Brrr...Winter School Holidays

The first week of school holidays saw Annwen, Ashley and Nathan arrive from Perth, quickly followed by Andy's departure for a work trip to Hobart. The Perth Candy's were staying with us for a week of real winter school holidays!!

On the first night, Annwen and I discussed potential plans (visiting snow was a top priority) taking into account my work schedule and holiday programs for our girls; Gareth and Kelly's commitments and preferences; prior experiences in Canberra as well as the weather forecast!

And so in drawing up a suggested timetable, we also we reminisced of Annwen's previous trips especially recounting the close injury calls of Ashley and Ella. Lets see - in 2012 it was a run in with the chicken coop (read about it here) and then in 2015 there was the rope ladder incident (see here). We joked about what it was going to be this time around!

Unfortunately I wasn't in a position to take the whole week off, so their first day, Tuesday, was spent catching up and relaxing with Gareth and his family.

It was around 3pm that I received a text while at work, that Nathan had cut his head and they were off to seek medical advice! Luckily, the cut although deep didn't need any stitches, just a little bit of glue and a couple of steri strips.

The accompanying story went something like this.. while at the Nut playground at the Arboretum, Nathan misjudge when entering the slide, banging his forehead on the top lip of the metal tunnel. Oh well at least we could all relax for the rest of the trip now the  Canberra cursed injury was over!!