliness of the place. Even if there were a LOT of people that day, there was not much litter. The place smelled good. The cool sea breeze was a welcome change :D Hindi siya amoy malansa. Not too many birds that tend to disrupt your relaxation. There were many toilets and were baby friendly as well. The toilets were clean. There was filtered water fountains available. There were many food shops to choose from. I won't miss saying this: the sand is white! Just beautiful! It reminded me of the white sands of Panglao Island in Bohol.




Oh, I forgot to mention, there was a park as well and the park had a playground for kids.




Although Kuya Liam decided to pass this time from playing, as he was so eager to go back to the shops and have our dessert already, he still agreed to smile for this photo.

I still wanted to go and explore the place and play in the sand with Liam (Sam was having her afternoon nap already), but my Kuya was not in the mood.

The only thing that made him change his grumpy mood was when we finally went to an ice cream bar!

He had chocolate ice cream and I had Macademia and Caramel Ice Cream.



Here is Liam, all smiles now and ready to eat his ice cream!



Here are some more pictures of the place:








Here are some photos of the pram friendly buses we rode :D





Oh, before I forget, I was able to confirm what other people say about the place: some women do go topless when they do sun bathing ;p Sorry, but no pictures for that hehe

I will make sure the next time we go back, I'll take a dip and enjoy the place to the fullest. Overall, it was a relaxing day for us. It was indeed a family funday Sunday :D

Wonderful Weekend :)

After spending a very tiring and emotional week for me, I'm glad to have spent a beautiful weekend with hubby and kids :)

I'm just fortunate that Friday evening, after coming from work, hubby asked how I was and I was able to pour out and share everything that has been bothering me (my last post Toxic Thursday). To top of it all, he asked, "How can I help?" and then I told him everything that I need to probably re-charge myself :) Lucky me! I think it helped a lot because it set the mood for the weekend :) I'm not as grumpy as last week :)

It was a busy weekend as usual but it was lighter and happier for me :) Liam had his swimming lessons, the last session for this term. We were able to find a place to stay for our holidays this Easter.Yay, we're off to Port Macquarie! :)Now, with the help of a dear friend, we're looking for things to do on our 2 night-3 day stay in Port Macquarie! It's a big place and I know that this duration is enough and we will definitely be back :)

After closing our booking for our Port M holidays we were off to Sydney Family Show in EQ Moore Park at the City. It was a beautiful day to go to the city. It was not very cold, nor very hot :) Liam enjoyed the rides with me and his Papa and eating ice cream. I tried the ferris wheel and boy oh boy, I was mad dizzy after! The things you do for your children! hehehe






We ended our happy Saturday with a yummy dinner with Ochok and Vera at their home. Hubby's frat brod and Sam's godparent :

Our Sunday started by going to Church as a family then a relaxing Sunday afternoon followed. We just went out to go to the CLP and do some grocery at Woolies. Our weekend ended well and happy. I am re-charged! Now, to start another tiring week ;) (School holidays are supposed to be relaxing but for parents? it's definitely not! LOL)