New Year's Day

 We left Sydney this morning and drove home along the coast to check out the beaches.  We stopped at a beach near Wollongong to spend our first beach day of the new year.

 We stopped at Fitzroy Falls after the beach and then went on home.  

Happy New Year!

Firsts of the Year

 We took the kids to see not only their fist movie of the new year, but their first movie since we moved to Canberra.  I thought it was so cute.

 Our first dinner of 2013 was McDonald's (Maccas).  Believe me, it won't be our last. Not only is it the only place that is affordable for our entire family, but it is usually the only place open when we want to go eat, like on New Year's Day.

Happy New Year!

The first day of 2011 was beautiful--58 degrees. We had to go somewhere so we drove to Mt. Vernon, one of our favorite places.

The kids on the Potomac.

The Christmas season is the only time you can go to the third floor of George's house on the tour, so we went to check out the third floor. It looks like the rest of the house. In case you want to know what's behind the oval window in the front, it's more dishes.

The Christmas season is the only time when you can see a camel at Mt.Vernon. George Washington loved exotic animals and brought a camel to his home for his guests to enjoy during Christmas.

This man and woman were feeding the camel twigs and grass even though the sign specifically said DO NOT FEED THE CAMEL ANYTHING. They gave their twigs and grass to the boys so they could feed the camel too. For the record, we had nothing to do with this. This couple was in love with this camel, and it was kind of creepy how much they loved him.

The Christmas trees were beautiful, and we loved this gingerbread Mt. Vernon.