Category: Something Old, Something New

Well, the day finally arrived to face head on one of my biggest fears whilst fulfilling my charge to experience something new.  My fear:  Heights.  My new experience:  Standing on a glass floor nearly 300 metres above the ground on “The Edge” at the Eureka Skydeck.

Well, the day finally arrived to face head on one of my biggest fears whilst fulfilling my charge to experience something new.  My fear:  Heights.  My new experience:  Standing on a glass floor nearly 300 metres above the ground on “The Edge” at the Eureka Skydeck.

So, as we entered parenthood, so did many of our friends.  Now that the children are at a much more mobile and playful age, we have taken the opportunity to catch up with friends at play centres.

Anticipating flying solo with baby, has been one of my biggest mental challenges so far in the “Something Old, Something New” experience.

How do three Melbournites find themselves at the Duck Pond in Gympie?

Well, it’s quite a story.

A first birthday party as a new adventure?  You betcha!  It’s certainly something I’ve never done before and that’s the whole point of this challenge – to do something I’ve never done each and every week.

The most decadent of my new adventures by far has to be this one – a day trip to Tasmania.  It was Tyson’s very first birthday and our very first trip to Tasmania all in one day.

Since getting married six-and-a-half years ago, my husband and I have been big fans of marriage and have been deliberate to keep the spark alive.  One way that we do this is with regular date nights together.  Since Tyson was born, we have been a little slack on making special time for dates outside the home, though we make time every week to have dates at home after Tyson’s gone to bed.

In an attempt to engage with my son in my adventures, I decided to centre one around him this week with a trip to a children’s play centre, Playdays.

This is the big week – the week I face the first of my most feared challenges.  The 1000 steps have been beckoning since I decided to do a new adventure every week.  I’ve heard of it, had friends do it and have even been invited to do it before.  And Sunday was the day that I would finally face it head on.

Some weeks are busier than others and getting an opportunity to do something amazing and new can be quite difficult.  However, as a mother, sometimes those natural opportunities present themselves.  That’s what happened this week as I visited for the first time Ringwood Lake Park.