Grandma and Grandpa Arrive

I remembered what I did last Friday - I moved the car seats further apart so we could squish grandma and grandpa into the car. Today was arrival day and we somehow had to kill time till 1:30 when their flight arrived. So I decided to take Ellis to the Powerhouse (cool old power station in New Farm that they have turned into a theatre venue) as they were having Playgroup Week. Let's just say - the mouse ears and the balloon were pretty much the highlight of the activities planned.

Imagine 200 small kids and their moms (and prams) piling into an old power station. Hand each kid a balloon upon entry and then just let them mill around. Oh right - project a 6 foot square light show on the floor of the theatre (with the object being to smoosh whatever is projected) and watch mayhem ensue. I had arranged to meet Tanya, Leah and Graham there and after about 10 minutes of watching a TV show on the big screen we went upstairs to see the live show which was one woman with a mike singing songs to about 5 kids who were paying attention with another 100 milling around trying to find somewhere to sit.

We left.

We played outside for a bit - went to the park that was mostly closed (the main part of the park is fenced off for a new dragon installation that is 4 weeks overdue) and soon overrun by other moms and kids that had gotten bored at the Powerhouse and then to the library where the kids ran around building pillow towers. We had to leave there too as the kids were getting too wound up.

So we went outside for our picnic lunch which was also interrupted by a sudden thunder storm.

We ran back to the car and then drove really slowly to the airport (Tanya had scared me about parking costs). We got there by 1:15 - not too early.

Found the carousel and waited. Cyp later told us that you can still walk to the gate here to meet people. That's kinda cool.

Soon Grandma and Grandpa arrived. Ellis saw them across the airport and started running and ran right into G. Doreen's arms. It was just like Bo Derek and Dudley Moore in Ten. I was very emotional too and couldn't help crying. How annoying.

Fortunately we fit in the car (although we didn't clear our driveway anymore, which we later discovered) and were on our way. We took the semi scenic route home and didn't use the Clem 7 tunnel - newly opened about a week ago.

Grandma and Grandpa did the tour of the house - we went for a swim and then it was dinner time. Oh - we had to go get our fruit and vegetables from Colette - our city cousin (we've joined a direct from the farmer produce thingy). I was a tad disappointed in our veg and fruit box - you really get used to perfect fruits and veg at the grocery store. But this is local and we all agreed it did taste better.

It was a rough night for me, Cyp and Ellis - I think I have mastitis and I couldn't sleep - I got up around midnight and woke Rowan up who wouldn't go back to sleep. We had to torture him again to get him to go back to sleep. We put him in the crib. It usually takes 3 goes before he figures out we mean business. We put him in - he screams for 5 minutes - we pull him out and say "GO TO SLEEP ROWAN." Repeat process - finally he gets it and whimpers quietly as he goes to sleep back in the nice warm mummy dadddy bed. I lay there till about 2 - calculating the hours of sleep I had left.