Playing Safely

Just for something completely different today we decided to go exploring in at Docklands. There was a Community Safety Day there and we got to see so many different emergency services in action. Not only did we see police, fire and ambulance services but we also saw Customs in action and played with the puppies as well as Neighbourhood Watch and State Emergency Services.

I wonder if I could keep a Customs puppy?

There was so much to see and do there; checking out all of the different vehicles, collecting heaps and heaps of showbags and giveaways and of course there is face painting.

I loved Marty's race bike best

Milla liked the police motorbike.

As with every festival and community event the lines to wait for the face painting was forever long. Instead of wasting all our time in line for pretty face paint we decided to go for some body paint instead.

What do you think of the artwork?

Luckily we play safe and try really hard not to get hurt.

Love AJ Pickle

Another Festival

We have been so busy lately, there are so many different places to go and interesting things to do.

This afternoon we went to the Moonee Valley Festival in Queen's Park in Moonee Ponds.  It was great fun and there was heaps to do.  There were different bands playing on stage, people dancing, heaps of rides and different entertainers everywhere you looked, as well as the park to play in.  There were two really really great parts of the day...

meeting Angus Monfries

and rock climbing.

I had a great time at the festival this weekend.  I wonder what festival I will go to next?

Love AJ Pickle

Osaka

Today has been a busy day.  When I got back from the fun day at Windy Hill, I changed my clothes ready to go to the Osaka festival.  I know that my Bombers clothes are really cool, but they aren't very Japanese, so I put on my happi coat and Milli put on her yukata.

As usual, the festival was heaps of fun.  We played Junken (that is the Japanese version of Rock, Scissors, Paper), danced around, watched fighting displays and of course had a picnic and climbed trees.  

Everyone thought Milli and I looked pretty darn cute.  I got to go up on stage to show everyone just how cool I am in my happi coat during the boys yukata competition.  I didn't win first prize, but that is OK, I already had the movie that the winner won (Totoro).  I did win a new pair of chopsticks, hopefully one day I will work out how to use them properly!

I had such a great time at the festival today.  I think that one day I would like to go to Japan to see what it is really like.  If it is even a little bit as good as the Osaka festival it will be great.

Love AJ Pickle

A Real Long Weekend

Today was a day that was much more suitable for a long weekend - we went to a festival. It is Moomba weekend, so we went in to the city.

First stop was the face painting tent where we found Ella and Taylah. I had the best face painter in the world. She thought that I already looked like a fairy princess, so she decided to paint my face in case I needed to go to a fairy princess ball.

Next it was off to the sports area for some exercise. There was lots of sports to try - soccer, handball, rugby, hockey and running through an obstacle course. I didn't want to play soccer, but I was happy to do a cheering soccer dance whenever AJ kicked a goal.

I even had time to have a bounce on the huge trampoline before lunch.

We had a picnic lunch on the lawn (or dirt as there isn't too much grass left) and then decided to watch the end of the Birdman Rally and the waterskiing. There were crazy people jumping of the platform, pretending they could fly. The people skiing came closer to flying than the birdmen, but it was still fun to watch!

I was starting to get tired, but I wanted to see what was happening on the other side of the river so we kept exploring.

We found the side show alley and without too much begging, mum and dad let us have a go at some of the games. AJ used a crossbow to win a snake and I caught a fish to win a beautiful rose.

All that energy we used to win our prizes meant we needed to sit and rest, and to eat an icecream too. I took too long to eat my icecream, so AJ and dad went to play at Birrarung Marr.

On our way to find the boys, mum and I stopped to watch some people from the Torres Strait Islands singing and dancing. Before we knew it, we were up on stage dancing too. We must have been gone for ages because when we finished dancing, AJ had already finished playing and was in the audience watching us!

I decided that it was time for me to play at Birrarung Marr, but first I had to stop at Art Play. There was an amazing artist doing traditional Aboriginal painitings, as well as displays for a street chalk exhibition. Naturally I wanted to do some chalk drawings.

Finally we made it to Birrarung Marr park for a very little play. By now we had been wandering around the Moomba festivities for more than 5 hours! We were pooped and still had to walk all the way back to Flinders Street Station to catch a train home.


Today was a really big day, but the sort of day that everyone should have for a long weekend.
Love an exhausted Princess George