It's getting hard to think of what we've done each day...

Ben 10, piano practice, visiting next door while Tim and co. (and then later Mark and co.) were there, cooking wontons, knitting (half of the left sleeve to go), trying to catch up with email and blogs, looking for clean clothes for the kids, trying not to be buried by the HUGE pile of laundry.

Got woken up by Dante every ten minutes from 6:55am until we finally got up at 8am (when he woke up his siblings)... grr. Visited Arthur at Rookwood, had lunch at Flemington, then had a visit from Grandma who stayed for dinner (Dan's chicken wings in tar) along with my folks and Tim and co. Dan bought a new 24" monitor (Acer - $599 from Officeworks. Bargain!) which goes very nicely with my laptop... *grin*

Took the kids to go and see the latest Pixar film, Ratatouille since it was the APEC public holiday for Sydney. Quite enjoyable. The cinema surrounds and shopping centre were packed when we came out of the movie. The kids had a very late lunch and way too many lollies which made for a ratty afternoon (pun intended).

Yay for longer long weekends! Dan took the day off work today and hence I was able to catch up on some much needed sleep while he went for a walk with Elora.

Picked up Dante from school and bought him a few books at the Book Fair. His teacher said that he has been really trying with his writing and it has improved immensely. Then took him to his piano lesson. And coughed all day, again.

Had a visit from Eugene today, who borrowed Papa's ute. Atticus found a "pet" butterfly... let's call him "Squashy". R.I.P. Squashy.

Nothing of note happened today. Just the typical day at home with the two youngest kids. Still knitting that cardigan and coughing my guts out.

Let Dan sleep in until 9:30am! Had a Father's Day family BBQ. Papa's cousins, no. 4 (from Singapore), 6 (from the US) & 8 came, as well as Uncle Paul (no. 7) and Gu Jie. Ate lots. The kids played and played and got on really well (Mark and co. are off skiing - amazing what a difference their absence makes).

No soccer on Saturdays anymore. Had two out-of-sorts kids, and one bored one. Played the new Guitar Hero PS2 game. Made 2L of jelly for Father's Day BBQ tomorrow.