Woke up at 6:30am. Dressed the boys. Jumped into the car. Drove to a cafe in Leederville at 7:30am to meet up with friends - and their kids - for a hot, bacon and egg breakfast. Why? No reason. Just never done it before.

In theory, it sounds lovely yeah? Taking the kids out to a quiet trendy cafe. Us sitting back, reading the Saturday newspaper, sipping hot tea. The kids playing snap and eating poached eggs and toast. Listening to the streets wake up, the growing murmur of people, the clinking kitchen sounds…

Well. It didn’t quite turn out like that. The boys hardly ate anything. The 2yo spent most of the time reaching across the table for glass cups and hot teapots. The 4yo just fidgeted and shouted a lot. And overall it wasn’t the most relaxing experience.

So we drove over to Kings Park to let the boys run around for a bit. The weather was gorgeous. I showed the kids how the Whispering Wall worked (at the War Memorial). We traced palm tree shadows with our footsteps. Did somersaults on the lawn.

Then we stood at the lookout, on the edge of the cliff, looking over the city and the river. My 4 year old exclaimed with such innocence and wide-eyed amazement, “WOOOOOW MUM! I CAN SEE THE WHOLE WOOOOORLD!!!”

Gosh what an beautiful sentiment. Such glorious bearing. So pure, wondrous and uncomplicated.

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