Things I saw & heard today

An old (like 85 old) man putting his pants on, on the sidewalk. At least he was wearing underpants.
The roller coaster Cameron wants to go on so bad, missing about 20 feet of the track. At least they are putting new track on, but this scares me.
Jake go off to daycare today, not clinging to [...]

The power of people

This is what I am impressed by. I took the boys to Town Hall tonight, to show our support to Save Our Kinder. (I had to pronounce it “kin-dah” so I wouldn’t stand out in the crowd, as we chanted on the steps of Town Hall.) Cameron goes to this kinder, and it is mostly [...]

Answers. Part 1

First and foremost, a request from my mom for this:
and this….1
And for one of my favorite family members, who had some great questions, here are my answers for her:
1. Are Uggs cheaper? I have not seen authentic Ugg’s yet, just the knock-offs at the markets. I will do some research on this one. If so, [...]

Now it’s your turn

Believe it or not, I am feeling like I don’t have much to write about lately. I mean, how many times can I talk about the differences between Australia & America. I could go on and on, but that would be boring. And we don’t want boring. Oh and about how much I miss my [...]

Literally, a taste of home

We knew it was here, we had driven past a few months back, but we never actually made it there to eat. Well today was the day! Not that it is the best restaurant in the world, it is a chain and one good thing is that it is always consistent. You know you can [...]

Easter weekend wrap-up

Happy Passover & Easter to all! Although Passover does not seem to be a big holiday here, I was able to find A box of Matzoh, way up on the top shelf in the “international foods” section, it was one of two boxes there. And after eating some tonight and reading the box to see [...]

The telephone game: Target edition

Telephone (taken from Wikipedia)
“As many players as possible line up such that they can whisper to their immediate neighbours but not hear any players farther away. The player at the beginning of the line thinks of a phrase, and whispers it as quietly as possible to her/his neighbour. The neighbour then passes on the message [...]

Holiday vs. vacation

Ok so the rest of the world refers to a “vacation” as a “holiday.” Then what do they refer to “holidays” as (Christmas, Easter)? I have no idea, I am so confused in this department. I think they say “Public holiday” or “bank holiday.” Vacation is just not in their language. I actually tripped over [...]

The Homecoming

PJ: (waking up from a nap) Huh? That voice…I know that voice….what is she doing here? Guess I should get up and say ‘hi’ to her…
Zoe: (lifting up head) oh yea, I remember her too, hmmph. (head back down)
PJ: Hey wait, there’s my cage, where the heck you taking me now? Aw, man not back on that [...]

Check out our latest ride

Oh yea, we are rockin’ the Ford G6….what is a G6 you ask? I don’t know myself, but it is a pretty cool car considering I haven’t driven an actual 4 door sedan for a good 8-10 years. When we first arrived at the Melbourne International Airport on September 15, 2008, we headed right for [...]