Mini Vacay - Day 5 - Mount Tambourine Markets

Yesterday morning we left Craig home and headed off to the Mount Tamborine Christmas markets.  It was a hot day, so we started off with a fruit ice cream before wandering around looking at all the stalls.  We brought lots of lovely goodies :)

Heading home we drove down the other side of the mountain for a look.

We stopped at Yatala pies to grab some lunch to take home - delicious!

The rest of the afternoon was spent in the air conditioning making cards and resting :)

Mini Vacay - Day 4 - Brisbane Adventures

We decided to spend the day exploring Brisbane yesterday.  After such a big day on Friday, Kristy  decided to stay home and rest and we caught the train in.

We stopped at the Anzac memorial.

Next stop was Queen Street mall to see the Christmas decorations!

We walked across Victoria Bridge to the other side of the river to visit the museum.

From the museum we walked down along the riverbank - looking at the BRISBANE sign, the Wheel of Brisbane, some gorgeous mosaics on the path, Nepalese temple and stopped for ice cream.

We caught the train home mid-afternoon to have a rest before heading out with some friends to have an early birthday dinner for Kristy.

Mini Vacay - Day 3 - IKEA & Carnival

Yesterday morning Kristy had an appointment, so we headed back to the shopping centre for Clay to have another play on the splash park while we waited.

From there we headed to Hyperdome to catch up with an old school friend, did some shopping in Daiso and then on to Clay's favourite shop and request - IKEA!  We had lunch and then shopped up a storm!  After that we popped into an op shop on the way home (will do a Thrifty Thursday post). 

After our shopping - we headed home for a rest before going out for a surprise adventure for Clay.....a carnival / show!  It was his first show and he was just so excited when he realised what we were doing! He was ecstatic - running around hugging and kissing us all and doing a happy dance :) First ride was the ferrris wheel - something Clay had always asked to do!  Kristy and Craig were just happy to get their dogwood dogs LOL  Clay went on a variety of rides by himself or with Craig / I, played some games in sideshow alley and ate hot chippies - he had the full show experience!

A very tired, but happy boy crashed into bed that night :)