We had planned to go up in the tower today but it did not work out so today was just a catch up laundry, grocery shopping, school work, planning day.
We did learn that we need to make Dutch Pancakes, Poffertjes, and searched for a pancake maker…almost as good as printed pancakes.
A Picture is worth a thousand words!
Today we needed out of the house and our hosts had busy days at work so we were on our own. What kinda trouble can these Wilderness Americans get in? We thought we would start off with a State Park…that could not be to much trubble, right? We missed the intended turn because of …
We spent the morning catching up on blogs, homework, and laundry. Laundry takes a really long time when you have a small washer and you hang your clothes to dry. I might be missing my washer and dryer the most (three kids create a lot of laundry!!)!!
The family came for a visit so we could plan our adventures in town tomorrow. Then we were off to Miss S’s birthday party. It was at the local Macca’s, aka McDonald’s. The kids were happy to help celebrate her 6th birthday with her, can’t believe how big they are since we first meet Mrs. B as we were waiting for Ky, kids grow too FAST!
After the party we went home with the birthday girl to watch the Semi-Finals of the AFL (Australian Football League). It was the North Melbourne Kangaroo’s vs Western Australia Eagle’s. It was a great BBQ with a bunch of disappointed Roos. Go Roos!!!
My first day went great. We got off the plane. The trip from when we started to getting off the plane was about 30 hours with 15 on the Quanta’s. 6 of it we spent in the airport doing homework. The plane trip felt like it would never end. The next day not so good. I was jumping …
It was sad to leave such a beautiful house. I think we will always talk about Auntie T’s house in Yarrawonga and how it was the biggest most beautiful house we have ever stayed in…in the “Whole World!” We went back in time on the way home. We stopped at a little village town …
We woke up to the sun rising over the lake. The view outside is a million bucks…a little deceptive as it is quite “fresh” as the Aussie ‘ s say.
We went for a nice walk by the lake checking out many Australian birds.
The path ended at the playground where the kids got to swing and slide.
After lunch we went minature golfing. Daddy won?? He was the score keeper. Humm?
Magoo BBQED some Lamb Chops for us, our first Aussie meal. Thanks Magoo!!
Off to Yarrawonga! We saw our first Kangaroo…He looked very similar to a deer on the side of the road…only a really long tail!!
Lots of green grassland with roaming sheep. Then beautiful fields with Canola, glowing bright yellow.
The house we were staying in belongs to Miss B’s aunt. It was a beautiful 6 bedroom home with a view of Lake Mulwala. For the first hour Kolby was running thru the house so excited saying, “this is the best house ever” and this is “the biggest house in the whole WORLD.” His excitement was so fun for everyone.
After settling in the boys played the Xbox while the girls went on an adventure across the bridge to Mulwala, New South Whales. Our next state! Auntie J’s Great Grandparents were from this area so we went searching for some family history at the graveyard.
Stopped by the grocery on the way back for Taco Tuesday.
e finished catching up on homework & laundry only to have the clothes almost dry just as the rain came. We gathered them off the line as quickly as possible.
We also checked out a few shops. We determined they have gluten and egg free but soy is their happy substitute. We have found the basics and one brand of pasta that is fairly good. Good texture and does not fall apart like some at home we tried.
We had Aussie sausages and rice for dinner. Off to Yarrawonga in the morning.
We spent the morning working on catching up homework and laundry. Only after we had a lesson on how to properly hang our wash as in Australia dryers are not the norm. Thankfully we had a beautiful sunny day to dry our clothes. We were all a little hungry after the time change and breakfasts …
