We took a day off from cleaning under the sofa and sewing labels into daycare outfits to go for a trip on the harbour on Aunty Niki and Uncle Dougie's boat. (Un)fortunately their usual vessel was not available, so we went out in some 39 ft thingie which had lots of cabins for Alice to nap/grizzle about napping in and a good size deck for us to relax, chat, sunbathe and read on while she slept. The reality involved me rocking her off to sleep in my arms and being fed olives and wine while everyone sat about whispering. My book went unopened, needless to say, although as the only non-driver/sailor, I did make some good headway into the white wine.
Still, it was a lovely day and despite some hairy moments under the harbour bridge where a bunch of hoons attempted to emulate wheel spinning their souped up utes while they were behind the wheel of large cruisers, we had a great time steaming along and then moored up at Taronga.
Alice had an early birthday present life jacket to try out and wore it with good grace.
The water is still a little too cold, so she didn't get to put her little suit to good use. However, it serves the primary purpose of covering her up against the sun and making her look cute, so we were pleased.
In the future, when Gordon Brown has locked up all bankers, Kevin Rudd is making the rest of us work a two day fortnight, I'm sure that Alice will look back on these photos and wish that she remembered the good times. I'm sure her Aunty Niki will still be living the dream, so perhaps Alice will still have a chance for some snatches of the high life!! Here she is, taking the harbour bridge for granted.
Aaah, good times!
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