{Free} Bumper Holiday Fun Week

 {THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO POST WEEKS AGO...AND DIDNT! Better Late than never?}

Holidays means 5 days a week at home with all 4 kids. I don't know about you, but in this household, that calls for some serious 'fun' planning, to keep everyone sane! With the age range of almost 5 down to just one, entertaining all the kids can be a struggle. This week, we've manage to find activities that for the most part, included all 4 kids. I am endeavouring to make the most of all the free holiday activities available to us here in Brisbane, and i thought i'd share them with you!

On Monday, we were in Toowoomba, but still manage to make it down to the shopping centre to see The Lorax stage show. This consisted of two female dancers, in what was apparently a school yard class, taught by The Lorax. All in all, it was pretty much an environmental plug, with some dance music in between. "Reduce, Re-use, Recycle" (yep, catchy!) While i was a little disappointed with the show, the girls loved it!It runs all week at 10.30am daily, and a meet and greet at 11.30am. If you happen to be in Toowoomba, you could stop by to check it out!

On Tuesday, we had a home day...a very wet outside home day. So we got out the paints and collage and made a picture together. It started as a sunny picture, with flowers and rainbows...but the girls added some rain, and some 'splats'. I was surprised by how well they worked together, and the lack of fighting that ensued! Parker happily entertained himself with his sisters dolls, until it was his sleep time, but hopefully, next time, he can join in too!

Wednesday, and another wet day! We chose to go along to Toowong Village today, and join in with their ABC activity village. The girls were able to pick a pre-printed canvas picture to colour in with textas, and they had Mister Maker running on a TV. There were also books to read, which was more appealing to Zoey than actually colouring!
We extended our outing by stopping for morning tea, and then popping in to Kmart to browse the toys, all ready for the toy sale to start tomorrow! I must say, i think this was the most enjoyable activity of the day for both me and the kids!

Thursday, we had a few odd jobs to do out, which coincided nicely with our outing to catch 'Wide Eyed Stories' at the Mount Ommaney Library. The show, which included puppets, was loved by all four of the kids, and was quite interactive. The girls love the little rhyme type clapping song, and the stories that they performed were great.

Tomorrow marks the end of our bumper holiday week, with a trip to check out "Wild Thing" at the Ipswich museum on Friday! The 'Wild Thing' Party runs all this week, 9am-12 noon, and its free! The Wild Thing playful experience, however, is at the museum until the 7 Oct.


 If anyone knows of activites going on next week, we'd love to hear about it, but i think we'll be taking a lower key approach to entertainment in the second week of the holidays!