Smiley Saturday - A Family Fun Day
Yes, Smiley Saturday is now BACK from it’s brief 2-week holiday and ready to see lots of smiles and laughter throughout 2009!!!!
My Smiley Saturday post this week is all about yesterday. After a whole 3 and a half days home from the beach, we decided to take our kids out for the day yesterday. Actually, it was something we’d planned a while back. I needed to do a bit of back to school shopping and pick up some bits and pieces in preparation for our “big trip”. So, we planned to take a day away to a regional centre with a small amount of shopping and a fun school holiday activity.
The original plan was to take the kids to the movies. It’s not something we do very often (which isn’t surprising given how expensive it is) so we thought it would be a nice treat. At the last minute, we gave them a choice of a movie or the Leisure Centre and they ended up choosing the Leisure Centre.
I was really pleased with this choice as swimming is healthier for them and they don’t get a lot of opportunities to do it. Plus, they can do with the practice.
The Leisure Centre has a slide which is open each afternoon during the School Holidays - this is the major attraction for our children with wanting to go there.
When we’d finished at the Leisure Centre, we took a drive to visit Farmboy’s brother and his wife who’ve recently moved down there (they were farming up until December). We had a look at the luxurious home they’re renting (for an awesome price of course) with beautiful sea views. It’s so lovely.
Then off to Farmboy’s sister’s place to have tea with their family and exchange Christmas Gifts (their little boy was sick when we had our family get together so they didn’t make it). Christmas is now officially over for us.
All in all, it was a lovely family day (both immediate and extended) and we arrived home rather late last night (hence my slow start this morning).
I hope you all can find something to smile about on this Smiley Saturday. 
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It sounds like you had a brilliant time. The movies are a very expensive family outing here too. It seems that the weather has finally approved. My daughter was out visiting relatives and friends in Nov / Dec with hardly a speck of summer to be seen.
Best wishes
Hello Lightening
Simple fun days are always the best and better still when the revolve around children having fun
I’m enjoying my Saturday waiting for Dh to return from interstate
Take care
Cathy
I first had to check where you are living, because you talked about beach and holidays, and we are freezing here in Belgium. I wished I could go to a leisure parc now, here they are all closed of course !
Great that the kids chose the leisure centre over the movie. So much more fun.
Had a bit to smile about myself today, great weather, a goldfish bowl to watch, with a fish in it of course, we’re not supposed to have pets so don’t tell the landlord, it’s only ONE fish…..
Noice.