i feel like i say this all the time, but fremantle always feels like home to me. my family moved to the country just before i turned 4, but my parents grew up and were married here and my oldest brother was 14 when we moved out there, so they had their childhood in fremantle too!
i love the old buildings
i love the old streets, i love the memories we've made here over the years... i love going to the markets and remembering visiting my mums father roy who always had a honey stall there. it's just such a wonderful place, so now i love to take my kids there too.
the school holidays always call for a trip there if we have time, so today we went off exploring. walked around the town centre, looked at some of the shops...
including my all time favourite, the picked fairy. i used to spend hours here as a child! i must admit, it would be my dream job (probably even now) to dress up as a fairy and host childrens parties. mums friends daughter had a fairy party when i was a teenager and she paid me to be the fairy and host it. it was like all my christmases had come at once. if only i could find a photo!
we would always throw coins in this fountain and make a wish... although judging by how clean and empty it is, that's not really a thing anymore.
before enjoying a lunch at cicerello's where we met up with madeline's favourite teacher, the lovely miss hannah!
we had to visit poppy's favourite place, the bon scott statue on the fishing boat harbour.
(side note, how delicious is this almost two year old in his pram!)
before we went for a spin on the big wheel! it's the first time any of us have been on it and i loved it! i'm petrified of heights, but it's in a cage with a flat solid base so i can cope. all good.
alex thought it was wonderful and kept looking everywhere to see what was going on.
joseph was pretty happy too
but as he had the rest of the day, had his nose in a book. oh look it's a miniature version of me. a book nerd.
miss madeline. cool as ever
loving her time with miss hannah.
lauren is the nicest human being and adores alex, which is totally fair considering they share a birthday. i remember when i was pregnant with alex and she knew i was going in to be induced on her birthday she called out, no pressure, but today's a great day to have a baby. she was pretty chuffed when i emailed later in the day to say he'd arrived.
daddy and his mini
and me and my girl!
our little family! ❤
few more stops before home time, the memorial at monument hill. we used to climb the bombs when we visited as kids, but now i'm horrified at the thought of my kids doing the same haha.
the fremantle i know and love
and a quick stop in to see my grandparents
at the fremantle cemetery.
last but not least, we stopped off at two little free libraries i had found on their online map and we even had books to trade. happy day!
what a good day. fremantle i love you!
