Weekend Report

Friday -- As Michael has already written we visited Ryde pool which is great for kids. It had two great animals sprouting water and a water slide the boys loved along with a whirlpool. Afterwards as we breathed a sigh of relief to be on the way home without any major incidents we had a major incident. Someone at the traffic lights pointed out our tire was flat so we pulled into the nearest service station and
proceeded to change the tyre. Unfortunately the wheelnuts were on so tight 3 strong men couldn't budge them. (Yes Michael is one of the three strong men. The other two were good samaritans who Michael asked to help) Luckily, one of the three strong men was a car mechanic who worked down the road and volunteered to go and get a special tool to help us) He soon returned and we were on our way.

Saturday -- We had lunch with the neighbours at Gladesville Hotel which caters for children. They have good outdoor climbing equipment and playstation games and a lady who does face painting. The kids all behaved really well including Abbey. The food was pretty average but the kids loved the hot chips. The food was better at the Jack-Boyd restaurant later in the day when we went to celebrate Michael's 50th birthday. Deb kindly minded the 3 children for us. We enjoyed being out on a Saturday night although we were a little bit tired after our long day. We didnt' manage to stay for cheese and cake but Mihcael didn't mind.

Sunday -- We minded Simon's friend Chris in the morning and Sarah went to yoga. Hala came for dinner and Michael cooked us stir fry.


I had my last day off on Monday where Lizzie minded Ben and Ella while I went out. Next week I'm returning to work 3 days a week. I had a gym visit, massage and stroll through the shops by myself. I can't describe how much I enjoyed walking down the shopping aisles by myself.