I picked up Sienna Friday evening and we grabbed some KFC and came home.
Saturday morning we went to swimming lessons. Sienna had great fun learning to float on her back and kick along with a kickboard. After that, we came home, showered, washed the clothes and headed out again.
We caught a train to Milton to visit the offices of 96.5FM .. the same place we went to a couple of weeks ago to drop off the Shoebox. This time, the station was raising money for itself in a Radiothon. They go into schools and broadcast the Breakfast show from there and have fun with the kids. Sometimes they take the Radio dog (a pet of one of the breakfast show announcers).
Sienna jumped around on the jumping castle for about 20 - 30 mins while I listened to a couple of brands playing live, but not broadcasting. Once she’d had enough we grabbed a couple of free sausages on bread and some chocolate milk. We ate that then went inside for a tour. I had a fun tour of the station. It was not totally unlike the radio stations I’ve worked at before (I was a volunteer radio station announcer for about five years from when I was around 17 at two radio stations. I later did some voice training in Newcastle and broadcase on the Hospital Radio Network). We checked out some recording studios and other rooms around and talked to the station workers. Sienna scored a lollypop and we met a station celebrity (Robbie, the Gentle Giant). He interviews school children for a segment on the morning show where he asks about their future job prospects and other things they like. Unfortunately, Sienna would be too shy to talk to him on the microphone (or off it) so she didn’t get an interview. He said usually they get kids from preschool age upwards as they are less shy about talking to people by this stage.
We donated some money then headed back downstairs (after Sienna scored a free marshmallow, too). She jumped around on the jumping castle again for a while then grabbed a balloon and some blue fairy floss. I put her on my shoulders and we walked back to the train station. We grabbed the next train home and drove to the local shopping centre. We bought some groceries (mostly fruit) and headed home. We had some lunch and Sienna went for a nap.
While she slept I made a giant bowl of fruit salad from: oranges, kiwi fruit, grapes, apples, bananas, watermelon, strawberries, passionfruit. I think that’s the lot. I scooped the chopped up bits into small containers I bought from Coles as well, made by Glad Wrap. I poured in some tropical fruit juice and put the lids on then tossed them into the freezer. I also bought some ice cube trays and filled them with tropical fruit juice. That should make some nice cool snacks for later during the week. Healthy and delicious. THAT is what I call fruit salad. Not what you buy in cans at the shops which contain: Pears, peaches and pineapple.. the three P’s .. or something like that.. always only three fruits. THREE FRUITS DON’T MAKE A FRUIT SALAD!! HELLOOOOoo!!!! At least the juice had about 5 fruit juices in it.
We watched some Mickey Mouse Club on the Foxtel IQ box. She’s graduated from Little Einsteins and hardly ever watches it now.. it’s all Mickey Mouse. We both headed for bed about 9:15pm. I slept until around 8am and Sienna probably got up about 6am and watched some TV while she waited for me to wake. She’s a trooper like that.. always let’s daddy sleep in since I can’t do it any other day of the week. Occasionally on weekends I might nap with her for a couple of hours.
I taped Iron Chef last night and am watching it now, but I don’t think the American Iron Chef show is quite as good as the Japanese one.
Today, we’ve just been taking it easy at home. We played with my Texas Hold’em Poker chips and cards (which are currently all over the floor in the lounge 
) and read a book and played with her toys. She’s currently napping in the bedroom.
