Girls' Weekends

Picking up on a tradition my sister Sandie always had with my nieces, I got away for a girls weekend with Hannah and Abbey, each on a separate weekend.  In both cases, we drove up to the Central Coast for a weekend of fun in the sun on some of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen.  It was really fun to spend some alone time with both of them, and blissfully peaceful and quiet with no sisterly bickering to listen to :)

Hannah and I headed off first and found a super cute little hotel with a tropical pool that Hannah basically spent the entire weekend in.

"This is how Daddy sits in the hot tub."

After many hours at the pool and an entire cheese pizza to herself, Hannah braved the Tree Top Adventure Park again (sorry, no photos this time, but see previous post with photos and videos from our trip to the Sydney park).

The next day, we had a pancake breakfast on the beach and then wandered on the sand before heading back home.

After a fun Taylor Swift and Justin Beiber-filled roadtrip, Abbey and Baby Mae and I went paddle boating around a seaside lake before dinner overlooking the beach.

After dinner, Abbey was missing Daddy and sent him a video message.  Its a little hard to hear as the beach birds that keep us awake here in Balmoral are apparently terrorizing the Central Coast as well.

Abbey took advantage of the "anything you want" nature of the special weekend to eat nothing but bacon sandwiches the whole time (thankfully this is one of the most common Australian meals, available everywhere!).  After a salt and fat filled breakfast, we headed off for horseback riding.

Abbey was pretty tuckered out after all of our weekend activities, and assumed her usual position in the car on the way home.