This blog is turning into more about my life and family rather than about the business and products! Ah well, at least you get a little sneak peak of the person (and family) behind the business!
I wanted to write about our family weekend out because it shows that you don’t need to spend a fortune to have a really fantastic and fun day out. You can find out about so many great, free events from the library or in your local newspaper. I found out about the Better Beginnings Carnivale when I was at my local library on the community noticeboard.
Anyway, it was run by Better Beginnings and held at the State Library in the city so we packed some snacks and caught the train into the city ($9.00 for a full day family ticket).
We headed up to the Perth Cultural Centre once we were in town and went to the State Library to join in the fun. First stop was to pick up a free pair of awesome fairy wings for each of the girls! Fairy wings are super popular in our house!! Then we went and did some colouring in of some “scales” for a butterfly statue that was being being made on the day.


Next stop was the State Library where the girls went into a “photo booth” and had their photos taken. These are their funny face ones!


Then upstairs to make their own books!
While they were busy creating I went for a wander and discovered the Busythings program which is a free online program for WA residents. All you need is a library card from your local library and you can access the program at http://www.better-beginnings.com.au/resources/busythings.
Busythings is a world of fun for children aged three to six years. With over 150 activities to discover in the areas of literacy, numeracy, creative development and general knowledge, learning has never been so silly! Watch Cat and Dog retell your favourite fairytales or count out the number of treats to give to Monkey before he eats them all! New activities are added every month so there’s always something new to discover.

On the way out we checked on the progress of the butterfly and discovered the girls each had a scale on the wings so they were happy!

My SIL found out that Government House was having an open day so we caught the free city bus there and had a wander around the gardens, visited an animal farm, ate some lunch on the grass and went inside to have a look around and play at the Scitech display that was set up in the Ballroom.
Unfortunately Ruby thought that the Ballroom was an actual room full of balls! Luckily Scitech was in there otherwise she would have been very disappointed LOL!

What are you up to this weekend? Check out your library and newspaper (or local council website) to see if there are any events on in your city that are cheap and family friendly.
We have a weekend of birthday parties so there is lots more fun to be had!