Bad blogger ! Bad !

Sorry for going dark on everyone like that.

My parents ( aka Grampy and Grammy ) arrived here Saturday night and things have been pretty hectic ever since. They got here around 9 pm our time and I met them at the airport with Wyatt who was wired and rendered speechless by their arrival. Something that doesnt happen very often.

Sunday we let them relax a bit as they had been on a whirl wind tour of Hawaii on the way over. We took them to an indoor playground in the morning and then a walk around the neighbourhood in the afternoon. We capped it off with a steak and shrimp BBQ with some Australian beer. This dinner served three purposes, welcome to Australia for them, a second birthday dinner for Wyatt, and a goodbye dinner for Zak and Julia who were to leave us on the following Tuesday.

Monday I was back to work but Mel took them to the Melbourne Museum for the day and gave them a driving tour of the major sights of the city. In the afternoon my parents took Wyatt to a bike store and bought him a very nice Tricycle. We had bought him a cheap one for his birthday but Wyatt and the twins proved too much for it and it had to be returned when it started to fall apart on day two. We had a pizza dinner as a last goodbye to Zak and Julia.

Tuesday morning Mel drove Zak and Julia to the airport for thier flight to Sydney and then Fiji. They will be missed ! I don't think we will truly know how much help they were until my parents leave and we are all alone here for the first time !

My parents took the kids to the local park for the morning and went for another walk in the afternoon.

Wednesday my parents decided to go off on thier own and take a couple of trams to make thier own way to St. Kilda and then the CBD ( downtown ). The walked all over downtown and my dad rented a motorbike from this Saterday until next Sunday. He plans to do some exploring on that in the afternoons next week and then we will do a big Great Ocean Road trip on the weekend.

I'm in the process of purchasing a used Toyota Tarrago mini van and hope to close the deal on Friday so hopefully we will christen the van with the trip next weekend. Buying a car here is very different from in Canada ! I'll delve more into that in a future post.