Strawberry pick in' and the Compass cup!

Yesterday, we all went to Mount Compass with my mum, my sister and a friend from Slovenia. If anyone out there reading this has kids, you may have heard of a Canadian cartoon called Caillou. Caillou is four and has a little sister Rosie. My two older kids, therefore, often assume these characters. They are amazing and remaining in character, to the point where they will only respond to Caillou and Rosie and will adopt a Canadian accent. It is very cute! Well, there is an episode where Caillou goes with his friend Clementine to the berry patch to pick strawberries. Sadly, this episode was, I fact, my overriding inspiration to go berry picking.

Picking strawberries was actually a really enjoyable outing. Alex and Anna don't really enjoy eating strawberries all that much, but they thoroughly enjoyed picking them! Benji, on the other hand, thought he was in Heaven... Every time he had smashed through a strawberry, he growled for a replacement. I think he probably had the most fun of all.

After some successful berry picking, we went into the town and had lunch at the bakery before heading into the Compass Cup. I had low expectations, but it was pretty awesome... The kids went on a ride, Alex and Benj went into the animal nursery (surprise, surprise, Anna was scared) and then they played on the tractors and at the playground.

The adults, however, had an absolute ball watching the races... The milk scull- hilarious! Contestants had to run to a straw bale, scull a litre of milk, run around the oval to another straw bale, scull another litre of milk and then run to the finish line... Every chuck got a resounding cheer from the crowd... The other obstacle races were also amusing.

Unfortunately, we had to leave relatively early because we had plans in the evening, but we had a great day out and may have to go back next year... After all, we didn't get to stay for the main event, the cow racing!