Australia Day

Greetings all,
We had a nice Aussie Day here on the not so sunny coast. The afternoon was spent at Christine and Andrew's home with them and the 3 children.
Mattie was dressed in her Aussie pants. Logan in red white and blue. When we arrived he had to wear my Aussie hat. It was a weee bit big. Our BBQ was of course sausages, steak and salad. Then I had made a huge pavlova with lots of yummy Australian fruits.
There was no room for the lamingtons. The girls will devour them today.
Tomorrow they commence school for the year. Both are so keen to get back there with their new teacher and their old friends. Matahra wears a dress this year and looks so beautiful. Gosh she is growing so quickly. Sienna has her first top tooth dangling by a thread. I could not convince her to let me touch it. Not even for $2.00
She goes into year 3 and is so keen to learn, I love it.
Today I am in the throse of covering her books. Can you believe I actually love covering books. Must be the teacher in me or whatever. It is fun!!
Last week we had some time with Jenny. She had some treatments and I was glad to be there for her. It was oh so hot but not the humidity of our area..
Jenny took us to a fabulous place on Satuday morning, "The Bourke Street Bakery" Mascot one..It has heaps of French breads and to die for Lemon Curd tarts and little Rhubarb and almond tarts. Of course I did have to sample one of each. Jenny gets around Sydney so well. The place scares me so much but I guess she is used to the Eastern Suberbs. She lives at Kennsington. Oh I did have to visit "Peters" as it is just up the Street and had its annual sale on too.
My garden has gone bonkers with all the rain that has been here all last week.
Everything is growing before my eyes.
I am reading the "Hospital by the River" It is an amazing read. I recommend it.
Well back to the books.
Til next time,
BFN Lorraine H