Today Evie partook in a very important Wilson tradition. A visit to the Pancake Kitchen. Andrew has always loved pancakes and when he was little a meal at the Pancake Kitchen was a treat. So every time we are in Ballarat we always fit in a visit (Andrew suggested that we skip it this time round, but I wanted pancakes so I made sure it happened).

Before brunch we stopped in to say goodbye to Jane and Leo.

Mmm, pancakes.

Evie didn't understand just how exciting a visit to the Pancake Kitchen is. She had a nap.

This is the fam.

One last photo of Evie and GeeGee.

Evie on the plane ride home. She is more interested in trying to eat the seatbelt.

Our visit to Ballarat happily coincided with Leo's first birthday party.

This is Monty the Monkey. I made Monty as a present for Leo.

This is the beautiful birthday cake made by Jane.

Here is the beautiful birthday boy Leo with his mum and dad.


This is Jude blowing bubbles.

Here is Evie with Rosalie.

Today we caught up with Tash and Michelle at the Boatshed for lunch. Tash said that she was reading back through FuShMuSh posts about our previous visits to Ballarat. According to FuShMuSh the weather is always miserable when we visit. Tash claims we bring the bad weather with us but I maintain that it's just because the weather is often crap in Ballarat.

This what the weather was like in Ballarat today. Cold, misty and drizzly.

Here is a photo of Michelle reading a book that she gave to Evie as a present. Thanks Michelle!

Here is a photo of the girls.

Here is another photo of Evie and GeeGee.

Evie had her first aeroplane flight today. Exciting!

Here is her boarding pass...

which she was more interested in eating.

Our plane had a moustache.

Here is Evie on the aeroplane.

Evie really wanted to drive to Ballarat but we figured the whole not being able to see over the steering wheel thing might be a problem.

Evie also met Great Gran (GeeGee) for the first time. Great Gran has six great grandchildren but only one great grandaughter.

We headed south for a few days to visit with Michelle and Tash in Melbourne and with Andrew's family in Ballarat.

Michelle and Tash took us to a great little Italian place that has the best dessert pizza ever. I had a calzone that was filled with a mix of white, milk and dark chocolate. Yum! Thanks for coming out with us Tash and Michelle and thanks for letting us stay over Michelle.

In Ballarat we hung out with the fam and met Tara's little boy Jude for the first time. Andrew was horrified to discover that Jude's nickname was Judie. The Darbys very thoughtfully scheduled in a visit to the Pancake Kitchen, Andrew's favourite childhood restaurant in Ballarat. Thanks Darbys for looking after us in Ballarat. We had a lovely time. Happy Birthday Tara! Happy Birthday Gran! Happy Birthday Roger! Happy Birthday Jude! (Lots of August birthdays in the Darby family)