Busy Week

Last week was busy and filled with activities with Cade’s school. On Wednesday night, I enjoyed a Mum’s Dinner at a beautiful restaurant overlooking the ocean on Balmoral Beach.  Almost all 40+ Mums from Mosman Prep attended. I loved seeing so many Moms arrive in taxis carrying their bottles of wine.  Most restaurants in Sydney are BYO.   It was a fun and relaxing evening. 

Saturday was the Father Son camp at a YMCA campsite about 75 minutes away at the base of the Blue Mountains.  The boys went rock climbing and Cade was proud to make it to the top.  Apparently, Matt was scolded by the ranger for making a campfire that was too large.  How quickly his Eagle Scout days return.   I don’t think anyone got much sleep. 

Since we only have one car as Matt takes the bus into the city every day, Paige and I were without a car during the weekend.  We walked and explored all of Mosman and enjoyed a ladies lunch outside at a café where there was a live acoustic guitarist playing.    The boys left early on Sunday morning as Matt had to catch a flight back to Kansas City for a one day meeting (crazy!).    Sunday was a perfect day, and once the kids woke up from a nap, we went to Taronga Zoo and found some new animals that we did not discover on our first trip.  We witnessed a pretty impressive sibling chimp fight that ended with the little one crying to his mother.     We ended our visit with our favorite part; a sky safari (gondola ride) back to the top with all of the beautiful Sydney views.  We took that moment to say how lucky we are to have this once in a lifetime experience.  One of my proud Mom moments, was when I asked Cade if wanted anything for Easter and he responded with, “Mom, we have everything we need.”  Paige quietly agreed.   Who is this kid, are you kidding me?

Matt returned home on Thursday.  I sent him home with an empty suitcase that was filled on his way back with birthday presents for Paige, some our favorites that we can’t get here and some Easter goodies.