Books and Bogs

Well, as we promised ourselves, we had a whole day at home yesterday. Unfortunately, we did have a couple of sickies. In between 'episodes' we managed to get a lot of organising done around the house. I feel like this move is never going to end.

So this morning, after quite a disturbed night, everyone seemed pretty chirpy. It was a quick bowl of wheatbix for everyone before we jumped in the car to take Elsie to yet another swordsmanship class. She wasn't up to doing too much as she was one of the sickies yesterday. The children and I waited at the park which gave us an opportunity to read our new books.

We received our new books from the bookclub. We love getting parcels of books! There was a DK book about governments, another about 200 must-see places of the world, a twin book set containing idioms and history of the English language, and finally a beading book. They'll all be packed in a Wallaby Scrub box.

This afternoon was Tammy's court case, so I went to supervise the children at her house. It was a very pleasant afternoon, the children were delightful as usual. The computers were on again, the little people strewn creatively across the floor, and certainly lots of talking went on. But we had to have the same DVD playing throughout the afternoon because the keys to the study (where the DVDs are kept) were in Tammy's car. Oh well, the children can now recite the script of Cheaper by the Dozen II. After arriving home, Tammy opened the study and the children chose The Pacifier. Very funny movie.

So we stayed for dinner at Hitcho's. On the trip home, I called into Coles to pick up the Smarties that I had promised Emily. She had done such a good job of picking up all the pegs in the yard, that I said she may have a packet of lollies. She chose 'Smartie Pants'.

But the highlight of the whole day was John's phone call. He's back in range, and will fly in on Sunday. Can't wait. I was browsing my photos and came across this one. This is John's interpretation of, "Just going over the back to check out some bush, honey". Funny guy!? Took him a couple of hours to get out of this particular bog, if I remember correctly.

As the clock showed 8.30 tonight, the house was quiet. Children had slid into bed without any coaxing, the result of a very busy week. We have only five days left in this house, followed by two in motel accommodation, then it's off to Wallaby Scrub. So it's a good thing that the children will be well rested, there is more packing and organising yet to be done, and they'll need lots of energy for the next few days.