A day out with Heather in Sydney

Brendan and Ella give Heather smooches!!
Sitting in the clover on the lawn outside the gallery.

Today was on of those magical Sydney summer days which started with swimming at the beach, meeting up with fellow beach rat friends, both olds and new, at Chinamans and general lazing in the sun by the adults and leaping around in the water and off the rocks by the kids.

After lunch we went to the National Gallery to see the Monet exhibition which was wonderful, a real treat to see such treasures. Then we had a lovely walk through the botanical gardens in the afternoon sun, tripping our way through the many many weddings that were also enjoying a wonderful sunny afternoon.

We ended the day with dinner at Jimmy Liks. Ella was terribly excited to be in a "very fancy" grown up restaurant and was very well behaved. It was amazing to be able to order off a single menu in a non-family restaurant and we look forward to doing much more family exploring like this.

We can't believe its almost time for Heather to go back already, its been so wonderful having her here and such fun.