A perfect Spring weekend

September has come to an end with a run of beautiful, sunny days here in Southern Australia... With a Public Holiday just around the corner it was a great opportunity for Casa de Law to have some family fun...

It all started with a touch of nostalgia as we put on a classic, Uncle Buck with John Candy for Friday Family Movie Night... Still the fun film I fondly recalled it to be although as an adult I got a lot more of the humour which went straight over my head all those years ago when I first watched Candy in action... All the kids and my wife and I laughed in all the right spots (usually a good sign)... I think it helped too that the Home Alone kid was also a star performer... Both of my daughters are massive Home Alone fans...

Yesterday we all climbed aboard our KIA (nicknamed The Death Star by friends) and whizzed off to the seaside town of Victor Harbor. Since our school holidays have just kicked in there were a few people out and about. We found a cool playground perfect for all of our kids (aged 8 to 39 years) with the biggest kid of all climbing to the top of the climbing frame to play catch with the other three. Probably not the safest thing I've ever tried... Soaking up the sun and breathing in the sea air made me thankful we did not just decide to hang around home... A wonderful start to this stretch of holidays for the kids. To finish off such an epic day we sat down together (minus Master 12) and watched the kids film The Little Vampire... I was surprisingly pleased with this fun film... We have scheduled it as one of our school holiday activities and am glad to know it will be a great film enjoyed by all ages... Master 12 bad luck, you missed a good one this time and all because it looked 'cringey'...

Today (Sunday) was another massive day, a fine way to finish off September... Firstly we jumped back into the Death Star and headed off to the little town of Wellington for their annual Strawberry Fete. Now we have wanted to attend this event in the past but have missed it every year. This time around though we made a special effort since there is a lot that has happened recently to make people cautious about buying and eating this delicious fruit. I'm glad we went and wolfed down a plate of yummy strawberries, cream and ice cream... Anything to help the farming families... The rest of the fate was not quite what I expected but the classic car display was interesting for me and the animals that you could feed and pat were awesome (especially the teeny, tiny, fluffy, little ducklings... These were the favouritest thing for my daughter Miss 8)... From the fete it was back into the KIA and jetting off back to Murray Bridge to the markets... Lots of sweet smelling things (like massage oils and candles) and yummy things to eat (like jam tarts, cheese cakes, pies, bacon and egg sandwiches... My stomach is growling just thinking of them)...

After this we were supposed to head off and see two wonderful friends who have asked me to be MC at their wedding... After such an exhausting morning though our afternoon trip was put off and I got to do mowing the lawn (weeds) instead (my favourite job ever... NOT)... Thankfully the mower needs a tune and it stopped and would not start again about halfway through the job... Sadly this only means I have to finish off tomorrow... Oh well... What are days off for...

Hope you are all enjoying your final few days of September too. Our October is looking jam packed... Bring on the family fun... Casa de Law is going to be a very busy place...

One for the fans... The Laws... Go to the Movies!

Teen Titans has got a movie and the funniest part of the whole thing is the movie is all about the Teen Titans trying to get their own movie... It is definitely one for the fans with all the usual wisecracks, jokes and silliness you would expect to find in a regular episode of this show.

The kids and I thought it was a good laugh while my poor wife took a cat nap or two during the hour and a half viewing. What I love is just how much this show does NOT take itself seriously on both the small screen and the big screen... This was most evident in the cameo appearance completely unexpected and done with humorous charm...

It was a great morning at our local cinema and a fun time with the family, a great start to a family fun Saturday. Team Law... GO!!!