We went to Wollongong on Saturday to get one more "beach day" in before David and McKenna started school. After a few wrong turns we finally stumbled upon City Beach and a lighthouse, a great little park by the beach and some fantastic fish and chips. We spent the afternoon looking in the tidal pools, climbing on rocks, and finished off with the park and fish and chips takeaway!
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| waiting for the spray to come again! |
Monday was the first day of school and McKenna's 7th birthday. She started the morning opening up her presents. This was the first of several batches of presents throughout the day! We have been very blessed to have made some great friends over here and several people brought presents over for McKenna. They all realized how hard it must be for her to be away from Canadian friends and family on her special day. It really made her feel loved and cared for and I'm sure she will remember her Aussie birthday!
Then is was "Quick, get dressed!" and off to school. She is required to wear a school uniform to school. She looks very cute in it and I have to admit that I love it...no more arguments about what she is going to wear to school! Her new teacher is Mrs. Sharpe and I think that after a bit of initial anxiety, McKenna settled in and enjoyed her day.
It was David's first day also...his students were very excited to find out they got the new Canadian teacher! The classrooms all open up to the oudoors with covered sidewalks just outside the room for the students to keep their backpacks. He starts every morning with 15 minutes of fitness (even at 8:45 in the morning the temperature was in the 30's for the first 3 days of school).
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| The new gymnasium. |
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| sports uniform |
Last night we had a pet spider come to visit...thankfully he was on the outside of the patio glass! He is not quite as big as your hand stretched out, unfortunately no one would get close enough so that you could have some perspective when looking at him.
This is his underbelly.
That is it for now...you are all in our thoughts and we miss you all!
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