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Thursday Fun Day!

02 Thursday Jan 2014

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No School.
The kids’ daycare was closed on Thursday and Friday after New Years, and it was my turn to stay home with them (Jay had month-end work to do). We had a fantastic day. We walked to the “park” and played baseball and football in the morning. We packed a little picnic lunch and drove the buggy to the community pool to swim and eat. That pool is great because it has a shallow end almost as big as our entire pool. Ty kept his life jacket on but had fun tooling around in it. Lily was asleep in her carrier so I got to swim with Ty. He gave me quite a workout – he kept throwing the balls in the deep end and making me go fetch.

We ate our lunch and then Ty started talking about wanting to take a 3 hour nap. I think the sun zapped all of his energy!

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He watched some guys swim laps while I packed up our picnic and then we headed home. And he really did take a 3 hour nap! Lily fell asleep shortly after Ty, so I snuck in a few zzz z’s as well. Jay came home not long after they woke up. The boys both got hair cuts (Brian – Ty’s is terrible, you better come fix it), we ate a yummy dinner at the marina (or as Ty calls it “Ramina pepperoni peepa”), and got a kick out of the pirates that brought their parrots to dinner. Only in Australia….

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We are going to pop in Tangled and relax the rest of the night. Good night, all!

Happy New Year!!

01 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Home.
We arrived on time, in one piece, and puke free back “home” in Australia. On our drive home, Ty asked when we are going back to our old house. He said he really misses Bandit. Kind of made my heart cry a minute or two. I know how he is feeling. He doesn’t attempt to filter his emotions at all, though.

Goodbye 2013.
We dropped our stuff at home and hopped in the buggy to grab dinner at the marina. The place was really busy, lively crowd, most people dressed up to celebrate the new year in style. It felt like a mixture between Halloween and Mardi Gras. Live bands at a few of the restaurants. More psychedelic crazy flashing lights on houses, boats, and buggies. This place sometimes feels like a dream world…

I felt like a hot mess – looked like heck, sport in’ my baseball cap after traveling all day. Oh how things have changed in my life. No crazy parties for this chic! And I can guarantee I won’t be seeing the ball drop…

Hello 2014.
Yep, didn’t see the New Year in Australia, but for the first time in a long time I can say I was awake when midnight struck in Iowa.

Good Times.
We went to the Torrey’s for a pool party and dinner. Great way to start the new year. Ty had a blast swimming with the big kids, Jay and I had fun chatting with Brian and Mindy. Jay made Milo brownies from scratch – they were pretty tasty! So nice to have great people just a minute buggy ride away.

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