Family Day

Sunday 27th March 2011

Yesterday my youngest daughter came up to me and said "we're always so busy doing stuff and we never have time for a family day".  What a reality check!  I hadn't even realised that life had gotten so busy with work, house selling and other stuff that we had been neglecting the most important thing!

We took our daughters advice and put our family first for once and had a family day.  It's so sad how easy this can slip by us and how we take them for granted.  After today I can't see why we do it!  We had an awesome day!

This morning started off with pancakes for the girls.  I don't mind making pancakes because I don't like them much so I don't eat them (less calories for me which is a bonus!) and the girls loooooove them so to start the day with a treat for them is perfect.  Then it was off to the markets to pick up some fresh fruit and veg for the week.  It is sooooo much cheaper and the quality is the best.  Especially their bananas which are only $2.50 a kilo and they're so meaty and delicious (I'm not sure if meaty is the right word for them but I don't know how else to explain it!)  The girls love helping us pick out their favourite pieces of fruit and veg (if it was up to them we would've had a trolley full of double and triple bananas but we had to draw the line somewhere!)

After our trip to the markets we packed up our fishing gear and headed down to the bridge to cast a line off over the edge.  Everyone caught themselves a guppy sized fish except for me!  I will put that down to my awesome baiting abilities!!  I stupidly once said that I was a master baiter and my hubby hasn't let me live that one down!  lol

Since we didn't catch anything worth catching we were off to the fish shop to get some lovely fresh seafood and pretend it was our catch and headed home for a nice relaxing arvo topped off by an evening walk.

I can't believe how much better I feel (emotionally, mentally and physically) by taking some much needed time out for family day!  When things seem to get you down I can definitely recommend a family day to boost your spirits back up!!