Family getaway to Agnes Water and 1770...

The Barnes Family thought we would visit Agnes Water and The Town of Seventeen Seventy for the May Day long weekend. It was a fantastic weekend, the weather was gorgeous, and Jude ready and rearing for 3 days of exploration!

After a 2½ hour car trip, Jude was keen to stretch his legs, and mummy and daddy were sick of listening to In the Night Garden and Elmo! So, we dumped our bags and headed straight for the beach!

Only Jude was allowed to push the buttons in the lift!

Man on a mission - 'project beach'

Judie showing off his balancing skills!

Pumped!

Hiding in the grass

Leading the way to the beach

It was a little windy in the afternoon, however, it was good fortune as there were heaps of kite surfers which fascinated our little boy. I think we were down there for about 2 hours, running in and out of the water, watching the big kites, playing in the sand, and running up and down the beach. Jude had a ball! He also had a mission, to get as wet, and as dirty as he possibly could! The life of a little man!

So after a nice warm bath and some clean clothes, we were off for an evening walk down along the water at 1770. Fish and chips for dinner, well, chips and chips for Jude, a quick look at some boats and it was off to bed. A well earned rest!

One last cuddle while he was clean and dry!!

Wetting mummy!

Collecting shells with daddy

Running away from those big waves

Watching the kite surfers

Drenched and loving it!

Someone who has had a lot of fun!

A quick climb of some tree branches before heading back for a warm bath!

Nudie in his new jeans ready for dinner

The next day was just as good. A yummy brekkie of bacon and toast (he has just started to like bacon making uncle Rory proud), and cocopops (a first for Jude) at daddy’s request, a nice walk along the beach to the rock cove, a play at the playground, off to the pool! Seen as we were able to get through all this by 11am, mummy took Jude to the beach again!

Yummy milkshake with brekkie

Mummy I want to go this way..., playground!

No, it's that way...

Mastering the monkey-bars with a little help from daddy

Sliding all by himself - it was a massive slide too!

King of the castle

A morning beach stroll

Some rock climbing - nice and dangerous!

Sticky-beak Jude looking at the campers!

Swimming is a little anxiety provoking for Dale and I as Jude is not allowed to get his ears wet since having grommets in January. One perhaps would just avoid water altogether, however, swimming is one of Jude’s most favourite things to do ever since he started at 12 weeks of age! How can you say no?? So, as Dale and I ohh and ahh running around after Jude with our hands out stretched and ready to grab our dare devil of a son, Nudie has a wow of a time kicking, floating, splashing and running in and out of the water… care free and having fun!

Having a ball in the kiddies pool

Check out the confidence! Cheeky boy!

Of course he found the only leaf in all 3 pools and almost tipped out retrieving it!

After a spot of lunch and a nap, Dale took Jude back to 1770 to the headland for some exploration. I’m pretty sure another playground was tested! We had Thai for dinner of which Jude was a fan of the fish cakes and pad thai and our very tired boy hit the pillow at 7.10pm and didn’t make another noise until the following morning!

Are you tired yet?

Exploring the headland with daddy

Facinated by the boats!

Hmmmm, why is he balancing on the fence wire?

The last few things to do before heading back to Rocky were achieved on Monday. Jude was that exhausted from his big weekend, that he fell asleep in the car…., 3 hours prior to his normal afternoon nap. I think that is evidence he had a fabulous time!