Looking for avocados

It is sultry. Nothing new.

Jane is due to arrive to do Kid Stuff. The kids have planned first up to go to the park: this is on the new weekly planner I bought them yesterday and so we all set off (after Jane first of all tames Niah’s unruly hair into a neat ponytail).

We leave them at the park and use an exit from the gated community that we haven’t done on foot before. The sentry is very chatty and asks about life in Australia; everyone here seems to be familiar with the fact that there are lots of Filipinos working in Australia. 

There is (yet another) Starbucks outside this exit but Regis has said the coffee at the Deli opposite is good. It is.

We also find the cilantro (coriander) he has asked for but there are no avocados. There is a shower of rain whilst we have our coffee which is good timing and it has cleared by the time we set off again.

We head off to the mall we have been frequenting and it takes us 3 more shops and 5.5 kms of walking to find ripe avocados.

Can you believe they take their pet dogs for walks in strollers and prams and even put diapers on them????!!!!

We buy a fried pork dish (liberally garnished with chilli pieces) and arrive back just in time for 2 hungry girls. Lunch is ‘a hit’.

Afterwards, Niah enjoys playing Lego with poppa but the Slime activity involving Jane and Sophie doesn’t appear to have been much of a success and so she has retired to her room to read.

I have my second shower of the day.

Puzzles with Sophie then a walk with her to the park.