Things I discovered while on holidays.....

• If you ever find yourself wandering around Albert Park in Melbourne you MUST, i repeat MUST stumble into Avenue Bookstore. I have never been in a bookstore like it. Very impressed

• Kids can ride the motorbike for hours!!! They brought back our sheep from another paddock to home... over 10 kms! All I could hear at the gate when I met them was Laura's little voice "move you bastard..."
  
  Skinny Bitch - a book that i purchased from the above mentioned bookstore! Have you heard of it? Apparently Posh Spice was caught buying this 'diet' book and immediately it became a best seller. My friend brought me the Cook book for my birthday and I saw the book sitting by itself on the shelf, so it became mine! I was reading it in a cafe in Albert park with all of these "fucks" and "shits" and every time someone walked past I would shield the words, but man the book is funny.


• My kids travel really well! I alway knew this, but they did quite a few km's over the past few weeks with no gameboy or in-car DVD player.
• The girls where impressed with the view from our room onto North Terrace. Laura could see the 'Princess castle" in North Adelaide (St Peters)

• There is a new trams system in Adelaide. New, clean trams! And there is no chance of ending up on the wrong line, like in Melbourne. There is only one!!!!

• You can go away for a holiday and not have to eat McDonalds at all the entire time you are away!!! Even in the noodle bar we eat at they had a little kids menu of hokkin noodles with chicken!

• Not everyone was happy with taking PT to the beach.....
• Once Hugh got there he was happy!

• Give a three year old a camera to take a photo and above is the result!

• and buggered him out... on the Tram back into the city!!!

• Five hour drive home, two hours to unpack the car, check the sheep and 6 hours sleep is all you need before heading off again to the beach. This time Robe!
• This time it was too cold to swim, but that didn't stop them!
• Hugh discovered what happens when you knock down a sand castle. You get buried!!!! Wasn't happy about it, but he didn't do it again!

• Wobbly teeth Do end up falling out... and the tooth fairy believes in CPI inflation!
• That farm kids like doing things that most kids never get the chance to see. This example - spot lighting!!! The thrill of being on the back of a ute (above) in a spot lighting rig chasing down foxes is one of the best things that you can do in your holidays!

So all in all we had a terrific holiday and things have slowed down and gettingback into rountine again. Emilie starts school on Thursday and Laura will start kinder on Monday! Exciting times!!!

I sat an exam last week as well and I think I went ok. There was a section of questions that I wasn't that sure about but I came home and checked and I was correct. Will have to wait and see!

Must go and will be back with more soon!

cheers