Mail!
We received the Scott family Christmas card this week! Yay!! We played some math games with the pictures of the kids – lots of different combinations with 7 kiddos! I don’t know how you guys manage to get the kids to school and back, let alone all of the other activities they participate in. 🙂

Work.
While the work week was not without its normal frustrations, I did have a few wins to end the week on a positive note. For the first time in 3 months, I actually felt like I had made some forward progress. Up to now, I have been gathering a long list of things that need to be addressed. Many days have been frustrating because I haven’t been able to push things along as quickly as I would like. Part of my problem has been my steep learning curve – having very little practical SAP experience and zero Order Fulfilment experience, part is due to the fact that most things I stumble across have to be sent to our IT support team in India (time zone delays). But this week I felt like I was able to work through some issues and not feel completely helpless. Yay!!

Swim.
Saturday morning started a half hour earlier than normal. The L2 swimming lessons didn’t have any openings at 7:30, so we had to suck it up and attend the 7:00 class. Lily did good (she’s a natural). She loves to kick kick kick, enjoys relaxing on her back, and is starting to recognize the cues (wait, ready, go) and closes her eyes and mouth really well. Ty had a great first start to his L2 lessons. They spend a lot more time swimming back and forth. Still amazed at how long he can hold his breath.

Couran Cove.
We loaded up the boat when we got home for a day of boating. After a quick fuel stop, we headed toward the Broadwater. Lily fell asleep almost right away, so mama got to spend some time sunning in the front bow. After about a half hour (and half a sandwich at 10:30 AM), Ty decided to take a nap too. Such a peaceful morning.
We headed toward Couran Cove on South Stradbroke Island, where there is a Ramada resort, public marina, restaurants, and awesome huge kids pool.

Jay, Lily and I enjoyed our lunch and a couple drinks while Ty played in the pool. We took the long path back to the boat and saw a few wild wallabies hopping around. A young couple on a bicycle stopped and asked if we wanted to see a big snake. Ummmmmm….probably not??? But now I am curious. I asked if it was poisonous and he said, “no, it’s just a python.” WHAT?!?!? He said that it has recently eaten either a possum or a wallaby and is in the sleepy digestive part of the process. Hmmmm….ok, show us. A 4 freaking meter python with a giant bulge in its belly (easily the size of Lily) was napping under the boardwalk in front of one of the hotel rooms. The pictures aren’t great, but this is the best I could do considering I didn’t want to be dessert.

Ty slept the whole boat ride home, Lily slept for over half. Such good kiddos.

Swim.
Just in case two swims for Ty wasn’t enough for one day, we got home and needed to cool off so we jumped in the pool.

Jay threw a little chicken on the barbie so we had a yummy dinner. We are watching Gnomio and Juliet and I predict that we will all be ready for an early bedtime tonight. Such a fun day.

Fortunate.
I still wonder when we are going to wake up from this dream world we are living in. Jay shook his head today and said, “if I ever stop shaking my head, we have been here too long.” While I miss a lot of things about home, I am so glad we decided to go on this adventure. So fortunate.