March 2012

Not a great deal happened in March.  The kittens that we acquired for Christmas are still copping a beating loving from all the kids.  Isn't it amazing how the kittens are theirs to play with, until it is time to feed them or clean up after them, and then they are daddy's!! Ha.

I left the vegie patch gate open and the bull calves decided to visit

Buddies

Last year, Mark and I bought tickets for Biddy and Tom to see "How to Train Your Dragon" the Arena Spectacular.  We found out about it when we took Tom to see the Walking with Dinosaur Arena Spectacular.  It is the same company putting on the show.  We bought tickets when they were first released in August 2011 for March 2012.  Because it was a Friday night showing, we took Tom out of school early and raced down to Melbourne, keeping it all hush hush from the kids, although we did relent and tell them before we got there.  Big problem.  After travelling for 2.5hrs, parking, wasting 1hr because we were early, finding a taxi, getting stuck in Melbourne traffic, we arrive with 5 minutes to spare only to be confronted with the fact that the show had been CANCELLED!!!! OMG.  All we could do was turn around and head home.  With two very upset children.  And try and rebook.  Not easy when the organisers were not putting on an extra show.

After staying up into the wee hours trying to secure decent seats at a decent price, I was successful, but it meant that Mark couldn't come with us because it was a day session during the week.  I took the kids down to Melb on the train from Geelong (another saga in itself) and they had a great time.

The excitement of the day, plus the very early morning start was a bit too much for Biddy, who fell asleep on the floor of the train on the way home.

The mothers group that I joined when Tom was just 2 weeks old still gets together on a regular basis, except these days, it is less about the kids and more about some time out for us hassled mums!  We generally meet for dinner once a month, but a few times a year, we get together with kids and spouses and have a day somewhere.  This time, we went to the miniature railway in Cobden for a BBQ lunch.  It was a great day, despite the plethora of flies (man, I thought they were bad at our place).

from left: Mark, Bella, Noah Brien, Biddy, Harry Brien & Tom