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Laura and I went to a play on Sunday: Puffs, the play. It’s the story of three Hufflepuff students who attend Hogwarts the same years as Harry Potter.

As a proud Hufflepuff herself, Laura was thrilled. We both enjoyed the funny, clever show.

Colin and I took in the Melbourne Museum today while Laura and Sarah went to a show together.

We saw dinosaur bones, fossils, gems, and some optical illusions as we leaned about the brain.

We have found a dance studio for Laura!

I dropped her off for the first trial class this evening and asked if she was good there and if I could leave.

Her answer “Of course I’m good, I’m about to go dancing again!”

And the excitement was as great when I went back to collect her an hour later.

Today in the way out of school we saw a great stick bug. It was about a foot or more long.

The kids fit in at school now! This was taken on Friday, and today we got them the right shoes, too.

Makes it easy to choose what to wear in the morning!

Check out those slippers! We’ve got some nice toasty toes!

It was back to school day today! Laura into Yr 6.5 and Colin into Yr 1.5.

Yay back to school!

One more afternoon at the park before school starts for the kids tomorrow.

Laura needs to have her own iPad for school. We went shopping today and she selected the iPad and case, and they helped her set it all up.

We have made it to Australia! It was a fairly uneventful trip. We were delayed a few hours in LA as we passed through, but arrived safe and sound with all of our luggage in tow.

The kids were troopers and are adjusting quickly to the massive time change. We are trying to get good nights sleeps and lots off outdoor time during the days.

We are working to unpack everything that was in our many suitcases. And getting ready to start school on Tuesday.