Busy Weekend

The weekend was a busy one.  Saturday after going running we headed off to the Baby and Kids Markets.  This market is a bit like trash'n'treasure for kids.  I think we were a bit late for the bargains but Andy did purchase a pair of real shoes for Ella.  After all that hard core shopping, we met up with the BA, Jase, A & Z.  While waiting for coffee Andy decided that Ella should test out her new shoes.  After putting them on, she was quite stunned - her new shoes are significantly bigger and heavier than all her previous soft slipper type ones. She stood still for what seemed like a very long time wondering what to do.  She now has the hang of them and enjoys the loud noise they make on the floorboards in our house. 

During the afternoon while Andy was re installing stuff on the home computer which decided to spit the dummy, I climbed up on the roof to clean out the gutters.

Sunday saw us venture out to orienteering - our club was responsible for the event at Ororral Crossing.  I headed out on a short hard course while Andy was multi tasking (helping with the computer and looking after Ella).  Can't say I enjoyed myself very much at all (neither did Andy on his long course). This area of Namadgi was burnt out a few years ago and the regrowth is very, very thick.  On  a positive note, the sun was shinning which meant Ella happily explored the assembly area in her new shoes.  I believe they were very good for rock climbing! Patrick and Ingrid also turned up - they went around a blue course and afterwards had a picnic lunch. Ella thought their picnic lunch was pretty good too!

  

We finished off the weekend by having a few friends over for dinner - Andy cooked lamb shanks with apple & rhubarb crumble - YUM.