Seeing as we already have season tickets we decided to put them to good use! The crowd ventured down to the Gold Coast just north of a little town called Surfer's Paradise for a day at Sea World Australia! We can now claim to have seen 4 Sea World parks-San Diego, San Antonio, Orlando, and now Gold Coast! It is very much the off season here, so very few people and some attractions closed for repair, but a good day. Few people = no lines for rides, and boy did we take advantage. Annika is now just tall enough to ride some of the more thrilling rides-they have a Jet Sea Rescue ride that is a blast-55 mph on a roller coaster jet ski. Yikes! Lyle was too tall for it, and Annika was at the height where she had to have an adult next to her, so yep, the Non Adrenaline junkie had to go with her. Next time Lyle will wear his 5 fingers since his shoes put him over the 200 cm mark and he gets to ride with her! Maybe. Ian is still thrilled with carousels and putt putt rides, much more my style! Alex L-O-V-E-S the big coasters along with her dad. I'll hang with Ian, thank you very much!
It rained a bit in the afternoon-a soft rain, more like a heavy falling mist. No big drops, little breeze, not much. The kids were doing the log flume ride over and over and over and apparently not getting wet enough. So, brilliant idea, to head over to the Castaway Cay area for the pirate ship water battle. Great idea guys! Alex and Annika happily boarded with Ian leading the way, (Lyle not so happily, but an adult had to go with Ian! I called NOT IT first ;-) ) Then the fire hose hand cranked water cannon fight was on. Spectators from the side shot Lyle all up-he was soaked in minutes, Ian huddled next to Daddy and stayed fairly dry. Alex had brought an REI jacket that the water at least mostly ran off of and loved the fight. Annika, well, this was more than she bargained for. By the end, she was as tear soaked as water soaked, and that is saying something. We got everyone back into the car (free parking by the way!), turned on the heat and they were out within minutes. It's about a 45 minute drive back home for us, so expect we'll be getting our use out of these passes this year. Movie World (think Universal Studios Warner Brothers) is on our agenda for another weekend, but most likely not this one upcoming. The weather forecast for the next 10 days is rain, rain, and more rain. Rained for 1/2 the day today, with intermittent sunshine and has been raining most of the evening. Love the sound of my rainwater tank filling up-free water to flush the toilets and wash the clothes!
Other notes this week-our internet will hopefully be up and running sometime Tuesday (Monday for those of you at home)! One more little wire to tie into our phone board and finally we can Skype and talk! I think all of the bouts of homesickness this week have been because of the continually dashed hopes for the last 2 weeks getting this all up and running. I had a fantastic temper tantrum Friday when I finally got put through to the technical scheduler to get this connected, only to be told via auto voice that the guy was unavailable and that his voicemail box was full, "thanks for calling, goodbye". Ian was impressed. In retrospect, I was too. Haven't had one like that in about 11 years. Felt pretty good.
Also, our cargo container will be making port in the next couple of days! According to the preliminary schedule, it should be delivered 1 September. Which is good, as that is the day our rental furniture is scheduled to be picked up! Let's see if something will schedule as planned for this move! Nothing else has, but hope springs eternal.
Thanks for the email and FB notes about my homesick mess this week. We're getting through it-big breath and take 1 day at a time. Hoping that in a few months we'll look back on this and giggle, and everyone says that we will. In the meantime, I have a huge rack of laundry hang drying in my living room, 2 exhausted kids passed out upstairs, Alex getting ready for bed, and the grownups relaxing and gearing up for another week. Ian gets to visit a Prep classroom tomorrow-he starts school in January and can hardly wait to get his uniform! Miss everyone-
It rained a bit in the afternoon-a soft rain, more like a heavy falling mist. No big drops, little breeze, not much. The kids were doing the log flume ride over and over and over and apparently not getting wet enough. So, brilliant idea, to head over to the Castaway Cay area for the pirate ship water battle. Great idea guys! Alex and Annika happily boarded with Ian leading the way, (Lyle not so happily, but an adult had to go with Ian! I called NOT IT first ;-) ) Then the fire hose hand cranked water cannon fight was on. Spectators from the side shot Lyle all up-he was soaked in minutes, Ian huddled next to Daddy and stayed fairly dry. Alex had brought an REI jacket that the water at least mostly ran off of and loved the fight. Annika, well, this was more than she bargained for. By the end, she was as tear soaked as water soaked, and that is saying something. We got everyone back into the car (free parking by the way!), turned on the heat and they were out within minutes. It's about a 45 minute drive back home for us, so expect we'll be getting our use out of these passes this year. Movie World (think Universal Studios Warner Brothers) is on our agenda for another weekend, but most likely not this one upcoming. The weather forecast for the next 10 days is rain, rain, and more rain. Rained for 1/2 the day today, with intermittent sunshine and has been raining most of the evening. Love the sound of my rainwater tank filling up-free water to flush the toilets and wash the clothes!
Other notes this week-our internet will hopefully be up and running sometime Tuesday (Monday for those of you at home)! One more little wire to tie into our phone board and finally we can Skype and talk! I think all of the bouts of homesickness this week have been because of the continually dashed hopes for the last 2 weeks getting this all up and running. I had a fantastic temper tantrum Friday when I finally got put through to the technical scheduler to get this connected, only to be told via auto voice that the guy was unavailable and that his voicemail box was full, "thanks for calling, goodbye". Ian was impressed. In retrospect, I was too. Haven't had one like that in about 11 years. Felt pretty good.
Also, our cargo container will be making port in the next couple of days! According to the preliminary schedule, it should be delivered 1 September. Which is good, as that is the day our rental furniture is scheduled to be picked up! Let's see if something will schedule as planned for this move! Nothing else has, but hope springs eternal.
Thanks for the email and FB notes about my homesick mess this week. We're getting through it-big breath and take 1 day at a time. Hoping that in a few months we'll look back on this and giggle, and everyone says that we will. In the meantime, I have a huge rack of laundry hang drying in my living room, 2 exhausted kids passed out upstairs, Alex getting ready for bed, and the grownups relaxing and gearing up for another week. Ian gets to visit a Prep classroom tomorrow-he starts school in January and can hardly wait to get his uniform! Miss everyone-
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