Relaxed, refreshed, replenished

We're starting the new week feeling so much better - We ended up taking some time out and packed up the car and headed away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We headed out camping with my biological father, his little boy and my two. It's strange to think that I have a brother who is younger than my own children.

Anyway, we headed up to the Cotter camp ground and got set up. It is a great spot right on the river which I'll definitely be heading back to once the weather warms up so we can swim as well. In the middle of a Canberra winter though it was bloody freezing! I don't think I've ever felt as cold as I did during the night when I honestly thought I'd managed to get frostbite on one of my toes! It was great though and there is a 1.6km walk up to some caves which dad took the boys on. Of course I took loads of photos but these are the best of the little ones...

I almost felt like I was having a sliding doors moment - I was having this great holiday mucking around and running around with the kids having lots of laughs, tickles and spending some great time with them but those quiet moments when they have gone to bed or first thing in the morning when I'm awake before anyone else feels like a totally different break away from the world. The thing that I like the most about camping is the quiet. The silence is just so refreshing when you live in a townhouse in the middle of a city. The other thing is the night sky. Living in town when you look outside at night you can see the stars but there are so many competing sights - house lights, aeroplanes, etc etc. Camping? This is what you see....

Then you wake up in the morning, open the tent door and are faced with this - it's just so serene and relaxing.

We also called into the park on the way home and had a great play. I know that this has been a photo - heavy post but I'm indulging my own proud-mumma moment.