Alex and Annika have been doing aerofit aerobics this year. This is coached by 2 of the teachers at the school as an after school activity that is independent of the school but allowed to use school facilities. Alex did the school version of this March-July and enjoyed it, and had been doing this version purely as a way to keep up her fitness for swimming, but ended up getting into it more than she had expected to. She was placed on a 6 person team that did their routine for the judges and they got 2nd place! Annika's team also got second! Both have informed me that they will be continuing this activity next year-which I told them both that they have reached their activity limit for my budget for both time and money. What will I do when Ian starts up with either Aussie rules Touch, or God Forbid, Rugby! He wants to be a ninja-still-so karate lessons after the new year will most likely be in our future for him as well. You should have seen him with the christmas paper cardboard tube-using it like Little John's stave and wacking the heck out of everything until it fell apart. Boys!
Ok, so here are the pictures!
Annika stepping out! Yes, this is supposed to happen!
The awards presentation
Our pre competition line up! Maddie, Annika's friend and her mom joined us for the weekend as well. Ian also had to get in the picture! I told Alex to smile and that I'd use the pic even if she didn't. Hah kid!
Alex is second from the Right. They're all together!
And the big finish! On her knee on the left of the picture.
Whoo Hoo! All done and medaled! Big smiles girls!
This is where we headed after the competition. Flat and empty all to ourselves for the most part. Light breeze and perfect waves to play in.
We were super lucky to have Bronwyn and Maddie join us for the Friday overnight before the competition. It is a 2 hour drive out of Brisbane to Noosa and we did not want to do that early on a Saturday! So we got a great holiday apartment with an extra bedroom and friends to share it with! The kids had an awesome time and so did we. Lyle had just literally gotten off the plane from Gladstone and I had packed his stuff and we rolled him into the car and took off. He was still suffering the after effects of several days hovering over molten aluminum pots in hot summer weather, so he dozed and drank a LOT of gatorade and water on the way up. Tucked him in the same time as the kids!
After the competition, back to the apartment for a change into swim togs and off to the most wonderful beach ever! Soft fine grained sand, tide was out so the beach went on forever, breezy and still warm. The kids played in the waves for over an hour and then we met up with other Camp Hill families for fish and chips on the river in town.
We enjoyed it so much were were able to book 3 nights over the Christmas break in the same apartment! Looking forward to going back and enjoying the summer sun and waves.
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