Day 31 - Eventful

Today was pretty stressful for me, to start with we had the first of the insurance people pop by and decide that the carpet in the shed and garage will be going tomorrow. Then while Maddie was in bed Nathan mentioned that he had chest pains and had to be peer pressured into going to the hospital to get checked out. As Nathan didnt want us going up to the hospital with him Maddie and I spent the afternoon painting each others faces. This face paint is awesome, it is so easy to use, Thank you Leah for bringing it home for us. Nathan's chest all checked out, it looks like it was just a pulled muscle, but it meant that no framing happened tonight and it proved to be a very stressful afternoon.

Day 30 - It Is A Boat

As we plan to put up some of the frames on the extension tomorrow night we have changed dinner for this week to tonight and we went to the Family Food Court in Dickson. I can not believe that it hasn't changed one bit in all the years that it has been since I was there last. I also cant believe that after talking about it for weeks, we actually went there after Simon read a review for it on line, nice to know that I am listened to.

On the way home, we stopped to play at the park near stage 88. Its not very little kid friendly, the slide is super steep and I think you may actually go off the side on it, and all of the climbing equipment is designed for bigger kids, but Leah had fun and the girls had a great run around. The funniest part of the night was discovering Leah's crazy fear of rats when one ran out of the BBQ area to have a look around. Ive never seen anyone move faster and stay on standing on top of something for so long.

This piece of equipment looks like a boat to me, but the other grown ups think that I am crazy and cant see it. No imagination I say!

Day 29 - A Rough Day

Poor Miss Maddie went splat this morning in the bathroom and bumped her eye. It was pretty bad, but thankfully she calmed down quickly when I asked if she wanted to go and play with Grace. Almost the first thing that Maddie wanted to use was the helmet, and she wore it almost the whole time I was there. I wonder if she was thinking it might prevent more bumps to her eye. I left Maddie and went and grabbed some groceries and when I came back she was still crazy over the helmet. I was considering getting one, but it looks like Maddie has an allergy to the straps, so I may have to do some research. The rash on Maddie's Chin, Neck and Cheeks flared right up and were burning hot to touch by the time I went to bed. Nothing her wonder steroid cream can't fix.

Day 28 - Sad Face

So we came home after all, remind me why we did that please... someone?

The trip on the way home was crazy! First we crawled up the mountain and then we parked on the highway about 5ks out side of Braidwood, the traffic was phenomenal. Nathans super long way there would have been a better way to take home, but Nathan didn't want to risk the low bridge being flooded and I would have resisted going that way so we took the highway.

The damage that we sustained is so much worse than we expected especially to the yard. It is so disappointing to see so much mess and to know that we have lost so much. All that work that we put into the pavers is probably for nothing, but we wont know until we lift what looks like 3 inches of bark. The water was strong and high enough that it actually turned one of our hay bales sideways, there is a mark on Mrs Keenan's fence that is at least 50cms high, and the water was up and over the second back step, it is crazy!

The shed went under about 10cms of water, ruining anything on the floor, which sadly includes a few of the baby things, too much technology, tools, all of the exercise equipment and Nathans French pictures that he picked up on his last Europe trip. I spent a fortune getting them framed for him, they certainly tipped us over the edge from being OK with it all, to being upset. If only I didn't pull them down months ago to paint the lounge room, or maybe I should say that I should have put them back up when we decided to wait. Now the fun of dealing with the insurance agency begins, I hope it goes smoothly

Day 27 - Procrastination

O.K so we know that it rained buckets in Canberra and Queanbeyan last night so we have decided that we don't want to come home. Rather than heading home to the disaster that we know awaits us, we decided to spend one more day here. Aside from it being overcast, the weather was awesome so we took Maddie to the beach to make sandcastles, collect shells and look in the rock pools. It was pretty cool showing her the rock pools, and finding some fish, yabbies, crabs and snails. I am pretty sure the highlight for her was collecting shells though, as all she did was ask about them once they were in the back.

Day 26 - Australia Day

Nathan's Nan sent this outfit down for Maddie to wear today and she loves it. Maddie had an awesome day, first at the markets at Mollymook when she got to play in the petting zoo and then helping me to make dinner while Nathan was out drinking with the neighbour.

Happy Australia Day!

Day 25 - Coast Trip

We decided to take the weekend off and head down to Ulladulla for the long weekend after Nathan finished work tonight. Maddie was pretty excited and loved popping her sunglasses on and posing for a photo in Nathans car, which yes, he did dress up with flags. She didn't sleep the whole, incredibly long way down there, and survived the whole trip without a Dummy. Luckily there were lots of things to look at as we took the super long via Tarago. It was nice not having to get stuck in the Canberra traffic on the mountain, but the road was so windy and there was some really slow traffic. Especially when we were stuck behind the horse float that insisted on driving in the middle of the road. It was a pretty trip, but not one I would rush to take again.