Sunday in Melbourne

Hello

Yesterday was a lovely day here, no one had work and we were all home together, so we decided to have a day in the city, not something we do that often.

We had a nice wander around, and I even got to visit Morris and Sons, a great yarn shop in Melbourne, isn't that a lovely retro looking stripey blanket in the window?  I did some shopping, mostly books which I must show you all soon, lots of crafty inspiration there I can tell you!

.......here are the boys as we start our stroll around Melbourne.......

.......everyone was trying to take pictures of the gorgeous cakes and tarts in the Hopetoun Tea Rooms window, and there was a long queue waiting to get a table inside.  I think their high tea is something quite special......

..........there were plenty of ways to experience the city, we saw lots of horse and carriages amongst the trams and cars, I love their brilliant feather head dresses......

.....then it was off to the MCG, we walked along the Yarra river, with lots of other footy fans. I love the atmosphere at the football, some people go a bit nuts with the barracking and it is really pretty funny....

...we were a bit early, so we got good seats, the boys wanted to sit near the goals, here they are before the game started......

....and here are the Richmond boys warming up just in front of us, it was a really exciting match, with the Tigers going down to the Kangaroos by 4 points in the dying minutes.  We were sitting in the middle of lots of fanatical Kangaroo supporters, so of course they went wild when the siren sounded.

We walked back to the city and had a nice meal out before driving home, it was a great day all together, the boys had a lot of fun and loved the footy,and I think it will be a nice family memory for them.  We have decided we should to the footy more often, although Max found the noise and the crowds a bit hard to handle, he is a bit of a country mouse that one!  The older two want to live right in the city in the high rises (a penthouse preferably of course!!), so they are all quite different!

Anyway, it was a lovely family day out, but I was also very happy to get home and snuggle up by the fire with some crochet before bed!

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

(I know this is mostly a crafty blog, but I put a few family things on here too, so when the boys are older they can look back and see we actually did do fun things together sometimes!  Sorry if these posts are boring to you all, I'll be back with crafty stuff later in the week, maybe tomorrow!)