This time in 2 weeks......

We will be in Dubai!! Hopefully having slept beautifully on the plane we will be well rested and on our way to house hunting.... I think I am dreaming but that is the plan!

I finished up at work in Australia today and the goodbye's have started.
We had our final mothers group play date this morning.... and I shed my first tears. Piper and Paras were having so much fun playing catch and on the slide togther it broke my heart to be taking her away from her little buddies she has known since she was 6 weeks old.

Our storage boxes arrived this afternoon (they are very cool we just pack them and they pick-up, store and deliver back to us when we return)and now we have 3 days to finish packing the house, final farewells in Melbourne and we are off to the country for a week.

For those aware of my extreme paranoia of our shipping container falling off the ship and sinking on its way to Dubai (it happened to somebody we know - honest)I am happy to report that it's little tracker code indicates it is still happily bobbing across the ocean after a brief stop in Hong Kong!

Below are some photo's of Piper playing at her last play date. Note the outfit - aqua tulle 'party' dress with spotted tights and pink converses were all chosen by Piper, she has developed the need to choose her own outfits and this usally results in her looking like a modern day Punky Brewster!

New favourite game is to sit on top of the slide and make mumma think you are not going to come down then as poor mum get to the top of the awkward inflatable slide you push off really fast laughing!

Our week in photo's

Camping out in our house with all of our belongings gone on the ship is proving to be interesting to say the least. We have spent a lot of time out and about to keep Piper entertained given all of her toy's are gone!
Using the laundromat is also an interesting experience.... I didn't quite fit on Saturday morning with the crowd in there, I was not prepared to crack open a can at 9am whilst watching the machines go round and round?!?

Friday night we enjoyed fish and chips on the beach....

You were finished eating those chips weren't you Dad?

Nanny and Poppy slept over Friday night before they caught an early flight to Sydney. It is a case of BYO bed at the moment so they brought their own air bed which was great.... until Piper used it for a trampoline and left them sleeping on the floor with a bit of a leak.

Best part of our week was Father's Day. We surprised Naz with a new T-shirt and tickets to hand feed the Tall Tall's at Werribee Zoo.
We weren't expecting to get anywhere near as up-close and personal with them as we did. It was an amazing experience but being covered in Giraffe slobber is not something I expected either - thank god for baby wipes in the back pack!