An update

For DAYS now, I have been turning this house upside down. Upside down, I tell you. The item I have been searching intently for is the camera USB cable, and finding it took on an extra importance since the camera began shouting 'memory card full' every time I try to snap a pic. It is nowhere to be found. Then this morning I had a flash of brilliance: why don't I just plug the SD card into the hard drive. OH YEAH! It worked! No USB needed (at this point in time anyway). So I can now do a {long overdue} catch-up of what we have been up to in these parts: * Some school-holiday boat building and sailing. On the 'lakes' that have formed in our park. Oh dear. Yes, it's been veeeeery rainy these school holidays. Shaun had the first week off with the kids. He got all the sunshine. No fair...

* An Easter trip away. Marred somewhat (well, just a little bit) by the alarmingly expensive oil leak that the car sprang ... on the way there. Here are some of the back-seat shenanigans on the way there...

* We did go out to the waterfall nearest town. This is me and T sporting some cool eyewear...

* Being stuck in town wasn't too bad. There was a lovely 'koala walk' to do, plus a great sculpture trail and a superb levee for running and scooting along.

* As we headed {limped} back to Sydney we stopped overnight in Gloucester. Wherever we holiday, we have to have a river nearby because I LOVE seeing the kids spending an afternoon totally rapt in the simple magic of chucking rocks in a river. It is truly one of my favourite things to watch and do. So that's what we did.

* There's also been a bit of cat adoration going on. We inherited my friend's 13yo cat when she moved to Finland (as you do). At first the cat hissed at us constantly and ran away. Now she LOVES us! And the feeling is mutual. Especially for little T. She's a real cat lover now...