Yes, it’s the first of May! A pinch and a punch and all that.
What a busy weekend. Friday evening I picked up Sienna and brought her back home. She fell asleep in the car, but woke when I put her on the bed and stayed up with me until about 10pm. At least she slept in until after 7am each night.
On Saturday I had a guy from James’ home services come over and pick up all the rubbish in the carport and some plastic roofing pieces which have been sitting up the back yard near the shed for years. I asked him to pop back when I’m not here during the week if he has time and leave a quote for mowing and gardening. If the house isn’t finished selling in the next month I will have to get it all done again and they’d do a better job than my half-arsed attempts. Then we went to the local Kennards Hire shop and picked up a high pressure water gun. I spent about 2.5hrs cleaning the car port and some of the driveway. Sienna enjoyed playing in the water and I’d spray her with the gun from time to time. We both ended up disgustingly dirty and wet, but had a rip roaring time. The minimum amount of time for a hire is four hours ($79 iirc) so I ended up cleaning more than originally planned. I even used it to clean off the BBQ and it’s hotplates. Nice and clean now 
When I finished that we went inside for a bath. Sienna always tells me I have to ask her "Bath or shower?" so I do and she always says "Bath!" and off we go. We got cleaned up and I took the water gun back to Kennards and came back home again. We also popped into the shops and I was going to buy some stuff from Woollies but the cashiers were packed out, so we went to the BP petrol station and I bought some fuel and ice cream.
On Sunday we headed to the shopping centre and went for a ride on the train that goes around the shops. Sienna loves that. As soon as we pulled into the shopping centre she started saying "Daddy! We go on a train???".. very excited. Of course the whole point of going there was for her to have fun, so we went on the train. Coincidentally, the train starts and stops right next to a merry-go-round. They had changed it from the horses one to a new one with cars and a bike. Another guy had just put his kids on so I put Sienna on the remaining car and put in a $2 coin. Around they went and had great fun. The guy was trying to apologise for not having any money ready but his wife had the money and she was going to be back soon (a wife with money? What’s the world coming to?). I didn’t care as Sienna was going to be on it anyway so either way it’d cost me $2. They tried to get the kids to thank me but I think they were too shy.
After that we headed to the kids indoor play centre and Sienna ran around with the kids having fun. We only stayed an hour this time as there were only about 10 kids there and they all knew each other. Usually there’s 50 or more and they all play with each other. Sienna was getting bored playing by herself. I went over with her at one stage to play just to keep her company. So after an hour was up we headed back home again. She has been playing games from Astraware on my PocketPC. She loves Bzzz! and Chuzzle.
I took Sienna back home today after lunch. Queensland has a public holiday today so I’m taking it easy(ish). When I came back I started cleaning up the house. I packed away all Sienna’s toys and stuff and got vacuuming. It’s a big house to vacuum, I can tell you. Then I grabbed some boxes and packed away all the books from the bookshelf. Some more stuff ready to go once the house is sold.
