We have continued to get a lot of rain with some beautiful days in between for us to enjoy. It has rained so much that we actually have a leak in one of our rooms in the ceiling. Thank goodness it is a rental! I keep hearing how strange this weather is, but it keeps raining. A few days last week I took Paige to school in the morning and the sun was shining but by the time I got to Cade's school, it was pouring. We keep umbrellas and towels everywhere because you never know when you will need them. My curls are in full effect. Every time it rains, I think of KC and all of the snow. I heard more is on the way this week. I love all of the Facebook pictures. It looks like there have been some fun snow days.
We took our first mini trip last week and ventured about 45 min away for a day trip to Palm Beach, Australia. It is a quaint beach town with a lot of history. There is a historic lighthouse that is a steep 30 min hike up where you can see the intersection of the Tasman Sea and the Pittwater Sea. There is a beautiful view from the top. I was so impressed with the kids. They actually made the entire hike up themselves and enjoyed every minute. After we made the trip back down we had lunch at a cute little restaurant on the water. The kids both fell asleep about 2 minutes after pulling out of the parking lot.
Our neighbors across the street have hens and they stopped by on Friday night to give us fresh eggs for the weekend. I guess our candy introductions weren't such a bad idea after all:) Saturday night we had our first sitter and night out. A women from Paige's school watched the kids for a few hours while we went to a new parent's welcome party at Cade's school. It was pouring down rain all day and it was hot and humid, but we had a great time. The Year 6 boys served appetizers at the party. It was so funny to see these young boys all dressed in the their uniforms and in between serving you would see them grab a few bites off the trays for themselves:) Afterwards a few of us grabbed a drink at a wine bar up the street. I was talking to an Aussie Mom and asked her about Uggs. She laughed and said she actually bought hers many years ago from a US company, but won't even wear them out to the grocery store as they are bit 'skanky' (her words). Glad I asked - I would be showing up to school drop off in a few months with them on, but I will think twice now.
Both Paige and Cade started swim lessons this week. We have some catching up to do. These Aussie kids can swim! Here is Paige showing off her proud (and mandatory) swim cap.
Matt has been traveling to Brisbane and Melbourne each week. Cerner has smaller offices in both of these cities so he has been spending quite a bit of time there. We are hoping to make a trip with him in the coming months to see some other parts of Australia.
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