We had another quiet morning, chatting,
playing with kittens, playing Roblox, watching YouTube, I did some work with my
photos. Caitlin and one of the girls wanted to go shopping again, so I dropped
them off at Riverland in Ipswich, then I went to Jaycar to get a new cable for
our USB charging box for the car – it stopped working when we were on our big
trip and I’ve been using the fan charging cable ever since. The guy there was
very helpful – looked at it and said it might be the fuse, so checked it, changed
the fuse for me and charge me 40c. I got back in the car and it worked again –
very happy! I got petrol and milk and headed back home for a cuppa with my
friend.
The girls were ready to come home around
midday, and we decided to all go into Ipswich and meet them there and have a
play at Queens Park. My friend took the boys and picked the girls up at the
library, Amelie and the oldest girl and I went in my car. We were almost there
when it started raining, so I popped back home to get my clothes inside – I
want them dry when we leave tomorrow. Back to the park where we found the
others. It was a very cool playground. The girls borrowed my camera and took
some modeling type shots, they had a lot of fun. Caitlin and one of the girls
were wearing the same coloured skirt, they looked good together. Caitlin had
found some high-heeled boots at the op shop so was very happy to finally get
some.
It started raining fairly heavily and we
moved under a gazebo to have some sausages and cake for lunch. Liam’s shorts
had got caught on the flying fox so I rummaged in the car to find more pants
for him – most things were at the house but I managed to find something
acceptable. As the rain eased all the big kids went back out to play, and
Amelie danced for my friend and I – to Shake it Off and You Belong With Me. It
was pretty awesome.
We wandered across the road to the Nature
Reserve where there is a free animal zoo. We saw wallabies, wombats, snakes,
lizards, turtles, bilbies, spinifex hopping mice, and birds. Very cool. At the
end of the walkway is a petting zoo where we patted a steer, a sheep, and
looked at some goats. It was a lot of fun.
The boys and Amelie went back to the park
and the rest of us went to look for the Japanese gardens. At first we went the
wrong way and found an orchid greenhouse which was quite pretty. We located the
gardens and had a wander – pretty paths and bridges and trees and ponds and
streams and lilies. There were lots of water dragons – at one point we saw 12
on the same area of grass. We even saw some swimming which was a bit exciting.
There were turtles in the main pond who swam right near us.
My friend left to take one of the girls to
dancing, and I went back to the park to collect the boys and Amelie, the other
girls followed soon after. After a bit more of a play I did 2 trips to take
everyone home. I had a cup of tea and relaxed for a little while, then started
on sorting out the car – getting all the rubbish out of it and reorganizing
things so I could put our bags back in. Once that was done I packed all our
bags and got everything together inside so we wouldn’t forget anything in the
morning. It took a bit longer than I’d hoped but really wasn’t too hard. One of
the girls cooked dinner and I did get to sit and relax once I was all packed.
The boys played more Roblox (they had 2 ipods connected to the xbox so they
could all play the same game), Amelie watched YouTube and the big girls did
yoga and gymnastics together. They made up some 2 person yoga positions, then
the boys came outside and they started to incorporate them into the yoga as
well, and ended up with a 5 person position. It was really cool to watch them
work it out, come up with the ideas then play around with who should be where,
and adjust as necessary. The mozzies drove us inside after a while.
My friend came home around 11 so we had a
bit of a last chat before I headed to bed, everyone else went fairly soon as
well as we all have an early start in the morning.
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