It turns out more people read this than I thought .... So I'll start updating again.
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Just under two weeks ago Mrs G and I took a few days off work to get some things done. What sort of things I hear you asking? Well .... we took LGR to his new school (he begins school next year) for an induction session. This was terrifically exciting and he loved it. We also visited a new kindy for Hayzey which we were very impressed with. Ironically Hayz is the only person in the family who hasn't seen it yet ... We also visited the after-school care centre LGR will be going to and he seemed moderately impressed. I'm hoping this will grow on him but if it doesn't then we'll come up with something else.
That was all nice and important but the real reason for the days off was my mystery birthday trip. We ended going down to Wollongong to see Powderfinger and Silverchair play. It was a good night and we ended eyeballing several members of Powderfinger - they were staying in the same place as us :-)
Musically it would be fair to say Powderfinger had it all over Silverchair. After some conversations it seems the chair had a very poor night and the sound quality was fairly poor.
It was a good night. A late night. Fun.
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What else? There's been a couple of family gatherings of late. About 10 days ago Grandpa and Aunt J were in town. Time was tight for all but we managed to catch up Seesa and Alice's place in the afternoon. Then the weekend just passed was a little birthday gathering for Seesa. This time we got to catch up with Nanna and the Cousins C. The kiddies enjoyed this. The highlight of the day was watching Hayz stroke Lillee's hair while Lillee was having a feed.
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Yesterday we went to the beach. It stopped raining for long enough for ourselves and the family Chef to pack up a couple of cars and head on down to the 'Gong. We've 'discovered' a lovely park which runs straight on to a fairly gentle beach. The sun was out, the water freezing and the kids loved it. After the beach we played in the park for a bit (gotta love playing soccer in bare feet) and then moved on to the local RSL for a spot of dinner. Must have a good time at dinner because we were there for 2.5 hours :-)
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Final thing for today? I guess so. We got a whole bunch of new loungeroom furniture a few weeks back. It looks fantastic and makes the room so much more friendly. Only problem is we now have a garage full of old furniture and cardboard boxes. This will all disappear quite quickly.