Today the girls and Dad went to a café for breakfast, They must have enjoyed it because Courtney even ate all of her bread crust.
Odd as it may seem, after breakfast the girls went a cemetery in Albany because Courtney wanted to know about tomb stones and what they did etc. Of late she seems to have grasped the concept of her heritage and such things. The visit wasn’t as morbid as it probably sounds – just Courtney wanting to learn about new things.
Then we went to the oceanarium in Albany and saw a lot of different fish. Courtney was a bit scared of the cuttlefish and thought that it looked a bit evil but both the girls thought the Port Jackson shark and its egg were interesting. They also took a fair bit of interest in the fish that looked like the characters out of Nemo namely, Bloat and Dory.
Then the inevitable long car trip home came up and we all got home just before dusk. The girls were really well behaved all weekend and Dad was especially pleased with how well they travelled in the car, both down and back.
Mum was also grateful for the little bit of peace and quite she got over the weekend because she has been suffering from tonsillitis, leaving her stuck in bed all weekend. Thankfully Mum appears to be over the worse of it (touch wood) and has started to feel a bit better.
One point to remember, Courtney has taken to having Brooke say sorry for everything, and we mean everything. If they bump hands when walking side by side;
Courtney: “Say sorry Brooke”
Brooke: “Sorry”
Courtney: “No, say sorry Courtney”
Brooke: “Sorry Corky”
Courtney: “That’s better”
Cute maybe – but every ten minutes? – and it will be that exact passage, without fail.
All up, it was a really big weekend for the girls with lots of new experiences. No doubt they’ll want to do it all again very soon. Courtney will get her chance with a trip to Hedland coming up in the very near future.
Odd as it may seem, after breakfast the girls went a cemetery in Albany because Courtney wanted to know about tomb stones and what they did etc. Of late she seems to have grasped the concept of her heritage and such things. The visit wasn’t as morbid as it probably sounds – just Courtney wanting to learn about new things.
Then we went to the oceanarium in Albany and saw a lot of different fish. Courtney was a bit scared of the cuttlefish and thought that it looked a bit evil but both the girls thought the Port Jackson shark and its egg were interesting. They also took a fair bit of interest in the fish that looked like the characters out of Nemo namely, Bloat and Dory.
Then the inevitable long car trip home came up and we all got home just before dusk. The girls were really well behaved all weekend and Dad was especially pleased with how well they travelled in the car, both down and back.
Mum was also grateful for the little bit of peace and quite she got over the weekend because she has been suffering from tonsillitis, leaving her stuck in bed all weekend. Thankfully Mum appears to be over the worse of it (touch wood) and has started to feel a bit better.
One point to remember, Courtney has taken to having Brooke say sorry for everything, and we mean everything. If they bump hands when walking side by side;
Courtney: “Say sorry Brooke”
Brooke: “Sorry”
Courtney: “No, say sorry Courtney”
Brooke: “Sorry Corky”
Courtney: “That’s better”
Cute maybe – but every ten minutes? – and it will be that exact passage, without fail.
All up, it was a really big weekend for the girls with lots of new experiences. No doubt they’ll want to do it all again very soon. Courtney will get her chance with a trip to Hedland coming up in the very near future.
3 comments:
Crane
The Big Headed Monster says that you might go back soberly and fix the mistakes in this one. It sounds like a good weekend was had by all but fancy using your kids as your excuse to carry on as a Waif Groupie. First Broome, now Albany and always with the same 'other woman'. Starting a rumour!!!
Just to let you know that the Karratha end of the Crane/O'Brien family are looking forward to Courtney's trip north so we can catch up !
Dear Big Headed Monster, I wonder how we'd all get by without your 'humour' What mistakes? - Dad
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