A social weekend

Much socialising happened over the weekend - we had friends up from Melbourne with their six-year old son to stay , which was lovely! Hadn't seen them for ages. They came up for a mutual friend's 50th birthday which brought together people we hadn't seen for literally decades. Such a blast - lots of staring at people who I didn't-quite-remember but we sorted it out in the end. It was at a small vineyard just on the edge of town and was a super blowy windy day ... but the food was great and the wine was flowing.

Not a great photo, but you get the idea. Lunch finished at 4 which gave enough time to make a salad before heading off at 5 for another friend's 50th birthday bbq! Lots of other people to chat to, and delicious food, before struggling fatly home again. Sunday morning I slept in but my husband and the visitors went to the markets for hot chocolate and croissants.



After they left for the airport we all sat very quietly ... or I did. The boys had babysat the six year old while we were at lunch so the K'nex and the trainset and the lego were all hauled out from the shed or under the bed. But the biggest hit? Nerf guns of course. The not-quite-so-grownup teenagers spent the rest of Sunday shooting foam bullets at each other.