After quite a wait a fitting end to an entertaining family favourite

I have a confession to make... I am a terrible Librarian... I love my job, love serving the community and visitors from interstate and overseas and I think I'm fairly good at it... What I need to admit though is I've now seen all three films in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy and I have not read a single one of the multitude of books in our children's area at work. Me! Mister "The Book is ALWAYS better" is yet to read a single word from this series. From watching the third (and definitely final) film of this wonderful trilogy I am now keen to start from the beginning and work my way through.

On to the movie now... After the wonderment of the original and then the shock happening in the sequel I was completely put off from watching the TV series. It works out I didn't have to... I have a son who watched it all religiously and then wanted to debate with me whether or not certain weapons or dragon breeds or characters would appear in The Secret World. I felt ready when the Law family took our seats and the screen went dark, ready and a little excited. I was sooooooooooo not disappointed. What a brilliant film, a cleverly progressed storyline (I can only assume was partly concocted from the television and then seamlessly continued), lots and lots and lots of dragons and a REALLY cool villain...

I found the whole family were entertained throughout the entire running time of the film (great pace), a nice mix of drama and humour and the ending was so perfect it brought a tear to my eye. If you have not seen this or any of the other films in this franchise do yourself a favour… Watch them in order (and the TV series if you want) and enjoy the magic of Vikings and Dragons with your kids or if you can't then do it with your inner child at least. Enjoy! We sure did...

A day at the beach

There is nothing like a day out with family. It is especially special when the sun is shining and it is not very windy. Turning this weekend into an extra especially special one is a trip away to Sellicks Beach. We love this beach because the waves are not too big close to shore and generally the water is calm. We can also drive the car onto the sand making it easy to get everyone and everything right on the shore for beach time fun.

I fondly recall many a visit to Goolwa beach growing up. My Grandparents had a house they had built themselves only twenty meters from the start of the dunes, about half way along Dent street. Many an Easter, Christmas or anytime at all we would spend catch-ups with my Mum's side (the Boogs) where it would be me, my two brothers and our nine cousins hanging out. I'd try to ride the waves (when there were any) with the rest, more often than not getting dumped by the random cruelty of the ocean and a lack of coordination while many of my cousins far more agile than I would take their boogie boards from the thrashing surf safely into shore.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a number of boards in the shed of our weekend escape and eagerly packed them to take with us today. My thoughts of unlived grandeur were short-lived however as three boards and five kids does not leave much time for a dad/uncle to have a go. Instead I got to proudly watch the next generation of Law/Crook tackling the waves bravely and winning.

There truly is nothing like a spontaneous escape that just all falls perfectly in place. We may need to make this a regular occurrence... Hang Ten dudes!!!