Author: trendfamily

Maybe not a new show, but new for the kids.

Laura has completed the fifth lesson in her “baking basics” project – sticky pecan rolls! They are cinnamon rolls with a caramel-pecan glaze. Delicious!

Colin, our reluctant traveler, decided this week that we hadn’t been on a vacation in too long and wanted to go somewhere.

We packed bags, checked them in at the airport (front door), took our airplane (bicycles), and went on a trip.

We had one stopover at a lovely airport (beach), that had a sandy play area just outside. We had some fun skipping stones before our second “flight”.

We arrived “here” to discover they had space for each of us to have our own room, our bags had arrived on the luggage carousel, and the buffet/cafe had a great lunch options. The Nintendo switch in the lobby had all his favorite games, and they had a pile of LEGO to play with.

He finished the night with a screening of LEGO Masters on the TV in the conference/ movie theatre room. A successful first day of vacation!

Thankfully Australia is recovering and safely and slowly reducing the restrictions on social activities.

Colin was very happy to get to a favorite playground this week during one of our recess breaks. (Only allowed when there are fewer than 10 kids on the structures, and parents are encouraged to have sanitizer on site with them for use immediately after play)

The robots are from sets we have rebuilt. The instruments are free built by Colin. He is loving the LEGO Masters series we are watching and is energized to build all sorts of creations.

Last week Laura’s school had its House Cross-Country festival. Because they’re homeschooling right now, if the girls wanted to participate they had to run by themselves and track it on a phone app. Laura ended up being one of the fastest girls in Year 8 and was invited to participate in a couple of meets (also done remotely) – so we went out on a training run today, since the meet distance is longer than she had to run for the house fest.

Before the isolation started, Colin’s class was visited by author Cameron Stelzer, who read an excerpt from one of his Pie Rats books. Colin ordered a set of books as well as a shirt for the Cat Fish, the villains in the series. He was very pleased when they arrived and he has been devouring the books!

Had a great Mother’s Day. Sarah got some wonderful home made presents of a pet rock from Colin and a bracelet from Laura.

We then had a great supper from Chin Chin that I heated up and put together at home followed by snuggles on the couch while watching Lego Masters.

The Royal Melbourne Show 2020 has been cancelled, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still get show bags! And what better time for a pick me up and special treat than in the middle of a pandemic when you are stuck at home.

It was “show your pet” day at school. Colin was happy to show MacDougall to his class.