Traumatic Tuesday

The excitement of school was overtaken by the need for sleep this morning by a certain young lady! I thought after numerous meltdowns over various random things like eating breakfast and getting dress we weren't actually going to make it there.

However off we went Ella on her bike, me on my bike pulling Katy in the trailer. Our departure was slightly later than ideal and we only managed to get about 100m from home when Ella swerved her bike into mine and ended up coming off second best. I did wonder whether we should have driven. We wiped away the tears, had a big cuddle, placed a band aid over the graze on the knee and we were off again. Thankfully no more incidents on the way to school arriving just on time.

Ella happily lead Katy and myself through her school. She showed us her bag hook, her desk before sitting down to complete the first task of picking corn kernels out of a tub of rice with tweezers!! With Ella engrossed with this activity, Katy and I headed off to gymnastics!

Katy and good buddy Sofia have decided to participate in Kinder gym this year. Today's first session at the Canberra City Gymnastic Club was a beach theme. The girls enjoyed the circuits as well as each others company!

On the way home, we had decided to do our fruit and vegie shop at the markets although the carpark was very empty when we arrived before I realised the markets aren't open on Tuesdays!! Off to coles we went, loading up the trailer and slogging the groceries and Katy back home.

A few hours to unpack the food, vacuum and mop then hang out the clothes, quick visit to officeworks before picking up Ella. Nana met us at school. She was doing a reconnaissance as we have gratefully accepted her offer to pick Ella up on Thursday afternoons. We placed Lucy (Ella's bike) on the roof of the car for the drive home.

I was busily chatting to the girls about the potential afternoon activities, opened the garage door, drove in with a large bang! I'd forgotten about Lucy! There was lots of cursing from me and wailing from Ella in the back! On closer inspection, Lucy was fine with the car coming off second best. The front section of the roof rack had come completely off the car and done the most damage to the inside of the doors as well as making a bigger dent in the roof at the back. The garage door was bent and crumpled but we managed to bend it back enough to be able to open and close it again.

Once we had all recovered from that incident, the rest of the afternoon was spent in the back garden painting and playing thankfully without any further disruptions (I'd certainly had enough for one day!)