The first day of Autumn

Isn't it funny how the last day of summer was boiling hot with really icky,sticky humidity (and a very irritable me because the air con in my car decided to break!!!!) and the very next day, (which just happened to be the first day of Autumn) it was cool and grey?  How does Mother Nature know how to do that???

First few items of winter clothes making an appearance

I've decided that I love Autumn.  I get cranky when it's too cold and I've now discovered that I get cranky when it's too hot too!!  (Not that I'm hard to please, honest!!).  Today was just perfect - even with the angry grey clouds.

After a whole morning of torrential rain, the kids were climbing the walls, so as soon as it stopped we all headed out for a walk.  I just love spending time with my family and it's days like these that make me absolutely certain we did the right thing moving us all from England to Sydney.

Hard to resist the beach - even on a grey, blustery day

She loves the great outdoors but not the hat!!

The heavy rain, winds and huge high tide had created a massive wall of sand on our usually flat beach, and the kids thought it was FANTASTIC!!!  They had so much fun diving and rolling off it - and Mr D and I had a great arm workout pulling them back up again (and again, and again, and again)  as it was just too high for them to climb it (although there was much giggling while they tried).

Master J and his buddy ditched their bikes for the beach

I nearly ended up head first at the bottom several times much to Mr D's amusement!

First time I've worn jeans in 6 months

Little dudes!

The best thing about Autumn is the skies are (usually) still blue, the water is still beautiful and warm, the days are still warm enough to wears t-shirts but without all the sweating and the evenings are cool enough to finally have a good nights sleep!!

What's your favorite season??