Balmoral

The girls and I had a lovely afternoon at Balmoral Beach this afternoon.  It took a whole 10 minutes to get there and is just such a gorgeous spot.  There's a shady park, shade over some of the beach, a very handy ice-cream seller and we had a lovely time with my old work friend Louise and her little baby Jack.

We're going again on Sunday if this summer weather holds out.  There were a couple of weddings taking place too - one in the bandstand and one on Rocky Point.  Alice climbed off the buggy board twice to point at both brides, stare, smile and exclaim (breathlessly and loudly), "Look, Mummy, doesn't the pretty lady look so beautiful!".  So this afternoon, the nagging has moved on from, "Can we put up the Christmas tree", via a small respite in, "Can I take my birthday invitations to Seals on Monday?" to the unfathomable "Can we write my wedding invitations when we get home?"