mothers' day 2016

life is full of surprises. like this mothers' day, i received the best mothers' day gift from Charlotte. she gave us a peaceful car ride to the blue mountains and back. we were so proud of ourselves when we made it to the blue mountains with our ear drums still intact. 

i've been wanting to explore and admire the autumn colours at the blue mountains since the beginning of autumn. both Gabriel and Charlotte has never been and it's been that long since we last went to the blue mountains. when Jim asked me what i wanted to do for mothers' day this year, i told him i wanted to go on a day trip to the blue mountain. we all knew Charlotte is not a good traveller and we could end up with a screaming toddler in the car for the whole journey there and back. but we decided to bite the bullet and just do it and deal with it. 

Gabriel's daycare friend, Zoe and her family came with us too. we met at Leura for brunch, walked around Leura town and then made our way to the Everglades Gardens. the Everglades Garden is gorgeous at this time of the year. the maple leaves are at a different stage of turning brown. some of them are turning yellow, orange and red. we had perfect view of the mountain range from the garden. i think this garden will look so different in spring and is definitely worth going again. Leura town on the other hand was not as serene. it was quite busy and it turns out everyone had the same idea for mothers' day. 

i'm so glad we decided to just take the trip because the kids had a ball and i had a lovely mothers day this year. and another bonus is daddy managed to take some pretty good photos of me and the kids.